How is Eastern Stoke On Trent to live? (House buying question)

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Hey all.

I have a job starting soon in Cheadle. Home is Uttoxeter, but parents may be moving to Stafford.

I am going to be saving towards a house deposit. Uttoxeter is not as cheap as it should be imo.
Cheadle is cheaper and seems a nice balance between it having a Stoke On Trent address so the price is low, but is far enough from Stoke to prevent being a complete dump.
Meir has an awful reputation. I know little about Longton.
I have always been under the impression that Stoke On Trent is a bit like a mini Detroit - A run down city where the industry/coalmines have long gone leaving mass unemployment.
As a single person, I could afford a mortgage certainly no more than £650 per month, so I can afford £550 per month assuming a 4.5% interest rate, just in case the base rate increases. I intend to borrow circa £90000 with 10-15% deposit.

TLDR Version:
Which areas of Stoke are worth buying a house in? I intend to borrow £90000 and have a £10000-15000 deposit. I don't want to live in a craphole, but I am no high earner.
 
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Unfortunately don't know much about the areas, but what are your property expectations for that amount of money?

Likely to get a 1 or 2 bed flat/apartment in a decent enough area, or a 3 bed semi in a hole unless you strike it very lucky I think.

A 2 or 3 bed semi with a driveway is what I'd like. I don't mind if it needs some work doing to it, but whilst I am willing to try DIY I don't want a house with major damp issues or needs a new roof.

My parents bought a house in 1984 based on my Dad who was a graduate engineer. It was a house in a real state but was a 3 bedroomed detached house with a single garage. Assuming a 4% inflation rate the house would be £78000 today.
I really want to buy but I really have no idea what I can achieve on my own.
 
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div0: In all honesty I cannot answer your questions as I haven't thought that far ahead!

I am leaving my postgrad studies for a graduate job. I will live with my parents for a while and I intend to save £600 per month towards a deposit, with the hope of having enough for a 15-20% deposit in 2014.
 
I've lived in Stoke for most of my life and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else (except Luxor).
I live in a really nice street and the only bad neighbour eventually got evicted last year so the street is really peaceful now.
If you email me dm.poole@ntlworld.com I'll send you a Google Street link so you can walk up and down the area.

Thanks I will do that :).
 
I am open to living in different areas but I don't want to be in a rough area and I would certainly want my own driveway.

I'm not buying a house in Cheadle just because I work there, as I've no idea what the future holds :p.
I am open to living in different areas within a 30 minute commute of work. Uttoxeter is expensive as it is a historic market town with a cattle market. The cattle market has now been built on so that heritage has gone down the toilet.

Black Dynamite: A school friend on mine bought a house in Meir Hay. How is it there? I agree that Meir is awful but is Meir Hay a very different place?
 

The only thing I know about Trentham that place is that is has a garden centre that my Gran likes :p.

I will have a look online at that place :).

Stoke certainly has an awful rep, but I agree that there must be nicer places. I do worry that if I buy an ex-council house my neighbours are more likely to be a PITA compared to a privately owned street.
 
Thanks for that EndlessSky and Dimple :).
The Meir I was thinking of was definately the one Dimple linked to! I had the displeasure of working nights in 2008 at Meir Tesco and the surrounding area was foul. An employee was beaten up on the way to work one day!
 
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