Best places to live/buy business in London?

[Kiwi4britlife]

Hey people,

I'm planning to move to somewhere in London with my family of 6 and we are looking to lease a pub with accommodation and run our New Zealand tour business from this as well.

Looking for ideas on nice middle class+ areas to live where we would potentially attract people who are looking to travel. I mean our agency will be all online but extra foot traffic would be a bonus.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

As of yet we haven't visited London and plan to do this early next year. We plan to make our move within the next 2-3yrs. So alot of time to get everything organized.

Tia

 

[discobastard]

 

[Gromit]

Tower Hamlets. Fer sure.

 

[moon]

Lewisham?

 

[maomao]

Forest Gate/Manor Park/Ilford. Definitely middle class+. IG postcodes are the most sought after in London.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Stay in New Zealand luv.
It's much nicer.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Ignore these piss takers, they're just jealous.

Harlesden is where you need to be, near Heathrow and it has pubs.

 

[sealion]

Looking for ideas on nice middle class+

Stonebridge park is screaming for you!

 

[editor]

"Nice middle class areas" = unbelievably expensive.
Amount of pubs offering large amounts of family accomodation in those areas = very small

 

[hash tag]

Good luck to you. London is a big place with lots of different area's and many to choose from. Further out you go, further away from the tube you get, the more affordable it probably becomes. To give you an idea of how expensive it is, this 2 bed in Battersea, central London, recently reduced by £90000

X appeal: Dannii Minogue reduces asking price on London flat she used as base when on X Factor | Homes and Property

 

[Mrs Miggins]

...and when you say "early next year" for a visit, for the love of god do not come in January or February as you will be utterly shocked and appalled at the darkness, the cold and the generally foul weather. Or perhaps do! It might put you off sufficiently

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

"Nice middle class areas" = unbelievably expensive.
Amount of pubs offering large amounts of family accomodation in those areas = very small

Yeah looks to be this way! Might have to reconsider London. Atm we have a busy restaurant catering for upwards of 400 people at lunch time every day over summer season plus our tours so looking to downscale a bit and go more towards the tours and run a pub and accommodation...is that downscaling? Lol maybe a nice touristy town near the coast?

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

...and when you say "early next year" for a visit, for the love of god do not come in January or February as you will be utterly shocked and appalled at the darkness, the cold and the generally foul weather. Or perhaps do! It might put you off sufficiently

Haha new Zealand is a dream....but we're getting itchy feet. My partner is from Redmile and since being in Nz for most of his life hasn't been back and I'm eager to get over those ways and check out my Irish and Scottish roots.
I am a tad worried about the weather but think it will be spring by the time we can get away so hopefully not too cold for us!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Yeah looks to be this way! Might have to reconsider London. Atm we have a busy restaurant catering for upwards of 400 people at lunch time every day over summer season plus our tours so looking to downscale a bit and go more towards the tours and run a pub and accommodation...is that downscaling? Lol maybe a nice touristy town near the coast?

Where are you now? Moving to London is definitely not downscaling by any stretch of the imagination. Even from Auckland. You might be better running a pub/accomodation in a coastal town.

I've just spent nearly 2 years living in NZ and am finding the built up environment and relentless busyness of London very hard to readjust to and I lived here for more than 20 years.

 

[cybershot]

If this doesn’t mount up to be some sort of troll or very clever spam bot I’ll be amazed.

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

Where are you now? Moving to London is definitely not downscaling by any stretch of the imagination. Even from Auckland. You might be better running a pub/accomodation in a coastal town.

I've just spent nearly 2 years living in NZ and am finding the built up environment and relentless busyness of London very hard to readjust to and I lived here for more than 20 years.

We are 3hrs south of Auckland at waitomo caves. We live rurally so London may be a bit of a shock to the system!
What did you do here? Did you enjoy it? The great thing about nz is you can drive for a couple of hours and be at the beach, or the mountains from any location.

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

If this doesn’t mount up to be some sort of troll or very clever spam bot I’ll be amazed.

Prepare to be amazed then sweetheart, I'm not a troll! Who has time to troll? I despise them. I have a life, a very busy one with 5 rugrats in the mix

 

[peterkro]

Hope you are aware you can be identified by the info on this page.

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

Hope you are aware you can be identified by the info on this page.

What's that supposed to mean? What have I done wrong?
I don't do forums

 

[peterkro]

What's that supposed to mean? What have I done wrong?
I don't do forums

You haven't done anything wrong, it's more that restaurants in Waitomo are a bit thin on the ground.

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

You haven't done anything wrong, it's more that restaurants in Waitomo are a bit thin on the ground.

Oh you've been googling? I don't think it will matter if you know which one?

 

[peterkro]

Oh you've been googling? I don't think it will matter if you know which one?

Fine.Good luck.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

We are 3hrs south of Auckland at waitomo caves. We live rurally so London may be a bit of a shock to the system!
What did you do here? Did you enjoy it? The great thing about nz is you can drive for a couple of hours and be at the beach, or the mountains from any location.

Rural NZ to London will definitely be a shock and if you like easy access to beaches and mountains, you are definitely going to be completely cut off from that.

There are many beautiful places in the UK but London's charms are very different and with 5 kids in tow, it sounds even less like the right place for you.

I don't want to sound negative but I would counsel against coming to London. If your business is online, there is no reason for it to be here and the city is so spread out, you don't really get people just passing by a pub who will think "oh I'll pop in there and book a tour".

I was travelling and then lived and worked in Blenheim for a while. Personal circumstances forced me back to England. I would never have left if I'd had the choice.

 

[maomao]

if you like easy access to beaches and mountains,

Is there anywhere in the UK more than 2 hours from the sea?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Is there anywhere in the UK more than 2 hours from the sea?

OK right you try driving to the seaside from London and finding it easy. It is a massively different kettle of fish to 2 hours driving in NZ.

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

Rural NZ to London will definitely be a shock and if you like easy access to beaches and mountains, you are definitely going to be completely cut off from that.

There are many beautiful places in the UK but London's charms are very different and with 5 kids in tow, it sounds even less like the right place for you.

I don't want to sound negative but I would counsel against coming to London. If you're business is online, there is no reason for it to be here and the city is so spread out, you don't really get people just passing by a pub who will think "oh I'll pop in there and book a tour".

Yes! Been rethinking it now. Maybe a high tourist area. If people are already travelling they have the bug and might want to go to nz.
Def going to visit London though. My sister lived in Kent for 8 years.

That's a shame you had to leave

 

[Boudicca]

Come to Bournemouth - lovely beach, lots of tourists and virtually no good restaurants.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Yes! Been rethinking it now. Maybe a high tourist area. If people are already travelling they have the bug and might want to go to nz.
Def going to visit London though. My sister lived in Kent for 8 years.

Oh definitely visit London - it is a fabulous city - just don't move here

Somewhere in or near a university town maybe? Students taking gap years or finishing their studies might be a good market for tours to NZ?

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

Come to Bournemouth - lovely beach, lots of tourists and virtually no good restaurants.

Looks lovely!

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/the-10-best-restaurants-in-bournemouth/?hl=en&gl=nz
This site says there's great food there!

 

[Kiwi4britlife]

Oh definitely visit London - it is a fabulous city - just don't move here

Somewhere in or near a university town maybe? Students taking gap years or finishing their studies might be a good market for tours to NZ?

Yeah but I don't think we can out market kiwi experience, they're huge here and get all those type.

Although we do do affordable tours that may interest students who don't want to do the run of the mill attractions on bus with loads of Yahoo's.