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In a Warner now, renting though just off Lea Bridge Rd, I like them. Decent size flats (ours is 2 bed), and both upstairs and groundfloor get their own access to the garden. If you're thinking about buying one, aim for one of the upstairs ones though, and learn to lug the bike upstairs. - the sound proofing isn't built for today's stroppy shouty stampy nocturnal teenager on laminate floors above. We're currently buying a house in that same Lea Bridge Road bit.
Crossing the Lea is fine, you get used to it, it's mostly long stretches of pavement cycle path across the valley towards town, not so nice coming back granted, but it's quick - it's only 5 mins extra ride from Clapton Pond.
Buying process is a massive pain in the backside, have to say. Anyone know about the necessity of gas certificates prior to exchange? Our solicitors are demanding them. Vendor installed a brand new boiler this year but didn't connect the condensate pipe or the overheating pipe and left it to drip on the electric plug below. Not promising. Trying to get the vendor to fix+get gas certificate or find a gas engineer prepared to fix it and give it a gas certificate is proving difficult...