Best Area to live in NI (Property Value vs. General Quality of Life)?

steveymp

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

You suggesting they move West of the Bann..... Are you MAD..... That's where the wild things live ! :rotfl:



Yeah but it's Derry !!!! OK if you want your kids growing up with a speech impediment and looking like an Umpa Lumpa when they go out on a saturday night !! Come on you know what I mean !! :rotfl:

See, the world does end at Newtownabbey :rotfl:

youse Belshaft wans wanny get out more like, trying te emply that we speek funny up here, have yeeez looked in a mirrr, pat, kettle, bleck

I do get the Umpa Lumpa ref though, the west bank nightlife is twinned with Newcastle thou :rotfl:

I was more implying the East Bank of our beautiful city (where indeed I live) very mixed and quiet, but every city has it's no go areas

NAR

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Stevey just suprised it took you so long to [STRIKE]retaliate[/STRIKE] reply! :rotfl: :rotfl:

warmhands.coldheart

steveymp wrote: »

......youse Belshaft wans wanny get out more like, trying te emply that we speek funny up here, have yeeez looked in a mirrr, pat, kettle, bleck .......

Stevey.......... If you knew where I was born and grew up (yes, West of the Bann) ........ you'd have a right old laugh......... Lets just say...... Your Uncle Hugo Loves You !! :rotfl::rotfl:

Mistral001

These sort of threads always can be problematic, as one person's "not very nice place" is someone's best wee place in the world.

The old saying "Do not judge a book by its cover" comes to mind.

steveymp

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Stevey.......... If you knew where I was born and grew up (yes, West of the Bann) ........ you'd have a right old laugh......... Lets just say...... Your Uncle Hugo Loves You !! :rotfl::rotfl:

A Strabane man having a pop at a Derry man :rotfl:now I've heard it all

fluffyslipper_2

Newtownards is lovely with great schools, the Beverley area in particular is nice and peaceful, property there good value at the moment and when the recession is over they will get expensive again

dsab

Thanks everyone for the comments. Much appreciated. I will have a look at all the suggestions made.

The options we were considering so far are Banbridge, Markethill, Dromore, Lisburn, as these are all Areas we (roughly) know, and believe we could be comfortable in.

But I have now a few more leads that I can look into.

Willyk

Someone mentioned auctions earlier and I noticed a sign on a house near me. Anyway if interested:

http://www.brggibsonauctions.com/properties.asp?Auction=B

No idea if the price guidelines are realistic.

lazer

dsab wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the comments. Much appreciated. I will have a look at all the suggestions made.

The options we were considering so far are Banbridge, Markethill, Dromore, Lisburn, as these are all Areas we (roughly) know, and believe we could be comfortable in.

But I have now a few more leads that I can look into.

Good luck with the search - hope you find something you like.

PS - If you are looking for non protestant/non Catholic areas, its a good time to look - as the main protestant areas still have the 12th flags out! - The catholic ones aren't so noticeable though - some maybe have the gaelic flags flying (only if in Down though).