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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.
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.