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!

[Northernlebkuchen]

O fancy this one but the kitchen is disappointing.

[mamij]

I never realised what big and lovely houses existed until I saw this post! Must do a bit more house shopping now!

[SlightlyJaded]

If you are wedded to West and that budget, I would say try Chiswick - much more community/family friendly than some of the places you are looking at (have lived in Brook Green - it's ok, but a bit annonymous) or just over the river: Barnes, East Sheen are both desirable/lovely/family friendly and don't border anywhere 'rough'

[happygilmore]

Has it got a garden Northern? For that price you'd really want one.

[SlightlyJaded]

Haven't read the whole thread - did I miss a hairy hand something?

[VicarInaTutuDrankSantasSherry]

its is rather a good excuse for property porn isnt it! such fun!!

[FellatioNelson]

Amelia is not that new. I don't think there are any hairs on her hands. I think you should all behave.

She may enjoy this a little too much but that doesn't mean it's not for real.

[FromEsme]

But Fellatio, she said she was new to mn upthread.

[FellatioNelson]

Newish, but not brand new. She's been around a month or so.

[CaptainNancy]

Oh blast, I thought I was the only one onto her

amelia MNers will always find you out... slowly, therefore surely.

[CaptainNancy]

So amelia- are you Amanda or Natalie? Of course... you're known for turning out quite a lot of actors [deadpan]

[TheFantasticFixit]

With an attitude like yours OP, please don't consider Pitshanger. It is a lovely area, much too nice for the likes of you and your hideous boastful and posturing attitude.

Stick your 4 mill somewhere else, now there's a love.

Cheers!

[tethersjinglebellend]

Have you considered Harlesden?

[likeatonneofbricks]

Holland park is best! Some very quiet grand streets yet close to the buzz. Unless you like lots of green spaces around you - then Barnes/Richmond. Parts of Chiswick are nice and more central, and close to Kew Gardens which is great for kids.
I'm not a fan of North london, but Battersea (south) is nice near the park by the way.

[Viviennemary]

Well I think she should donate her money to charity and rent a cheap flat somewhere outside London.

[likeatonneofbricks]

tethers

[AmberLeaf]

I cant believe the price of those houses, they aren't even semi detached!

£5mil for a fucking terrace?!

[marriedandwreathedinholly]

Central London AmberLeaf - it isn't the real world. Even South of the river (just south) the three/four bed terraces are around the million mark. The OPs budget, for the area she's looking is a wee in the ocean. It is absurd - entirely absurd - but London remains a Tale of Two Cities and for us "Londoners" a tale we still live.

[AmberLeaf]

Yeah Im a Londoner too, so I do know really. I was being slightly tongue in cheek in my previous post!

If I had that sort of budget, I would want a detached property!

Location, location location eh?!

[marriedandwreathedinholly]

Sorry. didn't mean to patronize. chiswick or ealing for you then - the detached's in pputney will be too far from the tube :)

[AmberLeaf]

No no! I didn't think you were being patronising!

Im a SE London girl anyway, my lovely victorian semi is worth around £260k, would be worth loads more in other parts of SE London though, like east Dulwich etc.

In fact a tiny terrace in areas like that would be worth waay more then my house!

I find it all very bizarre.

[NewMummyInTown]

london house prices are mad - we are thinking of moving out of our £1.5 million 2 bedroom cottage in Fulham to fit a 2 yo and newly born twins in, we've looked at Brook Green/Holland Park and of course all that will buy us is a flat or a tiny cottage with a yard for a garden...very frustrating!

[Nancy66]

Newmummy - so why not move to an area that will buy you a lot more?

I really don't get the dogged determination to stick to key areas where you get fuck all for your money - and, invariably, they aren't even that nice and are bordered by huge council estates.

i'd live in Dulwich village over Notting Hill, Wandsworth Common over Fulham, Hampstead over Holland Park any day.

[NewMummyInTown]

but if you want to be central then you have to sacrifice alot...

[AmberLeaf]

I agree Nancy, but you know that Dulwich village is bordered by peckham dont you?!

Does 2 bed cottage in Fulham mean 2 bed terrace?

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