Where to live around Bristol?
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Another one to consider, thanks.
The issue appears to be lack of suitable rental stock, rather than price. Seem a few interesting places but they will obviously be gone by the time we are looking to move. Only really have a small window of a few weeks, so may not get exactly what we are looking for (although know doubt the perfect place will come onto the market a week after we move).
Pretty comfortable with central Bristol and what it has to offer, as a plan B. Still looking for somewhere near a station but reckon down towards Bath is the only line, maybe as far as Bradford. Even if I accept that we have to get a car to allow us much more options, I've still only seen a handful of prospective properties listed in the last 7 days.
I'm sure that something will turn up, it always does. I think that we'll go down for a long weekend next week and case the area properly.
The issue appears to be lack of suitable rental stock, rather than price. Seem a few interesting places but they will obviously be gone by the time we are looking to move. Only really have a small window of a few weeks, so may not get exactly what we are looking for (although know doubt the perfect place will come onto the market a week after we move).
Pretty comfortable with central Bristol and what it has to offer, as a plan B. Still looking for somewhere near a station but reckon down towards Bath is the only line, maybe as far as Bradford. Even if I accept that we have to get a car to allow us much more options, I've still only seen a handful of prospective properties listed in the last 7 days.
I'm sure that something will turn up, it always does. I think that we'll go down for a long weekend next week and case the area properly.
hornetrider said:
I think with the rental market, most of the good stuff doesn't even have time to hit rightmove. Visit some agents and get your face known.
That's the plan. Visit all the places that I've researched so far thanks to everyone's input. Narrow down the areas and then visit the local agencies and give them our criteria. Then sit back and wait. I'll check the private lets too, if anyone can recommend a good site other than Gumtree?Thanks for everyone's help on this thread. We went to look at some places on Thursday/Friday/Saturday. Ended up making an offer on the first one we saw in a place called Lasborough (I say place, it's basically a few houses on a private estate). Off the A46 near Westonbirt. So I definitely need to buy a car (probably 2), find a job, arrange removals and more things than I care to think about right now...
Will be a big change from where we are now but quite excited once all the other pfaff is taken care. Beautiful part of the world having driven around much of the area. Feel that I need an old Merc to waft around in
Will be a big change from where we are now but quite excited once all the other pfaff is taken care. Beautiful part of the world having driven around much of the area. Feel that I need an old Merc to waft around in
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