Buying a House in London

Blacksheep1979

MrsE wrote: »

I'm generalising.

You've picked a few expensive areas in what is otherwise full of gang problems & street crime.

South West London has more "nicer" residential areas than other parts of London.
It has a few bad pockets rather than other areas of London which have a few decent pockets.

south of the river is cowboy country - and south west 'nicer', with areas like brixtan, stockwell, lambeth etc etc etc? You want to generalise about 'gangs' and crime etc, then I think most people would start by naming the names I've just mentioned...

South London is a real pita for public transport too - you're ok going north/south, but as soon as you want to go east/west then you're screwed.

MrsE_2

Thermidor wrote: »

Have to disagree with you there! South London is riddled with pockets of crime ridden areas.............Peckham, Lewisham, New Cross, Norwood, Thornton Heath, Norbury, Brixton, Clapham, Oval, Stockwell, Camberwell, Streatham etc...............drugs, gangs, shootings, robberies, run down shops..............far more than North London! If you want a decent part of South London you have to pay dearly for it, or move out further to the Surrey borders...........South Croydon, Purley etc................but there you're talking big money.

How many of those are in south WEST London?

A couple are on the borders the rest are all firmly in south EAST London;)

MrsE_2

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

south of the river is cowboy country - and south west 'nicer', with areas like brixtan, stockwell, lambeth etc etc etc? You want to generalise about 'gangs' and crime etc, then I think most people would start by naming the names I've just mentioned...

South London is a real pita for public transport too - you're ok going north/south, but as soon as you want to go east/west then you're screwed.

Brixton & Stockwell may have a SW postcode but they are just a couple of border areas, they boarder SE London.

They are more inner south London.

Thermidor

St00zer wrote: »

Thermidor

Which part of London do you like ?

There's many parts of London that I like.

If I had an unlimited budget I'd buy in somewhere like Highgate, Little Venice, Chelsea, Mayfair, Belgravia, Hampstead, St John's Wood or somewhere overlooking the Thames.

On a somewhat lower budget I'd look at Clapham Old Town, Wandsworth Common, Dulwich Village, Putney, Richmond, Notting Hill or Kensington.

I'd also look at Southgate, Palmers Green, Muswell Hill, Winchmore Hill, Blackheath, South Croydon and Purley.

All of those areas are lovely.

Thermidor

MrsE wrote: »

How many of those are in south WEST London?

A couple are on the borders the rest are all firmly in south EAST London;)

You asked for SOUTH London! Not South West!

And Brixton IS South West - that's why it has a South West postcode!

pimento

I never actually said that Bethnal Green was in central London, I was trying to illustrate that it isn't 'miles out'.

Have you ever been there?

I've a feeling I'm wasting my breath.

MrsE_2

All south EAST London

Peckham, SE15
Lewisham, SE13
New Cross, SE14
Norwood, SE19
Thornton Heath, CR7
Oval, SE11
Camberwell, SE5
South Croydon, CR2
Purley CR8

All the below 5, are SW postcodes, but all border SE London.

Norbury,
Brixton,
Clapham,
Stockwell,
Streatham

SW^Top
SW1
Belgravia
Brompton
Millbank
Pimlico
St James's
Victoria
Westminster

SW2
Brixton
Brixton Hill
Streatham Hill

SW3
Brompton
Chelsea

SW4
Clapham
Clapham Park

SW5
Earl's Court

SW6
Fulham
Parson's Green
Sands End

SW7
Brompton
South Kensington

SW8
Nine Elms
South Lambeth
Vauxhall

SW9
Brixton
Stockwell

SW10
Chelsea
West Brompton
World's End

SW11
Battersea
Clapham Junction

SW12
Balham

SW13
Barnes
Castelnau

SW14
East Sheen
Mortlake

SW15
Putney
Putney Heath
Putney Vale
Roehampton

SW16
Norbury
Streatham
Streatham Park
Streatham Vale

SW17
Furzedown
Summerstown
Tooting

SW18
Earlsfield
Wandsworth

SW19
Collier's Wood
Merton
Putney Vale
South Wimbledon
Southfields
Wimbledon
Wimbledon Park

SW20
Bushy Mead
Copse Hill
Cottenham Park
Raynes Park
South Wimbledon
West Wimbledon

MrsE_2

Thermidor wrote: »

You asked for SOUTH London! Not South West!

And Brixton IS South West - that's why it has a South West postcode!

No I didn't.
I ALWAYS said south WEST London, South East London is a p1ss hole.

foxhole_2

You can of course leave the tube served areas for nw kent, means using rail to central London but only 25 mins service from Sidcup and surrounding areas and easily purchase a 3 bed home under 250k.

Thermidor

MrsE wrote: »

All south EAST London

Peckham, SE15
Lewisham, SE13
New Cross, SE14
Norwood, SE19
Thornton Heath, CR7
Oval, SE11
Camberwell, SE5
South Croydon, CR2
Purley CR8

All the below 5, are SW postcodes, but all border SE London.

Norbury,
Brixton,
Clapham,
Stockwell,
Streatham

SW^Top
SW1
Belgravia
Brompton
Millbank
Pimlico
St James's
Victoria
Westminster

SW2
Brixton
Brixton Hill
Streatham Hill

SW3
Brompton
Chelsea

SW4
Clapham
Clapham Park

SW5
Earl's Court

SW6
Fulham
Parson's Green
Sands End

SW7
Brompton
South Kensington

SW8
Nine Elms
South Lambeth
Vauxhall

SW9
Brixton
Stockwell

SW10
Chelsea
West Brompton
World's End

SW11
Battersea
Clapham Junction

SW12
Balham

SW13
Barnes
Castelnau

SW14
East Sheen
Mortlake

SW15
Putney
Putney Heath
Putney Vale
Roehampton

SW16
Norbury
Streatham
Streatham Park
Streatham Vale

SW17
Furzedown
Summerstown
Tooting

SW18
Earlsfield
Wandsworth

SW19
Collier's Wood
Merton
Putney Vale
South Wimbledon
Southfields
Wimbledon
Wimbledon Park

SW20
Bushy Mead
Copse Hill
Cottenham Park
Raynes Park
South Wimbledon
West Wimbledon

Err, did you actually READ what I wrote?! We were talking North and South London! You said South London is more salubrious the north - and I disagree with you!

Furthermore, you cannot be serious to say that Norbury borders SOUTH EAST London!!! You need a geography lesson! Norbury is not that far from Surrey - HARDLY south EAST London!! Norbury is SW16!

Streatham (big area) also straddles Mitcham - Surrey! Hardly south east London! Clapham borders Balham - which borders Tooting - VERY south WEST!!!

South Croydon and Purley are almost at 6 o'clock on the map of London - can't get more SOUTH than that! They may border Surrey, but they're still in Greater London.

So where exactly would you define South WEST London, hmmm? Where YOU live I expect!