My fiancé and I are looking to buy our first home, which is super exciting but getting a little frustrating! We had planned to live in west/south west London or Surrey but he got a new job based in Welwyn Garden City. So we went back to the drawing board (and a small bit of living vaguely close by from me)and came up with Rickmansworth as well as Northwood. Rickmansworth is better in terms of value and housing stock. We went to see a house yesterday and loved it. Town centre location and very pretty. A lovely first home. A walk around the town centre felt so far from London for me and a little dull and suburban. My fiance, being from a similar area in Surrey, loved it. It is the best place technically (houses, value, future family life) but I still need convincing!! Please can you tell me some of the lovely things about living in Rickmansworth! Or even suggest somewhere else I should look! Thanks!