Hi everyone. My partner and I (early 30s) are looking to move to buy a house, one that we intend to live in for at least 10 years. I am currently pregnant and baby will be out by the end of the year. We are quite flexible with where we want to live in terms of location but are mostly familiar with WL given weve lived here for most of our lives.
what we are looking for
- house w a garden
- safe area
- good schools. We will not be looking at private schooling
- Close to amenities - groceries, shops
we have looked at some areas - Streatham (specifically Streatham Hill as we’ve been told it’s the nicer part of Streatham), Clapham, surbiton, CP, Dulwich, Raynes Park. Not sure if this is helpful, but we have looked at Hounslow and it is just not the area for us. Where would you recommend?
obviously we will be doing more research but would be helpful to know from those that are more familiar. We have family in Surrey who are keen for us to move there but we aren’t too familiar w it - from what we’ve seen, it’s very villagey and the crowd where my extended family live is much older and we would somehow prefer a place closer to london, although understand that our budget limits us.