Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

Loanranger

Really concerned about NDG. Doesn't look good, does it? Sending big hugs her way.

I also carry a tape measure, and Technical Alert, it's a metal one that retracts and it carries the word Intercity and logo. I use it a lot and as recently as yesterday in a shop.

SingleSue

PasturesNew wrote: »

You're a couple - and were younger and hadn't had many knocks... which all dent confidence. I am getting older now and don't want to be cut off/lonely in a place where there's nothing about (e.g. a village away from the towns).

I'd like to be able to be within walking/cycling distance of things and stuff that are useful.

Going out to a cul de sac in a village, based just on the house merits could land me cut off. Trying to go for "nice/ok cul de sac close to amenities and bus routes etc".

Couples can go anywhere - they've got each other for company, companionship and just "getting out there to see what's about".

If I had had the choice, we would never have lived here...house is only a very small 3 bedroom, it's in a village connected to a town but all the main amenities are at least 3 miles away and it had the reputation of being a mini Beirut.

We had no choice though, we had to go where they put us and far from being a mini Beirut, it is actually quite nice and very quiet and having a car helps with being away from everything (although it does make having a car pretty much essential).

I have given up believing stats or the rumours about/for places, we have now lived in two places which had a reputation of being extremely rough and both places have been lovely, with one especially having a great community amongst the neighbours, with low crime, low anti social behaviour etc. The private estate we lived on however, was supposed to be a lovely place to live yet we suffered continual thefts of milk from our door step and drug busts from houses nearby!

SingleSue

We have a few Facebook selling pages for our area, great idea and something we have used in the last year or so.

My brother and sister in law have managed to get the stuff they need for my niece for a fraction of the cost it would have been in the shops and for those selling the stuff, it saves on getting up at stupid o clock to do a boot sale.

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

And didn't we previously say that good school catchment areas will attract the sort of people you would want as neighbours and the reverse? PN worries about Ferral kids hangin' - you get much less of that in good school catchment areas.

Honestly, I think it depends where you are. Even down to the street. For example, I'm thinking back to my grandparents last home which was in a suburb of a posh small city, but not a posh area at all. Catchment area wouldn't have been an issue because most of the house owners were much older.

Lets suppose pn keeps search away from sink estate areas, and looks at locations in a drive by in her car. If she gets a short list I'm happy to go and meet her and have a suss out of the local streets. I'll bring kiwi and we can shiver and have a coffee outside somewhere while checking out the locals.

I have no idea out catchment area, but its irrelevant here IMO, kids go to school on a bus to the local school, to the local private schools in buses or cars or go away for weeks at a time. Its just not relevant to my experience of this area.

However, we're pn looking on this area I would steer her from one side of the bigger local town at least. Sure the secondary school catchments are similar ATM (might all change as thousands of new homes are being built) but the environment is not.

PasturesNew

Spirit wrote: »

STEREOTYPE ALERT:)

Not all house buyers are couples,e.g Nikkster
Not all house buyers a young e.g Bertie
Couples change e.g Single Sue
Knocks. Plenty before the age of 40, more after. As the saying goes, the past is for learning from, not living in.

Nickster's young and in employment and so knows where she wants/needs to be.
Bertie is a couple who had a home and decided to move
Single Sue isn't buying houses

PasturesNew

Loanranger wrote: »

I also carry a tape measure, and Technical Alert, it's a metal one that retracts and it carries the word Intercity and logo. I use it a lot and as recently as yesterday in a shop.

So long as you weren't in Tesco comparing your schlong to the salami on sale that's probably OK.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Just put the name of your area or county in the facebook search group. Or try "buy" or "sell" or even "clutter".

I tried that - nothing at first, so persisted and clicked "more...." and again and again ... and on about the 6th page I found something.

So took a look.... except it's a Closed Group.

I wouldn't want to join as I've no idea if Facebook will then tell every contact I've ever had that I've joined the group .... which I wouldn't want people to know as I am just taking a look.

I'd show up in the members list, which I woldn't want.

It's got 1500 members and covers from here to the big nearest town.

I've also got no idea how to join it....

BertieUK

Our Tax Band is C and we pay £1400

Quite realistic we think...

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

PasturesNew wrote: »

in Tesco comparing your schlong to the salami on sale.

That brings a whole new meaning to 'personal shopper'.:)

PasturesNew

BertieUK wrote: »

Our Tax Band is C and we pay £1400

Quite realistic we think...

You pay £700 each - that'd make me happy too!
If I had bought your house though I'd be paying £1050 (each) - making me not so happy.