Definitely not work! My drive in is now at least 90 minutes. (although once the kids' school is changed I will hop on the train and it will be much better). So many reasons why Hayes. We looked at Beckenham and Chislehurst but found the houses in our price bracket were way too small! We wanted somewhere quiet and suburban for the kids to grow up on, somewhere with lots of parks, good schools, but still commutable. The house we have got is 4 bedrooms, all decent size. A massive kitchen, huge dining room and the same size living room as we had in Abbotswood Road. Cost us ?70k less than what we sold our house in Abbotswood for. It needs work. Lot's of it, but we have the cash to do it! Seriously, Hayes is beautiful! Really picturesque and lovely! Wife is also happy that we are so near the Glades!