Thunder Bolt
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True, but they're a bit snobby round there.
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[Brighton] Moving from Brighton
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True, but they're a bit snobby round there.
Snowy
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I’ll be putting my three bedroom house in worthing on the market in a couple of months. It’s right in the town centre and the last time I counted there were 30+ pubs/bars within a mile, as well as just about every type of restaurant cuisine nearby too. I’d recommend Worthing as a great place to live.
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Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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It's a well trodden path you're walking. I love the Brighton life. It's brilliant having 5 pubs within 2 minutes walk from your house. But I started a family a few years ago and decided that I needed thing like a garden and somewhere where I can bring up my children with a bit more space.
I settled on the Downs Park area, which is just between Hangleton and Mile Oak. I'm really glad I did, because ....
It's relatively affordable for the Brighton area
The houses and gardens are reasonable sizes
There's not much in the way of problem families
There's a regular bus, 6 which gets me to town quite quickly (and back late if I want and am allowed a few beers). Churchill Square is 30 mins
I can walk to the downs in under 5 mins
My kids can run around out the front, because, it's not a through road to anywhere
Decent schools
Playground very close
Can be on the A27 is 2 or 3 mins
Portslade Station is 20 mins walk, which is perfect for me as it's too far away to pay a "commuter premium" on the house, but close enough, that I can get there on my bike on 5 mins down the link road
The Albion supporter coach picks up from really near my door
It's a well trodden path you're walking. I love the Brighton life. It's brilliant having 5 pubs within 2 minutes walk from your house. But I started a family a few years ago and decided that I needed thing like a garden and somewhere where I can bring up my children with a bit more space.
I settled on the Downs Park area, which is just between Hangleton and Mile Oak. I'm really glad I did, because ....
It's relatively affordable for the Brighton area
The houses and gardens are reasonable sizes
There's not much in the way of problem families
There's a regular bus, 6 which gets me to town quite quickly (and back late if I want and am allowed a few beers). Churchill Square is 30 mins
I can walk to the downs in under 5 mins
My kids can run around out the front, because, it's not a through road to anywhere
Decent schools
Playground very close
Can be on the A27 is 2 or 3 mins
Portslade Station is 20 mins walk, which is perfect for me as it's too far away to pay a "commuter premium" on the house, but close enough, that I can get there on my bike on 5 mins down the link road
The Albion supporter coach picks up from really near my door
Thanks. The whole area has really captivated us, our friends live literally 2 minutes from Roundhay Park, which is beautiful, we’ve been perusing the usual property pages and there’s quite a few houses that have taken our fancy. Realistically we want a 3/4 bed semi detached with drive, nothing OTT, walking distance to restaurants, pubs and a bit of lifestyle. The Mrs is on her way up to stay with her parents as we speak, she’s got plenty of time to investigate further areas and see what takes her fancy. It’s kind of a win win, she gets to be near her family, and I’m near one of my oldest friends and God-Daughter
Happy wife, happy life!
Kuipers Supporters Club
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Horsham.
Crap commute to Brighton by public transport - takes almost as long as London to Brighton by train
DarrenFreemansPerm
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Honestly, we’re not looking to keep up with Brighton prices, and we’re being very specific with where we want to go.
Weststander
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This.
Have friends and a brother who gave Eastbourne and Nottingham a go (“more for your money than Brighton and Hove”). In just a few years, Brighton and Hove home prices are now double theirs, when it was parity for their new larger home when they left. Prices here are 6x the nadir of 25 years ago.
They’ll never be able to move back to Brighton and Hove. Popular Lewes is an identical story.
- May 8, 2018
- 10,620
A lot of new builds happening in hassocks
Stone pound crossroads
Golf course
And I hear behind the friars oak
No obvious plans to increase infrastructure
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DarrenFreemansPerm
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Fortunately our friends are from Leeds so are all too aware of the less desirable areas, Seacroft is another that’s ‘off bounds’. They pointed out where Saville’s apartment was last summer, apparently it had no kitchen of any sort as he used to dine out for free in the city every night
Stumpy Tim
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I lived in Hurstpierpoint growing up, and my parents still do... exactly the same problem there too
The Mid Sussex housing expansion plans are in the link below - page 30 or so onwards (pages show maps of expected development, number of houses etc) for anyone interested
https://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/3406/mid-sussex-district-plan.pdf
BensGrandad
New member
As part of the government house building program there are new houses springing up everywhere.
Weststander
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Except the urban fringe of Brighton, due to the Downland countryside and elsewhere councillors/residents are highly mobilised to fight all new housing near them. A common argument is that the Vale of Sussex (north and east of the South Downs) doesn’t have the rare fauna and flora of Chalk Downland, so should bear far more of the housing brunt. Eastbourne, Burgess Hill, Uckfield, Haywards Heath and Horsham have grown almost beyond recognition since say 1990.
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