Owning your own home

1st is a bit close to the flyover but I've not really gone through there

the location of the 2nd one, is pretty damned piss poor, avoid (I see tallchris has let you know this)

Might I suggest trying the other side of east croydon station, sandilands, lebanon road and down towards Addiscombe, blackhorse etc

don't do towards Addington village....

Yeah avoid Addington 'village', Croydon's not as bad as people (who don't live there) make out. East croydon to victoria or LDN Bridge is less than 15 minutes too.

I'd still recommend Upper Norwood/ Crystal Palace, if you can stretch that far (might be somewhere small though).

I've never really liked Mitcham that much (no offend if anyone lives there) can quite put my finger on why though. Might be that i felt less safe there. some of houses round that Pond on Commonside look nice though.

Might as well throw Carshalton in the mix as well, near the station, not Rosehill or St. Helier.