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I get the impression that there is a high concentration of Walthamstowers (and Leyton/Leytonstoners) 'on here'. I'm not far from St James and that area has smartened itself up immeasurably in the past few years: https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/content/st-james-street-improvements
From there you have good access out to Walthamstow Marshes and the new Wetlands 'one of London’s largest open spaces': http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/NEWS/15587995.After_years_in_the_making__Walthamstow_Wetlands_opens_to_the_public_next_week/
https://walthamstowwetlands.com
Lea Bridge Road seems to be suddenly on a tear - a new road layout is being finished, new retail and quite a large residential development at Lea Bridge Station is underway.
I moved to E17 in 2013 just before things started going hyper ballistic and some of it is completely unrecognisable - the development with the cinema and restaurants near the Tube Station wasn't there, lots of pubs were shutting down, mini-holland wasn't a thing. It still has its problems with rubbish dumping and litter and the traffic/pollution and parking situation is a problem, but in that time it's only really become a much better place to live and spend time, especially since starting a family - it must be the epicentre of fertility for London.
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Cheers for the extensive reply... yeah I get the feeling lots of folks are out that way... friends bought out there maybe 4 years a go max and after a little extension their place has gone up 50%. Kinda worried about being priced out because I am sure at some point a full house in e17 will be worth more than a 2 bed flat in e3, we are getting very close to that point now in fact and for some unknown reason my flat hasn't increased in value for years.
The place I am viewing is a 10-20 year place, the mortgage is easily affordable and I could start saving for the loft extension if/when it's needed should we get another cat/animal.
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Big pub refurb in E11, The Heathcote is going to be The Heathcote and Star, that's the pub where the owner wanted to run it down and turn into flats so they started randomly banning people:
https://www.leytonstoner.london/2017/09/21/heathcote-arms-taken-leyton-star/
chrisbmx116
spindrift
Cheers for the tip, think we are aiming for a bit higher up, St James Station way, looking at one thats been down up quite nicely Saturday.