Me and my partner are living in Leeds at the moment but he's been offered a job in London and it's too good to turn down. We'd originally planned to be somewhere in between the M1 and the A1 so that we can get back up here easier but the firm he'll be working for have sent us some details, including this Hetheringtons estate agents Shenfield | Property for sale for around this area so now we're spreading our search area a bit. We don't know the areas around London very well at all but I quite like the idea of being slightly nearer to the coast so does anyone have any advice about the Chelmsford/Basildon areas with regards to house prices etc and commuting times?