Owning your own home

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.

I'm looking at a Mitcham place this Saturday. I feel the same way about the place, but I have a bicycle that can whisk me to nicer places I guess.