Best place to live for £400k near Fulham/West Brompton

[unmp]

Hi everyone

I am desperately seeking a 3 bed within easy commute to West Brompton/ Fulham, ideally would love a house with garden but I am getting nowhere

Any recommendations on nice and safe areas I could look into that would meet that criteria?

I’m guessing your boys might go to the Oratory?

If so, it’s normal for boys to travel from all over the place. Maybe you can try and find out where others live and see where there’s a big group coming from and look in that area? That way they’ll be travelling with others.

Or a 3 bed flat in Isleworth with large private read garden near Syon Lane station for £415k?

Having been fully refurbished throughout, this beautifully presented three bedroom first floor maisonette is offered to the market with no forward chain. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac, moments from Syon Lane station, local schools and amenities, the property offers two good sized double bedrooms, single bedroom, a bright and spacious reception room, modern kitchen and luxury family bathroom. Externally the property offers a large private rear garden. The property also benefits from a long lease in excess of 900 years, access to loft space, gas central heating and double glazing throughout. Resident permit parking is available.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/149136137#/?channel=RES_BUY

Whereabouts are you exactly? You’d be well looking somewhere like Hounslow which is direct tube to Earls Court which is a stones throw from West Brom tube.

This one looks to be close to Osterley Tube, Piccadilly Line which would be great for the OP regarding the school.

In Croydon already, the areas by the train stations are not the greatest so was looking to change area totally

You have no chance of getting a house. Perhaps a flat near Piccadilly line.

If you want a house in a nice area you will have to rent. Or not spend £20k per year per child on school fees.

I think it will be tricky if not impossible, the cheapest areas are often not as nice or not well served for public transport.
A relative lived in Greenford which was pretty cheap for a London Borough, (you might have got a 3 bed house for 400k there but probably needs complete renovation) but it was over a mile to a tube or rail station which adds to time commuting. And not convenient to the area you want to travel to anyway

If you go further out, outside the tube network you pay a lot more for rail fares

Where did OP say her children are privately educated….?

@unmp

Which school do the children attend, OP?

I'm not sure why they live in Croydon but go to school in Fulham.

Exactly, I am in a no win situation

Seeing as she has boys and she wants them to commute to Fulham and West Brompton stations, it’s most likely the Oratory, which whilst a top state school, is not a private school so I can see why she wouldn’t want to move her children from there.

Edit to say I'm wrong!

Fulham boys school

Have you looked at the Rightmove commute tool?

You keep getting stuck because your expectations are completely unrealistic. Have you actually logged onto Right Move and put in a Shepherds Bush postcode and seen what you can buy for £400,000? It doesn't sound like it.

I have been on right move and Zoopla daily hence why I am seeking advice on alternatives

3 bed apartment with garden in New Malden on at 475k.

New Malden > Clapham J 14 mins
CJ > W. Brompton 7 mins

Yep. This 3 bed flat is actually right opposite Osterley Tube (£400k).

Hiltons are pleased to present a lovely three bedroom apartment within a ideally located property in the sought after area of Isleworth, TW7! The property comprises a spacious hallway, three well sized bedrooms, large living room, kitchen and family bathroom. There is private parking available with residents first come first serve parking, double glazing, and communal gardens. Local shops and amenities are close by. Within easy reach is West Middlesex Hospital, Hounslow and Osterley Underground and West Thames College. A Brilliant Opportunity for Commuters, First-Time Buyers and Investors!!!

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/140786834#/?channel=RES_BUY

Southfields? Wimbledon? South Wimbledon? You probably won’t get a house but a flat is possible.

It’s on the Great West Road though - so noisy.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/134368082#/?channel=RES_BUY

3 bed terrace Thornton Heath goes straight to West Brompton and then can walk. Or bus from CJ.

@unmp

Could this work for you, OP?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/149891054#/?channel=RES_BUY

I came to say the same as this. Mitcham could work as they could get the tram to Wimbledon and then either overground or district line. But you'd have to be careful about which part. The colliers wood / Tooting side is nicer in my opinion.

@unmp Could you consider something like this? I know this road and its nice and quiet. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/137220131

The 3rd bed is a box but maybe a cabin bed might work for the youngest? And in time you could think about a loft conversion if funds allow. 10mins walk from a tram stop.

Just to add that I think the teenagers might be able to walk to school from there, but check the map to be sure! The school doesn't look that far from this address.

https://www.dexters.co.uk/property-for-sale/flat-for-sale-in-lampeter-square-london-w6/229057

Thank you all for the suggestions which are really helpful

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/150054077