Owning your own home

I love flat whites. Coffee with milk in for people who actually like coffee.

Hah, I just got hippy's car joke.

also, Hackney is huge and non-homogenous.
most of my friends have bought in Walthamstow/Leyton/Leytonstone. you get a lot for your money and very quick tube connections.
I disagree with the "Warner effect" - they are nice houses but not so significant in number and there are many houses that could be subdivided that haven't simply because there isn't such intense demand for tiny places.

we will be looking south/southeast though, partly because not having to cross the Lea Valley is a big deal for me, and we just like it this side of the river. there seem to be more trees. we are not interested in flat whites (although Fox's patch of lower Clapton is in some ways very lovely).

See hoefla actually knows what she's talking about when it comes to houses, not like me.

I should say though there are lots of trees on the marshes and down the Lee Valley. There are lots of trees down my street too. I love having all that near to me and because I work in Canary Wharf I can commute down the Lea which is great.

What is your aversion to crossing the Lee Valley, all the A roads?