Thinking of moving to Loughton

[telbert]

We found ourselves in a position to buy and buying in Hackney would have been stupid. A one bedroom flat cost the same as our (very modest) semi did here. Spent a couple of months researching where we could afford and given that Edmonton (where I grew up) was just too depressing ended up here due to transport and shopping convenience.

Get the train from Liverpool Street to Chadwell Heath then get a bus to central Romford (so you can have a look at the area) and have a wander about. Wednesdays and Fridays are good because they're market days.

I only ever go to Chadwell Heath for the Chinese cash and carry but most of what I've seen is just pretty boring residential.

Gotta love Hoo Hing

 

[maomao]

Gotta love Hoo Hing

I love their tannoy music. My theory is it's the boss's kid playing the guitar and he makes them play it in all their shops. They've been playing the same music in their Walthamstow branch too for at least 3 years. It must drive the staff mental.

 

[FullFathomFive]

That's changed quite a bit now.

They still live there, i visit all the time. If anything its got worse.

 

[FullFathomFive]

Were already on the met line at the moment we ruled out Watford as our budget would only get a small narrow Victorian terrace within reasonable distance to the station.

What does very Essex mean and Essex attitude?

Without sounding like a pompous prick, its Sun/Daily Mail Reading, small minded, small world, uncultured bores. They swallow whatever is in the top 10, where whatever they are told to and never venture into London other than to work.

 

[Streathamite]

I dunno if I've left this too late, but I thought I might as well chip in, as I work in Loughton, and am there right now in my office. If you can afford debden (Loughton ex-council estsate overspill) i'd do so. OK schools, well-connected, both have some reasonable pubs (though i'd avoid the Winston Churchill in Debden like the plague), reasonable restaurants and shops, and epping forest is a lovely place to explore.
as for the locals (aka my workmates/drinking partners) - same as everywhere, good and bad. The area possibly has more 'lagerlout/lagerloutette' types than most - but its' population is tilted towards teens and 20s. I've worked - and socialised - in far worse places

 

[Streathamite]

Without sounding like a pompous prick, its Sun/Daily Mail Reading, small minded, small world, uncultured bores. They swallow whatever is in the top 10, where whatever they are told to and never venture into London other than to work.

tbh, you've summed up quite large swathes of England there

 

[telbert]

They still live there, i visit all the time. If anything its got worse.

Not true.Ive lived here for 46 years and more and more people born here are leaving every year,along with a massive influx of people from all over the world that have settled here.Dagenham Heathway has a good few african shops which serve the local community,polish shops all over the place (with a decent one right on my doorstep) and Green Lane is full of shops that would only survive by serving people not born here,along with a fantastic Turkish shop thatsalways full of people not born here.

 

[maomao]

Without sounding like a pompous prick, its Sun/Daily Mail Reading, small minded, small world, uncultured bores. They swallow whatever is in the top 10, where whatever they are told to and never venture into London other than to work.

I work in zone 2 and am currently on a mission to see how long I can go without a trip to zone 1 because it's full of small-minded, small world twats who think that anyone who doesn't want to pay 1200 or more a month for a one-bedroom flat or 5 pounds plus for a 'craft ale' and puts having a bit of space for their family above the hustle and bustle of the city is somehow 'uncultured'. My own street (and indeed my house) is a cultural melting pot. And coming from Edmonton and Hackney I find the coiffured wankers that patrol the high street on Friday and Saturday nights with their fake violence a bit of a joke compared to the threats in the city.

 

[FullFathomFive]

I work in zone 2 and am currently on a mission to see how long I can go without a trip to zone 1 because it's full of small-minded, small world twats who think that anyone who doesn't want to pay 1200 or more a month for a one-bedroom flat or 5 pounds plus for a 'craft ale' and puts having a bit of space for their family above the hustle and bustle of the city is somehow 'uncultured'. My own street (and indeed my house) is a cultural melting pot. And coming from Edmonton and Hackney I find the coiffured wankers that patrol the high street on Friday and Saturday nights with their fake violence a bit of a joke compared to the threats in the city.

Touche, each part of town has its own issues. I just described the ones i faced in Essex. Agree with your East London report too.

 

[FullFathomFive]

Not true.Ive lived here for 46 years and more and more people born here are leaving every year,along with a massive influx of people from all over the world that have settled here.Dagenham Heathway has a good few african shops which serve the local community,polish shops all over the place (with a decent one right on my doorstep) and Green Lane is full of shops that would only survive by serving people not born here,along with a fantastic Turkish shop thatsalways full of people not born here.

I'm not referring to that, ive seen all of that and its excellent improvement on the area.

 

[TikkiB]

though i'd avoid the Winston Churchill in Debden like the plague

That's been knocked down recently, it was owned by the council and the Broadway area is being redeveloped. Caused a bit of a fuss but no loss to humanity imo

 

[BigMoaner]

Croydon is cheap, south Norwood.

Feel very lucky to have a house here. 22 mins to victoria. My daughter will grow up in one of the most diverse boroughs in London, much to the disgust of family members who moved out to Essex and the like. Ha, fuck em.

 

[telbert]

I'm not referring to that, ive seen all of that and its excellent improvement on the area.

What were you referring to?

 

[FullFathomFive]

What were you referring to?

My reference that fun was Romford on a saturday night was sarcasm.

 

[Streathamite]

That's been knocked down recently, it was owned by the council and the Broadway area is being redeveloped. Caused a bit of a fuss but no loss to humanity imo

I couldn't agree with you more. Good news that it's gone.