Hi all,
Hoping for some advice. My husband and I have just sold our house and are planning to move to Colchester area. We live in the West Country at the moment but he works in London and is fed up of being away from home all week.
This is a big move and we don't have London levels of equity to buy a plush pile.
We are looking at Stanway, Prettygate, Braiswick predominantly, and a couple of areas that look to be directly south of the army camp. We have a young daughter so schools are important, so we are factoring that in when looking. We wanted to look outside of Colchester but are hearing horror stories about driving times, traffic congestion and problems with parking.
Is anybody able to comment on the following (sorry for the long list, but you can answer as many or as few as you like!)
- Is there enough parking available at Colchester Station (the mainline one)
- Is there enough cycle storage (my husband doesn't ride a bike but its an option to keep costs down). Or as he said, at least I'll get some life insurance and not have to worry.
- Realistically, how long would it take to drive from those areas to the station in the early morning (7-8am)
- Outside of Colchester itself, just how bad is the parking at Marks Tey, Kelvedon and Witham?
- Is there anything wrong with/areas to avoid in the areas listed above?
- Is Brinkley Grove school really a bad school, or is it just the victim of overzealous ofsted inspectors - lots of suitable houses around there
Thanks for any help.
J