Hi all, what do people think about Berrylands as an area to raise a family? (Particularly the Raeburn Avenue area and surrounding roads, including those nearer Tolworth like Elgar Avenue - does the feel of Berrylands change as you get nearer the Tolworth end?)
We live in a flat in Kingston with our 1yo DD and are planning to move to a house, ideally our forever home.
Looking for a good size house - 4 / 5 beds (or 3 beds + 2 studies), spacious living area, own driveway, safe area for kids, nice local parks, and some shops in walking distance (even just a few small corner shops), reasonable transport links. My office is in London but I mainly wfh, DH’s job is in Guildford and he wfh 3 days a week.
We really enjoy living in Kingston and being close to places like Bushy Park, Hampton Court, Richmond Park etc. But we can’t afford the type of house we want in Kingston.
Berrylands seems to fit the bill but it’s a bit further out and seems fairly quiet. I don’t know much about it other than driving through. I also don’t really like Tolworth high st, but that might be the side of Berrylands our budget stretches to.
Carshalton & Cheam are our other options which seem to broadly fit what we are looking for. They also seem like bigger more established family areas with more amenities, and I think you get more for your money in Carshalton. The thing that puts me off is that Croydon would be our closest big town and we would be further away from the SW London amenities that we like.
we should probably also factor in schools… I hear Cheam and Carshalton are good, what is Berrylands like?