Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Dibbers

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Originally Posted by yogadeb

Hey
I think great Ashby has some
Lovely walks nearby too but personally i don’t like the area as it’s too built up and The road through it is like a rat run.

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That makes me a little sad to hear as we have a lovely community here and some of the houses are stunning .
I don’t really have much of an issue with great Ashby way as it’s like anywhere really ,in the mornings with traffic

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Originally Posted by smithlane

Im not sure I thought it was Commonwood but I’d have to check with her, I think near Sarratt as well? It was very nice round there and not surprised it would be out of our price range unfortunately

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Yep, that’s Chorleywood. My son goes to school there. My family live in Chorleywood, Saratt and Loudwater. Beautiful area if you have £1 million plus! It isn’t great for commuting though (unless driving as you have the M25 link).

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Originally Posted by sueandco

What about Hemel Hempstead, a four bed semi within walking distance of the train station (direct line to Euston) and the town centre is about £400k. It is close to the M25 and M1 with easy access to the A1. I currently live in Hemel so am happy to answer any questions.

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Old Town is lovely and I love the pub on the corner just past the college. Can’t remember the name of it now. Lovely gardens and food. Just one roundabout up from WH college. Lovely little cake shops in old town too

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Originally Posted by smithlane

Ok great will do a more narrower search for that area on Rightmove. Don’t suppose you or your friends know about sixth form colleges? As I said to a PP it’s a bit of a deal breaker for us that we find a decent one within a short commute that offers the courses DS wants to do.

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What courses is your son looking to do? Welwyn & St Albans have Oaklands College but that isn’t Sixth Form.

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by FizzyWhip

We live in Great Ashby , some of it is quite built up but also some big houses.
It’s been great during lockdown as we have so many lovely woodland walks and miles of fields .
We will probably move to Hitchin next year so dd stands a better chance of getting into the girls school and we would also like to open a Tap room .

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I’ve only been to Great Ashby once to visit friends of OH and where they lived the houses were incredibly close together and the parking was a nightmare. Their house was very nice though! I thought it was maybe all like that but will take another look. I didn’t realise you were so close to woodland walks either.

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by Dazed

Yep, that’s Chorleywood. My son goes to school there. My family live in Chorleywood, Saratt and Loudwater. Beautiful area if you have £1 million plus! It isn’t great for commuting though (unless driving as you have the M25 link).

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That must be it then, Mum’s old family home was lovely and in a really pretty area. Unfortunately unless we win the lotto our budget doesn’t stretch to that much 😂

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by Dazed

Old Town is lovely and I love the pub on the corner just past the college. Can’t remember the name of it now. Lovely gardens and food. Just one roundabout up from WH college. Lovely little cake shops in old town too

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Is this Old Town Hemel Hempstead? Sounds very nice!

[smithlane]

Originally Posted by Dazed

What courses is your son looking to do? Welwyn & St Albans have Oaklands College but that isn’t Sixth Form.

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The school he is in at the moment focuses on Business, so in the sixth form he wanted to do Maths A-Level, Business BTEC/A-Level and the AAT Level 2/3 diploma in Accountancy. This is obviously quite specialist and I doubt we’d find anywhere that offered exactly the same but we spoke last night and he’d be happy to drop the AAT but he definitely wants to do Maths and Business. He would need a third subject though which he’s not sure of.

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Originally Posted by smithlane

I’ve only been to Great Ashby once to visit friends of OH and where they lived the houses were incredibly close together and the parking was a nightmare. Their house was very nice though! I thought it was maybe all like that but will take another look. I didn’t realise you were so close to woodland walks either.

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Take a look at Rooks nest, it’s at the start of Great Ashby.
They have a converted barn ,it’s next to the house that Howard’s End was based on .
Look on Fine and country instead of right move , The nicer houses are on there
We like it but I think we want a new build but may go for a viewing anyway if we can soon.

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I grew up in Welwyn so know the area well. Lots of friends still there. I see Oaklands mentioned above and that's where I bought my first property. Nice area and good connections although it's a drive to the nearest stations if the London connection is important.

You could also consider Digswell which has Welwyn North station right in it for the train to WGC and onto London and near your OH's golf course (I expect it's the one my step-father was a member of). The only drawback with Digswell is it may fall short on your shops criteria. It has a pub but not sure what it's like these days. (for pure amusement - google 'Digswell Gone with the Wind house' for a rather infamous property there).

An other option would be Old Welwyn. Even closer to the A1 than Oaklands or Digswell, best of the 3 for shops and pubs but, like Oaklands, it would be a (2 mile) car drive to the station if needed