Help with areas to buy house - £260k budget; commuter into central London

dinkylink

Re the bishops Stortford line, unfortunately I don't think there will be anything in Bishops Stortford in your price range. You could try Harlow, but personally I wouldn't want to live there

dinkylink

And keeping with the Essex theme, you could possibly squeeze something in Billericay in your price range.


Plus there is Wickford and Basildon which will be better value. I think Wickford is okay, but personally not a fan of Basildon.

elverson

ManofLeisure wrote: »

Have you considered Tonbridge in Kent? The journey to London Bridge is less than an hour and you would have a choice of properties within your budget. The downside is the cost of the season ticket - no idea as to how much that would be.

£3164 for train (which would get the OP to Cannon Street) or £4092 with tube etc included. Not many 2-beds at that price though according to Rightmove.

elverson

bouicca21 wrote: »

If you are prepared to travel to a station, it might be worth considering Thamesmead. Abbey Wood station is going to be on crossrail so the area is improving, and that is likely to ripple out to Thamesmead.

I think abbey wood itself is out of your budget.

Or how about Belvedere/Erith which have trains into Cannon Street?

cattie

Eltham has trains to Victoria as well as Waterloo, London Bridge, Charing X & Cannon St. Journey time would be around 20 mins. Not sure if you'd get something decent for your budget, but there is also New Eltham & Mottingham to consider & Sidcup.

You are wise to want to be within London & it's 6 zones, as the cheaper your travel costs will be as opposed to travelling in from much further afield.

lincroft1710

£260K won't buy much in Hertfordshire these days. Go further north into Bedfordshire and there are 2 or even 3 bed semis in reasonable areas for this price, but commute will be over an hour and probably expensive!

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lincroft1710 wrote: »

£260K won't buy much in Hertfordshire these days. Go further north into Bedfordshire and there are 2 or even 3 bed semis in reasonable areas for this price, but commute will be over an hour and probably expensive!

Most of Hertfordshire has gone crazy over the last few years and you'll find only a handful of houses for under £250k

Places like Hayes, Waltham Abbey and Walthamstow look like they have a few clusters of more affordable houses.

BUT.. if you didn't mind moving quite far out there's Aylesbury where you can find 2 bed houses for £200k. There's a nice development of new houses with its own station (Aylesbury Vale Parkway) https://www.taylorwimpey.co.uk/find-your-home/england/buckinghamshire/aylesbury and I guess you could use one of the government schemes and push for a 3 bed house.

SalsaDanca

dinkylink wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34786092.html


Hatfield Peverel?! Close to the station and 45 mins to Liverpool Street on the train.


You could also try Witham which has a similar train journey time, though doesn't seem much decent available there at the moment


Don't think you will be able to get much closer to London than Hatfield Peverel/Witham on this line if you max budget is £260k and you definitely want a 2 bed house.

Witham and Hatfield Peverel are on the same train line, and only a few minutes apart. However, Hatfield Peverel is a small station, and most trains don't stop there. If you miss your train at Hatfield Peverel you might have to wait half an hour for the next one, even during rush hour.

GoldenShadow

I drive through Hatfield Peverel every morning and evening and wouldn't want to live there, traffic is so slowwwww largely because of people trying to get in and out of the (small) station, which, as other poster said, doesn't have many trains compared to the likes of Witham stopping at it. My nearest station is Kelvedon which is also on the same line but further back from Witham. You could get something in Witham in your price range. My friend just sold a two bed end terrace for 210K within 0.5 mile walk of the station.

ethank

Try looking at Chafford Hundred - near the Lakeside centre in Essex.