Where to spend a million?

[househunters]

Hi,

Apologies for the crass title

DH and I have a budget of up to £1m for our next house, but not sure where to buy. Can anyone help?
Our requirements are:
-fast access into north/central London (ideally an hour door to door commute)
-outstanding state school provision at both primary and secondary (our children are 2 and nearly 1 so school applications are a little while off yet, but it's an absolute must for us)
-we like houses with personality. No new builds, and not a fan of 70s houses
-4 beds and a good sized garden
-driveway
-walking distance to good play parks, independent restaurants and shops. A small pretty town would be ideal.

Is this possible?

Not quite what you’ve asked for but would you consider Barnet? Great schools, parks, very easy to get into town. Lots of good quality 1930s housing stock, excellent schools. Only issue is that you might need to go for a semi.

Sorry, mentioned the schools twice!

Did you read the update?

Congratulations OP! Really nice when someone pops back to a thread to say how things turned out.

(Everybody else, stop commenting, OP has bought a house now.)

Oops 😂 Congrats, op!