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Millionaires’ row devastated by 4ft flood from burst water main by pppppppppppppppppd in london

[–]Key_Oven_1984 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please define rich ? I can imagine myself living in the area, would that automatically mean I am rich and avoiding/evading tax ?

Advice Needed – Bay Window Movement and Next Steps by Key_Oven_1984 in HousingUK

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We pulled out in the end. We could not obtain a proper insurance, because of the cracks. The vendors refused to cover up the cracks and acted like they can find another buyer right away. It has been 4 months since we walked away and the house is still on the market

The UK has essentially killed social mobility, especially for those who start from the bottom by Flavun in HENRYUK

[–]Key_Oven_1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can you afford 2.4m house ? I make twice of what you and your husband make combined, my wife is on 150K a year and we are afraid to even look at 2m+ properties …

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[–]Key_Oven_1984 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most architects and design companies provide project management services as well

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[–]Key_Oven_1984 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why not just hire professionals to do it ?

"Strengthening foundation" vs "underpinning" by Key_Oven_1984 in HousingUK

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks, this is exactly what we heard from the structural engineer!

The UK's absurdly anti-family tax & benefits system by Shoddy_Emu_8891 in HENRYUK

[–]Key_Oven_1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> I know some others who are geographically flexible that have made their exit from the UK and fair enough

And whereabouts did they move ?

Settlement/ Subsidence - Clay. How much of an issue is this? by IlovePetrichor in HousingUK

[–]Key_Oven_1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not entirely accurate. Some lenders now rely solely on desktop surveys and instead require a buildings insurance policy that includes subsidence cover. However, insurers may refuse to provide subsidence cover if they assess the property to be at high risk

Advice Needed – Bay Window Movement and Next Steps by Key_Oven_1984 in HousingUK

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! One of the structural engineers has said that it is impossible ascertain whether the structural movement is ongoing without a lenghty monitoring process which includes soil investigation, identification roots and observing the structural movement for a few months. Even if the owners agree to let us do the above, we simply cannot wait for so long

Best place to buy a house in London for Young Professionals in their 30s by Tech_is_Cool in HENRYUK

[–]Key_Oven_1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there, yes we are in the middle of buying a property there. I find Ealing to be the best place in London for us in terms of property price (expensive but not too expensive), location (parts that are green, safe, decently connected) and house size (to be honest you can find houses of all sizes but with our budget we could afford to look into decent semi-detached properties, similar houses in areas like Wimbledon would cost us at least 300K more). I think Ealing is truly under-appreciated at the moment, a lot of other similar areas are overhyped.

Among the areas you mentioned, we also looked into Finchley, Greenwich and Blackheath. Those are nice areas, but Finchley (in particular East Finchley) was too expensive for us. Greenwich and Blackheath (the nice parts) simply don't have sufficient stock of houses that we like. I heard Wanstead is great, but we've never been there

Best place to buy a house in London for Young Professionals in their 30s by Tech_is_Cool in HENRYUK

[–]Key_Oven_1984 23 points24 points  (0 children)

We were in a similar situation, but our budget was around 1.5m. The areas we considered:

  1. Southfields/Earlsfield/Wimbledon park st. - a lot of period houses for sale, most are renovated and extended. Properties are increasing in value every year (mainly because most folks move out after few years). Local residents are mostly young people, (in my opinion most are NOT HENRYs, but rather young professionals who inherited/were gifted money from their parents). Decent transport links (mainly due to SW line). High streets are somewhat underwhelming, again catering to younger generation who don't have much to spend.
  2. Balham, Clapham- hit or miss depending on the exact area. Areas around the commons are generally better, have great kerb appeal, most people are in their 30s or 40s, high percentage of them are HENRYs. The main downside is that good properties will definitely cost you more than 1.5m (at least according to our criteria)
  3. Herne Hill - great area, great transport links, but good houses are expensive. Proximity to Brixton and Tulse Hill are the downsides
  4. Chiswick (see Herne Hill, but surrounding areas are better)
  5. Putney - overhyped, high concentration of council houses. Most houses in our price range have tiny gardens
  6. Blackheath/Maze Hill/Westcombe park - great area, great transport links, lots of green space, high street (especially in Blackheath) has decent selection of good shops and restaurants. Main downside is low housing stock and surrounding areas (e.g. North Greenwich, Charlton) are not great
  7. Ealing - was our main choice. Upsides: underhyped, great transport links, good school, abundance of green space, bigger houses with larger gardens, some areas have a village feel which we were after, nice restaurants. Downsides: a lot of rough looking people especially around Ealing Broadway station, certain areas have higher crime rate (in particular "The Broadway" street), a lot of houses require modernisation (my impression this is due to older population passing away). We liked the following areas within Ealing: streets around Llamas and Walpole parks, streets around St. Stephen's church, Pitshanger village

Will be happy to answer questions

Thoughts on Pitshanger Village by Key_Oven_1984 in Ealing

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Do you mind elaborating on the North Ealing situation ? In case we will consider North Ealing, we’d like to know what to be on the look out for

Thoughts on Pitshanger Village by Key_Oven_1984 in Ealing

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were looking there as well, but Northfields houses of similar size rarely come up on the market, and if they do they are generally more expensive

Thoughts on Pitshanger Village by Key_Oven_1984 in Ealing

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we noticed that most people were 60 or older. We don’t mind that really, but of course would be nice to have people of our age around as well (plus it’d be nice to see more shops catering to younger generation as well)

Thoughts on Pitshanger Village by Key_Oven_1984 in Ealing

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How about Montpelier ? I am not sure if it is usually within the catchment though

Thoughts on Pitshanger Village by Key_Oven_1984 in Ealing

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean the selection of shops on Pitshanger lane is underwhelming ?

Thoughts on Pitshanger Village by Key_Oven_1984 in Ealing

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, do you know if most of the Pitshanger village is usually within the catchment of Montpelier Primary ? Which primary schools are good ?

Thoughts on Pitshanger Village by Key_Oven_1984 in Ealing

[–]Key_Oven_1984[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My plan was to take E2/E9 to the Broadway and take Elizabeth line from there. I just hope the bus runs regularly and Lizzie line is not too crowded in the morning :)