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London flat for 450,000

32 replies

mjf981 · 30/07/2022 07:24

I keep toying with the idea with a move home from overseas. The current political/economic situation in the UK is discouraging, but I can't get the idea out of my head. The pull is strong. If you could buy a flat in London for 450,000 for the requirements listed below, show me what you would buy, so I can daydream!

Requirements:

1 bed minimum
Car parking, or at least relatively easy street parking
Centralish - zone 2-3 if possible
Close to a decent high st
An outside space - small garden (ideal), but a balcony would be ok
No new builds

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mdh2020 · 30/07/2022 08:30

I really don’t think you will get anything in Zones 2/3 unless it is part ownership.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 30/07/2022 08:36

mdh2020 · 30/07/2022 08:30

I really don’t think you will get anything in Zones 2/3 unless it is part ownership.

Complete rubbish

PeppaPigIsBacon · 30/07/2022 08:39

Not a flat, but I like this: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/125002772#/?channel=RES_BUY

Or this, if you want a flat: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/125468729#/?channel=RES_BUY

Lunaballoon · 30/07/2022 08:51

Camberwell
Peckham

Kwackerly · 30/07/2022 09:14

Blackheath? Communal garden though...

Kwackerly · 30/07/2022 09:16

Ha, linked to same flat as @OnlyFoolsnMothers upthread.

Honaloulou · 30/07/2022 09:20

This is similar to the Black Heath one, but more central

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124267526#/?channel=RES_BUY

MyCatIsNotFittingMyKitchen · 30/07/2022 09:38

The Lloyd Park area of Walthamstow with its ex-Warner flats. Zone 3. 15-20 minutes walk or less than a 10 minute bus ride to the tube.

Walthamstow is brilliantly connected with Victoria line and overground to Liverpool Street, and everything you could need or want. You will definitely get a one bed for that money and might well get a two bed like the one below. You get your own front door, and usually a shared outside space.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/84063153#/?channel=RES_BUY

DoThePropeller · 30/07/2022 10:07

I’d look at West Norwood, something like this:

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85561512#/?channel=RES_BUY

or Streatham/Streatham Hill:

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124770989#/?channel=RES_BUY

HundredMilesAnHour · 30/07/2022 10:23

I'd buy this flat in Whitechapel:

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124061474#/?channel=RES_BUY

I live nearby and have been keeping an eye on this church for when flats come up for sale. It's quiet spot but only a few mins walk from shops, gyms, cinema, cafes, etc as well as 5 mins walk to the Elizabeth line, Central line, District line, H&C line, Overground trains, major bus routes and A11/A13/A1 out of London. Walking distance to Spitalfields/Brick Lane/Shoreditch/the City/Tower Bridge.

No garden/balcony but right next to a tiny park and 15 mins walk to Victoria Park.

Eastangular2000 · 30/07/2022 10:29

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/102103157#/?channel=RES_BUY

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120984311#/?channel=RES_BUY

no outside space but you have got Kew Gardens on your doorstep!

SunflowerFace · 30/07/2022 10:50

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/82879632#/?channel=RES_BUY

Needs a refurb, but you’d have the budget to do that and it’s in a great area. No outside space, but there’s beautiful Fulham Palace with its botanic gardens close by.

TurmericFan · 30/07/2022 10:59

Lunaballoon · 30/07/2022 08:51

The Peckham one is quite nice, but you'd need to be sure that wasn't the upstair's neighbour's parking space just outside your bedroom window!

TurmericFan · 30/07/2022 11:01

Honaloulou · 30/07/2022 09:20

This is similar to the Black Heath one, but more central

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124267526#/?channel=RES_BUY

That's almost lovely - if only it had an extra room!

But I don't think I'd ever get used to the bathroom being off the kitchen.

Maybe that's why it's been on since June....

Classicblunder · 30/07/2022 11:04

This is only 300k and ticks your boxes

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123747821#/?channel=RES_BUY

You could get a 2 or even 3 bed in this area

PaniDomu · 30/07/2022 11:25

If you want something more central and don’t mind ex council, have a look at Elephant and Castle or Pimlico.

TurmericFan · 30/07/2022 11:30

Acton:

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/125400935#/?channel=RES_BUY

AdelaideRo · 30/07/2022 11:33

If you lose the requirement for on street parking you would get what you want in Zone 1. For 450K though it would be ex-local authority.

Lunaballoon · 30/07/2022 11:34

TurmericFan · 30/07/2022 11:01

That's almost lovely - if only it had an extra room!

But I don't think I'd ever get used to the bathroom being off the kitchen.

Maybe that's why it's been on since June....

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It’s on a busy main road. That would put a lot of buyers off.

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mjf981 · 30/07/2022 11:36

Brilliant! Thanks 🙏 everyone. I’m working my way through the list and thinking of possibilities…

OP posts:
TurmericFan · 30/07/2022 11:38

Lunaballoon · 30/07/2022 11:34

It’s on a busy main road. That would put a lot of buyers off.

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Ah yes, but facing Burgess Park! It would be wonderful having that on your doorstep. You can camp out fishing by the lake, have barbeques on summer evenings, feed the ducks, etc, moments from your front door.

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mjf981 · 30/07/2022 11:42

Love the Camberwell flat. And the Blackheath one is a close second.

OP posts:
goldfinchonthelawn · 30/07/2022 11:44

This is big and pretty wiht massive garden and own parking space. But on a busy road, I think:
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124267526#/?channel=RES_BUY

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