Best value spots to buy a London home with great transport links in quieter areas

But for around £500,000 you could pick up a three-bedroom 1930s semi or a period terrace in the town centre. A modern or period two-bedroom flat would cost around £350,000.There is a little bit of anti-Purley snobbery around, perhaps because it is Croydon-adjacent, but Dan, director of Haboodle estate agents, says it really has more in common with Surrey. “There are lots of beautiful walks, if you are a dog owner it is amazing, and there are lots of beautiful places to go for a pub lunch, like Botley Hill Farmhouse and the Rambler’s Rest.”