bluestreak
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leytonstone is better if you can get near the flats. they're lovely they are. but you might find it a little pricey.
Leyton - whats it like to live in?
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dolly's gal
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marty21 said:we might have to move to leytonwe have a flat in clapton, big enough for the two of us (3 bed rooms) and share a garden with the woman downstairs - but i'd love to have a whole house
good luck with the hunting
oh it's only a two-up, two-down victorian terrace but still.
Griff
Feeding the foxes
bluestreak said:
Yeah, Bushwood is nice.
I was born in Leytonstone and lived there most of my life. I remember when it was a pleasent little part of East London with a cinema, a bowling alley, a department store and a Russell & Bromley shoe shop.
Been to some great raves there (where the Walnut Tree is now) and one of the funniest gigs of my life (A Flux of Pink Indians where that dive Zulus is now).
It's not the worst part of London by any means, but it always depresses me just how much fucking litter there is there when I visit my mum. All a part of living in London I suppose.
Still, it pisses over Stratford.
chegrimandi
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Griff said:It's not the worst part of London by any means, but it always depresses me just how much fucking litter there is there when I visit my mum. All a part of living in London I suppose.
when we were walking round leyton streets the other night both commented on how little litter there was in comparison to Hackney...
Griff
Feeding the foxes
chegrimandi said:
when we were walking round leyton streets the other night both commented on how little litter there was in comparison to Hackney...
Yeah, there probably is a difference there alright.
Parts of Leyton are quite nice like behind the cricket ground and near Draper's Field/Downsell Road etc.
dolly's gal
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chegrimandi said:
when we were walking round leyton streets the other night both commented on how little litter there was in comparison to Hackney...
yeh we're a pretty exciting couple. we have some very interesting conversations, as i'm sure you can all tell!
dolly's gal
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marty21 said:that's some rock 'n roll lifestyle
to be fair, it was cheg that mentioned it first. i just sort of nodded and mumbled some words of agreement. i was too busy being very fucking cool to pay him much mind really
chegrimandi
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Griff said:Out of interest whereabouts in Leyton did you look at, as it's covers quite an area.
a street off Vicarage road is the one we're going back tmw to see...
Griff
Feeding the foxes
Sound like The Lion and Key would be your local then.
dolly's gal
killing things
firky said:
aye we know
firky said:p.s
Dolly rocks
p.s. we know that too
dolly's gal
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we has put teh offer in! citing! 
dolly's gal
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rejected already!
oh well we can always go up a grand or two if we want to. need to think about it a bit...
oh well we can always go up a grand or two if we want to. need to think about it a bit...
dolly's gal
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marty21 said:blimey, that was quick
well it was pretty low! you can always offer up, but not down, so best to start off on the low side innit
dolly's gal
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meh. second offer just turned down in favour of other buyers with a different agent. this is getting very boring
Gary Potter
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If you are going to move to Leyton make sure you move to the north of Leyton, Barclay Estate is great full of Edwardian houses and some Victorian and some 20s/30s. Neighbours are great the estate is very quite yet it is close to the Central Line Leyton or Leytonstone and also the Victoria line in Walthamstow all of which are no more than ten minutes walk away. I do hope you move here as you get good value for your money, and the prices are rising everyday. Good Luckwe might have to move to leyton
good luck with the hunting
maximilian ping
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Walthamstow is it. Leyton not bad, but Walthamstow is the best. Can't beat the market, the parks and a few new pubs opening around the main drag so will get even better
maximilian ping
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Much better than all that rich kids/poor kids Hackney rubbish
Thraex
Needs to posh up his pants
Sound like The Lion and Key would be your local then.
Thought that had closed down?
Been in Leyton for over 10 years and like it here, only decent pub (unless you count the King William IV - which is on the way to Walthamstow, home of Brodies) may be closing down.
It's been prettied up a bit because of the Olympics. Been mugged once, no trouble apart from that (that was over 5 years ago).
A nice couple of parks, OKish shops and tgere's the retail park B&Q, Currys, Next, Sport shop, big Asda.
Leyton's good
E2A:
just seen the OP was in 2007 Still, be good to have moar Urbanites here.Gary Potter
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To far away from all the good stuff where as Leyton sits on the door step of West Fields and the Olympic Park, was going to buy in Walthamstow but went to look and yes there is a market but oh my, its full of rubbish 20 years ago it was a fantastic market but alas not know, and it is only one small part of Stow that is any good and that's the village, the prices are over inflated. I was an estate agent in the area for over ten years and Stow will come down in price over the next year or two as other area's are on the up.
Gary Potter
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Hi yes the Lion and Key is now been converted in to flats. but the area of Leyton is improving all the time and house prices are on the up in the North of Leyton. Council is about to spend millions on doing up this area around Bakers Arms and a long the high road up to Leyton Midland and Lea Bridge Road up to Whipps X, so prices will get even higher, so now is a real good time to buy in the area, and it is a good area of Leyton.Thought that had closed down?
Been in Leyton for over 10 years and like it here, only decent pub (unless you count the King William IV - which is on the way to Walthamstow, home of Brodies) may be closing down.
It's been prettied up a bit because of the Olympics. Been mugged once, no trouble apart from that (that was over 5 years ago).
A nice couple of parks, OKish shops and tgere's the retail park B&Q, Currys, Next, Sport shop, big Asda.
Leyton's good
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Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
Yes the market's not really that great, but it's not true that the Village is the only part of Walthamstow that's any good. It's the most expensive part of Walth that's true, but there are other nice, cheaper areas. The Lloyd park area is nice, and quite a few roads on the outskirts of Walthamstow are also really nice. It would be fantastic if prices in Watlhamstow did come down in the next year or 2 - I'd love to buy there if i could.
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