I live in central brighton, and when I say central Brighton I dont mean Moulsecomb, I mean right slap bang in the middle. For a while now I’ve been extremely aggravated with the amount of council tax that I pay (over £120 a month) with the ridiculously high prices of shops in the area, and generally with the rowdy drunk students stumbling about every night, when I (working full time) am completely sober and not in the mood.
Recently, I started working in Worthing, which means taking the train from Brighton every day. I’ll be honest, I’d only really passed through Worthing a couple of times, never really stopped to ‘admire the scenery’, or so to speak. Needless to say what I’d heard about the place didn’t really entice me to visit in the slightest.
To my surprise however, having now commuted here and worked here for over a month I find the area to be far more agreeable than I initially thought. Its cleaner than Brighton, there are fewer kids with asbo’s running around, and it just generally feels a little less hectic, not to mention that my council tax would be equivalent to that of a 3 bedroom house rather than my current 1 bedroom flat which is only 13miles east of the very same location.
Which brings me to my next point, Worthing property. I’ve been thinking about getting on the property ladder for a while now, and to be honest I feel foolish for ever even considering Brighton as a viable option. Again, just 13 miles east of Brighton, house prices are dramatically lower, you get more for your money, there are lower crime rates, and, best of all, you can actually park around here with relative ease!
I currently commute to Worthing every day, and only really go out in Brighton one night a week, so surely it would make more sense to get a larger, nicer, better value property in Worthing, kill my travel costs, and commute to Brighton 4 times a month rather than commuting to worthing 22 times a month?
I think so!
So if anyone else is considering getting on the property ladder in Brighton, think wisely before investing in an inflated market that really isn’t worth its weight. Worthing property is a far better investment from my point of view.
