moving to warwickshire
Hi Alice .
Im slightly biased as i live in stratford , like you im mid twenties (slowly becoming late twenties ) but i think you can find something in your price bracket. It really depends on how much space you want , the problem with new estates is that they are purpose built and i find them a bi clostraphobic , i have some friends who live on various different estates in and around town and they all seem to have purchased close to your budget . If i was moving to warwickshire , id certainly give stratford and the surrounding 5 mile areas a good look . House prices do very well here , it may be a little more to buy but it continues that way and ive seen a good increase since i purchased . Like i say , i am biased , but stratford been a tourist town, i find it always has a changing vibe about it , the town centre is always full of different people which means it never feels stagnant. Its a safe place to live with lots of places to go out , eat out , the theatre is obviously on the door stop and i can get to central london in an hour and 45 on a good day and oxford in an hour ish ...so the links are excellent . Warwick seems to be becoming a haven of new developments which is kind of spoiling it , leamington is nice , the prices are the same as stratford but there are deffinate good and bad areas of the town to buy in ........
Stratford has alot going for it , and there are lots of nice villages around the area, one area you may be interested in is wellsbourne about 4 miles out of stratford, its slighty cheaper and a little smaller but is still quite a nice place with local pubs etc and has the same excellent road links to pretty much anywhere and everywhere ..
Hope some of that is usefull to you ! Best of luck
James
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