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Clean and a reasonable price property

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Febas · 22/01/2018 22:28

I am looking to move from Luton I need advice on a clean , quite and cheap area within 1 to 2hours journey to London incase the kids want to go to London.
Every advice will be appreciated.
Richard

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Hattiehollow · 22/01/2018 22:41

Luton is 1-2 hours from London but you say you want to leave. You might need to give us a clue with regard to your budget, whether you want a house or flat and with how many bedrooms, and whether you have a job you need to commute to.

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Febas · 22/01/2018 23:01

Thank you for your response.
I am looking at a 3 bedroom house in any area but it has to be clean area and maybe from the range of 150:000 to 200:000 and distance to London can be about 1 to 2 hours to London just for easy access

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Febas · 22/01/2018 23:03

No I don't work in London I work with NHS so I should easily get something to do out there.

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mysteryfairy · 22/01/2018 23:10

You can get to London in under two hours from, for example, Leeds, Manchester, York, Birmingham, Bristol, Norwich... I think you might need to narrow the search down a bit?

Angryosaurus · 22/01/2018 23:33

What do you mean by a clean area? Is there anywhere you want to be close to? Rural or city? Why are you leaving Luton? How often would your kids be going to London? Or do you mean they may live there ?

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Febas · 22/01/2018 23:44

Sorry it seems I confused you a lil bit.
What am actually looking for is a safe area for family.
My kids will sometimes like to go to the O2 arena in London also they love to visit Stratford but not always just for a general London visit.

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Febas · 22/01/2018 23:48

We are renting in Luton at the moment but we want something more cheaper as we plan to buy a 3 bedroom house for family settlement .
We don't have preference on place to be close to we just want a peaceful area that is not too expensive.

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MyCatIsPlottingToKillMe · 23/01/2018 07:15

I think a three bedroom house for 150-200K might be difficult within commuting distance of London. Doing a search on Rightmove for 3 bed houses within 30 miles of London, which aren't retirement homes, comes up with 160 houses. Why don't you start with that and see if any of those are any good?

MyCatIsPlottingToKillMe · 23/01/2018 07:21

A lot of them are shared ownership, but you mind find that works quite well for you? Also if you're NHS see if your hospital has any schemes for help with housing. I know they used to in London, not sure if they're still doing it.

Spickle · 23/01/2018 07:39

You might get a 3 bed in Basildon, Essex. Some areas are nice and safe, others not so much. However, we have friends there who have lived there many years and have lovely neighbours and are very happy. Basildon has a main line station to Fenchurch Street, but the O2 and Stratford are easy to get to. To get into London (City) would be about 30 minutes on the train.

specialsubject · 23/01/2018 10:01

The kids will have outgrown pop concerts and Westfield in a few years, and should have real lives anyway. I wouldn't make those the main criteria.

autumncountryrose · 23/01/2018 10:04

I would not recommend Basildon!

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Febas · 23/01/2018 11:09

you make perfect sense though .
i will like somewhere of a village life, cool calm and with good school as our first daughter is 6years we will like a place with a god high school.
hopefully we can get something reasonable under 300k for a 3 bed house .

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flirtygirl · 23/01/2018 13:18

Northamptonshire villages on the bedfordshire side.
3 beds for under 200k and just over an hour to london as its junctions 15 on m1 or 1hr 10- 1 hr 20 mins train journey.

Some parts of the midlands will fit also but not much for under 200k unless you up the journey time to london.

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Febas · 23/01/2018 13:37

Pls what is the name of the village

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MrsPatmore · 23/01/2018 14:05

Faversham in Kent? Lovely small town, excellent schools, safe area and easy to get into London on the train but not sure what time the last one would leave if they were going out! Don't think you'll find much in a nice area for under 250k unfortunately.

EggsonHeads · 23/01/2018 14:07

You can get a house the size in loads of villages within short driving distance Corby, Northampton and Peterborough which all about an hour from London on the train.

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Febas · 23/01/2018 14:31

Mrspatmore, I have check Faversham in Kent it looks really cool I have spoken to my wife and we both agreed we will be visiting there shortly to see what the area looks like.
Thank you for you contribution.
Richard

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Chienrouge · 23/01/2018 14:35

I live in a village in the East Midlands (north Leicestershire) which is 1.5 hours from London on the train so your search has a very wide area!

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Febas · 23/01/2018 15:10

What is the name of the village in the east Midlands in North liecestershire

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JT05 · 23/01/2018 18:15

I think your budget might be a bit tight for what you want.
You would struggle to get a 3 bed in lovely Market Harborough (Leics)and surrounding villages.
Outstanding schools, commute time to London and family orientated environments make areas like these very popular.

Spickle · 23/01/2018 18:17

Febas Sorry is your budget now up to £300k, as per your post at 11:09

Bluelady · 23/01/2018 18:31

Grantham, 65 minutes to London.

Blacksquirrel · 23/01/2018 19:22

Central Bedfordshire...Sandy, Biggleswade or St. Neots

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Febas · 24/01/2018 09:43

Blue lady, I check Grantham it seems a quiet and clean area also cheap.
But I check train to London it says something like 2hours anyway we will be visiting there shortly for site seeing.

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