Moving back to Sussex

[happypig]

£350k will buy you a detached house in a nice area of Eastbourne.

 

[MattBackHome]

SOPHIE Allsop...

You're welcome to her. She's got a weird face.

 

[beorhthelm]

£350k sounds a pretty sensible budget for 3bed semi. except not in walking distance of a rail station in Brighton/Hove. just follow the rail lines.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Willingdon, close to Polegate train station. Wannock and Jevington areas. Good local schools and practically on the south downs.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Plumpton is worth a look, good location, direct trains 1hr to Victoria.

 

[The Large One]

If we can just step over the drooling tongues... if it's £350,000 in Brighton you've got, you can get a 3-bed semi in Brighton, but mostly in Hollingbury, Patcham and Bevendean.

There are a few places in Hanover and off Lewes Road for that price - but they're all terraced.

 

[spongy]

Burgess Hill on the south side of town is nice, 15 min walk to the station if you're an ambler rather than marcher. 15 mins on train to Bton as well. Hayward's Heath is ok too, but a bit pricier as it's just that little bit nearer to the smoke.

 

[Diego Napier]

Lewes meets all your criteria, although you'd be in an estate on the edge of town at that price. Still easily cyclable to the station.

PG

Lewes would get my vote too. Great pubs, schools are good, easy to get onto the Downs and into Brighton and only 1 1/2 hours walk away from the Amex!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Depends if you like posh fat birds, I guess?

Posh fat annoying Tory birds.

 

[Bold Seagull]

If we can just step over the drooling tongues... if it's £350,000 in Brighton you've got, you can get a 3-bed semi in Brighton, but mostly in Hollingbury, Patcham and Bevendean.

There are a few places in Hanover and off Lewes Road for that price - but they're all terraced.

Couuntryside, Sussex countryside Large, get with the programme please!

 

[The Large One]

Couuntryside, Sussex countryside Large, get with the programme please!

Oh yeah.

I read 'ideally Brighton' as 'ideally wanting to be in Brighton' rather than 'ideally commuting to Brighton'.

Still, Patcham is nearly in the countryside.

 

[Commander]

Couuntryside, Sussex countryside Large, get with the programme please!

Indeed. If I wanted to live in a city I'd stay living on the best one in the world.

Lewes is nice but I don't think £350k would get me very far there, would it? Plumpton would be ideal, but I assume has the same problem.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Not a fan of the Alsops..... find it all a bit odd tbh!

Eastbourne not a bad shout! You'd get a mansion for that in Hastings but there are reasons, plus we're too far away.

Meads area is to the west of Eastbourne and very nice.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Indeed. If I wanted to live in a city I'd stay living on the best one in the world.

Lewes is nice but I don't think £350k would get me very far there, would it? Plumpton would be ideal, but I assume has the same problem.

I don't think Plumpton is hugely expensive. Not as much as Lewes would be.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Indeed. If I wanted to live in a city I'd stay living on the best one in the world.

Lewes is nice but I don't think £350k would get me very far there, would it? Plumpton would be ideal, but I assume has the same problem.

I've sent you a PM re Plumpton as I've been doing some projects there.

 

[Commander]

I've sent you a PM re Plumpton as I've been doing some projects there.

Thanks, I've just replied.

 

[Lincoln Imp]

Hassocks.

Not especially pretty but absolutely works. Good village shops, infant, primary and secondary schools, minutes from Btn and the Amex by rail, often less than an hour from London. Everywhere within walking distance of station and cheaper than some neighbouring villages.

 

[Djmiles]

Can't go wrong with Mid Sussex. Nice area, 20 mins by train to Falmer, 15 mins to Brighton, and a leisurely drive along the A272. Takes 30 minutes to get to Crowborough from Haywards Heath.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Not a fan of the Alsops..... find it all a bit odd tbh!

Eastbourne not a bad shout! You'd get a mansion for that in Hastings but there are reasons, plus we're too far away.

Meads area is to the west of Eastbourne and very nice.

£350K would be tight for a nice 3 bed semi in Meads. I bought in Eastbourne because of friends/family/work and schools. If I had a free rein locally then I would look closely at the outskirts of Seaford. "Village" life available in various places - East Hoathly? Mayfield? Westham?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Hassocks.

Not especially pretty but absolutely works. Good village shops, infant, primary and secondary schools, minutes from Btn and the Amex by rail, often less than an hour from London. Everywhere within walking distance of station and cheaper than some neighbouring villages.

This - half an hours walk and you are on the Downs



There is even a reasonable pub in Keymer