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Re Neighbours, there are some really nice streets round our way including ours that have street whatsapps, annual street party etc. Often shorter ones or ones with LTN style interventions.
However my impression of some of the streets with bigger houses such as Vicarage and Manor Rd is that a lot more of them are flats and also the streets are much longer so there is less of a community feel. That's just my assumption though, not actually based on hard evidence.
cjr-
Re: Manor Road, the road used to be nice and quiet but recent changes in traffic in nearby streets made it busier and noisier. Can’t be closed to traffic as it leads into LBR. Also lots of littering. On the plus side odd numbers have huge gardens and good orientation.
In summary: I would choose a quieter side road
frankohara
Yeah, it's downsizing as well. I didn't think we could release much cash just by crossing the rubicon aka LBR, any delta would get consumed by transaction costs.
I'm hoping that by going from a larger 5 bed (not a loft conversion) to a 3 bed (maybe do a loft conversion for 4th bed or buy a place where one has been done), plus crossing the rubicon, we can make it worthwhile financially and also end up in a place that's a bit easier to manage, and save a bit on running costs too.
And hopefully find that we end up in a really nice street with lovely neighbours so I don't end up regretting the whole thing, but obviously that's veering off into fantasy.