Where would you buy if you had £325k?

scorpio73

Hi there,

My first post here. Would appreciate any ideas and suggestions. My question is simple. Where would you buy if you had £325k? I am aware that our budget wouldn't go that far in many places but would be interesting to see any ideas. The criteria are:

- 3/4 bed house
- lively and nice upmarket market town commutable to London
- not more than 1 hour commute time
- family friendly
- good schools

Thanks!

Running_Horse

Rochester.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/new-homes/property-32049550.html

Tonbridge.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-18822648.html?premiumA=true

Faversham.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-32360698.html

Maidstone.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-30665503.html?backListLink=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Fmap.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DREGION%255E897%26insId%3D2%26minPrice%3D300000%26maxPrice%3D350000%26displayPropertyType%3Dhouses%26oldDisplayPropertyType%3Dhouses%23_includeSSTC%3Don%26auction%3Dfalse%26displayPropertyType%3Dhouses%26locationIdentifier%3DREGION%255E897%26maxPrice%3D350000%26minPrice%3D300000%26oldDisplayPropertyType%3Dhouses%26previousSearchLocation%3DMaidstone%26radius%3D0.0%26searchLocation%3DMaidstone%26searchType%3DSALE%26secondaryDisplayPropertyType%3Ddetachedshouses%26useLocationIdentifier%3Dfalse%26box%3D0.46040%2C0.69042%2C51.22839%2C51.31516%26popupPropertyId%3D30665503%26mapType%3DMap&fromMap=true

Sevenoaks.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-20158914.html

ultrarunner

I would look at where the grammar schools are and work from there.

bluebeary

guildford, cambridge

myself, id stay where i was but buy a two or three bedroomed joint near the botanic gardens, possibly kirklee

pimento

Shenfield, Hockley, Southend.

All have great schools.

jenhug

Rochester, Wigmore, Newington

Owain_Moneysaver

What about Calais?

hazyjo

Shenfield, Brentwood (we live here - loving it so far), Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Stansted Mountfitchet, Hertford, Bishops Stortford (hugely popular cos of good schools), Ware, Chelmsford.

Not sure the budget would stretch to all you want in those towns, but there are bargains to be had.

Jx

bris

You could buy plenty of nice houses in Skye for that budget, or would you like to narrow it down a little so people in the areas you are interested in can advise.

hazyjo

Well, they did say an hour's commute time max to London... Might get a few speeding tickets from Skye to make it in under an hour!

Jx

ognum

bluebeary wrote: »

guildford, cambridge

myself, id stay where i was but buy a two or three bedroomed joint near the botanic gardens, possibly kirklee

Cambridge is an area I know and I think you budget may be a bit tight for a family sized 3/4 bed close enough to the station for a one hour commute.

You could get a small 3 bed Victorian terrace 15-20 mins walk and then a 45 minute train ride, then it would depend how far from Kings Cross you are.

It definitely is family friendly and has good schools but I think you would need to up the budget a bit!