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WageSlave replied

11 May 2006, 17:41
Originally posted by wendigo100

Why Surrey?

It used to be one of the better counties. These days you can't move in the Home Counties for all the white vans
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Swamp Thing replied

11 May 2006, 13:11
Originally posted by Hart-floot

Not sure what the French call Chav's is but they exist in vast numbers in northern France, especially in the Pas De Calais!

Peut-être, les crétins anglais qui viennent en France seulement pour acheter bière à la tulipe?
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Hart-floot replied

11 May 2006, 09:57
Originally posted by Francko

Oh well, you don't want chavs. You can live in an area without chavs, my friend, although you have to be able to afford the price for a daily commute to France or Belgium by Eurostar, I am afraid.

Will send you an email anyway.

Not sure what the French call Chav's is but they exist in vast numbers in northern France, especially in the Pas De Calais!
Every other person seems to be wearing trackies and cheap black "market stall" leather jackets!
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MrsGoof replied

11 May 2006, 09:52
Originally posted by NoddY

Thames Ditton.

went down hill when Ronan moved in
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NoddY replied

11 May 2006, 09:43
Thames Ditton, Hampton Court, East Moseley.
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MrsGoof replied

11 May 2006, 08:15
Originally posted by sasguru

If you've got the wedge and are set on Surrey, then definitely Guildford. 35 minutes to Waterloo, great countryside around, nice country pubs and restaurants, relatively few chavs last time I looked

you forgot to mention the HILLS the feckin HILLS.
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wendigo100 replied

11 May 2006, 07:04
Why Surrey?
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WageSlave replied

10 May 2006, 21:29
Thanks guys for the info.

Gunman, you have a bloody cheek asking me such a question after the trouble Mrs Gunman caused! I'm currently looking for a large bush with a decent view of some bedroom windows in Hull, so I guess you can knock the shed down.

By the way, I want my Yugoslavian glove puppets back!
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Swamp Thing replied

9 May 2006, 12:13
Originally posted by OrangeHopper

Only the insane live in Sussex.

That's why I'm moving there this summer.
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OrangeHopper replied

9 May 2006, 12:04
Only the insane live in Sussex.
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Francko replied

9 May 2006, 10:39
Originally posted by sasguru

If you've got the wedge and are set on Surrey, then definitely Guildford.

If it wasn't that expensive... better off living in the centre of London if you have to pay that kind of money (in my opinion).
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sasguru replied

9 May 2006, 10:27
Originally posted by WageSlave

Thanks

I'm looking for a 'nice' area. I don't know Surrey very well and suspect that, like Kent (where I currently live), the areas with the best historical reputation are now filled with blokes in white vans and Chavs. What I don't want to do is part with a small fortune only to find myself living next to Bob the Builder and his brood of 7 brats.

I'm looking for somewhere that is 'green' but close enough to London for a reasonable daily train journey. Somewhere very boring and peaceful. I don't care about trendy bars, and I don't care if the neighbours are complete snobs who ignore you.

If you've got the wedge and are set on Surrey, then definitely Guildford. 35 minutes to Waterloo, great countryside around, nice country pubs and restaurants, relatively few chavs last time I looked.

Or else the person who recommended the Sussex option has a good idea.
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ratewhore replied

9 May 2006, 10:22
Move to Oxford. Fast train to Paddington and, if you pick the right area, not many chavs at all...
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Bagpuss replied

9 May 2006, 08:52
Originally posted by WageSlave

Thanks

I'm looking for a 'nice' area. I don't know Surrey very well and suspect that, like Kent (where I currently live), the areas with the best historical reputation are now filled with blokes in white vans and Chavs. What I don't want to do is part with a small fortune only to find myself living next to Bob the Builder and his brood of 7 brats.

I'm looking for somewhere that is 'green' but close enough to London for a reasonable daily train journey. Somewhere very boring and peaceful. I don't care about trendy bars, and I don't care if the neighbours are complete snobs who ignore you.

What about Buckinghamshire?
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the guy with the bowtie replied

9 May 2006, 07:39
Originally posted by WageSlave

Thanks

I'm looking for a 'nice' area. I don't know Surrey very well and suspect that, like Kent (where I currently live), the areas with the best historical reputation are now filled with blokes in white vans and Chavs. What I don't want to do is part with a small fortune only to find myself living next to Bob the Builder and his brood of 7 brats.

I'm looking for somewhere that is 'green' but close enough to London for a reasonable daily train journey. Somewhere very boring and peaceful. I don't care about trendy bars, and I don't care if the neighbours are complete snobs who ignore you.

Consider inland Sussex - considered a bit of a backwater (wrong side of London) and doesn't get much publicity. Great Train service (Haywards Heath to London 50 mins, peak 12 trains an hour). Lots of countryside and small quiet villages if that's your bag. Coast/London close enough.

Absolutely "boring and peaceful" and definitely not trendy.

By the way - don't tell anyone.
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