1 hour commute into Central London

chewmylegoff

you could probably pick up a 1 bed flat somewhere like tottenham for £100k, but it would be pretty ropey, and in a really horrible area.

eltham/sidcup is not too bad, but i think you would struggle to even get a 1 bed flat in eltham for £100k.

Tommyboi78

Definately kent, avoid essex its super pricy.

pimento

Southend is 50 mins. You won't get much for £100k though.

GavB79

Ashford (Kent) has the High Speed rail link to London, takes about 40 minutes to St. Pancras. You could get a flat for £100k depending on what's important to you.
Folkestone and Dover are further down the line and prices reduce accordingly.

molit

if you are flexible on the length of commute to 1hr 10, maybe look at guildford, or even aldershot? you might need to change trains, but its doable in that time period. trains go straight into waterloo

Queen_of_the_Hive

Having living in london for 5 years +. Id definately recommend focusing on working out what areas you like by living there in rented accomodation before buying. Your budget is very small. A little bit extra saving would help you out quite a bit and the added time to realise where is important is good. There are certainly places out there, but commuting into london is equally very expensive and in my eyes a waste of money. I'd rather pay more into mortgage and less into travel, but this is a personal preference.

Forest Hill area is very nice - zone 3 and has good links into the city and is still reasonably affordable - but not on your current £100k budget.

BitterAndTwisted

chewmylegoff wrote: »

you could probably pick up a 1 bed flat somewhere like Tottenham for £100k, but it would be pretty ropey, and in a really horrible area.

There are some very nice Victorian houses in pretty quiet and decent streets in the N15 and N17 post-codes. Not everywhere here in Tottenham is a ghetto. You'd probably need to spend some time here getting to know the area first, I reckon. And I'd never consider living here long-term if the raising of kids was on the far horizon.

Even so, a £100k budget is quite low even for here. Given the choice I'd probably have a look at Walthamstow in E17

ukcarper

molit wrote: »

if you are flexible on the length of commute to 1hr 10, maybe look at guildford, or even aldershot? you might need to change trains, but its doable in that time period. trains go straight into waterloo

Might get a 1 bed flat in Aldershot, 50 min to Waterloo. I doubt you would get anything in Guildford.

hazyjo

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Given the choice I'd probably have a look at Walthamstow in E17

I thought of that too, but it's just too pricey unless buying at auction, or maybe a repo, or if it needs major work - and would only be a 1 bed or studio. If something did come up, I'd go with Walthamstow too. Might be worth setting RM alerts and keeping a close eye on the market.

Jx

Enterprise_1701C

Farnborough (Hants) has some cheap areas - not sure of commuting distance with basingstoke, but can be on the cheap side.