Buying a house in Enfield - advice please

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Emily2222 · 22/03/2015 19:20

Hello
After another week of house hunting we saw a lovely bungalow on kyme road in en3 Enfield - in brimsdown area.
Quite keen to put in an offer .
We used to live in Cockfosters and visited enfield town often and thought it was quite nice.
However read bad things about the area as it is "East to a10" as oppose to being west.
Any advice? Any local residents?
Thanks

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Willow33 · 22/03/2015 22:07

Hi yes you want to be West of A 10 and not East, that's fr sure. Look in Enfield Town and Bush Hill Park.

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Emily2222 · 22/03/2015 23:00

Unfortunately that house we saw and liked is just on East side of a10 :(
What's the worst scenario if we bought it

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MegBusset · 22/03/2015 23:02

Brimsdown is a bit grim (that's why it's so cheap!). Lots of industrial estates. Nightmare traffic. Handy for Ikea though! The west side of the A10 is much MUCH nicer.

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Emily2222 · 22/03/2015 23:19

We have a budget of 400k and probably can't afford a decent size house on the west side of a10

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cakedup · 22/03/2015 23:32

My mum lives near brimsdown station. Agree it's grim. She doesn't particularly like it and I wouldn't want to live there with ds as the schools are not great. Would consider without dc though if it was a nice property.

Lweji · 22/03/2015 23:35

Have you looked around Enfield Lock?

MegBusset · 23/03/2015 07:48

What size house do you need? Lots of ex LA houses round Gordon Hill / Enfield Chase / Enfield Town worth looking at.

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Emily2222 · 23/03/2015 08:34

we are looking at minimum 3 bed + with a decent size garage and garden

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bruffin · 23/03/2015 09:00

I don't think the secondary schools are very good on the east side either. Most of St Mary's school, Cheshunt is made up of kids shipped in from Enfield, I wouldn't send my dc there (cant stand the head) but it does show how bad some of the schools must be in Enfield if St Mary's is an attractive alternative. When I was young (1970s) Bishops Stopford was a sort after school, but have friends who worked there and the behaviour is awful.

MegBusset · 23/03/2015 13:19

You might have to settle for off-street parking instead of a garage, but here are a couple of options, all walking distance from the town centre...

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33686940.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50878112.html

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-48902329.html

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