Product Description

The 2000-2001 edition of a guide to the housing and property markets in London. It includes advice for buyers and sellers, as well as those concerned with letting and renting property. It contains background information on 480 neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, as well as school league table results.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124736 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 672 pages

About the Author
Carrie Segrave, former Property Editor of Period Living, has written about property for The Sunday Times Magazine and The Financial Times for many years. She has been interviewed on London Today (Carlton), The London Programme (Carlton) and Greater London Radio.

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource, especially for narrowing your search
This book is an excellent resource for any home buyers who either have no pre-conception of where they wish to live, or are searching for their prospective new home by criteria (be that budget / parks / schools / transport etc).

The book is organised by areas, and includes a summary of the larger area (e.g. Merton), and then a few paragraphs focusing on the more specific towns within that area (e.g. Wimbledon, Wimbledon Village, Raynes Park etc). The general overview provides a good introduction, whilst the town view includes examples of desirable roads and actual house sales which have taken place in these roads recently. At the end of each area there is an overview of prices for renting and buying, arranged by home size.

As somebody that has lived in a number of areas North and South of the river, but did not grow up in London, this guidebook was valuable in widening my horizons as to which areas might suit my lifestyle and my budget, without the need to visit all of the areas.

Buyers should note that whilst fairly comprehensive in zones 1 and 2, the outer zones coverage becomes somewhat hit and miss. So whilst some outer areas are covered it is by no means comprehensive - e.g. in SW London, Teddington and Twickenham are covered, as are Merton, but not the areas in between. Not necessarily a criticism as the volume is already quite weighty, but something to consider if your search concentrates on the outer zones or beyond.

Overall, a good book aimed at a certain type of buyer. If you live in an area and are only going to move within that area, then this book will not be for you as the level of detail will not add anything to your existing knowledge. However, if you are not constrained by needing to be in a certain area, then this book is ideal starting point to identify areas for more detailed research yourself.

Disappointing...
I was so looking forward to but this guide! But when I finally did it, it was a big disappointment.
I was expecting a different approach. The description of the boroughs was ok, but there is not a deeper description about transport, parks, shopping facilities and, specially as a parent, schools and crime.
But the worst for me was to find out that none of the places where I'm interested in is included in the guide. There's nothing about Barnet, High Barnet, New Barnet, Cockfosters, Ilford, Wanstead, Gants Hill, Woodford, Hornchurch, Bexley, Sidcup, etc, etc.
Sorry, it didn't work for me. I'll be back to my "Where to live in London". It's compact, gives all the information I need and comprises every single London Borough.

Good, but not fully comprehensive, and a little bit out of date
As a first time buyer on a limited budget, I found this very useful in deciding which areas of London were worth considering. For each of the areas covered there is a lot of information on prices, roads, new developments, what sort of buyers it attracts etc. There really is no guide like it. However, as previous reviews have stated, quite a number of areas in London are omitted, which is unfortunate because I think rising prices are pushing buyers to consider areas they wouldn't have done previously. Therefore I think that this should be rectified should a new edition be published. Which takes me to my next point - its now two years since this was published - could the publishers enlighten us as to when a new edition might be published?