Suggestion of where to buy in North-West london

andymg

Due to work, it seems like I'll have to relocate to North-west london. Work place will be Harrow but I dont mind travelling a bit i.e. 30-40 mins every day.

My most important criteria for the location is access to good primary and secondary school.

Budget is around 300k, I would ideally want 4 bed property (I understand its not going to be easy .

I will really appreciate your thoughts and suggestions!

hazyjo

Will you need tubes/trains? IMO that would make a big difference to where you'd want to look.

Jx

silvercar

4 bed property and good primary and good secondary schools. All for 300k. In NW London. Something is going to have to be compromised.

I would suggest studying admission criteria for schools, you will find that some will take children from outside the immediate area, enabling you to live somewhere cheaper than the immediate vicinity of the good schools.

andymg

hazyjo wrote: »

Will you need tubes/trains? IMO that would make a big difference to where you'd want to look.

Jx

Thanks. Yes dont mind taking the tube. Obviously, it would be good if the journey is 30-40 mins max.

andymg

silvercar wrote: »

4 bed property and good primary and good secondary schools. All for 300k. In NW London. Something is going to have to be compromised.

I would suggest studying admission criteria for schools, you will find that some will take children from outside the immediate area, enabling you to live somewhere cheaper than the immediate vicinity of the good schools.

Appreciate your thoughts. I'm at real loss as I dont know the area well (I'm from south west). So any suggestions on locations/areas will be great!

TonyMMM

Ruislip/ Eastcote / Pinner / Northwood Hills.... generally the areas are better (and more expensive), the further you move north of the A40

or , go a bit further out up the Met Line to Little Chalfont, or Amersham or Chesham in Bucks ( still have grammar school system there, so a lot of people move out just for that.)


All have good tube/train links to Harrow

silvercar

andymg wrote: »

Appreciate your thoughts. I'm at real loss as I dont know the area well (I'm from south west). So any suggestions on locations/areas will be great!

Then rent first so you get to know the areas. A few roads difference can mean a lot in London.

andymg

silvercar wrote: »

Then rent first so you get to know the areas. A few roads difference can mean a lot in London.

Renting will even more difficult! Firstly which location do I rent and secondly with kids involved school etc becomes even more of a problem. I dont want them to join a school only for the school to be changed later when we finalise on a house.

Renting on my own would be something I like to avoid due to cost, staying away from family etc. This is something I would consider as a last resort.

andymg

TonyMMM wrote: »

Ruislip/ Eastcote / Pinner / Northwood Hills.... generally the areas are better (and more expensive), the further you move north of the A40

or , go a bit further out up the Met Line to Little Chalfont, or Amersham or Chesham in Bucks ( still have grammar school system there, so a lot of people move out just for that.)


All have good tube/train links to Harrow

Cheers, Some really good pointers there! I'll start to gain some information about these areas.

GDB2222

silvercar wrote: »

4 bed property and good primary and good secondary schools. All for 300k. In NW London. Something is going to have to be compromised.

I would suggest studying admission criteria for schools, you will find that some will take children from outside the immediate area, enabling you to live somewhere cheaper than the immediate vicinity of the good schools.

I was quite surprised to find that there are over 1,000 4 bed houses within 10 miles of Westminster for under £325k asking price on Rightmove. Even so, finding somewhere nice is going to be hard. Maybe try Kingsbury/Kenton area? If you come from the South West, you may be surprised how 'ethnic' parts of London are. (BTW, I know I am setting myself up for some unpleasant comments here, but I just want the OP to be aware of something that may for all I know be an issue for him.)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION^93980&insId=2&minPrice=200000&maxPrice=325000&minBedrooms=4&displayPropertyType=houses&primaryDisplayPropertyType=houses&oldDisplayPropertyType=houses&oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType=houses&radius=10.0&includeSSTC=true&_includeSSTC=on

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

Maybe try Kingsbury/Kenton area?

If you are looking round here you need to examine school admission criteria carefully.