Help with choosing house in West London please!

[ameliacampbell]

Hello!
We (my DH, 3 year old DD and 6 year old DS) are currently living in Chelsea in a very small flat which we will soon grow out of. We still want to live relatively centrally as DS goes to a prep school in Kensington, and DH works in the city. Our budget is around £3 or 4 million, and we've been looking at the areas of Brook Green, Kensington, Holland Park, Notting Hill and Bayswater. We would like to get a 4 bedroom house with garden in any of these places - and if you have any ideas of other suitable areas please say!
We particularly liked Brook Green, very upper middle class, leafy and particularly quiet, however the houses aren't as big there as in Kensington or Holland Park (even though they are only 10 minutes walk from Brook Green!). We love the community feel of Chelsea, do any of these areas have this?
Thanks so much, and a happy new year!

[ameliacampbell]

what is the average size of a property in the UK?

[noelstudios]

Apparently Kirtsy is a bit racist - I went to a talk by Shappi Korshandi at the National Gallery, and she said that at a do on a boat on the Thames at the last general election Kirsty said something really weird to her about Shappi not 'really being brown' and being just like 'her with a tan'. All a bit '50's casual racism.

[happygilmore]

Well I live in a shoe by the side of the M1, not sure if that's average size or not?

I too love Phil. Please can we have a whip round for the OP to hire him to help with her search? Pretty please?

[FromEsme]

Honestly, I don't even know what the Camerons are THINKING, the plebs.

That Dave one looks a right dodgy sort, I reckon he'd nick yer iphone as soon as look at you.

[Windowbasket]

I think he'd be ok if you gave him a great big hug.

[VicarInaTutuDrankSantasSherry]

ive just popped for a look at the other thread. oh my. i am out of my league here....

[Northernlebkuchen]

The Camerons will be wanting to upgrade when Dave goes on the lecture circuit - like the Blairs did. They used to live in Islington you know .

[blueraincoat]

Wow amelia your life really is hectic at the moment! Pregnant, moving house and changing dc schools at the same time. I think I could only cope with one at a time!

[VicarInaTutuDrankSantasSherry]

is there an average size property in the uk?

i thought uk average house prices were usually based on a 3 bed semi....around the £250,000 mark.

so a bit different to what you are talking about then OP!

[FromEsme]

Don't worry too much, blueraincoat . That 3 or 4 million pound house will cheer her up if she gets too stressed.

[upinthehills]

Amelia - are you trying to play MN Poker maybe start a thread on whether Fruit shoots are a good drink in a packed lunch next....

[ameliacampbell]

sorry I'm new to MN - am I not doing it correctly??

[Viviennemary]

I like the sound of Primrose Hill. But not sure if that's west London or not.

[happygilmore]

Have you got a nanny who feeds your kids normal pasta?

[Windowbasket]

Primrose Hill is lovely but wrong side of town, NW1.

[rathlin]

I think Phil's business collapsed as part of the recession unless he's started up again.

[yellowsubmarine53]

A budget of 3 or 4 million is unusually wide in range.

[happygilmore]

Bet he would still help the poor OP out though if the fee was right.

[ameliacampbell]

happygilmore I'm afraid I don't have a nanny, I decided to give up my job in order to be with DC at all times, so unfortunately you can't be rude to me about another aspect of my life! And primrose hill is NW london, it could work for us

[AKissIsNotAContract]

It's interesting that on another property thread you gave a poster lots of really good info about these areas. You seem to have done a lot of research already. What more were you hoping to gain from this thread?

[Northernlebkuchen]

How to mumsnet 'right' - well desist from talking bollocks contradicting yourself from thread to thread.

[LittleBairn]

What exactly are you looking for in an area?
Is it good shopping opportunities?
Nice parks for the children?
Transport links?

Areas I like are Brook Green, Holland Park and Chiswick. All decent family areas IMO.

[happygilmore]

I'm not being rude, it's a joke about mumsnetters past.

I thought I was being quite helpful - CALL PHIL.

[FellatioNelson]

I don't think 3 to 4 mill is an unusually wide range. It could just be the difference between needing to take out a mortgage and not take out a mortgage. And plenty of people have mortgages of a million or more.

[VicarInaTutuDrankSantasSherry]

interesting thread started by OP on class definition what?

so we have a thread started on Class.
a thread on private schools
and a thread asking for advice on a house in london worth 4 million.

is this the opposite of MN bingo? no flatscreen goats here....