Home move suggestion for a pensioner

mufi

Oakwood, Cockfosters, Southgate - all lovely. Won't get much (anything?) for the budget, though.

bouicca21

Don't underestimate how hard it is for an older person to make new friends and forge a new social life. I would be very wary of encouraging her to move away from an area where she has spent over half of her life.

persa

crisp wrote: »

Hello,

I would be grateful for suggestions regarding a home move in 2014.

Its for a pensioner (72), though active and fit, who doesnt have access to a car.

Strong preferences in no particular order:

1. a tube link plus good local bus network.
2. relatively safe and quiet area (but not remote)
3. shopping facilities less than 15 mins away by bus.
4. preference for north of the river.
5. budget £250k.
6. Freehold home
7. 2 or 3 bedrooms
8. no retirement or shared ownership or mobile homes

Always lived in the Wood Green area (40 years), but now looking for a quieter life.

Just an idea of areas at this point would be so helpful

Is anywhere well-connected in London quiet?

crisp

persa wrote: »

Is anywhere well-connected in London quiet?

Apart from Buckingham Palace at Christmas, I guess parts of Zones 6 to 9. We are thinking on the extremities of London but on a tube link.