Hi! My boyfriend and I (both 26) are buying our first home next year. We had been going back and forth between Kent and Essex but we’ve finally decided on Kent. We currently live in London quite near to City Airport and want to be able to drive/get transport to London quite easily. We don’t have a huge budget, we don’t want to spend any more than 375k. We’ve checked out Rochester recently and potentially will look at Maidstone too. Maybe even Tonbridge. Based on what I’ve read here I get the impression that these areas are not so nice. It’s so overwhelming to know what areas are good or not when I don’t know anyone that lives there to tell me! We don’t have kids yet but plan to in the not so distant future so I guess schools are somewhat important but definitely not my priority. This is won’t be our forever home but obviously we don’t want to choose the wrong area and regret it. I would really appreciate opinions of these areas and even suggestions of nice surrounding areas/villages. Thank you
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Buying our first home in Kent - struggling with areas
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enicoles · 25/11/2021 23:48
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