Re: [ukha_d] How to spend £5,000

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trains are rubbish close to London no matter which side you live.  I have a
friend who live in Harpenden (or South Luton as he calls it, to wind up the
other inhabitants!).  He has to take Thameslink into London, which takes
around 30 minutes - he usually has to stand and even if he gets a seat they
are very uncomfortable.  I live 20 minutes further up the same line, but I
have an intercity service with comfortable trains and reserved seats.  The
houses also cost less than half the price of those in Harpenden.

So, my advice is don't discount north of London, or areas that seem a long
way out - it's worth checking the rail timetable first!

Mal




----- Original Message -----
From: "Ho Yin Ng" <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] How to spend £5,000


Mal,

At the moment I live with my parents in Surrey.

It only takes 25 mins to waterloo, but the trains are a load of rubbish, I
am restricting to late night partying as the last train is at 12.30am and
weekends are even worse ...

Regardless I lose 2.5hrs a day commuting.

Something i really could do without. But you are right I think later when I
am more settled I would want to live outside of London and have a better
life.

Ho Yin

At 10:20 12/05/2004, you wrote:
>The answer is to not live in London - trade better surroundings for a
few
>more minutes on the train.
>I live near Wellingborough, Northants which although it is more than 60
>miles from London, is only 50 minutes by train to St Pancras.  £180k
could
>buy you a detached house here.
>
>Mal




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