Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames is a vibrant and dynamic town that has something to offer for everyone. It boasts an incredible range of shops, restaurants and pubs in its historic town centre. Meanwhile, the many parks and green spaces provide the perfect backdrop to Kingston’s famous Tudor architecture. With such a diverse range of attractions, it is no wonder that Kingston upon Thames continues to attract new residents from all over the country!

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Best places to live in Borough of Kingston upon Thames

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Kingston waterfront in Kingston upon Thames

Areas to consider in Kingston upon Thames:

Kingston upon Thames offers an excellent combination of urban amenities and leafy riverside living, with a number of areas of interest to homebuyers, including:

Norbiton – a popular area for commuters to the city, with good road links and direct trains from Kingston train station. The district is also home to some excellent schools and community amenities.

New Malden – a popular residential district for young families and professionals, with an excellent range of local shops, restaurants and bars on offer in the high street. A lively shopping centre is also within easy reach along New Malden’s borders with Raynes Park and Wimbledon Common.

Surbiton – home to some of Kingston’s most desirable residential homes, including Surbiton Park and the high-end Ewell Castle Estate. Good road links mean that Surrey’s more famous attractions are all within easy reach of Surbiton residents.

Old Malden – a former village now absorbed into the urban sprawl of metropolitan London has become one of London’s most sought after residential areas because of its proximity to Richmond Park and the Thames Path.

 

Kingston Bridge in Kingston upon Thames

Kingston Hill – a leafy area in Kingston, close to Norbiton, where you’ll find attractive Victorian family homes on tree-lined avenues. A good range of shops can be found along Malden Road with easy access into central London via the District Line at Wimbledon station.

Teddington – Teddington is a popular place to live for London workers thanks to its excellent transport links into the city. The Thames also offers opportunities for those who love water sports and the area’s proximity to Richmond Park makes it one of London’s greenest areas.

Transport links in Kingston upon Thames

Situated as it is near central London, Kingston upon Thames has excellent transport links. From the station you can catch a train direct to Waterloo in under 20 minutes, Paddington around half an hour and Victoria just over 30 minutes – all of which are great connections into London’s West End or City financial district.

Kingston also benefits from having its own mainline railway station that allows easy travel for commuters living further out like Epsom and Ewell or Chessington, both of which are a short journey from the station.

As well as this, Kingston upon Thames benefits from its strategic location on one of London’s main roads – the A308/A240 dual carriageway provides easy access to Heathrow Airport and central London via the M25 motorway junction.

 

Kingston Bridge in Kingston upon Thames

Many people also now opt for travel by boat using regular riverboat services along River Thames to Putney or Pimlico Pier in Westminster during those summer months too!

If you’re travelling further afield then Eurostar terminal at St Pancras International is only an hour away so if you want fast city breaks abroad look no further than Kingston upon Thames for your new home or investment property purchase.

What is there to do in Kingston upon Thames?

While Kingston upon Thames might be famous for its quiet leafy lifestyle, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do in this part of London.

If you are looking to relax then the beautiful green spaces at Bushy Park, Hampton Court Palace and Kew Gardens are perfect for strolling along pathways or just finding somewhere quiet to read a book.

There is also plenty more on offer with Kingston upon Thames’s vibrant nightlife if that’s your preference which includes pubs, bars and clubs around town as well as cinema complexes too!

Given the excellent transport links, living in Kingston upon Thames also means you’re only ever around half an hour from the bright lights of central London.


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Poor spec

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Review Date Sep 2023

Great area with plenty of potential. Not far away from the train station if needing to commute. Not far from Kingston

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The spec in the flats is very poor. They needs to be changed as soon as you move in. There is no tiled in bathroom, cheapest carpets with no underlay, bathrooms are painted with not even water proof paint, wrong size doors, second hand lock system on entrance doors.
Fair view is worth developer we had to deal with. According to them everything meets the requirements and spec.

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How hard it will be to get anything fixed or changed with fairview

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Size of the flat and floor in kitchen. Access to the garden

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Cheap Flats – bad quality / awful service

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Review Date May 2023

The area itself is nice, there is Aldi and Matalan – which are great. I am a bit worried about nearby “café” as they are smoking shisha over there. People are shouting or going to the middle of the road, looking for troubles. Few times police had to be called.

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Service at Fairview is awful. We moved in in October 2022 and we are chasing people to fix the stuff from snug list since, which some of them at the end we had to let it go as level of professionalism was below 0. Belly on the wall, uneven walls, scratched windows. Faulty kitchen equipment. Loud air pumps on the roof – these stuff were pretended to bee looked at for months.

People from other flats were also complaining but they were kept telling everyone that they have never heard of this issue before. We have a group, where we are communicating between each other and tried to confront them but at the end .. they told us to get in touch with council. Oh I forgot to mention that the balconies are rusting and keeping the water still since they are not waterproof/weatherproof. The pipe provided to direct the water on the side was badly design and the water is keep dropping on our windows. Wall is getting wet and mould will appear in a matter of time… Everyone is getting same copy and paste messages. Nothing is actioned. If you can – AVOID IT ! Very cheaply made flats!!

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If I would know the true quality of the flats and how the service will look like after purchase, I would never go for it.

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Always cocky attitude, trying to show off and put you down. Always had an answer to everything.

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Life on Tolworth Square

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Review Date Dec 2022

The development is a lovely place with a good neighbourhood feel. It looks great, is well kept, always clean etc.
The location however is not great. The transport links are still quite a long walk away to the nearest bus stop and there are little amenities close by. The closest corner shop (which doesn’t have a great selection) is 10min walk. With a Tesco express being the closest proper shop at about 15min walk. No close by restaurants or bars.
There is a massive issue with parking on the development which was designed to have only one spare visitor space. The residents aim to overcome this by setting up a WhatsApp group where residents can ask if anyone has a spare space for a few house and we try our best to help each other out.

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The design of the development is good. Nice use of brick and green spaces. More could be done with the plants add flowers etc in summer.

There is a terrible design regarding pavements and areas where you have no choice but to walk on the road.

Bad choice in limited parking

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Take into account how far off main road it is to walk out and therefore the walk to local bus. Also can be a nightmare to call Uber or similar due to issues with finding location on Google maps.

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

Never had to contact them so far about anything so cannot comment.

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Good not excellent

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Review Date Sep 2022

Good aspect – walking distance to the New Malden high street and a good 15 mins walk to the train station.

Bad aspect- the shops close to the building are not very appealing with the exception of Aldi supermarket. Hopefully the council will revamp the area at some point in the next years.

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We are very happy with the flat and the building in general. However, the state of the common areas is frankly very concerning for a new building.
The common areas such us stairs, entrance, etc are showing a high level of despair after only 3 months of living here. The property management is not cleaning the place to a high standard as require for the service charge paid.

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The whole building complex is not finish yet so the noise is very disturbing from 8 am to 5 pm.
Also I was expecting rules from the management company to maintain the building in good conditions as this affects the reselling price.

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Building management not great. As explained in the previous points, the building after only 3 months of living here is not in a good place. Some walls have been badly treated, stairs and entrance not properly clean, lift dirty and was broken for a whole weekend and this only happening in the first 3 months.

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