Weybridge with a modest budget - are we going to "fit in"?

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Love the area but our budget would get us a 2 bed cottage at best. It is a beautiful part of surrey filled with multi million £££ worth mansions and a lot of wealth overall. I worry we might not "fit in" if we were to move in; for those about to ask why do I care, I simply would like to live in a place where I can meet people who are similar to us, maybe make friends with other parents at the school gate etc and I get the feeling that might not be the case there.
That said, it would be very good for our needs in many ways: commute, good schools, safe, lots of local amenities etc
Is anyone familiar with the area, can you advise?

How old are your kids? Lots of baby groups and great primary schools around. I’m sure you’ll fit in. I live down the road in Walton and am friends with mums who live in Weybridge/go to the state primary schools/go to the private schools. It’s a good mix of people!

@Peoniesandcats thanks! we are also considering walton and hersham.
DC is now 3.
Our budget is around £500K, doesn't go far in Weybridge. I have a few very posh colleagues who live there in £1ml+ houses...
Are your mum friends "normal" people? :D

I'm in Weybridge. It's a great place for families and most of us are pretty normal! Yes there are some HUGE houses in private estates. That's what pulls the average house prices up and where the headlines come from, but honestly, it's a minority. I don't have private gym membership, my kids aren't at private school, and I probably don't cross paths with them.

Two tips:

1. Think about future plans. Sounds daft, but we can't really afford to upsize and now we're a bit stuck because we love it. If you think you may need/want to in future, will your incomes also likely rise?
2. Check carefully for school entry distances. Especially Walton which is a bit more of a mixed bag. Primary schools don't have fixed catchments but you can see previous years' data to get a feel for if you'd likely get a place or not. N.b. Distance is as the crow flies by the map on the Surrey CC website.

@SurreyMumOfOne thank you! maybe we can become friends if we move! :D
The upsizing would be a bit of an issue in most places we'd like to live in as Surrey is generally very expensive and we are FTB with decent but not too high incomes (compared to others locally) in our late 30s and early 40s, so unless something drastically changes in the market or in our wages, we would be able to take a much higher mortgage than what we can now barely afford.

I live in one of those massive private estate houses in Weybridge and I think I'm relatively normal🤣. I have met arseholes who think they are better than others because they have more money but those people are everywhere not just Weybridge. It's a fabulous place to live for families, schools are excellent.

Its a real mix of people, school catchment go very far what are your thoughts for primary and what area of Weybridge were you looking at? There is a COFE school and then two infants all are highly regarded. Is it next year for school or the year afterwards? Happy to feedback on areas or schools.

Walton and hersham are also nice and your budget may go a bit further

I guess that if you already have a three year old, at least you know how much stuff they have 😀. We moved before DC arrived. Thought we had loads of space...