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But it's everywhere.
Except East Ham. And SE6.
OK exaggeration. It's not everywhere. But I've been looking all over the map inside the north / south circular and it feels bad, like really bad. Feels like you need £800k minimum for a viable family house in an area that isn't a massive gamble - if you even remotely picky (i.e. you want a garden that isn't a concrete patch or off street) t
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viable family house in an area that isn't a massive gamble - if you even remotely picky (i.e. you want a garden that isn't a concrete patch or off street)
I had a girlfriend from Madrid at University. Her mum was a doctor, her dad was a teacher and she had an older sister, and their family home was a 4th storey apartment with three bedrooms over maybe 100 square metres. My point is, I think the conception of a 'middle-class family home' is very different in other countries.
We live in a two-bedroom maisonette now, with two boys under 5, and no garden. But it is an area I want to live in, next to a great park, with nice neighbours, and good schools. Being British, I would love to have more space, a garden, access to wilds on my doorstep, etc.
It also pains me that a 'trust fund' friend from university, who hasn't worked in ten years, lives in a £1.4m house with three stories just around the corner, and has just put in a #40k kitchen and a loft conversion. Sadly when the revolution comes, I'm sure I will be shot alongside him.
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Try doing the same but with much less money. My girlfriend owns the flat we're in now but it's part ownership and she wants to sell before we have to pay interest on the part the government owns. The plan is to try and find a terrace house somewhere with a garden and a 2nd bedroom that's actually big enough to be a bedroom, but with a budget around 325k. Looks like we may have to move to Dagenham...
*Matt*
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My mind is blown by that. Stop looking in Kensal Rise.