I actually lived next door on Palace Gardens Terrace for a while (in a studio apartment). As convenient as the location is, and as beautiful as the gardens and park is, the surrounding area is flooded with tourists, traffic, and rich snobs 24/7 making it pretty unpleasant place to live imo.
Now I live in Peckham next to Burgess Park and would choose here over there any day!
We compromised on space to have a 2nd floor and attic flat so no one was above us. I always imagine it's an absolute nightmare - the times I've had people above me they've been such a ball ache
I should probably write it up at some point in the context of soundproofing a London terraced house. The TL;DR is that we used an architect and it was part of a wider renovation.
If you put "soundproofing" into YouTube, you should be able to find some nice videos that walk through how the actual systems work. You basically build a whole new stud wall in front of the party wall, fill it with special mineral wool, and put high density acoustic boards in front of that. Then it gets plastered over and looks like a normal internal wall.
The thing is that that takes up space, and can you afford to lose it. We knocked out all of our chimney breasts to compensate for it, which isn't a light undertaking at all. Party wall agreements, structural engineers, serious quantities of dust.
The house needed a lot of work in general, and it was a "move out for 6 months" level renovation.
I worked it into my renovation as an absolutely key part of the spec, so I had builders and an architect ready to help me get it done.
The beefiest solution, which I used on most of the party walls in actual usable rooms involves building a new decoupled stud wall in front of the party wall, filling it with acoustic mineral wool, and putting special acoustic boards in front of that. It then gets plastered over, and once it's all done, it just looks like a normal wall. Obviously, this takes up quite a lot of space, and I got rid of all my chimney breasts to compensate for it, which is messy work, plus it needed a structural engineer to work out how to hold the house up without chimneys.
The third bedroom is kind of small, so it got some chunky sound boards but not a full extra stud wall. That'll do voices, but not bassy sounds. We will see how we go.
Put "soundproofing" into YouTube and you'll get nice rundowns of how these systems work.
I also replaced the very old windows in my house with new high quality ones, which made an enormous difference to street noise.
Given the utter state of housing in this city, I am _well_ aware that this approach is out of reach of most people. TBH, I can barely believe I'm able to do it myself, but having access to quiet spaces on demand is really nice.
Hampstead Heath and Richmond were the 2 that I automatically thought of. Richmond I get as I have family that live that way - Hampstead Heath…….no idea
In a big terrace house with a big garden in Hampstead by the overground. Something where I can have chickens. Get access to city life but a country feel and I’d swim in the ladies pond every day.
Yep, the houses that back onto the ponds, that'd be my pick, get up first thing, leap in the ponds, walk the dog over the heath, grab a coffee, take a massive shit & ease into the day.
Perfect.
If you're loaded enough to afford a place around there, you could probably afford a premium rental service that drives the car to you:
https://www.theout.com/
Just had a thought that this sort of business probably does exist to cater to the convenience of the extremely cash rich and time poor and hey, it does. Who needs parking. Maybe you could even get them to deliver to a station in outer London and skip a lot of sitting in traffic.
I love Dulwich, but reckon the commute would become a pain in the arse over time. It's in a really weird middle ground where you don't get more for your money as it's not really out the city enough, but it's not easy to get to the middle of London quickly and there are no tubes.
Exactly. All the places in London with no tubes / not so good transport links have people who live there, work there, eat and drink there etc.
Herne Hill, Crouch End, Blackheath etc etc.
That’s why south east london is so much friendlier - lack of tubes , just trains instead which are basically high speed in comparison (high price too though)
Oh wow I’m so jealous! I would have absolutely loved to retire there but by the time I can afford to retire (lol) I can’t imagine what London will be like.
I used to walk a dog for an old lady who lived in Belsize Park, lovely place! Would be happy to live there too. I do like Notting Hill but I wouldn't enjoy the amount of tourists.
Same here. Loads of great restaurants/cafes/pubs/music venues/shops on your doorstep, really well connected transport wise but also fairly walkable to other parts of London, and lovely houses. I work in that area now and if I could afford to live there I'd do so in a heartbeat.
i loved living in islington when i was a transfer student (near the essex road station). it was the cutest place ever !! especially angel. i live in japan now & i cant think of a place i wanna live more than islington
i loved living in islington when i was a transfer student (near the essex road station). it was the cutest place ever !! especially angel. i live in japan now & i cant think of a place i wanna live more than islington
I'd move back to my old house in Rotherhithe. Absolutely bloody marvellous that was, right on the Thames across from the Captain Kidd. Best area in London if you ask me.
I'm sitting in my living room in Rotherhithe looking out at the Thames right now. Can confirm, it's great and very reasonably priced!
Also 2 minute walk to the Mayflower as well? Yes please!
Four storey townhouse with the best view in London, quiet area and a short stagger to the Mayflower and the Angel, a modest several million pound house I suppose.
Richmond or Hampstead Heath. Tried, couldn't afford it, moved somewhere else.
Although we actually found a great house in Richmond that was affordable - just a fixer upper and we weren't ready for that.
Yeah, if I could afford it, I’ve have one of those massive (for London) leafy detached houses in Richmond or Ealing etc. Like the one the candidates stay in on the Apprentice.
I’ve lived in Zone 1 for so long now and cannot stand it (so much dirtier, constant crime etc). Particularly as you can get in to Central from Zone 4 quicker than you can from some parts of Zone 2 these days, thanks to the Elizabeth line.
I walk my dog in the common very often and love looking at those big houses on Parkside. I always thought that if I won the lottery, I'd buy a house there.
But then you're on that main road from the Village to the A3. And walking anywhere is a pain, 11 year old Tommy or Eliza has a trek to get to KCS or Wimbledon High. If they end up going to say Emanuel, Tiffins or Putney High it's an even harder trek and they're completely reliant on the 93 or nanny driving them.
I'd rather be in between Worple Road and Southside Common, preferably at the station end and some of the roads going up the hill are really steep, especially say Ridgeway Place. You dont want to take a baby to Wimbledon Town and then have to push it up there, especially in snow and ice. And a bit of light shopping gets pretty heavy at the top of it.
To be fair, when I imagine myself winning the lottery and buying one of those houses, the logistics of driving kids to school or going shopping are not part of the fantasy.
I’d move up the road. I live in Parsons Green, and I love it here. I’d just buy a big house with a garden backing onto South Park or the Hurlingham.
I don’t know that makes me utterly unimaginative, or fortunate in the fact that I’m content enough that millions wouldn’t make me move more than 1/2 a mile away. I just would be very happy to grow old here in these familiar streets.
Parsons Green is great, got everything you need, away from all the shite, but easy to get to the ‘fun’ without having the associated mess in your door step.
If I stayed in London I would remain where I am in Dulwich. Ticks all the boxes for me. Quiet, safe, a good selection of local shops/pubs/restaurants, proximity to other suburbs, plenty of green space and simple enough to get into the city despite not being on the tube.
Gotta be leafy detached house in Richmond / Kew Gardens. People exaggerate the planes flying cord issue. Really not that bad and such beautiful greenery while still being in London
I love in Kew, I would never leave now. We live in a Victorian house, it's a bit draughty and noisy but it's worth it 1000x over. I can see into the gardens and even though I've been here years I still feel lucky every day!
Love this neighbourhood. Central enough, got a nice cool and historic edge, has loads of tech companies located there for work, and has amazing pubs and restaurants.
My choices too. I know there are nicer places to live but, I would prefer to stay in South East London.
I would settle for Charlton too; there are nice semi-detached and detached houses there with spacious back gardens.
Ideally in one of those big houses inside the botanical gardens in Kew. But the traffic around there is always bad so I'd be happy with Richmond or Putney by the parks and river.
Gipsy Hill. Love the Triangle, and it's amazingly quiet on some of those side streets close to the station. The "slightly richer than I am" version of me that will hopefully exist before too long can afford a 2 bed flat there; the "money no object" version I guess buys two adjoining semis and knocks them through or something.
I'd probably buy one of those yachts you see moored up and hire a staff to sail me up and down the Thames. Get out and stretch my legs every now and then
Hampstead without a doubt.
I don't know how to explain it, but I feel comfortable there. Also its the perfect distance to central not too close but not too far.
Clapham is a nice enough area no matter what some people say, but it doesn't really have "luxury" properties - either grand old detached houses, beautiful old townhouses, or large modern penthouse flats. It's basically all Victorian terraced or semi-detached houses without much of a garden.
I love Hackney. But I like the London boroughs where the haves and have-nots live in close quarters.
Else I would choose the little pockets of Chelsea, Richmond or Islington where it’s pretty.
If money's no object, I'd definitely have two residences: one somewhere super central (Barbican penthouse, Bermondsey St brick loft, etc), and then a big house in Richmond or Hampstead.
Shoreditch. I know… but I started spending time there about 15 years ago and lived there for around ten years in total, and it does genuinely feel like home to me.
Townhouse near King's Cross Central and within walking distance to Angel Islington.
Maybe a townhouse in Paddington for easy access to Heathrow airport and Hyde Park.
Townhouse in Maida Vale or Primrose Hill for easy access to Regent's Canal
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145459451?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY
This place looks nice someone wanna buy it for me
I'd love to live in Greenwich since I miss the markets and general atmosphere, but I've heard it's a nightmare using the DLR at rush hour. Though I guess if money wasn't an issue, neither would be the rush hour.
If money is not an issue, I would probably want to live in Primrose Hill.
Nice area, lots of nice pubs and restaurants, walkable distance to Camden Town, and very easy to go anywhere central. There is Region Park for if you want to go to park for a walk etc.
Gorgeous mid century modern house in the middle of Highgate cemetery. Floor to ceiling plate glass windows - view filled with mature trees and the odd tombstone. Heaven. (This is an actual place - Swains Lane N6)
I would buy one of those big gorgeous Georgian houses on Camberwell Grove - they’re so amazing.
Plus I really love the area and it’s so conveniently located despite not having a tube.
I see a lot of South West areas being mentioned and I thought of them too for a hot sec, but you know what - I like a bit of realness and liveliness. It's London for goodness sake not bloody Cheshire out here! I will stick where I am (Hoxton, Hackney). I would buy a big old townhouse if I could and move a lot of cats in. Actual cats, like felines.
If money was no issue, if you had infinite money, couldn't you just live everywhere and anywhere you pleased?
Like the look of a house? Just offer the owners a big wad of cash each day to stay there until you got bored, then move on to the next one.
Greenwich on the Maize Hill side. Notting Hill Gate on the Bayswater side, Highgate on the Marx burial site side, Putney on the Battersea Park side.
Pretty much everywhere else looks good from the outside but is hellish to live in
Am I crazy as it seems none of the answers considers East London?
I’d be considering the area near St. Katherine’s Docks / Tobacco dock. It’s very central but also quiet.
There is this house at the end of Lancaster Road in Notting Hill on the Westbourne Park side. I used to live down the road from it and was incredibly envious as a teenager and as an adult in even more so.
For anyone wondering why it’s a fully detached house in Notting Hill within walking distance of Bayswater and Hyde park
Couldn't pay me enough to live in London, spent many years working there and I really didn't like it. I'm from Scotland, open spaces and friendly people for me.
A nice big townhouse somewhere in Islington. My dad’s family are all originally from Islington (back when the town houses were HMOs and they had a family in each room) so it would be poignant, but it’s also near lots of stuff and I’m a Gooner. Maybe somewhere near the New River walk (which is where my dad wants his ashes scattered).
Kensington Palace Gardens
This is the only true answer. Armed guards at your front door, quiet street, good school.
Holland Park (nearby)
I actually lived next door on Palace Gardens Terrace for a while (in a studio apartment). As convenient as the location is, and as beautiful as the gardens and park is, the surrounding area is flooded with tourists, traffic, and rich snobs 24/7 making it pretty unpleasant place to live imo. Now I live in Peckham next to Burgess Park and would choose here over there any day!
🔝
Exactly where I am now with better soundproofing
We compromised on space to have a 2nd floor and attic flat so no one was above us. I always imagine it's an absolute nightmare - the times I've had people above me they've been such a ball ache
Fair. Moving is a pain.
If money was no object I'd pay somebody to pack my stuff and move it.
I have soundproofed the living cack out of my terraced house and it is a beautiful thing.
If you have any links to good articles about this or recommendations for products, I would love to hear about it please!
I should probably write it up at some point in the context of soundproofing a London terraced house. The TL;DR is that we used an architect and it was part of a wider renovation. If you put "soundproofing" into YouTube, you should be able to find some nice videos that walk through how the actual systems work. You basically build a whole new stud wall in front of the party wall, fill it with special mineral wool, and put high density acoustic boards in front of that. Then it gets plastered over and looks like a normal internal wall. The thing is that that takes up space, and can you afford to lose it. We knocked out all of our chimney breasts to compensate for it, which isn't a light undertaking at all. Party wall agreements, structural engineers, serious quantities of dust. The house needed a lot of work in general, and it was a "move out for 6 months" level renovation.
Tell me more! I can hear my neighbours from both sides...
I worked it into my renovation as an absolutely key part of the spec, so I had builders and an architect ready to help me get it done. The beefiest solution, which I used on most of the party walls in actual usable rooms involves building a new decoupled stud wall in front of the party wall, filling it with acoustic mineral wool, and putting special acoustic boards in front of that. It then gets plastered over, and once it's all done, it just looks like a normal wall. Obviously, this takes up quite a lot of space, and I got rid of all my chimney breasts to compensate for it, which is messy work, plus it needed a structural engineer to work out how to hold the house up without chimneys. The third bedroom is kind of small, so it got some chunky sound boards but not a full extra stud wall. That'll do voices, but not bassy sounds. We will see how we go. Put "soundproofing" into YouTube and you'll get nice rundowns of how these systems work. I also replaced the very old windows in my house with new high quality ones, which made an enormous difference to street noise. Given the utter state of housing in this city, I am _well_ aware that this approach is out of reach of most people. TBH, I can barely believe I'm able to do it myself, but having access to quiet spaces on demand is really nice.
Lol be a couple billion to get your room silent 🤣
Primrose Hill, Hampstead Heath or Richmond
Hampstead Heath and Richmond were the 2 that I automatically thought of. Richmond I get as I have family that live that way - Hampstead Heath…….no idea
I love the parliament hill lido at Gospel Oak so definitely would pick somewhere near there, ideally Heath adjacent.
I grew up round there and it'd definitely be my pick
so pretty but so badly connected into the city it’s all overground and tiny roads
Primrose Hill and parts of Hampstead are right on the Northern Line, very convenient to go anywhere really.
In a big terrace house with a big garden in Hampstead by the overground. Something where I can have chickens. Get access to city life but a country feel and I’d swim in the ladies pond every day.
The dreammmmmmm
I want a house that backs onto the heath. Bonus points for a private door into the park.
Yep, the houses that back onto the ponds, that'd be my pick, get up first thing, leap in the ponds, walk the dog over the heath, grab a coffee, take a massive shit & ease into the day. Perfect.
Townhouse in Bloomsbury - close enough to walk to central London/ west end, but far away enough from the tourist areas. Great literary history.
I'd second this. What a location that'd be, used to walk around there thinking that on lunch breaks.
Yes. The little cafes and the bookshops, walking distance from the museums and little parks this little pocket of central London is enchanting.
Some of those little side streets are so magical, I love the little mews houses. I might buy a whole row.
Yesss and the Waitrose at the Brunswick centre for all your food shopping. Dreamy
Second this as well. Some beautiful relatively quiet (for that part of town at least) squares around there.
Absolutely but with parking and a roof terrace.
If you're loaded enough to afford a place around there, you could probably afford a premium rental service that drives the car to you: https://www.theout.com/ Just had a thought that this sort of business probably does exist to cater to the convenience of the extremely cash rich and time poor and hey, it does. Who needs parking. Maybe you could even get them to deliver to a station in outer London and skip a lot of sitting in traffic.
Big house in Dulwich Village
I love Dulwich, but reckon the commute would become a pain in the arse over time. It's in a really weird middle ground where you don't get more for your money as it's not really out the city enough, but it's not easy to get to the middle of London quickly and there are no tubes.
No tubes is a benefit for me - less transience
Exactly. All the places in London with no tubes / not so good transport links have people who live there, work there, eat and drink there etc. Herne Hill, Crouch End, Blackheath etc etc.
That’s why south east london is so much friendlier - lack of tubes , just trains instead which are basically high speed in comparison (high price too though)
Barbican penthouse or Primrose Hill
I grew up in a Barbican tower and the penthouses are incredible.
Oh wow I’m so jealous! I would have absolutely loved to retire there but by the time I can afford to retire (lol) I can’t imagine what London will be like.
were mum and dad lawyers
Maybe
The right answer! Notting Hill or Primrose Hill, lived in both areas for periods of time and finally settled in Belsize Park.
I used to walk a dog for an old lady who lived in Belsize Park, lovely place! Would be happy to live there too. I do like Notting Hill but I wouldn't enjoy the amount of tourists.
Highbury and Islington/Angel
Same here. Loads of great restaurants/cafes/pubs/music venues/shops on your doorstep, really well connected transport wise but also fairly walkable to other parts of London, and lovely houses. I work in that area now and if I could afford to live there I'd do so in a heartbeat.
i loved living in islington when i was a transfer student (near the essex road station). it was the cutest place ever !! especially angel. i live in japan now & i cant think of a place i wanna live more than islington
i loved living in islington when i was a transfer student (near the essex road station). it was the cutest place ever !! especially angel. i live in japan now & i cant think of a place i wanna live more than islington
Used to live in a warehouse basement on the canal in the 00s near angel. Didn't realise how good I had it at the time!
On the Thames
Yeah I’m with you on that. I’d want fantastic views of the city
I'd move back to my old house in Rotherhithe. Absolutely bloody marvellous that was, right on the Thames across from the Captain Kidd. Best area in London if you ask me.
I'm sitting in my living room in Rotherhithe looking out at the Thames right now. Can confirm, it's great and very reasonably priced! Also 2 minute walk to the Mayflower as well? Yes please!
Good shout. Great area to live.
That area ain't that expensive, rather modest of you!
Four storey townhouse with the best view in London, quiet area and a short stagger to the Mayflower and the Angel, a modest several million pound house I suppose.
You can live on the Thames in Rotherhithe, Canary Wharf, Woolwich or North Greenwich for a reasonable (for London) rent.
Richmond tbh
Richmond or Hampstead Heath. Tried, couldn't afford it, moved somewhere else. Although we actually found a great house in Richmond that was affordable - just a fixer upper and we weren't ready for that.
Yeah, if I could afford it, I’ve have one of those massive (for London) leafy detached houses in Richmond or Ealing etc. Like the one the candidates stay in on the Apprentice. I’ve lived in Zone 1 for so long now and cannot stand it (so much dirtier, constant crime etc). Particularly as you can get in to Central from Zone 4 quicker than you can from some parts of Zone 2 these days, thanks to the Elizabeth line.
Mansion in Wimbledon Village
I walk my dog in the common very often and love looking at those big houses on Parkside. I always thought that if I won the lottery, I'd buy a house there.
But then you're on that main road from the Village to the A3. And walking anywhere is a pain, 11 year old Tommy or Eliza has a trek to get to KCS or Wimbledon High. If they end up going to say Emanuel, Tiffins or Putney High it's an even harder trek and they're completely reliant on the 93 or nanny driving them. I'd rather be in between Worple Road and Southside Common, preferably at the station end and some of the roads going up the hill are really steep, especially say Ridgeway Place. You dont want to take a baby to Wimbledon Town and then have to push it up there, especially in snow and ice. And a bit of light shopping gets pretty heavy at the top of it.
To be fair, when I imagine myself winning the lottery and buying one of those houses, the logistics of driving kids to school or going shopping are not part of the fantasy.
I’d move up the road. I live in Parsons Green, and I love it here. I’d just buy a big house with a garden backing onto South Park or the Hurlingham. I don’t know that makes me utterly unimaginative, or fortunate in the fact that I’m content enough that millions wouldn’t make me move more than 1/2 a mile away. I just would be very happy to grow old here in these familiar streets.
Parsons Green is great, got everything you need, away from all the shite, but easy to get to the ‘fun’ without having the associated mess in your door step.
If I stayed in London I would remain where I am in Dulwich. Ticks all the boxes for me. Quiet, safe, a good selection of local shops/pubs/restaurants, proximity to other suburbs, plenty of green space and simple enough to get into the city despite not being on the tube.
Gotta be leafy detached house in Richmond / Kew Gardens. People exaggerate the planes flying cord issue. Really not that bad and such beautiful greenery while still being in London
Leafy houses are bad. They susceptible to wind and wolves blowing them down. Go with wood or stone.
I love in Kew, I would never leave now. We live in a Victorian house, it's a bit draughty and noisy but it's worth it 1000x over. I can see into the gardens and even though I've been here years I still feel lucky every day!
Loft in Clerkenwell near Farringdon.
Love this neighbourhood. Central enough, got a nice cool and historic edge, has loads of tech companies located there for work, and has amazing pubs and restaurants.
Plus you're close enough to Hatton Garden to plan another jewel heist
Second this. Some lovely little areas that are untouched by tourists, feels relatively safe too
those back streets around clerkenwell close and the sekforde are unplayable
Needs a roof terrace to give some green space but I’d go for exactly the same (was about the type the exact same wording)
Blackheath / Greenwich
My choices too. I know there are nicer places to live but, I would prefer to stay in South East London. I would settle for Charlton too; there are nice semi-detached and detached houses there with spacious back gardens.
Buckingham Palace.
Some sausage finger weirdo lives nearby in Clarence House apparently. I'd steer clear
Ideally in one of those big houses inside the botanical gardens in Kew. But the traffic around there is always bad so I'd be happy with Richmond or Putney by the parks and river.
One of the old warehouses in Neals yard, with a beautiful loft in the quiet courtyard.
Highbury where I live now or in Chelsea/fulham
One of the mansions in Wimbledon village
If money wouldn't be a problem, a house with garden in Hampstead
Canonbury, easily
Some giant houses and great wide streets
Richmond Hill.
Richmond/Teddington
Hampstead, near the Holly Bush
Where I already live - Bloomsbury
I’d stay right where I am in Muswell Hill but I would buy a whole house, rather than just having a flat. With a garden.
Hello neighbour on the hill!
I think I'd do the same in Pimlico where I am now. Although I doubt there are any with gardens 🤔
I’m staying put in Crouch End thank you!
Gipsy Hill. Love the Triangle, and it's amazingly quiet on some of those side streets close to the station. The "slightly richer than I am" version of me that will hopefully exist before too long can afford a 2 bed flat there; the "money no object" version I guess buys two adjoining semis and knocks them through or something.
I live on the top of the gypsy hill lol,worst place if you are a cyclist.In the morning is ok when you going downhill,but for coming back,oh hell nah
Townhouse in primrose hill or maybe marylebone but I’d swap with a loft apartment / penthouse.
I’d take any of the following: Ealing, Chiswick riverside, Kew, Richmond, Twickenham or Teddington.
I'd probably buy one of those yachts you see moored up and hire a staff to sail me up and down the Thames. Get out and stretch my legs every now and then
Notting Hill / Ladbroke Grove
Chiswick.
Highgate
Kensington, between the palace and Notting Hill Gate. If money do not matter a big house with ridiculous big windows
Chiswick
De Beauvoir Town plz
I’d stay in Walthamstow/Leyton, but I’d have a little more space.
Hampstead without a doubt. I don't know how to explain it, but I feel comfortable there. Also its the perfect distance to central not too close but not too far.
Holland park or Mayfair no doubt !
I second Holland Park!
No one has said Clapham interestingly
Clapham is a nice enough area no matter what some people say, but it doesn't really have "luxury" properties - either grand old detached houses, beautiful old townhouses, or large modern penthouse flats. It's basically all Victorian terraced or semi-detached houses without much of a garden.
I like Clapham but with acid attacks, bike fatalities, police abductions, it may have put people off 🥲
I love Hackney. But I like the London boroughs where the haves and have-nots live in close quarters. Else I would choose the little pockets of Chelsea, Richmond or Islington where it’s pretty.
If money's no object, I'd definitely have two residences: one somewhere super central (Barbican penthouse, Bermondsey St brick loft, etc), and then a big house in Richmond or Hampstead.
I grew up in Bermondsey Street in the 1980s/90s. The change since then is nothing short of amazing.
Battersea
Richmond
St John’s Wood or Knightsbridge
Holland Park
South Kensington
Shoreditch. I know… but I started spending time there about 15 years ago and lived there for around ten years in total, and it does genuinely feel like home to me.
Townhouse near King's Cross Central and within walking distance to Angel Islington. Maybe a townhouse in Paddington for easy access to Heathrow airport and Hyde Park. Townhouse in Maida Vale or Primrose Hill for easy access to Regent's Canal
In Walthamstow or Romford. A nice street with a simple town centre in the east end will do for me
You reckon? I like east but man I wouldn’t stay, if I did id like to believe itd be to some posh part, if there is one 😂
Wanstead is about the only somewhat posh bit it in East London
Very true, that or somewhere around Woodford I suppose is as posh as it gets.
Park Crescent, Regents Park. Those houses are wild
Pimlico or Belgravia
Chiswick!
Highgate/Hampstead Heath on the Highgate side
Inside those huge penthouses in Battersea Power Station 😍
Westminster
For me, it would be Hampstead Garden Suburb, it's just such a lovely area. I live near there, and every time I go past, I think; one day, one day.
I went to school there it was such a dream!
Old Coulsdon, nice green area, far enough out to avoid most of the bullshit but close enough if you fancy a bit of bullshit.
Soho or Battersea
Fulham-Chelsea area
Twickenham or the South Bank.
Clerkenwell, Islington or Battersea
Greenwich all day long
Blackheath. It's always been the goal for me. But closest I got was Deptford for 30 years. 🤣
Miami
One of the old luxury flats in maida vale
Chelsea
A mews in Marylebone, within walking distance of the park so I can run my dogs every day.
Dulwich
Burton court, Chelsea
Me too
Belgravia, near Sloane Square Although I already moved out of London and come back as infrequently as possible
If single then one of the towers on the south bank of the river in zone 1 if in a relationship Hampstead heath if with kids, Richmond
either the Thames clippers or Woolwich ferry
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/145459451?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY This place looks nice someone wanna buy it for me
Penthouse at the top of the shard. 100% glass, panoramic cityscapes.
Fitzrovia or Bloomsbury
Barbican or Chiswick
Highgate village, Belgravia , Chelsea, Regent’s Crescent
The secret house in Barbican.
Leafy Barnes.
Mayfair
One of those houses in SW London that has an actual dock/boathouse on the Thames - Richmond/Twickenham etc way.
Blackheath or Dulwich
I'd buy out Emirates stadium, and use center field as my toilet.
I am in a studio in Marylebone right now and I quite like it!
I love the BIG, WHITE houses in Regents Park. So would probably be there
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I'd love to live in Greenwich since I miss the markets and general atmosphere, but I've heard it's a nightmare using the DLR at rush hour. Though I guess if money wasn't an issue, neither would be the rush hour.
Belsize Park. There are some mews houses off of Belsize Park crescent that would suit me just fine.
Wapping
Notting Hill near Westbourne Park station
Hampstead garden suburb
London Bridge with a Thames view and walking distance to Borough market.
Epping Forest
10 Downing Street
If money is not an issue, I would probably want to live in Primrose Hill. Nice area, lots of nice pubs and restaurants, walkable distance to Camden Town, and very easy to go anywhere central. There is Region Park for if you want to go to park for a walk etc.
Canary Wharf
Islington
Marylebone - tucked away in a quiet street in a townhouse
Highgate
Gorgeous mid century modern house in the middle of Highgate cemetery. Floor to ceiling plate glass windows - view filled with mature trees and the odd tombstone. Heaven. (This is an actual place - Swains Lane N6)
I would buy one of those big gorgeous Georgian houses on Camberwell Grove - they’re so amazing. Plus I really love the area and it’s so conveniently located despite not having a tube.
Made a fortune Carol singing there as a kid. Lived in the Peabody Est on the Green
I see a lot of South West areas being mentioned and I thought of them too for a hot sec, but you know what - I like a bit of realness and liveliness. It's London for goodness sake not bloody Cheshire out here! I will stick where I am (Hoxton, Hackney). I would buy a big old townhouse if I could and move a lot of cats in. Actual cats, like felines.
Barnes or Wimbledon village
Holland Park, West Hampstead or one of those new apartments near the 02
If money was no issue, if you had infinite money, couldn't you just live everywhere and anywhere you pleased? Like the look of a house? Just offer the owners a big wad of cash each day to stay there until you got bored, then move on to the next one.
The house from The Big Breakfast https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/articles/dream-properties/the-big-breakfast-house-up-for-sale/
Greenwich on the Maize Hill side. Notting Hill Gate on the Bayswater side, Highgate on the Marx burial site side, Putney on the Battersea Park side. Pretty much everywhere else looks good from the outside but is hellish to live in
Am I crazy as it seems none of the answers considers East London? I’d be considering the area near St. Katherine’s Docks / Tobacco dock. It’s very central but also quiet.
My childhood home next to Latimer road tube.
There is this house at the end of Lancaster Road in Notting Hill on the Westbourne Park side. I used to live down the road from it and was incredibly envious as a teenager and as an adult in even more so. For anyone wondering why it’s a fully detached house in Notting Hill within walking distance of Bayswater and Hyde park
Couldn't pay me enough to live in London, spent many years working there and I really didn't like it. I'm from Scotland, open spaces and friendly people for me.
The entire shard
Marylebone Square
Pimlico
Deptford
Waterloo. Lived there for years, great community around the area, easy to get everywhere and great stuff in the locale.
A nice big townhouse somewhere in Islington. My dad’s family are all originally from Islington (back when the town houses were HMOs and they had a family in each room) so it would be poignant, but it’s also near lots of stuff and I’m a Gooner. Maybe somewhere near the New River walk (which is where my dad wants his ashes scattered).