SE London house prices

theartfullodger

I've a house with a smaller spare bedroom (ex-council). You can JUST get a single bed in if you hang the door so it opens "outwards"...

bdl1brick

Was going to say Brockley too, I lived there for a year up till a month ago and really liked the place. Its got the East London tube line coming through in a couple of years and is 10 mins from London Bridge on the train. The conversation area is the nicest bit but also most expensive.

botchjob

I'd agree that with their sort of budget it would worthwhile looking outside SE London. Although it conjurs up images of dodgy boy bands, Walthamstow is very good value. Look around 'the Village' area radiating out from Orford Road. It's where lots of people from places like crouch end and stoke newington end up, selling 2 bed flats in favour of 2/3 bed terraced houses. £250k might get one on the 'village borders' if they were lucky.

follyfoot

pigeonpie wrote: »

Houses around here (we have a flat) keep going up in price. 2 have sold for over £600 000 in the last month (terraced houses) and I'm fed up with reading about how house prices are going down everywhere because they aren't. (Flat prices are down 10%). ie what sold for £450k or less in 2006/7 is now well over £550k.

Prices in nearby "less posh" areas of SE London seem to have fallen a bit. Does anyone know what Plumstead is like to live in or if there is a good or less good bit of it? It looks a bit nicer than Thamesmead (?). My neighbour has a little girl and really wants to move to somewhere with a garden where a house costs under £250k, but where she feels safe moving around on her own. Thanks if anyone has any ideas.

why dont you try crystal palace area. it is quiet and you can probably pick up a house for less than £250k. you have trains to london, kent and croydon and the tram and east london line extension will be here soon. there is also a lot of pubs/bars

toja

I am renting in South Norwood and now buying in South Norwood as well. It depends in which part of S. Norwood you live (you need to know “good” and “bad” streets wherever you live), but it is OK in general. There are lots of nice parks nearby, Crystal Palace, Beckenham just 3 tram stops away, train station and easy access to Croydon for high-street shopping. People living in the area are average (seen worse and better), but I believe with the tube coming in couple of years the area will get more value. And, most people don’t realise that local train station is excellent for commuting with central London. Fast train to the London Bridge takes 12 mins and generally I can reach my work in the City within 35-40 mins from home.
Ideally I would like to choose Beckenham, Petts Wood or Orpington, but I cannot afford the same type of property, so I am choosing from what I can afford. I am planning to live there for the next 5 years and then buy a big house

Radsteral

went to buy a semi detached which was for 269 and agreed for 238 but didnt secure a mortgage so no joy.
i have lived in lee green for couple of years.. a slight 2-3 miles from noisy lewisham, or to these who know is by the mcdonalds on yorkshire grey roundabout... on the lewisham side /not eltham side.
found it prety good , have lived north london 7 years and the only good thing seemed the tube to central london, no thing else better
we are white so no body has attacked us so far despite being foreign

workingNOMAD_2

Forget anywhere in SE London - it is depressing as hell.

SW London is much better.

Doozergirl

toja wrote: »

I am renting in South Norwood and now buying in South Norwood as well. It depends in which part of S. Norwood you live (you need to know “good” and “bad” streets wherever you live), but it is OK in general. There are lots of nice parks nearby, Crystal Palace, Beckenham just 3 tram stops away, train station and easy access to Croydon for high-street shopping. People living in the area are average (seen worse and better), but I believe with the tube coming in couple of years the area will get more value. And, most people don’t realise that local train station is excellent for commuting with central London. Fast train to the London Bridge takes 12 mins and generally I can reach my work in the City within 35-40 mins from home.
Ideally I would like to choose Beckenham, Petts Wood or Orpington, but I cannot afford the same type of property, so I am choosing from what I can afford. I am planning to live there for the next 5 years and then buy a big house

Mmm. It's Woodside Green or bust for me. South Norwood in the main is like hell. It's a bit rough and parts of it are run down like you've never seen before. Portland Road has never thrived; it looks terrible. House prices have always been cheaper there than anywhere locally.

NurseUpNorth

I'd second Crofton Park/Nunhead. Crofton park is nice and suburban, lots of victorian well proportioned houses. Never had any trouble in the 2 years living there. Parts of Peckham Rye (conservation area near holly bank grove) are lovely but getting a bit pricey now. Lovely restaurants there. East Dulwich v.nice but pricey.

So I say have a look at Crofton Park.

Metranil_Vavin

We live in West Norwood and despite what some folk say, I really like it here.

It's like any part of London..has nice bits and grotty bits. We have a huge 3 bedroom Victorian maisonette with a lovely private garden, in a quiet, tree-lined street.

In fact everyone whose ever visited says how lucky we are.

Granted if you venture across the other side of W.Norwood it isnt so great, but what we have we just wouldn't be able to afford in more 'affluent' areas of SE London.