r/salisburyuk

Hi all,
looking to move in with my partner around the dorset, salisbury, bournemouth, southampton area.

Ideally we are looking for somewhere that is 30 mins to JPM by car for him (5 times a week) and nearby a train station for me to get into London (2 times a week).

We have found our ideal property in Ferndown, it’s a 3 bed detached in a cul de sac. (It is however backing onto A348). £375k

I just wanted a sense check on this and if anyone had any other ideas or suggestions when looking for property. As this seems like our only option right now but the access to train stations isnt great in this area.

My wife has a bicycle, which could be charitably described as “needing a bit of work” and uncharitably described as “some rust and shreds of rubber held together by wishes and spiderwebs”.

Now our two offspring are nearing “proper bike” age, we would like to be able to go out as a family, and would like to restore her old bike to ride with them. Any recommendations for somewhere that could do a repair/recovery (preferably on a budget fitting the meagre status of our humble iron horse)?