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Best and worst places to live in essex?

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  • mose_2
    mose_2 Posts: 409 Forumite
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    trf1960 wrote: »
    Agree what others have said about Canvey - and lets face it, anywhere that has properties that would be well over a million anywhere else but for less than half than that in Canvey speaks for itself !

    Well after a boring morning at work (most of it spent surfing the internet) I can tell you Mose that £240K will get you a pretty nice 2/3 bed house in most parts of Essex (the further out the better naturally) so it really just needs for you to look yourself and get back to us for comments/opinions.

    And remember, what you or I would consider a good area someone else may consider a dump and vice versa!! Last night's "best and worst places to live in they UK" was surprising in that it listed Chelmsford as the no. 8 best place to live and yet I can think of many more places I would rather live in Essex than Chelmsford. I have to mention but did you see where the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham came in the list? :eek:


    Yes i did see the best and worst on the tv, this is the reason we want to get away asap, i also agree about chelmsford although it does have one of the best schools in the country which is a big factor. If i could move away from Essex completly i would belive me but at the mo we cant.
  • mose_2
    mose_2 Posts: 409 Forumite
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    King_Of_Fools wrote: »
    You want to avoid Canvey as it is a ticking time bomb! If one of the refineries caught fire they estimate that they would only be able to evacuate 40% of the population via the only 2 roads off the island before it explodes! Also it is below sea-level and will probably flood again in the future.

    See the following parliament debate for an eye-opener:
    http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmhansrd/cm061120/debtext/61120-0019.htm


    There are a lot of nice places around Canvey, South Benfleet, Thundersley, etc. that you could look at, however.


    That is quite scary, it has made me think twice.
  • Johnhowell
    Johnhowell Posts: 692 Forumite
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    mose,

    South Woodham Ferrers is in the borough of Chelmsford - I think the Best and Worst show was based on the boroughs rather than the specific town itself. There are some lovely little places tuck away in the borough.

    Update - my house went on the market 10:00 Saturday morning and was sold at the agreed price, off the market, subject to..., etc. by 15:30 Saturday

    Keep looking,
    John
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