Milton Keynes Housing

[Geezer]

I am a cash buyer and have been looking for a house to buy for over a year without success.

I am now considering Milton Keynes and, as with anywhere, there are good and bad areas. Has anybody any opinions on good areas? I have been told that Kingsmead is OK.

 

[moonloops]

Budget? If you don't mind me asking. You'll get different opinions on good bad areas but the areas I like are:

Loughton
Monkston
Middleton (MK Village)
Woolstone
Bits of Newport Pagnell
Bits of Stony Stratford
Wavendon
Broughton

Avoid the bad bits:

Fishermeed
Conniburrow
Crappier bits of Bletchley (the estates)
Greenleys
Oldbrook
Netherfields


All depends what style /old/new etc house you are after. Also do you want to be near a train station and/or M1 access..

Modern plots are small, house quality varies but they have good efficiency ratings, plenty of places have victorian through 1930's older stuff.

 

[moonloops]

+ Kingsmead is one of the newer developments out in the West, yep a good area.

Obviously it's all mixed housing these days so pot look with the quality of your neighbours.

 

[martyz]

+ Kingsmead is one of the newer developments out in the West, yep a good area.

Obviously it's all mixed housing these days so pot look with the quality of your neighbours.

Are people in social housing of lesser quality than your good self?

 

[moonloops]

Are people in social housing of lesser quality than your good self?

Absolutely, they even leave their bin bags out front all week

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Are people in social housing of lesser quality than your good self?

Moonloops is from Yorkshire, so I'd say probably.

 

[Geezer]

Budget up to £375K. Near MI and train station irrelevant. New or old considered.

 

[moonloops]

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Wilmin Grove, Loughton, Milton Keynes, MK5



and Bradwell Village is quite an old part of MK:

5 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Vicarage Road, Bradwell Village, Milton Keynes, MK13


Plenty of choice around..

 

[Peter DLM]

Broughton has an awesome chippy!!

 

[moonloops]

Broughton has an awesome chippy!!

Really? Never found a good chippy more than 1/2 a mile away from the North Sea

 

[Peter DLM]

Ya, Broughton Centre, it's actually really good and claims to have won some award or something.

 

[moonloops]

Ya, Broughton Centre, it's actually really good and claims to have won some award or something.

Aye,they've all seemed to have won the same award every year.

I will try it and let you know.

 

[silver_star]

Furzton is a nice area as well as is Shenley.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Broughton has an awesome chippy!!

You can always tell a good chippy by the quality of their gravy.

(they do serve gravy in MK chip shops, don't they? Or is it a bit too southern?)

Edit: apologies to the OP for the thread hijack...

 

[MicB]

Better than MK.......I have two properties in South Hinksey, Oxford for sale.

www.BennettGibbons.co.uk

Mic

 

[coupe deville]

Ever thought about moving north

Des wreck: Britain's cheapest home on sale for just £1,000 (but it could do with a little fixing) | Mail Online

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

Have a quick word with the crime prevention officer or the SOCO at the local Plod shop. They will know where the high crime areas are.

 

[Geezer]

Thanks for all the comments. A good starting point for me.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

I'd also recommend trying to find out which properties are rented near where you're looking. Generally in my experience (but not always) tenants in rented properties take less care of them than owner occupiers. Front gardens overgrown with weeds don't exactly help the look of an area. Large developments, of which there are many in MK, tend to have a high proportion of rental properties.