Property News · January 18, 2013

Let's move to: Walthamstow, north-east London


It’s a great value village within easy reach of central LondonWhat’s going for it? Property pundits have been plugging Walthamstow for years, to no avail. It remains one of the best value (cue “by London standards” klaxon), nicest places within relatively easy reach of central London. It never quite seems to boom: bad news for property flippers (boo, hiss), but good news for the rest of us hoping to get a grasping toenail on or up the ladder. A mystery. Because it has good schools, the requisite villagey middle-class bit, a proper gor-blimey guv’nor East End heart with magnificent market, the refurbished William Morris Gallery, easy access to great green spaces (it’s between Epping Forest and the Lee Valley), enough presence to feel like a town, and the Victoria line into the West End. What’s not to like? Bar East 17, natch.The case against Beats me. It has its grimier moments, but it is in zone 3. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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