Detached house for £600 out of London with train link

[LindaMum]

Hello,
We are in North London and priced out for our first detached home for a budget around £600k. I know that we can get some nice terraced or semis within this range in outer London but we prefer detached. We have been thinking to move away to some quieter place with train link to London. What we need is some amenities such as grocery stores within walking distance and a secondary school.

We are flexible to move to any place as long as it's quiet and good residential area with some amenities and train link to London.

I've been doing a lot of searches but can't seem to get anywhere closer to what we are looking for.

Can anyone suggest some good places for us?

Thanks

Scotland.

Bucks

How many bedrooms do you need?

@TerryHearn

Scotland.

Would rather jump off Dover cliffs than go up North

@BlowDryRat

How many bedrooms do you need?

3 would suffice, can't dream more than that with small budget.

How many bedrooms? In parts of Essex you could get a detached for £600k, near good train links to London.

Peterborough easily. My dad used to commute to london for work living there.

What about Suffolk? Stowmarket is on the direct line to Liverpool Street..

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/104318381#/

Harlington in Beds. Direct train to at Pancras 35 mins or to Brighton!! Bedford is ok for a town. Harlington upper school best in region. Bedfordshire v pretty but not so nice as to attract tourists.

You're welcome. :)

How many bedrooms?
You can get a detached 3 bedroom in Guildford for example. What train line do you need? Guildford has regular trains to Waterloo (38mins).
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/103947215#/

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/104723027#/

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/79087407#/

@Evecob

Peterborough easily. My dad used to commute to london for work living there.

Essex is big, any nice area you recommend?

Parts of Sussex. Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill or Crawley for example.

New build just outside of Guildford for £590k

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/78832245#/

Train link to which London station?

I pay 775 for a 2 bed an hour north of London by train. I think you’re dreaming. I couldn’t get a 1 bed flat for that price and train tickets would be seriously expensive.

Why detached btw?

What station in London do you need?

What type of schools will you be looking for?

Which station in London do you need to commute in to?

@awesomekillick

Harlington in Beds. Direct train to at Pancras 35 mins or to Brighton!! Bedford is ok for a town. Harlington upper school best in region. Bedfordshire v pretty but not so nice as to attract tourists.

You're welcome. :)

Beds remind me of Luton

Also Shoreham/Worthing if you fancy living by the sea. About 90 min train journey to London. www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E1487&minBedrooms=3&maxPrice=600000&radius=5.0&propertyTypes=&mustHave=&dontShow=&furnishTypes=&keywords=

maidstone

Tonbridge

@xyzandabc

Which station in London do you need to commute in to?

Sorry I don't need to commute to London at all. I work from home. I need train to London to travel out of the country. I don't like driving and prefer train.

@TheHoneyBadger

I pay 775 for a 2 bed an hour north of London by train. I think you’re dreaming. I couldn’t get a 1 bed flat for that price and train tickets would be seriously expensive.

Why detached btw?

She means to buy for £600,000, not rent for £600pcm.

Thame

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E1330&insId=1&minPrice=500000&maxPrice=600000&minBedrooms=3&primaryDisplayPropertyType=detachedshouses&googleAnalyticsChannel=buying

[quote waterlego]Also Shoreham/Worthing if you fancy living by the sea. About 90 min train journey to London. www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E1487&minBedrooms=3&maxPrice=600000&radius=5.0&propertyTypes=&mustHave=&dontShow=&furnishTypes=&keywords=[/quote]
Yes, seaside towns have been on my list, the only worry is that I'm not sure if I can survive by the sea in cold weather. I've been to plenty of seaside towns in summer and most of them look nice but never dared to go there in the Winter so can't say for sure how they are in winter. I'll start a new thread for that.