Owning your own home

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Howard
This appeals to me / us

https://www.taylorwimpey.co.uk/find-your-home/england/london/stratford/chobham-manor/the-moselle-b-template

Pros
- new build house, should be efficient and properly wired / arranged for modern living
- ,so no need to do anything with it before moving in
- car port thing to put e cargo bike and camper van, get straight to the fucking golf thread
- terrace/s
- lots of interesting stuff nearby
- I know the general area well, have family in Hackney
- access to La France via Stratford Int.
Cons
- Freehold but assume has some awful conditions attached
- Obvs couldn't extend / change that much if at all
- No idea about services in the area
- Build might be shit, warranties not worth the paper they are on
- Community might be completely missing and / or rubbish
- access to Europe might be revoked
Anything I've missed, other than north [edit: of the river] London being a fucking hell hole?

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Gewürzt in reply to @Howard

I live just by Wanstead flats and cycle through Chobham Manor pretty much every day. As you would expect from a new build area it's a bit soulless, (my wife's dad spent 15 years working all around Europe and it kind of reminds me of the places his work would put him up in that were just full of expats). There's bars, restaurants, sourdough bakery etc and it always seems pretty quiet, apart from on West Ham home matches. One thing that would bother me is concerts at the London stadium, might not be something that bothers you though?

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