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> within reasonable 1 hour drive from central London is cheap 1hr drive from central London is probably still in central London, though ;-) 1hr train from Lon
by zelos 6y ago
> within reasonable 1 hour drive from central London is cheap
1hr drive from central London is probably still in central London, though ;-)
1hr train from London gets you to areas where a reasonable 3 bed semi is ~£300k I guess.
- MagnumOpus 6y agoYou'd be surprised. 1hr commute from London in reality is 40 minutes on the train (10 minutes walk either side, even getting out of a major train station takes that long). And 40 minutes ride from central London is Sevenoaks, Reading, St. Albans, and zone 6 commuter towns like Amersham or Borehamwood -- your 3-bed semi will still cost you half a million pounds if not much more. (Thanks to the NIMBY policy that designated dozens square miles of farms inside the M25 as "green belt" and dozens more as private golf courses...)