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Having done this in March this year, both the wife and I are super happy with our choice. We were living in Bickley before and our commutes ranged from 45mins to 1h 20min.
In Royston, it's roughly 55mins to 1h 5mins.
Things to note:
- I live less than 0.7 miles from the train station. Brompton makes that about 4 mins
- I come into Kings Cross and work nr Great Portland Street. Brompton makes that about 5 mins
- We're now only 30 mins from mine and my wifes parents along with siblings etc and some friends from where we grew up so we see them more than when we lived in London
- Commuting cost has gone up considerably - annual season ticket (without tube) is £5k
I think you'd hate the train to house distance. You might want to look for something in a town like this.
This site is really fucking useful for looking at commute times in satellite areas.
- I live less than 0.7 miles from the train station. Brompton makes that about 4 mins
Soul
Question which might be better placed in the 'moving out of London' thread but here goes.
We're looking at a house which is outside of London, its an absolute beaut, top end of our budget but gets us so much more than in London. We would both need to commute 4 days per week, 1 day wfh. The commute would be 3mile brompton, Thameslink into London (Finsbury Park or Kings X) and then either tube or brompton at the other end. So probably 1:10-1:30 door to door. My partner doesn't drive, I do (don't currently have a car). We work 9-5 but I have flexi hours. Don't have kids (yet).
How much of a ballache would this be? How big a change of life would this be? Currently living in Leytonstone, so not super central but worried we would just never see any of our friends, no uber, can't just 'pop' into town etc.
We aren't looking to move out of London as we love living here but this house is really lovely, seems commutable and is near to my partners parents.