Buying property in Luton

movilogo

ethank wrote: »

You appear to be substituting your opinion for fact. How long have you been an Ofsted Inspector?

My partner has been a secondary teacher for donkey years and taught nearly in all schools in Luton. I wouldn't let my kid study in any of those schools!

KaceyTray

Coveredinbees!!!! wrote: »

It's a town not a city.

I used to live in LU4 it was OK and we never felt unsafe but we had horrible neighbours and moved out but we have horrible neighbours again outside of Luton, so it's swings and roundabouts. The Busway is running now so you don't necessarily have to live right near the station as long as you are near to a bus stop it will get you to the station quickly.

Yeah town now, but its aiming for city status?

I live very close to the town centre, and I'd be lying if I said its a safe, non-scary place to go through even in the day! And yes there are regular buses, but this lady wants to regularly commute to London, so living next to the train station is convenient. @vandiola even if you did decide to buy further away transport links are quite good, I wouldn't worry too much about that.

vansboy

I live LU1....
The road is a cul de sac, we have a huge grass area, surrounded by mature trees, complete with birdsong in the mornings, all blocks of masionettes, built in 1960's, some rented, some owned, still looking good, no parking issues.
Walking 5 minutes to town or 10 to station, doctors super surgery 2 minutes, fantastic Stockwood park 5 minutes.
Driving 2 minutes to motorway or 10 to airport.

Yes, multi-cultural, the council have cut back on street cleaning, won't trim a tree unless it's in a 'dangerous' condition & plenty of pot holes.

A road near town centre attracts the highest revenue in UK, for parking tickets.

Lots of 'new' business - no longer a manufacturing centre, as it was when I was a lad, but plenty going on

Cheap property, compared to just a few miles out of Luton.