Hi,
we need help!
First time buyers.
Can’t buy in zone 2 where we live (SW) and secondary state schools are not so great here. We have a 9 year old and 4 year old (boy and girl).
We want what most people want…
- Nice house ~4 beds
- nice neighbourhood with young families with children, not too unenventful,
- in catchment of good primary and secondary schools, plus we like the idea of being at a commutable distance from grammar schools.
- commute not much longer than 1 hr to Canary Wharf
- close to parks
- possibly an nice high street nearby
- budget 1.1 max
currently we are considering a variety of places but it doesn’t seem easy (catchment of primaries and secondaries is hard to get).
areas considered:
- Cheam and immediate surroundings (but limited to areas close to Cheam high school, as we want a decent school option that is not grammar, in case they are not academic..
- Epsom (Rosebery and Glyn schools, and commutable to grammar schools in Sutton)
- Hayes (south of Bromley) and West Wickham - good secondary schools - but small catchments so not many houses come up. Also commutable to Orpington for grammar.
- Orpington, but not many options for comprehensive, other than Ravens wood and Darrick wood - on which I have read mixed reviews.
- Twickenham and surrounding as its nice leafy but still feels like London - but its too expensive.
any other areas you’d recommend??
thansk for helping someone very confused.