Moving to the North

I’ve lived and worked all over the Northeast including Middlesbrough. At your price range you would be able to get what you wanted in a new build style estate which will be completely fine (not brand new), or an older style house detached. You go and view the house and get a feel for the area. Plenty of horrible places to live down south, and don’t forget you can’t choose your neighbours so being detached is a bonus. There are some lovely places I’ve been with some very nice areas some people would write off, such as Hebburn, Jarrow, Boldon, Cleadon, South Shields, Whitburn. I would prefer somewhere like that than Middlesbrough personally.
 
imtoooldforthis said:
Is Middlesbrough worse than Wolverhampton, Bradford and Stoke ?

Those are the 3 grimmest places i've been in the UK.
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No chance. Birmingham is by far the worst I’ve seen. I’ve never wanted to get out of a place as fast.
 
timmothy said:
There must be some good areas surely?
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There's nice parts to Birmingham, plenty of expensive gentrified suburbs, same as any city. The centre is pretty grim though.

Went to Leeds for the first time in decades a while back, and was pleasantly surprised how nice the central shopping area is, not that I'm much of a shopper.
 
Raymond Lin said:
If your minimum requirement is a detached then that really limit things, sure you can't accept a semi-detached?
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After so many aweful neighbors we really don't want a party wall with someone. Our ideal home would be a detached two bedroom place with a decent garden. Not easy to find even upping the budget to 230
 
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timmothy said:
After so many aweful neighbors we really don't want a party wall with someone. Our ideal home would be a detached two bedroom place with a decent garden. Not easy to find even upping the budget to 230
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Detached 2 beds aren't exactly a common build.
 
timmothy said:
After so many aweful neighbors we really don't want a party wall with someone. Our ideal home would be a detached two bedroom place with a decent garden. Not easy to find even upping the budget to 230
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Actually not a bad area! If you don't mind near Wales but still in England and about 90mins from Bristol.

Spend £30k updating it, job done!

If structurally sound, the outhouse's roof might need replacing looking on Google Maps but imagine how much it'd be if it's near London.
 
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timmothy said:
There must be some good areas surely?
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Most people visit one part of a city and make their mind up about the entire place.

Birmingham is huge and so like any large city you have nice parts and awful parts. I work near to an area called Witton right by the Aston Villa stadium and it's absolutely horrific - but I live right by Harborne which is lovely.

Although saying that we've decided it's time we moved so we're currently considering where on the south coast to go...
 
@timmothy amazed no one had asked yet...

What are your family's sports and hobbies? Do you like countryside, mountains or cities? Do you need access to a decent school etc?
 
Raymond Lin said:
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Actually not a bad area! If you don't mind near Wales but still in England and about 90mins from Bristol.

Spend £30k updating it, job done!

If structurally sound, the outhouse's roof might need replacing looking on Google Maps but imagine how much it'd be if it's near London.
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That does look incredible.
 
Lopéz said:
Personally I'd venture a little bit further North to Newcastle/Gateshead and the surround areas. It's a much nicer city than Middlesborough from what I've experienced.
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We were wondering that but then you don't have the national park on your doorstep. Also prices are much higher in the decent areas
 
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