For £330k (or £380k new build), where to look for 1 hr commute to Fleet Street?

Elfbert

ciyan wrote: »

Looks too expensive unfortunately. I can scarcely find any 2 beds within my price range?

Think Park Royal is too. Royal Waterside is like min 490 for a 2 bed God London is annoying!

Sorry, when you said it was just you not for a family I assumed you were looking for a 1 bed! I agree you'd struggle for a 2 bed around there for the price you're after.

If you want an investment, check out the crossrail routes and see if you can afford around those areas - at least you'll have a place and your commute will only get quicker once crossrail opens!

kinger101

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've no idea where Fleet Street is .... it's not listed on the drop down list here ... but you might find this website fun or helpful or handy ... or something.

http://www.commutefrom.com/

It's between Trafalgar Square and Chance. There's free parking on the corner, which might make the commute easier.

Rain_Shadow

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've no idea where Fleet Street is .... it's not listed on the drop down list here ... but you might find this website fun or helpful or handy ... or something.

http://www.commutefrom.com/

agrinnall wrote: »

The great newspaper proprietors would be turning in their graves at the way the home of UK newspapers for hundreds of years has faded from the public memory.

Fleet Street

Fleet Street history

There is a difference between not knowing where it is and not knowing what it is.;)

pinkteapot

Would you consider moving outside London itself? Your money goes a hell of a lot further, even in the still-fairly-expensive commuter belt around London. You can still keep your total commute to an hour...

onlyroz

There are plenty of places in Surrey which are within an hour's commute of London where you will get plenty for £330k. You might find that the commute via train from e.g. Guildford, Woking or Farnborough will actually be quicker than a commute via tube from closer locations. There are also places in Berkshire, e.g. Reading, where you will get quite a lot for £330k.

JP08

1hr to Fleet St ? If you were to stretch that a little (1h 15m or so to City Thameslink) and get one of the new builds near the station, you could get a 4/5 bedroom house for that money in my neck of the woods ... my commute involves a three mile journey to the station (which generally allows 10 mins leeway on the platform - would cut it a lot finer if within walking distance) and then getting south of the river, and I manage a door to door time of 1h 30m.

Mind you, you would have to consider living best part of 50 miles from Central London - with the associated season ticket costs.

agrinnall

Rain_Shadow wrote: »

There is a difference between not knowing where it is and not knowing what it is.;)

Which is why I included a Google Maps link...

Rain_Shadow

agrinnall wrote: »

Which is why I included a Google Maps link...

In which case you could have just said 'It's here'. Your actual comment and the link to the history of Fleet Street were at best superfluous and at worst condescending.

PasturesNew

agrinnall wrote: »

The great newspaper proprietors would be turning in their graves at the way the home of UK newspapers for hundreds of years has faded from the public memory.

Fleet Street

Fleet Street history

I know the name. I just don't know London at all. I wouldn't even know where/how to find the Queen's house ....or Big Ben.

somethingcorporate

kinger101 wrote: »

It's between Trafalgar Square and Chance. There's free parking on the corner, which might make the commute easier.

Free parking in london? Only if you're an old boot....