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Right - any decent places to live within an hours commute of Luton

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Piffle · 02/07/2007 22:14

DP has aceepted a job there he can commute from where we live in Lincs but relocating may be an option
But what we have now is good and good value

DS1 13 in grammar school
DD some minor SN due to start tiny lovely village primary in Sept (11 in reception class all of whom she goes to pre school with)

Large 4 bed house lovely garden semi rural in nice village.

Need house prices under £270k

Is there such a thing?

Am deeply unwilling to move so am not expecting anything to turn up

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rantinghousewife · 02/07/2007 22:20

We're the other side of Beds, but IL's live that way and I think you might be hard pushed to find something in that price bracket an hour from Luton in a village tbh.
Not much help, I know. There's some very nice villages between Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable but they are v. expensive.

LyraB · 02/07/2007 22:22

I used to commute to Luton from Hertford, took just under an hour.

Whoooosh · 02/07/2007 22:24

HEah but house for that price in HErtford will be tough.

Place called Breachwood Green may be worth a look?

rantinghousewife · 02/07/2007 22:25

Isn't Hertfordshire even more expensive than Beds?

Clary · 02/07/2007 22:26

Oh Piff you need to stay in Lincs, you know it's god's own county.

Let me persuade you to stay, you know you want to. We yearn to move back to Lincs.

LadyVictoriaOfCake · 02/07/2007 22:30

move to welwyn!!

Beetroot · 02/07/2007 22:33

Some nice villages around Bedfordshire

Welwyn? Old Hatfiled?

LadyVictoriaOfCake · 02/07/2007 22:36

west side of wgc is nice, but might be hard pushed to find something in budget.

wheathampstead? plenty of villages between welwyn Gc and luton.

edam · 02/07/2007 22:36

Hertfordshire is expensive - you'd be looking at two beds or not v. nice area for £270k round Harpenden or St Albans. Sorry! Friend of mine was going to buy in Ampthill in Beds which is apparently v. nice.

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Piffle · 02/07/2007 22:36

Looks like finding anything for that price is grim

Trust me I don't want to move but fear our relationship may fail if we don't
rock hard place

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rantinghousewife · 02/07/2007 22:36

Ampthill is lovely but expensive.

LadyVictoriaOfCake · 02/07/2007 22:37

harpendden and st albans are more expensive areas

there are some villages around the hitchen/stevenage end as well.

Whoooosh · 02/07/2007 22:37

Prices in Bedfordshire are definitely cheaper than Herts-maybe worth looking there?

Beetroot · 02/07/2007 22:38

Northamton area?

edam · 02/07/2007 22:38

Problem with Wheathampstead is that children have a hard time getting into good secondary schools in Harpenden or St Albans - LEA stuffs up every year.

edam · 02/07/2007 22:39

Anyone know about Letchworth? Looks nice when we've been through it.

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Piffle · 02/07/2007 22:40

some nice period places in northampton...

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Beetroot · 02/07/2007 22:40

shops are desperate though

rantinghousewife · 02/07/2007 22:41

That's what you have t' internet for

LadyVictoriaOfCake · 02/07/2007 22:42

letchworth is a nice palce to visit. i prefer welwyn g c though

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Piffle · 02/07/2007 22:42

beety you have never been to Sleaford then!!!
not a shop here - as twas said tis what t'internet is for

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edam · 02/07/2007 22:43

I like the houses in the centre of WGC, the ones that were put up when it was first developed in Queen Anne revival style. Lovely.

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Piffle · 02/07/2007 22:44

mmm think my first suggestion 3 yrs ago was best

It went..
Let's bugger off back to New Zealand
we can buy a bloody farm with no mortgage out there...

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rantinghousewife · 02/07/2007 22:45

Hmm Bedfordshire or New Zealand? Bit of a no brainer and I say that as someone who lives in Beds.

edam · 02/07/2007 22:46

One of my best friends has come back after ten years in NZ. To live in Luton, of all places!