Owning your own home

I don’t really have a mental image of Maidstone, maybe I should visit?

But the A3 can be avoided. I used from Croydon to Edmonton green 5 days a week. And on the odd occasion cycled once to head office in reading and for training in marlow.
So Guildford might be doable just depends on how comitted you are to do all weathers all year

I like Kent. People seem to be snobby about it but I think it has loads of charm.

I came across an excellent one when the acct holder threatened to take the bike company I worked for at the time to court. Tweeted David Cameron directly a lot.

That’s being sold by my Mums friend, was her late parents. It’s very cool being so original. The modern house were very excited when she got in touch.

We had a look few years back at at one of these in New Ash green in Kent. Near Ashford and high speed into London.

Though everyone who lives there seemed like in a brainwashed cult for the life there. It’s an interesting place though but the ‘town centre’ bit needs improving.

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That’s being sold by my Mums friend, was her late parents. It’s very cool being so original. The modern house were very excited when she got in touch.

It is very cool, I've had a look at the pictures a few times now.

Kent is awesome. we looked at a fair few properties there last year when fixing to move. we even spent a week in a hotel not far from Strood so we could experience the commute in as part of our research.

We were not looking for town living. Small villages but within 5 miles ride of village train to get hooked up. Kent has so much going for it. Not least the riding that can be done off the doorstep.

Kent seemed awesome in so many ways.

Then we realised fuck commuting in to London. And get so much more being further away.

And are now in Suffolk with zero regrets. Obviously, a part of me misses London. But that London wouldn't be available to me commuting out of it each day.

Oh wow small world. We didn’t end up viewing the house but it’s a real beauty and as you say so many original features. We weren’t taken with Maidstone but it’s an hour into KX and you get a lot for your money all things considered. I think with WFH being a real option for many ppl now, I can see a shift to some of these towns which are commutable

Where have you moved to in Suffolk dude?! Sometime I think about moving home but I still need to be at work at least 2-3 days per week and from Norfolk that’s a real pita

yeah I hear that in terms of getting back is a pita. I generally wfh but on the occasions I have to get down to the smoke it needs some thinking. I suppose really it's not about distance from London but distance from your fast connection.

we settled on the lovely village of Ixworth. Not for from Bury St Edmunds. Or Ipswich if you go the other way on the quaint train that bounces between the two. commuting every day would hurt. 2 or 3 days a week though and got to say that might be doable.

there was a house on the Modern House last year when we finally bit the bullet. It was in Huddersfield so no go. we put offer in house that was on wowhaus here in Suffolk but came up short. But both highlighted how much more you get if you can take the leap and get further away.

Good luck dude. I thought you were some way along making a purchase. but as you say these times are throwing up food for thought

Yeah we’re still hopefully that we can complete on our process. But the whole thing recently has maybe made us think whether long, long term we’ll stay in London. For now we love living here and don’t see ourselves commuting but who knows what the future holds.

I’ve been running trails around where the new house is and I can do a 10-20km loop without having to leave the Epping forest - can’t wait 🙏🤞

Nice one dude. Lots of love for that area. Hope all goes to plan for you.
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Really interesting seeing people loving 60s houses. When we bought ours (looks very like the one above) it had been on the market for a couple of years and no one was interested. It was still 60s inside mind, so a bit of a project.

Our house was built in 1969. So was I

That’s about the age where you need to start checking the soil pipe.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/75198238

Haselmere, a fixer upper with a floor @Dammit would like too

£825k for a fixer-upper in the middle of fucking nowhere?!? Looks like a dilapidated council house...

Definitely a house for @Dammit though - Parquet, big windows, bookshelves, double garage, no immediate neighbours to thief the cat.

Nice. Hope all is good there. Miss bumping into you around town.

Congratulations on becoming a Tractor Boy.

Portman Road will be rocking again one day. Perhaps.

Looks awesome, if the scene of a probable murder.
Same blue bathroom suite we have.

This, miss the @jonny spots; Strava says I have been through lovely Ixworth twice ;-)

Knowing you it was probably on the same ride.

And he was aiming for Kent.

People seem to be snobby about it but I think it has loads of charm.

Surely everyone in agreement that it's a lovely place? It's just that there's a stereotype of the inhabitants being fat, ugly and racist.

Which it unfair as I've met some people from there who weren't fat.