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Buying a flat Hampshire

nish1013
nish1013 Posts: 22 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi ,

I'm searching for my first home.

Ideally a 2 bed flat in the range of 150-160K.

I'm new to this area as I moved recently due to a work relocation and currently renting.

Could someone suggest me an area ? I already looked Winchester , Romsey and Chandler's ford seems like those areas are expensive.
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  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    You'll really struggle to find a 2 bed in any of those areas for that price.

    Much more likely would be Eastleigh,Bishopstoke,Fair Oak and maybe give some Southampton areas a try.
  • TrickyDicky101
    TrickyDicky101 Posts: 3,533 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    You should have some options in Eastleigh/Bishopstoke - and these have very easy transport access to Winchester/Southampton.


    What's important to you for the place you live?
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    TrickyDicky101 wrote: »
    .

    What's important to you for the place you live?

    Indeed, because s0d all happens in Chandlers Ford for a start!

    As house prices have risen stupidly (especially in Hiltingbury where i grew up ) the demographic has massively aged.
  • nish1013
    nish1013 Posts: 22 Forumite
    TrickyDicky101 wrote: »
    You should have some options in Eastleigh/Bishopstoke - and these have very easy transport access to Winchester/Southampton.


    What's important to you for the place you live?


    I was looking at persimmonhomesDOTcom/the-paddocks-at-picket-twenty-2041

    seems like a new build. Is Andover nice area ? Mostly Schools and Nursery are the most important. I have a toddler who will start Nursery next year. Also not too much far from Hursley.
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    Andover is a fair old way out from the areas you've mentioned. 45 mins i'd say depending on how the M3 at Winchester is behaving.

    You'll have other options nearer to Hursley.
  • nish1013
    nish1013 Posts: 22 Forumite
    marksoton wrote: »
    Andover is a fair old way out from the areas you've mentioned. 45 mins i'd say depending on how the M3 at Winchester is behaving.

    You'll have other options nearer to Hursley.

    Agreed. Even off peak took me 30 min ! seems like 20miles looking at Google maps. Any good areas nearer than that ?
  • coopso24
    coopso24 Posts: 11 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture First Post Combo Breaker
    edited 4 April 2016 at 2:09PM
    I live in Chandlers Ford and its a quiet area, but we do have the odd bit of excitement :)

    Remember the armed Bank robery in 2007 ?

    (bbc website address)/news/uk-england-hampshire-15427316

    Sorry 5 year old account but am still a 'new' user ??
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    nish1013 wrote: »
    Any good areas nearer than that ?

    See those suggested above.

    I'd also steer clear of new build in this part of the world. Your budget won't stretch to the premium they attract.
  • nish1013
    nish1013 Posts: 22 Forumite
    marksoton wrote: »
    You'll really struggle to find a 2 bed in any of those areas for that price.

    Much more likely would be Eastleigh,Bishopstoke,Fair Oak and maybe give some Southampton areas a try.


    Are there any Southhampton areas I should better AVOID ?
  • TrickyDicky101
    TrickyDicky101 Posts: 3,533 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    nish1013 wrote: »
    Are there any Southhampton areas I should better AVOID ?
    I wouldn't want to live in Fremantle/Shirley but I am quite possibly out of date basing this on my experiences from near 20 years ago.
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