Recommended Areas in North London

simba12089

I'm a first-time buyer looking to buy in North London. I'm fortunate and have managed to save a considerable deposit and so have a budget of up to £250k max. I'd really like to get either a 1 bedroom garden flat or a 2 bedroom flat, ideally a period conversion. Areas I've started looking at are: Stoke Newington, Finsbury Park and Kilburn. Can anyone share their thoughts on these areas or suggest any other areas worth looking at. Obviously it would need to be in my price range, fairly nice place to live and ideally an area more likely to raise in value than fall! I'm 29 male, no family or kids!

Thanks everyone!

lynzpower

Personally Id go for Stoke Newington over FP or kilburn any day. But the downer is its not tubed. but property may be cheaper there as its not tubed I dont know really.

WHat have you seen anywhere

Ps avoid foxtons, seem to bew grossly over pricing IMHO

wigginsmum

Have you considered Walthamstow? I'm in Walthamstow (15 mins to Liverpool Street on the Chingford trainline, and a couple of stations on the Victoria line are here too) and for that kind of money you'd get a really nice 3-bed house. The area will probably improve too, what with the Olympic thingy.

hechizero

N6 - Highgate - Closer to the city and a nicer area than SN.
N13 - Palmers Green - Nice - Green Lanes good for restuarants and shopping.
N3 - Finchley - Not bad - Leafy suburb once off the main track but not much going on.
N21 - Winchmore Hill - Classy but very much the suburbs but property will always be a premium if you want a good investment.
N10 - Muswell Hill is great. You can find some well priced flats there still.

If you don't mind zone4 that is where you should be. If you want nice clean suburbs with reasonably good transport links. If you want your property value to be increasing. Depends on your lifestyle really. If you like to be in the city alot, then I guess zone2/3 will suit you better.

When it comes to London suburbs eveyone will have an opinion! My own one for Stoke Newington is that if you like rough main streets and small flats then buy there, the only real advantage is being close to the city. Kilburn is nice towards West Hampstead, but the other side of the road is pretty poor and best avoided unless you consider Mapesbury conservation area alittle north from there. I have no idea about FP but I hear that some areas are poor.

Good luck!