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Living in Surbiton anyone?

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GreenwichVillage83 · 07/12/2022 12:03

Can anyone share any intel about living in Surbiton please?

We have 1 young child, currently TTC another. Husband has to commute to City and works late so we don't want a really long commute - ideally 45 mins or under. I wfh. Currently living in a small flat in Blackheath. Houses here are small or v v pricey and secondary schools not great. We don't want grammars or private.

Priorities are schools (state secondaries, not Catholic), green space and the usual wish list of pleasant quality of life.

Surbiton has been suggested by a colleague of DH as a (relatively) affordable option, with good commute. I never knew anything about the place and always thought it was just a surburban sprawl but this guy said it's very pleasant.

Not sure on budget - this would be in a couple of years time. But somewhere between 750-£1m for ideally 3 beds. Roughly speaking.

Is this an area worth looking at?

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BeigeAgainstTheMachine · 10/12/2022 15:28

There is property available well within your budget. Some compromises may have to be made depending on what your red lines are.

For instance; Small patio, no garden
Needs a lot of modernisation, and is right next to a noisy school
Terraced, small garden
Small garden
New build, no patio but no garden
Top end of budget, needs a little modernisation, but not too much. May be potential to extend

BeigeAgainstTheMachine · 10/12/2022 15:29

That should read "Patio but no garden" obviously...

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