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but I just kind of fell for this place. Its beaut and there are some awesome schools nearby and it's got lots of nice green stuff around
Old adage is never buy the first place you see. All of the stuff you mention can be achieved under £1 M without screwing up your lifestyle to the same degree.
Don’t know what your work is but consider what it would be like if you had to get on a 7:30 am plane at LHR from that house.
NickCJ-
I live further across that this (Royston) and have to be on the 7.15 to Stockholm next Thursday.
It honestly doesn’t bother me that much. Drive to the terminal (work pay for short stay parking & fuel) only takes an hour and ten at that time of day.
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Completely echo this. There will be other houses and chances are they will be with an easier commute than the one mentioned above.
Soul
jakemcree
@hugo7 @chrisbmx116 @Soul @Howard @cornelius_blackfoot and everyone else this is all really useful, the thoughts people have expressed are generally how I've been feeling. I hadn't ever considered moving out of London for 7 - 1o years but I just kind of fell for this place. Its beaut and there are some awesome schools nearby and it's got lots of nice green stuff around.
I suppose my thoughts were similar to @Soul in that my partners parents would be 20mins away and lots her family there plus some of our best friends are relocating nearby in the next year and we both work near to KX. BUT the commute from the house to station really is what gets me.
I'm not worried about the affordability aspect so much - but the stress of working pretty intense jobs, moving to a place we don't know people, lots of travel etc would be a worry