Glasgow, where to live

[cat220]

Croutons said:

^ Pretty much that. Edinburgh or back doon sooth if Glasgow doesn't work out, this is not a risk free manoeuvre!

Helensburgh - loads of nice houses for sale. Generally for years. I am used to high volume markets where valuations and prices are traceable. You lot seem to think the home report figure is sacrosanct, but if no-one has offered that in 3 years. .. Does not compute!

Nothing wrong with testing the water with a low offer on a property that's been for sale for a while, costs nothing, have done it myself several times.

This isn't far from me, nice area...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Edited by cat220 on Sunday 27th November 23:23

[cupharm]

With that kind of budget, I'd be looking at Newlands or Higher Whitecraigs areas.

Probably towards the upper end of the budget but definitely much nicer than a lot of area already mentioned.

Nice parks, driveways, easy commute, good schools - particularly East Renfrewshire, or easy commute to the good private schools in Glasgow.

[Croutons]

^ Not the first time East Rennie (I am down wit' da lingo!) has been mentioned for schools, is there a guide/ ranking anywhere? Obvs the point above about religion more than accepted.

Some further observations:

1) A house is a house. It is not a villa. You visit villa's in Spain. There is nothing Spanish about Glasgow.

2) Public rooms. No they're not. They're just "rooms" in a house which are not bedrooms. If the public was in my lounge I'd kick them the f out (getting full on local now!)

3) Seriously, if your house has been on the market since 2012 at "offers over", you aren't going to get an offer over that...

[S2red]

http://www.removalservicesscotland.co.uk/blog/best...

[yellowbentines]

S2red said:

http://www.removalservicesscotland.co.uk/blog/best...

Doesn't take into account those outwith Glasgow as a council area, so doesn't include East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire....

[57 Chevy]

yellowbentines said:

Doesn't take into account those outwith Glasgow as a council area, so doesn't include East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire....

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ho...

One of the reasons we ended up in Dunblane

Edited by 57 Chevy on Tuesday 29th November 14:53

[S2red]

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Schoo...

[IanA2]

Born in Glasgow but not lived there for many years. You've been given pretty good advice. I stayed mostly in Dalziel Drive environs. Here's a current offering from that locale:


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

ETA: wrong link, changed now

Edited by IanA2 on Tuesday 29th November 20:10

[Hainey]

IanA2 said:

Born in Glasgow but not lived there for many years. You've been given pretty good advice. I stayed mostly in Dalziel Drive environs. Here's a current offering from that locale:


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

ETA: wrong link, changed now

Edited by IanA2 on Tuesday 29th November 20:10

Nice enough, but isn't that pretty strong money? Or am I out of touch with prices?

It could easily be the latter!

[IanA2]

Hainey said:

IanA2 said:

Born in Glasgow but not lived there for many years. You've been given pretty good advice. I stayed mostly in Dalziel Drive environs. Here's a current offering from that locale:


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

ETA: wrong link, changed now

Edited by IanA2 on Tuesday 29th November 20:10

Nice enough, but isn't that pretty strong money? Or am I out of touch with prices?

It could easily be the latter!

That area has ever been cheap, but I agree, i think there's a bit of kite flying there. I've been keeping my eye on Pollokshields, Hillhead, and Dowanhill for the last year as we're considering possibly returning, and that price does seem a wee bit strong....

[Hainey]

IanA2 said:

Hainey said:

IanA2 said:

Born in Glasgow but not lived there for many years. You've been given pretty good advice. I stayed mostly in Dalziel Drive environs. Here's a current offering from that locale:


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

ETA: wrong link, changed now

Edited by IanA2 on Tuesday 29th November 20:10

Nice enough, but isn't that pretty strong money? Or am I out of touch with prices?

It could easily be the latter!

That area has ever been cheap, but I agree, i think there's a bit of kite flying there. I've been keeping my eye on Pollokshields, Hillhead, and Dowanhill for the last year as we're considering possibly returning, and that price does seem a wee bit strong....

I ask because our old Ops Director bought something very close to that street and a very similar property indeed (his kids go to hutchie) with a slightly less expansive conservatory and while I wouldn't want to put over what he paid for it as that's his business and not mine, it wasn't even in the same universe as the asking price of that for no less of a property.

I'm only going back to 2013 here so not exactly 10 years ago either!

[IanA2]

Hainey said:

IanA2 said:

Hainey said:

IanA2 said:

Born in Glasgow but not lived there for many years. You've been given pretty good advice. I stayed mostly in Dalziel Drive environs. Here's a current offering from that locale:


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

ETA: wrong link, changed now

Edited by IanA2 on Tuesday 29th November 20:10

Nice enough, but isn't that pretty strong money? Or am I out of touch with prices?

It could easily be the latter!

That area has ever been cheap, but I agree, i think there's a bit of kite flying there. I've been keeping my eye on Pollokshields, Hillhead, and Dowanhill for the last year as we're considering possibly returning, and that price does seem a wee bit strong....

I ask because our old Ops Director bought something very close to that street and a very similar property indeed (his kids go to hutchie) with a slightly less expansive conservatory and while I wouldn't want to put over what he paid for it as that's his business and not mine, it wasn't even in the same universe as the asking price of that for no less of a property.

I'm only going back to 2013 here so not exactly 10 years ago either!

From what I recall prices in that area a very location sensitive, not just which road, but whereabouts on the road eg top or bottom of Albert drive. May well be wrong as it's been a long time, perhaps more recent residents will know.

[cat220]

IanA2 said:

Hainey said:

IanA2 said:

Hainey said:

IanA2 said:

Born in Glasgow but not lived there for many years. You've been given pretty good advice. I stayed mostly in Dalziel Drive environs. Here's a current offering from that locale:


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

ETA: wrong link, changed now

Edited by IanA2 on Tuesday 29th November 20:10

Nice enough, but isn't that pretty strong money? Or am I out of touch with prices?

It could easily be the latter!

That area has ever been cheap, but I agree, i think there's a bit of kite flying there. I've been keeping my eye on Pollokshields, Hillhead, and Dowanhill for the last year as we're considering possibly returning, and that price does seem a wee bit strong....

I ask because our old Ops Director bought something very close to that street and a very similar property indeed (his kids go to hutchie) with a slightly less expansive conservatory and while I wouldn't want to put over what he paid for it as that's his business and not mine, it wasn't even in the same universe as the asking price of that for no less of a property.

I'm only going back to 2013 here so not exactly 10 years ago either!

From what I recall prices in that area a very location sensitive, not just which road, but whereabouts on the road eg top or bottom of Albert drive. May well be wrong as it's been a long time, perhaps more recent residents will know.

That's pretty well priced for what and where it is. Looking at the sale history, it's sold for £890k in 2014!

[Hainey]

Christ someone took a bath on that!

You make your money when you buy them, not when you sell them. Someone should have told them that.

[jardinec]

Hello fellow Weegies

Some good advice here Croutons, and refreshing to see so many people happy to recommend this fine City, its a great place to live and has something for everyone, good transport links and easy access to head North or South.

I'm a native and I've lived West end, South side and now Bearsden.

For secondary state education, as people have mentioned:
Jordanhill, East Renfrewshire , East Dunbartonshire
..tend to have the best results/reputation (and the price of family homes in these areas tends to reflect the demand to be in the catchment areas). House prices in those areas tend to be stable and increasing.

Plenty of other decent schools in Glasgow and private schools if thats your cup of tea.

I'm going to fly the flag for Bearsden. Close enough for beers in the West end, 20mins on the train to the city centre, direct train to Edinburgh, handy for outdoor activities, every supermarket within easy reach, Bearsden Academy just awarded Scottish State School of the year, nice sense of community, good variety of properties.

Fire away with any questions

[IanA2]

jardinec said:

Hello fellow Weegies

Some good advice here Croutons, and refreshing to see so many people happy to recommend this fine City, its a great place to live and has something for everyone, good transport links and easy access to head North or South.

I'm a native and I've lived West end, South side and now Bearsden.

For secondary state education, as people have mentioned:
Jordanhill, East Renfrewshire , East Dunbartonshire
..tend to have the best results/reputation (and the price of family homes in these areas tends to reflect the demand to be in the catchment areas). House prices in those areas tend to be stable and increasing.

Plenty of other decent schools in Glasgow and private schools if thats your cup of tea.

I'm going to fly the flag for Bearsden. Close enough for beers in the West end, 20mins on the train to the city centre, direct train to Edinburgh, handy for outdoor activities, every supermarket within easy reach, Bearsden Academy just awarded Scottish State School of the year, nice sense of community, good variety of properties.

Fire away with any questions

Aye, it used to be referred to as the second city of the Empire. Cause it was...

[Croutons]

jardinec said:

Some good advice here Croutons

Indeed, I'm genuinely very grateful to everyone who has pitched in- thankyou.

Houses in Bearsden have popped up on the RM searches, and look very pleasant indeed, so more digging to do.

Looks like we'll be renting in G3 (thanks yellowbentines)/ maybe G12 for a little while to permit the existing house to go, letting me walk to work near Queen Street, while the nippers have things to do and we sort out schools (as best we can, but we didn't get in to the one OVER THE FRICKIN' ROAD in Brentwood, so know of the risks).

[yellowbentines]

I'd been meaning to reply to a comment above about homes being on the market for ages, just my tuppence worth of how I view things as a mortgage broker in Glasgow/Scotland.

Estate agents fight for the sellers business often on the basis of promising the highest home report value and therefore sale price. Seller receives that high home report value and that is now ingrained in their head as what their home is "worth". The market isn't prepared to pay the home report value, the seller doesn't want to sell under "value", the property hangs around forever. The home report doesn't go out of date(common misconception), the value only becomes unacceptable to a buyer's mortgage lender after 3 months, so the value hangs around even if the market has changed as the refreshed value is only usually undertaken by the seller after an offer has been accepted.

Both Slater Hogg estate agents and Countrywide estate agents are part of the Countrywide group, conveniently so are Harvey Donaldson Gibson surveyors that undertake most of the aforementioned estate agents Home Reports - impartial, hard to believe so.

It's a flawed system which is why you get huge fluctuations in value in a very localised area. Good luck!

p.s. if you're moving to G3 The Steamie does the best coffee

Edited by yellowbentines on Friday 2nd December 16:10

[briang9]

briang9 said:

me too, have a look around the Kirktonhill area, very good trains to glasgow, or 35 - 45 mins by car. 10 mins by car to Loch Lomond, great drives to Glencoe etc

we have an older house so heating and maintenance bills are high, however there is some modern stuff if that floats your boat

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Noticed this one today when I was out for a walk, not sure it's my cup of tea, but a bit different all the same


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

[Croutons]

yellowbentines said:

The home report doesn't go out of date(common misconception)

Goodness me, so if the market crashes (or even just dips....)

briang9 said:

Noticed this one today when I was out for a walk, not sure it's my cup of tea, but a bit different all the same

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

It has to be said, there is a lot of spectacular property not too far away if you don't mind a commute. Sadly, I do!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Now investigating private schools, what was it the FM said about judging her on education!?? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-pol...