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Original poster

To ask you about Wembley?

26 replies

Zoezz · 08/04/2019 20:48

Me and my partner thinking of perhaps move there. The reasons:

  • easy commute to London (I think however do tell me if you think otherwise)
  • my partner travels with his work, Heathrow is 30min ish away
  • on our budget we can have a house with garden and parking

Young professionals with no kids so schools are not an issue however I'm sure a good school helps if want to resell.

Any advice/thoughts would be appreciated! X

OP posts:
TheFlis12345 · 08/04/2019 21:01

Where in London do you both need to get to for work?

PlainSpeakingStraightTalking · 08/04/2019 21:08

It's a shit hole. Apologies to anyone who lives there. Just do a google street view. Enough said.

optimisticpessimist01 · 08/04/2019 21:10

Christ, don't move to Wembley. Awful place, absolute shit tip

NameChangeNugget · 08/04/2019 21:19

I wouldn’t move there through choice

Lauriestory · 08/04/2019 21:23

It is pretty awful, as places in London go. I wouldn’t move there if I could avoid it.

Buster72 · 08/04/2019 21:23

Depends which part of Wembley
Wembley central is awful, alperton a dive , wembley park and preston is nicer.
Schools are not the best. The travel time to Heathrow is very much dependent on traffic by car.
You maybe better of stretching to harrow

lastqueenofscotland · 08/04/2019 21:25

Horrible

madeyemoodysmum · 08/04/2019 21:26

Yes Harrow is better. Have you actually been to Wembley? It’s a massive dump

ohfourfoxache · 08/04/2019 21:28

Bloody hell, I wouldn’t if I were you. And DH and I moved out of Harrow ASAP. Think that says it all...

Jazzybeats · 08/04/2019 21:29

Have family in Wembley. Don’t do it. Stretch to Harrow as others have said...

Surfingtheweb · 08/04/2019 21:31

Rickmansworth, Croxley Green, Pinner, some parts of Uxbridge are all miles & miles nicer than Wembley, easy commute to London & on top of Heathrow 😀

Original poster
Zoezz · 08/04/2019 21:32

Thanks for the replies. If not Wembley where abouts would you move south west are?

OP posts:
scorpio32 · 08/04/2019 21:58

I lived in Neasden most my life (which is next to Wembley) but moved to Cambridgeshire when we had our second child. I wouldn't move back for anything, and I certainly wouldn't live in Wembley.

If you do decide to move there, make sure you have a social life that takes you away from that shithole 7 days if the week, and don't have anything expensive or sentimental in your house as it will inevitably be burgled. And budget for a hotel every time there is a sporting event at the stadium, unless you enjoy being abused by drunken 'fans' and don't mind watching men piss in the street.

The Met line is horrendous but the train into Marylebone is OK.

Good points? You'll love your next home

Original poster
Zoezz · 08/04/2019 22:02

Funny that we are planning to move from Cambs to outskirts of London. 😂🙄😳
Any nice outskirts areas of London that's easy ish commute to London. Heathrow within an hour away. Budget is 500k

OP posts:
Amanduh · 08/04/2019 22:02

Jesus no

madeyemoodysmum · 08/04/2019 22:05

St Albans
Shops bars eats in reach but a great train line and less than an hour to Heathrow on a good run.

Doable on 500k.

Dreamscomingtrue · 08/04/2019 22:10

I’ve lived in Ickenham, in between Ruislip and Uxbridge for over 30 years. Close to Heathrow, 20 minutes on tube/bus, probably 30 mins drive in car, depends on the time of day.

3 tube lines into London within a mile. Good schools, junior and secondary. Semi detached houses near to the underground go for around £500,000.

I don’t know the Wembly area that well, only go there occasionally for concerts, but judging what others have said, it doesn’t sound great. Harrow used to be nice but there seems to be a lot more gang/knife crime there recently. Maybe not all of that area but definitely in certain parts.

Jazzybeats · 09/04/2019 06:11

It really depends on your budget and what you are looking for. I know west and north west London very well. Harrow is a big borough and has very nice and not very nice bits, and the prices vary loads too.

Eg. Harrow Weald, Kenton, Rayners Lane - not great but you can get a house under 500k.

Pinner, Stanmore , Northwood, Moor Park - all lovely but you will end up paying 750k for a 3 bed semi...

CatToddlerUprising · 09/04/2019 06:19

Avoid Wembley, Harrow Weald, South Harrow, Rayners Lane- always in the local news for stabbing etc. Most recent was a few days ago. Eastcote is going downhill but Ruislip, Ickenham and Pinner are lovely. Avoid Hayes and West Drayton- the house prices are cheap but you won’t want to leave your house.

Brown76 · 09/04/2019 06:34

Chingford, Watford, Ilford? (Not that near Heathrow, but within an hour if stanstead, Southend and Luton)

ScrewyMcScrewup · 09/04/2019 06:41

Wembley Park is going to be lovely in a few years when all the development is finished.

stucknoue · 09/04/2019 06:46

If you both need to get to Heathrow, look at places west of the airport as transport will be better, or anywhere on the Piccadilly line.

ChocChocButtons · 09/04/2019 06:49

It’s not a nice place and the traffic on stadium event days is horrendous. I go to the outlets a fair bit for running gear and I wouldn’t move there personally.

CatToddlerUprising · 09/04/2019 07:01

Very high crime rate too- including the recent student stabbings. North Wembley and Wembley Central are awful too.

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