Where are nice places to live near London that are afforadble?

Posted by Desperate-Drawer-572@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 40 comments

Living in London is mega expensive. What are the places in outskirts/closeby which are affordable and nice.

Turnbridge wells is one that comes up but any others?

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ignatiusjreillyXM@reddit

What's your budget - for (a) housing and (b) commuting cost?

Without knowing that it's difficult to answer other than in really broad terms

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Lolabird2112@reddit

The problem is the cost of commuting often negates any savings you’d make from rent and just add more time and stress.

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If you want to be Tunbridge Wells adjacent but want to spend 30% less on a property, pop six miles south and look at Crowborough. It's surrounded by the Ashdown Forest and still has plenty of snooty people if you're after that TB Wells vibe but you can buy a 3bed for less than half a mill.

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Acceptable-Sentence@reddit

Word of warning, the asylum seekers army camp is near Crowborough, so quite a few protestors around

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bloomsburysquare@reddit

I came here to say this. Tunbridge Wells is lovely but it's something like the second most expensive town in Kent after sevenoaks or something along those lines. Your suggestions of being a little outside, like crowborough, are good.

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drplokta@reddit

You can pick any two of affordable, nice and close to London. You can’t have all three.

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Stratospheric-Ferret@reddit

Unless you're wealthy, this is the only answer.

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tepig37@reddit

I mean wealthy people arent technically buying/renting affordability properties.

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Stratospheric-Ferret@reddit

Whilst you're right in reading what I've said, it was aimed at the OP who wants all three. So my answer was "unless you're wealthy" then you need to rethink.

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kalendral_42@reddit

Or unless you’re willing to commute a bit further- some nice villages/towns down towards Wiltshire/Oxford/Cotswolds area but would mean a short(ish) commute (about an hr-1.5 hrs by train)

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