Any decent areas to live near Monmouth in Wales?

[krooton]

Doesn't need to be in Wales, basically just nearby Monmouth, so some Gloucester places could work too.

Parents are immigrating and my mom got a job in Monmouth, but not earning a huge amount (£20k, but then she is mid-60s).

I know nothing about that area, but it looks like Coleford is close and cheap in terms of house prices, then Lydney is a bit more expensive and further away.

Can anyone shed any light on this area?

Thanks

 

[krooton]

Coleford and Lydney are v small towns with v few amenities - also it’s a bit 9 fingered banjo country
Obviously it depends on what your folks want! They banjo players?
I was brought up just outside Chepstow so have some familiarity with the area
What I say about Coleford and Lydney apply to most of the towns in the area
If I was going back, I’d pick a village, because the towns don’t have much to offer
There are lots of lovely and picturesque villages

Thanks, I'm just going by google maps at this point, how do I tell villages from towns?

I'm from Chepstow, still live here, it's a decent place to live although traffic can be an bit annoying sometimes and prices have gone up massively the past 5 years. My GF is from Lydney and it's not great (not rough just not much there), she prefers it here in Chepstow but I would much rather live in Lydney than Coleford and Cinderford which is places I would avoid. Probably are better of looking English side as Monmouthshire is the most expensive county in Wales.

Cheers, Hereford and Chepstow are roughly equidistant, but prices are much higher.

 

[krooton]

Is Monmouth itself out of budget?

Seems it might be out of their budget, monthly net is only likely to be £2k, and they will be hard pressed to get any sort of mortgage at their age, 5-10 year mortgage tops.

The job is actually in Dingestow, Usk looks nice, but again pricey.

 

[krooton]

The nice areas around Monmouth are expensive as you are finding, might be worth looking a bit further into Wales Raglan and Abergavenny are not far and Abergavenny is a reasonably large town so has a variety of housing available. It's a beautiful area of the country but can be hard if you are not a local as Wales can be quite insular at times.

Thanks, I guess my parents will find out if the Welsh dislike South Africans as much the English

 

[krooton]

Thanks all, gives them some ideas on where to look.

On further discussion they will be renting initially, then look at getting a narrowboat around Abergavenny to settle in (weird I know, but it is what they want to do).