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Findmeanewhome · 10/06/2023 20:46

I'm looking for recommendations please!

I need a town, with adequate primary schools (pastoral care more important than academics), walkable + train station, in a not super rough area, where £250k can buy a modest house (terraced is fine) with garden, where the third bedroom is bigger than 8x5, preferably in the south east! I wouldn't leave our current seaside town (although it's not our first choice) but for the lack of affordable garden properties.

Does such a place exist or are we moving north? I'm gutted that our kids have a lovely flat but no garden, ds4 desperately needs one for his energy. I didn't forsee this as I was not an outdoorsy child and also grew up in a flat with no garden.

We could wait another 4 years until we have no childcare costs and increase our budget significantly, but I'm wondering if there is somewhere we could move now. We have 4 more years fixed at 2%.

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housesarehard · 10/06/2023 20:56

Uckfield

Temporaryname158 · 10/06/2023 20:57

Leeds

bluesky45 · 10/06/2023 20:58

You can get that in lots of places round here but we're in the north west.

Playgrind · 10/06/2023 20:58

Really @housesarehard not according to rightmove

Newhaven?

Octavia64 · 10/06/2023 20:59

Littleport, Ely.

samestyle · 10/06/2023 21:00

East Kent, Folkestone/Dover can get you a reasonable sized house for that amount.

saveforthat · 10/06/2023 21:00

Would you consider the South West? Definitely possible here.

MaryJanesonabreak · 10/06/2023 21:02

Norwich

JaninaDuszejko · 10/06/2023 21:24

That's just below the average houseprice so most places in the country. Where I live in the NE it would easily get you a 3 or 4 bed semi in the nicest part of town.

Findmeanewhome · 10/06/2023 21:38

We're in Sussex right now. Torn between moving to dp's hometown in the Midlands (he has lots of family there), staying put and hopefully affording what we need in 4 years time (pricing/interest depending) or finding a cheaper Sussex town.

Southwest is not an option due to my work alas, whereas Midlands is. We have nothing tying us here beyond friends and (supposedly) my family who are further south but who never see us.

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Coffeelotsofcoffee · 11/06/2023 07:11

South wales

magnolia1997 · 11/06/2023 07:19

Stirchley in Birmingham.

honeyandfizz · 11/06/2023 10:50

The Midlands is a big place, whereabouts is he from?

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