Aspc: Many areas of aberdeen looking a bit crashy shocker!

geneer

http://www.aspc.co.uk/Documents/HousePrices-2007Q2.pdf
http://www.aspc.co.uk/Documents/HousePrices-2010Q3.pdf

I am absolutely astounded at this.
Apparently, an "average" house price doesn't reflect the actual change in all property types everywhere?

For example, if you did a little deeper, there are a number of areas of aberdeen not doing that well at all.



Ouch. I really think do think this concept might be important.:D

treliac

In general, Aberdeenshire seems to be a good place to live....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-12074102

Aberdeenshire has been named as the place in Scotland which offers the best quality of life for the second year running.
The area came out ahead of Shetland, East Dunbartonshire and East Lothian in the annual Bank of Scotland study.

It offers rankings for health and life expectancy, employment, school performance and climate.

This probably applies to parts beyond the actual city though!

Davesnave

Yes but see this for the full context:

Aberdeenshire is the highest ranked place in Scotland, but it comes only 178th overall, while Monmouthshire is the top place to live in Wales but it ranks only 189th nationally.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12082853

Personally, I don't go a lot on these rankings. There's a lot more to think about than the average measurements they come up with, and a shift of less than a mile can sometimes make a huge dfference to the quality of life experienced.

treliac

According to the Sun (purely discovered via the Beeb website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12082853 )

The top 10 best places to live in Britain are.......

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3318555/THE-best-places-to-live-in-Britain-are-all-in-the-South-of-England-a-survey-reveals.html

I can personally vouch for one of them.....

michaels

Another top tenner here

treliac wrote: »

According to the Sun (purely discovered via the Beeb website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12082853 )

The top 10 best places to live in Britain are.......

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3318555/THE-best-places-to-live-in-Britain-are-all-in-the-South-of-England-a-survey-reveals.html

I can personally vouch for one of them.....

Davesnave

treliac wrote: »

I can personally vouch for one of them.....

I'm glad for you & michaels, but the London periphery would be no good to me.

For a start, even if I wanted to live there, the type of property I have would be completely unaffordable in that area. However, I came here to get away from some of the pressures I perceive where the pace of life is faster.

The phrase 'value for money' applies, though there are limits, or I'd be writing this from Merthyr Tydfil! :rotfl:

ash28

Davesnave wrote: »

I'm glad for you & michaels, but the London periphery would be no good to me.

For a start, even if I wanted to live there, the type of property I have would be completely unaffordable in that area. However, I came here to get away from some of the pressures I perceive where the pace of life is faster.

The phrase 'value for money' applies, though there are limits, or I'd be writing this from Merthyr Tydfil! :rotfl:

I live in number 3 in the rankings - although it has been good to us financially in the 25 years we have lived here, on other levels it hasn't been so good. It's fast paced and materialistic with high rents and high house prices. The wages may be decent - but that doesn't mean much if most of them go to keep a roof over your head.

We hope to be leaving the area next year and move to an area that can give us what we want at a price we can afford to pay - somewhere with a slower pace of life, less materialistic, with more of a sense of community - here if you fell over in the street people would walk round you - I know this because I picked one old lady up and no one else helped - was I shocked - truly shocked. You'd think after 25 years here I would be used to that but I'm not.

JonnyBravo

Davesnave wrote: »

though there are limits, or I'd be writing this from Merthyr Tydfil! :rotfl:

Writing? In Merthyr Tydfil?
You'd be burnt as a witch.

treliac

Davesnave wrote: »

I'm glad for you & michaels, but the London periphery would be no good to me.

For a start, even if I wanted to live there, the type of property I have would be completely unaffordable in that area. However, I came here to get away from some of the pressures I perceive where the pace of life is faster.

The phrase 'value for money' applies, though there are limits, or I'd be writing this from Merthyr Tydfil! :rotfl:

I understand your sentiments and I'm in this area by chance of birth (I'm a dozen miles from where I was born!).

We toy with the idea of moving out in due course, maybe following retirement, but I'm happy where I am. It's been excellent for bringing up children. It's a good, convenient position for getting to places, everything we need is accessible yet we're surrounded by open countryside. And property holds its value so the option to capitalise on assets is open for the future.

We've visited much of the UK and have a favourite spot in Devon, though I don't think I would ever want to base myself there permanently. I've not yet found anywhere that ticks enough boxes to seriously want to relocate.

IveSeenTheLight

geneer wrote: »

http://www.aspc.co.uk/Documents/HousePrices-2007Q2.pdf
http://www.aspc.co.uk/Documents/HousePrices-2010Q3.pdf

I am absolutely astounded at this.
Apparently, an "average" house price doesn't reflect the actual change in all property types everywhere?

For example, if you did a little deeper, there are a number of areas of aberdeen not doing that well at all.

Ouch. I really think do think this concept might be important.:D

I think you are miss understanding some important information yet again.

From your link, how is Aberdeen doing compared to the UK and Scotland in general



You also missed out an important note as part of the understanding of your figure reflection.



No wonder you don't appear to understand facts, figures and statements.

geneer

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

I think you are miss understanding some important information yet again.

From your link, how is Aberdeen doing compared to the UK and Scotland in general



You also missed out an important note as part of the understanding of your figure reflection.



No wonder you don't appear to understand facts, figures and statements.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Yes well done lights.
As my OP has clearly demonstrated, the average price is highly interesting and relevant. :T:T:T