Thanks for the vote of confidence PVP, I do think its good to have a positive vibe when you make a decision to move into a new area wherever it may be. If you go there with a negative perception then surely you will always find something or another to moan about. But from what I've heard so far im really impressed with what's in and around HOP and I can definitely see it growing. I wouldn't want to live it Hoxton or Shoreditch, that's where you go to play. Don?t get me wrong I do like to play .. Oh yes indeed!?

But ive realised that there is more to life than just playtime, having lived in Stokie and surrounding areas for so long I can pick lots of positives but the negatives are quite apparent too. I'm leaving a place where my girlfriend was an eye witness to a shooting which took place literally 50yards from her in broad daylight. From a place where having your bike nicked is just as normal and regular as having your haircut or eating a hot dinner.

I am in the mindset of making the best of any given situation. I don?t want to be worried for the rest of my life about ridiculous mortgage repayments for an area which I like. I can grow to love what I have, im not moving to hell (far from it)?we are both professional but not professional fools, we cant afford to buy in Clapham, Wandsworth, Stoke Newington or Highbury but so what .. I'm over it!!

I'm not under any delusion that SE23 is the "bees knees", but what it does seem to have is a sense of fresh potential. We are looking forward to our move, moreso now that we have had such positive feedback in general.