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RE: Where to move to?

promethea — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:23:29 GMT

[quote][b]Andymc (13/02/2006)[/b][hr] Don't know why anyone would ever want to live in Crawley in the first place.

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Well, that is the general idea behind moving to somewhere like horsham ;) Anyhoo, Crawley's not that bad - believe me, it's paradise compared to some of the places out there!!

Thanks for th warm welcome from most of you ;)

RE: Where to move to?

Tester — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:22:58 GMT

Ernie,

You are absolutely right. The average person is not that financially astute and probably doesn't realise:

1. They would actually benefit by lower prices.
2. If the market price can rise by 100% it can also fall and it would only need to fall by 50% to be back to it's original value.

Education. Education. Education :).

RE: Where to move to?

Ernie — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:23:20 GMT

[quote][b]Tester (17/02/2006)[/b][hr]Horsham is a pretty good place to live.

It has a defined centre with reasonable shopping. It has a theatre. It has good recreational facilities including open spaces and leisure centres.

You can walk down the road and people will smile back or say hello.

It is nicely positioned between London and Brighton. It has nice countryside around it.

The houses are expensive but they are everywhere in the UK at the moment.

(See ... I can be nice! :) )

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Nice one Tester

As you appear to be in a good mood do you know something ;) Believe it or not a fall in house prices would actually suit me too!

RE: Where to move to?

Tester — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:18:14 GMT

Horsham is a pretty good place to live.

It has a defined centre with reasonable shopping. It has a theatre. It has good recreational facilities including open spaces and leisure centres.

You can walk down the road and people will smile back or say hello.

It is nicely positioned between London and Brighton. It has nice countryside around it.

The houses are expensive but they are everywhere in the UK at the moment.

(See ... I can be nice! :) )

RE: Where to move to?

Twinkle — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:44:09 GMT

I've lived in a lot of different places over the Southeast and I think that Horsham is one of the nicest towns. I must admit that when I moved here 12 years ago I found it boring, but there are much better shops and restaurants here now, or perhaps I'm getting too old for anything too exciting. ;) I would still tend to go to Crawley, Guildford or London for clothes shopping though. I've always found most people here welcoming.

I'm sure you would be happy here if you found a nice place here. There are slightly rougher parts to Horsham but they're still really nice compared to nearly anywhere, so I wouldn't worry about any area in particular!

RE: Where to move to?

Ernie — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:17:52 GMT

Another warm welcome Gemma. NOT:blush:

We are not all this cynical or rude honestly.

RE: Where to move to?

Andymc — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:27:32 GMT

Don't know why anyone would ever want to live in Crawley in the first place.

Horsham is far better, but getting worse as we keep gettinh people moving in from Crawley.

That said, Horsham I'd thoroughly recommend Horsham as long as you don't like shopping: there's no where to park without paying exhorbitant fees and a lot of the shops are empty.

If you want to live close to the town centre, I suggest your sell your car because it'll cost you an arm and a leg to park outside your own home.

HDC seems to find more stealth taxes than the the current government, and insist it's what we all want.

RE: Where to move to?

Ernie — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:30:08 GMT

Gemma :

Welcome to Horsham. Please be assured that most of us will give you a warmer welcome than Mr. Tester. You may have just realised that unfortunately estate agents are not exactly his favourite people;)

Tester:

Gemma's post implies she works for a Crawley estate agent so she is not really another Horsham Estate agent.

RE: Where to move to?

Tester — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:22:12 GMT

Given you are an estate agent you may enjoy Roffey as "it is an up and coming area with huge potential to become really nice at some time in the future".

However, I just think it's a dump.

The last thing we need is another Estate Agent in Horsham ;)

RE: Where to move to?

DotNetWebs — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:19:56 GMT

Just another thought here is a link to Horsham Neighbourhood watch:

http://www.nhwhorsham.org.uk/

They (or their police contacts) may be able to give you information about the number of crimes recorded in certain areas etc.

RE: Where to move to?

promethea — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:41:07 GMT

Ooh, really? So there's nowhere really to avoid, then?! That makes life much easier. I've mainly been looking at the older style properties close to the station (denne parade and places around there), so it makes it a bit easier if I don't have to rule any bits out!

I thought it might be a bit like Crawley where there are definite bits that are considered "rough" - I work for an estate agents and it's sooo hard to sell houses in these parts, which has kind of deterred me from any place that people consider rough as I don't want to have problems reselling the property either. Excellent news, that =D

RE: Where to move to?

DotNetWebs — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:05:25 GMT

Hello Gemma

Thank You for registering and welcome to the forums. Fortunately I don't think there are any really BAD areas in Horsham. There are two stations in Horsham that you could use. You might find that somewhere near Littlehaven station would suit you.

You might also want to try this tool that can give you some idea of a particular area:

http://www.upmystreet.com/enter-location/l/?fpage=%2Flocal%2Fmy-neighbours%2Fneighbourhood-profile%2F

Regards

Where to move to?

promethea — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:38:02 GMT

Hi there,

I'm looking to move to Horsham from Crawley, however we don't know much about the area. could anyone tell me which parts are the bad areas and which parts are the good areas? It's essential that I'm near to the station as I need to get the train in to Crawley daily, and also being near to the town centre would be a bonus. Also, no new estates, please!

Any advice from you Horsham residents would be fantastic! Thanks.

Gemma