Nice Area

[WageSlave]

Esteemed Gentlemen of the Forum,

I've forgotten what a bunch of p1ss-taking, unhelpful sods you are (bit like me really, except I have hands and an arse like a baboon), so I venture a serious question. If anyone gives me a serious answer I promise to be their friend at playtime and flick snot balls at the bullies.

Does anyone here know the Surrey towns of Weybridge and Esher well? If so, what are they like these days? And which of the two is better (if at all)?

[MrsGoof]

Yep I know em'

Depends upon what you are looking for

Esher - expensive, full of chelsea footballers, Chris Tarrent and I saw Louise only 2 weeks ago (her and Jamie got a place in Oxshot). Good town for Restaurants and err umm not alot else.

Weybridge full of charity shops and too close to Hersham

What do you really want to know?

[WageSlave]

What do you really want to know?

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.

[MrsGoof]

Other places in the area are Fetcham, Cobham , Leatherhead, Epsom (towards the downs), Parts of Ewell err umm thats all I can think of near Esher.

If you want more post or PM me.

MG

[Francko]

the areas with the best historical reputation are now filled with blokes in white vans and Chavs

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.

[TheMonkey]

Esher is nice if you afford something detached with gun turrets. Otherwise you'll get burgled both in the home and the arse.

My brother has a nice 4 bed detached place there. Lucky bastard - that's what happens when you are a damn Cisco dude.

[The Lone Gunman]

Hello Wage, wondered why you werent around the potting shed lately. Is it OK if I knock it down now?

[hyperD]

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.

Weybridge - good restaurants, expensive, some chavy bits
Woodham - nice, sleepy, old people
West Byfleet - nice, villagy, close to station with direct to Waterloo
Byfleet - little more chavvish than W. Byfleet
Ottershaw - chavvish
Woking - bit sh1tty, chavish, loads of new "prefabs" being built to satisfy government's welfare expansion
Ripley - Eric clapton, farmer's market, expensive
Send/Send Marsh - nice, villagy, new houses - all built on flood plain

Problem is with areas of Surrey (like Kent) the traffic is a nightmare, Tesco's are spreading, prefabs are being built everywhere on every scrap of land - there's just too many people here and the cancerous spread of chavdom is threating all villages...

I blame tony myself. And this time I do.

[the guy with the bowtie]

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.

[Bagpuss]

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?