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SergePon
SergePon Posts: 6 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
I’m interested in Bishop’s Field development in Maidstone, any suggestions? Those houses look amazing on ads. video and photos, but what about real life?
youtube.com/watch?v=BDWjMdP2Cpo
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  • twirlypinky
    twirlypinky Posts: 2,415 Forumite
    i live near maidstone, where are these houses?
    saving up another deposit as we've lost all our equity.
    We're 29% of the way there...
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,014 Forumite
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    twirlypinky Today, 3:50 PM
    Serious MoneySaving Fan


    Join Date: Dec 2007
    Location: Oxford


    Since when has "Oxford" been near Maidstone?
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • jangor_2
    jangor_2 Posts: 280 Forumite
    On the map they are listed as Postley Road, Maidstone which I think is in Tovil. Tovil is very near Maidstone centre. Unfortunately this area is not considered a brilliant one locally although, like everywhere, I am sure some areas are better than others.
  • SergePon
    SergePon Posts: 6 Forumite
    twirlypinky wrote: »
    i live near maidstone, where are these houses?
    Postley Road, Maidstone,
    Kent, ME15 6RW
  • SergePon
    SergePon Posts: 6 Forumite
    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    twirlypinky Today, 3:50 PM
    Serious MoneySaving Fan


    Join Date: Dec 2007
    Location: Oxford


    Since when has "Oxford" been near Maidstone?

    Directions to Maidstone, UK
    104 mi – about 1 hour 52 mins
  • SergePon
    SergePon Posts: 6 Forumite
    jangor wrote: »
    On the map they are listed as Postley Road, Maidstone which I think is in Tovil. Tovil is very near Maidstone centre. Unfortunately this area is not considered a brilliant one locally although, like everywhere, I am sure some areas are better than others.

    is not considered a brilliant one - junk, crime ?
  • jangor_2
    jangor_2 Posts: 280 Forumite
    Well I am not an expert but I do have a friend who lives in Tovil and she says care does need to be taken if considering buying a property in Tovil. I understand some areas do have high incidence of drugs and crime but to be fair I suspect many areas do. However in all honesty it is not an area in which I would choose to live. The Council are trying to regenerate areas of Maidstone Centre which has become quite rundown sadly. It might be an idea to look at crime statistics in Tovil. I think I have seen links to websites for crime statistics so hopefully someone can provide these.
  • SergePon
    SergePon Posts: 6 Forumite
    jangor wrote: »
    Well I am not an expert but I do have a friend who lives in Tovil and she says care does need to be taken if considering buying a property in Tovil. I understand some areas do have high incidence of drugs and crime but to be fair I suspect many areas do. However in all honesty it is not an area in which I would choose to live. The Council are trying to regenerate areas of Maidstone Centre which has become quite rundown sadly. It might be an idea to look at crime statistics in Tovil. I think I have seen links to websites for crime statistics so hopefully someone can provide these.

    jangor, thank you for your opinion, I have checked Google maps and it is looks like that Tovil area quite big, do you think all Tovil area is not good enough ?
  • twirlypinky
    twirlypinky Posts: 2,415 Forumite
    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    twirlypinky Today, 3:50 PM
    Serious MoneySaving Fan


    Join Date: Dec 2007
    Location: Oxford


    Since when has "Oxford" been near Maidstone?
    I've moved, but thanks for noticing what i hadn't, i'd better change that.
    saving up another deposit as we've lost all our equity.
    We're 29% of the way there...
  • twirlypinky
    twirlypinky Posts: 2,415 Forumite
    And I wouldn't really want to buy a house in Tovil without finding out what the council's plans are for the area.

    I know someone that moved away from their a couple of years ago because they hated it so much. Someone set fire to a car and then pushed it down their (sloped) driveway so it it their house. All because they look a bit different. Nice.
    saving up another deposit as we've lost all our equity.
    We're 29% of the way there...
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