Eggborough, nice place?

[Mr Whippy]

Just seems to fit the bill for the wife and me as a future place to live.

Apart from the power station nearby, and the motorway (which seems to go very quiet on a night anyway), are there any downsides to living there?
Just that there are some nice houses in and around that location, and the prices seem pretty reasonable for what you can get vs say Aberford/Barwick/Sherburn areas for the same money (ie, not alot)

Just having a look for now but we would like to move

Dave

[anonymous-user]

Seriously, your thinking of moving to eggborough??? IMHO its a dive, and you would be far better off looking at somewhere like burn(just up the road a bit) or south of the m62 say at whitley bridge. Having said that, its down to personal preference i guess, and if you like eggboghorror, then go for it.

[Defcon5]

I used to live there, on that newish estate off Weeland road. Never had any problems

[Mr Whippy]

Hehe, well I don't know if I like Eggborough, hence the questions

Also considering any of the villages in that 1.5 mile radius kinda area, as the general area seems quite good for a value for money kinda perspective.


Mainly making sure that the power station doesn't keep you awake at night with rumbling or vibration, or the railway track running massive coal trains doesn't shake your house apart etc


I guess you'd have to look at every house on it's individual location/merits. You can often go 250 yards down the road from nice houses and it's a ste hole

Dave

[Defcon5]

You cant hear the power station at all. I was as far from the railway line as you could get and you could hear the trains, they weren't intrusive though.

[5yearstobuyatvr]

I would avoid Eggborough,Pollington,Hensall,Snaith,Burn, would be on my radar.

Edited by 5yearstobuyatvr on Thursday 4th February 12:16

[gemini]

Im going there tonight to the Parish council meeting

[Defcon5]

gemini said:

Im going there tonight to the Parish council meeting

I bet thats laugh a minute

[gemini]

Oh yes!

One good thing was a group of teenage children who approached the council for support to take on a litter pick, flower bed maintenance and further youth club provision.
Nice to see them taking part - maybe a sign of an improving local society?

[steven f]

snowy slopes said:

Seriously, your thinking of moving to eggborough??? IMHO its a dive, and you would be far better off looking at somewhere like burn(just up the road a bit) or south of the m62 say at whitley bridge. Having said that, its down to personal preference i guess, and if you like eggboghorror, then go for it.

i love comments from people who dont know the facts eggborough/whitley brige is all one place to be honest with the m62 going through the middle nice place to live got a couple of nice pubs shops post office garage ect the outlying villages are a bit quieter depends what you want i am sure burianni will comment as he lived in whitley bridge

[Mr Whippy]

5yearstobuyatvr said:

I would avoid Eggborough,Pollington,Hensall,Snaith,Burn, would be on my radar.

Edited by 5yearstobuyatvr on Thursday 4th February 12:16

Prices seem to be higher further out in some of those places, and commuting time would go up more the further from the M62 you go. Being right on an M62 junction is what makes it work really well. Cripes, if I could jump on and off the train at the right place, it'd be a 500 yard walk to work

Good old trains though, it carries on 3 miles past where I work. Doh!

Dave

[anonymous-user]

steven f said:

snowy slopes said:

Seriously, your thinking of moving to eggborough??? IMHO its a dive, and you would be far better off looking at somewhere like burn(just up the road a bit) or south of the m62 say at whitley bridge. Having said that, its down to personal preference i guess, and if you like eggboghorror, then go for it.

i love comments from people who dont know the facts eggborough/whitley brige is all one place to be honest with the m62 going through the middle nice place to live got a couple of nice pubs shops post office garage ect the outlying villages are a bit quieter depends what you want i am sure burianni will comment as he lived in whitley bridge

Then surely if that was the case, it would either be eggbridge, or whitleyborough?

[5yearstobuyatvr]

Dont fall into the price trap,dont forget you may one day want to try and sell it.

Mr Whippy said:

5yearstobuyatvr said:

I would avoid Eggborough,Pollington,Hensall,Snaith,Burn, would be on my radar.

Edited by 5yearstobuyatvr on Thursday 4th February 12:16

Prices seem to be higher further out in some of those places, and commuting time would go up more the further from the M62 you go. Being right on an M62 junction is what makes it work really well. Cripes, if I could jump on and off the train at the right place, it'd be a 500 yard walk to work

Good old trains though, it carries on 3 miles past where I work. Doh!

Dave

[Mr Whippy]

Cheap to buy, cheap to sell?

I think things can only really get better over that way shirley?

Dave