{"id":14612,"date":"2016-05-27T22:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-westerham-west-malling-and-the-west-kent-downs-aim-high\/"},"modified":"2016-05-27T22:31:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:31:25","slug":"lets-move-to-westerham-west-malling-and-the-west-kent-downs-aim-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-westerham-west-malling-and-the-west-kent-downs-aim-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Westerham, West Malling and the West Kent Downs: aim high"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt has fabulous bony hills that Chaucer\u2019s pilgrims crossedWhat\u2019s going for it? On occasion, friends use me like a bargain-basement Kirsty and Phil. \u201cWhere, Tom,\u201d one began recently, \u201ccan I find a period two-bedroom house no more than an hour\u2019s commute to London Victoria? In the countryside. I want to see fields. \u00a3450k tops. And I don\u2019t want anything modern.\u201d A good question. To which I replied, after a G&T and a cogitate, \u201cWhy, Westerham, West Malling and the West Kent Downs.\u201d Actually Westerham is a bit out of her league, but I threw it in as something to aim towards, because it\u2019s such a lovely old town. Head east of Oxted, west of Maidstone and there\u2019s a very endangered species: perhaps the only accessible patch of the home counties still remotely affordable. No idea why, because it has fabulous bony hills that Chaucer\u2019s pilgrims crossed; pretty if suburban villages supplying the commuter\u2019s every whim; great accessibility, too. And, reader, she moved there.The case against Westerham in full rush hour\/school run mode is a sight. Find a home close to train stations and schools to minimise using a car. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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