You are reading a single comment by @oat44 and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@oat44
There's some nice streets of 3 beds around Selby, Ranelagh, Worsley etc as you said, about 12 mins to either Leyton or Leytonstone Tube. Nothing came up around there when we were looking so we jumped at one closer to the Olympic Park. We originally got an offer accepted at the asking, but got screwed a few days later by the old "We've received another offer at the same price, you now have to throw everything you've got at it to keep it" line. So we paid £20k over. That was with Foxtons. We were trying to avoid dealing with them, but it happened to be with them so we went for it. They were actually very efficient compared with our other experiences with Churchills and Bairstow Eves. That was in September last year, and I'm sure the heat has come off the market since then so you probably wouldn't have to go much over the asking now.
I have to say, the commute from ours straight into the Olympic Park then Victoria Park then London Fields to Angel is the most pleasant and traffic free I've ever had. I actually look forward to it every morning. Any of those streets off Cann Hall or South Leyton would allow that and I thoroughly recommend it.
As for local amenities, there's a really good Romanian bakery on Leytonstone High Road, and an OK chippy, but that's about it for the moment. I expect this might change. Still, we can walk to Waitrose which is sometimes handy!