Where to live, Belfast?

caz2703

£140K will get you a house off Holywood Road (and not in an estate either) which is just a few minutes from the Bypass and arterial links to motorways, the ring road towards Belvoir and along the coast to Bangor. Houses there were costing over £200K just a few years ago.

Old_Git

Dont buy in Belfast . You dont know the area . Rent for 6 months and find your own likes and dislikes .

BigAl94

Old_Git wrote: »

Dont buy in Belfast . You dont know the area . Rent for 6 months and find your own likes and dislikes .

Very sound advice. especially as prices are still falling.

sansie

I'd highly recommend the Ormeau area, and you would definitely get value for your money at that price!

Ormeau is very up-and-coming, you have forrestside at the top of it, and you can quickly get onto the motorway to head north via Ravenhill.

I live right beside Ormeau bakery, and its quiet, safe area, Dunnes is handy for shopping, great bars, excellent Vineyard offlicence, great restaurants (Macau, Grafitti, Gaze etc. ) Great takeaways, and only 20mins walk into town, or buses every 5 minutes!

A.L.D.A

Old_Git wrote: »

Dont buy in Belfast . You dont know the area . Rent for 6 months and find your own likes and dislikes .

Excellent advice for anyone moving to unknown parts. Surprising (sometimes alarming) what you discover when you live in an area for a few months. You could find it just doesn't suit for some reason, feels wrong. You will also get a good idea of the properties in the area, the price and the options.

AFiancee

I too would go for lisburn road/finaghy or Ormeau road

And there are properties within your budget in this area

For example

http://www.propertynews.com/Property/Belfast/ECSECS23735/15-Ashleigh-Manor/192035302/Page2 (Apartment on the malone side of lisburn road)

And there is a number of options on the "village" side of the lisburn road

http://www.propertynews.com/Property/Belfast/TRLTRL65436/10-Larkstone-Street/192035302/Page3

Good luck witht the search. And Don't rule any areas out due to perception.

saverbuyer

AFiancee wrote: »

I too would go for lisburn road/finaghy or Ormeau road

And there are properties within your budget in this area

For example

http://www.propertynews.com/Property/Belfast/ECSECS23735/15-Ashleigh-Manor/192035302/Page2 (Apartment on the malone side of lisburn road)

And there is a number of options on the "village" side of the lisburn road

http://www.propertynews.com/Property/Belfast/TRLTRL65436/10-Larkstone-Street/192035302/Page3

Good luck witht the search. And Don't rule any areas out due to perception.

Gosh both look seriously over priced in my opinion. £135 for a 2 bed flat in Belfast:eek:. The other is a terrace...

BigAl94

Both are about £25K over current value.

C_Mababejive

OMG (and as an aside) i just rightmoved Belfast and 40 miles around. My but you can get a lot of house for not too much money. Are things going to get worse?

saverbuyer

C_Mababejive wrote: »

OMG (and as an aside) i just rightmoved Belfast and 40 miles around. My but you can get a lot of house for not too much money. Are things going to get worse?

Let me guess you're from London or the SE?

£135,000 not too much money...