Moving out of London

I'm soon to be on my way out. Borehamwood.

I was previously dreading it, as suburbia has always conjurored up images of hanging yourself in your garage after neatly edging the front lawn.

Now I'm actually quite looking forward to it. Mainly because I haven't had a fixed home for coming on 2yrs and also accepting that I'm older and we're £150k short of anything we'd want in "London" (which isn't a huge compromise in one form or another).

We ultimately chose the area because;

1. it's a quick commute to Kings X (c.30mins)
   
2. in between our families
   
3. has lots of good schools
   
4. Friends with kids means all fun is now by appointment or via work
   
5. allows us to get a nice 3 bed with a decent garden, near a park, all without mortgaging ourselves to the hilt or really making any comprises to our property wish list.
   
   

The downside is no more walking or cycling and a fairly uninspiring high street.

We both really liked forest gate, but since January not one property that is actually for sale came up in the area we wanted. After that it just seemed like we were moving further and further to areas of "London" that involved moving further from friends and family while not giving a great deal of the benefits.

Still if I won the lottery I'd be straight back in a heart beat.