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A nice, good sized 2 bed flat in Harringay for £450k-ish and 20 minutes to Moorgate, 30 minutes to central and more organic coffee shops than you can shake a stick at. Cheaper than that if you start looking at the not as nice properties. It's definitely doable for a lot less than £600k
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Tbf I think he has quite a specific wish list in particular being fairly central. If we had £650k then I don't think we'd have moved out.
That said I'm not 100% convinced about this:
A nice, good sized 2 bed flat in Harringay for £450k-ish
A very quick rightmove shows 3 in-between £435-450k. Maybe the markets shifting down a bit but I think in around there you still need the -ish as well as the £450k.
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What he said.
I thought I'd live in Finsbury Park, near Essex Road or East somewhere near Bethnal Green. Prices went up.
When we actually started looking we searched further out. Bounds Green and Forest Gate. There was nothing in Bounds Green that we wanted to live in and could afford - maybe some places next to the North Circular but then you're too far from the station. From Jan to mid-May nothing that was actually for sale ever even came up in Forest Gate.
In the end we went for Borehamwood because everything in "London" was too much of a compromise. Our place doesn't quite fit our lives at the moment, but in the future I think it should. And its so nice to have a proper garden, rather than feeling lucky to just have some sort of shit terrace that's always in shade.
A friend has almost £650k (if he uses the help to buy) and he is struggling to find a 2 bed within easy commute of the City/Central.
It seems insane to need £600-750k for a decent 2 bed. But that's where we are.