Moving to Fife area
Discussion
My OH has just accepted a job in Dundee, and I am looking to work either in Dundee or Edinburgh. Could any you nice people recommended areas to live/not to live around the Fife area that is easily commutable. We also have daughter that is due start school in September, so good schools need to be a consideration.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Hi, I'm originally from Kirkcaldy, I would have thought that Perth and the surrounding area would be a better bet for a commute into Dundee or Edinburgh. Depends if you want countryside or city. Check Tayside property centre , or Fife property centre , both online, just google them for the web addresses to give you an idea of whats available and price wise. Congestion into both cities can be a nightmare at "rush hour".
Cheers A.
Cheers A.
I'd live closer to Dundee than Edinburgh given the choice both for house prices and the towns villages you'd have to chose from. Kircaldy/Leven/Glenrothes make Motherwell look glamorous. Forget taking car into edinburgh though unless you like spending half your life in a queue across the bridge. Pick somewhere on/near a main trainline for your own sanity.
Yeah it depends on what kind of area you want to be in really and how you want to commute?
Large Town or village etc.
Mid and west Fife has the larger population, north and east is mostly smaller towns and villages.
I've lived in 5 totally different areas in Fife over the years......and I'm still here!
Large Town or village etc.
Mid and west Fife has the larger population, north and east is mostly smaller towns and villages.
I've lived in 5 totally different areas in Fife over the years......and I'm still here!
I'd recommend Perth and it's surroundings too.
If you got a job in Edinburgh you could drive down to the park & ride at Inverkeithing and get the bus over.
The M90 north of Dunfermline must be one of the quietest stretches of motorway in the country at rush hour.
Somewhere like Bridge of Earn would be good.
If you're interested in Fife I'd probably recommend the North East of it, e.g. Cupar.
There's a train station there for Edinburgh and Dundee and it's also handy for driving to Dundee.
The East Neuk, i.e. south of St Andrews round the coast, is nice and picturesque but in my opinion it's rubbish for travelling from (but it does have some fantastic bits of road for a blast).
If you got a job in Edinburgh you could drive down to the park & ride at Inverkeithing and get the bus over.
The M90 north of Dunfermline must be one of the quietest stretches of motorway in the country at rush hour.
Somewhere like Bridge of Earn would be good.
If you're interested in Fife I'd probably recommend the North East of it, e.g. Cupar.
There's a train station there for Edinburgh and Dundee and it's also handy for driving to Dundee.
The East Neuk, i.e. south of St Andrews round the coast, is nice and picturesque but in my opinion it's rubbish for travelling from (but it does have some fantastic bits of road for a blast).
Thanks alot. We are looking for more of a country location - village or small town. We both have a reasonable commute now, so that won't be anything new. In fact it will be a nice change to be able to consider using the train. My OH's office is just 10mins walk from Dundee station, and if I work there, the hospital is not that further I believe. Our main challenge will be finding schools, and getting our daughter in ASAP.
Cheers for the advice re areas and estate agents, will keep this in mind going to pop up next week to have a mosey around.
Cheers for the advice re areas and estate agents, will keep this in mind going to pop up next week to have a mosey around.
AMLK said:
Thanks alot. We are looking for more of a country location - village or small town. We both have a reasonable commute now, so that won't be anything new. In fact it will be a nice change to be able to consider using the train. My OH's office is just 10mins walk from Dundee station, and if I work there, the hospital is not that further I believe. Our main challenge will be finding schools, and getting our daughter in ASAP.
Cheers for the advice re areas and estate agents, will keep this in mind going to pop up next week to have a mosey around.
You believe wrong....takes a 15 min bus ride to the hospital from the city centre, and a good 40/50 mins walk probablyCheers for the advice re areas and estate agents, will keep this in mind going to pop up next week to have a mosey around.
Lots of nice villages just outside Dundee, most with local schools and all still relatively cheap.
Cupars a good suggestion, a small town with a good school, train station and close enough to St Andrews, Dundee and the East Neuk.
I work in Cupar and live in a village in central Fife about 10 miles away......its called Freuchie and is on the main road through Fife the A92, there is actually a nice size detatched house across from me for sale with 3 garages, nice gardens, views and plenty of parking space.
Close enough to train stations, towns, high school and is a great central spot for getting anywhere really.
I also agree with what Tim said about the M90, I used to travel that way to work when I live in Dunfermline for a couple of years.
I work in Cupar and live in a village in central Fife about 10 miles away......its called Freuchie and is on the main road through Fife the A92, there is actually a nice size detatched house across from me for sale with 3 garages, nice gardens, views and plenty of parking space.
Close enough to train stations, towns, high school and is a great central spot for getting anywhere really.
I also agree with what Tim said about the M90, I used to travel that way to work when I live in Dunfermline for a couple of years.
Edited by P17_GTA on Wednesday 17th June 10:50
Cupar is a good shout, I lived there most of my life (now living in a village outside of Dundee) It's nice size off town with a big school (though don't know what standard it is now) good dental practices, good transport links and the like.
It's close enough to good areas for shopping, beaches etc and some cracking roads around Fife as well.
It's close enough to good areas for shopping, beaches etc and some cracking roads around Fife as well.
Penny-lope said:
You believe wrong....takes a 15 min bus ride to the hospital from the city centre, and a good 40/50 mins walk probably
I have just checked again on google maps, and it says Ninewells hospital is just 1.2miles from Dundee Rail station - am I looking at the wrong place??Thanks again for all suggestions - will have a good look at Cupar while we are up. P17 GTA, how much is the house up for opposite you? - sounds perfect - I am sure my OH would relish having 3 garages after struggling for space building his kit car in our titchy garage!
AMLK said:
Penny-lope said:
You believe wrong....takes a 15 min bus ride to the hospital from the city centre, and a good 40/50 mins walk probably
I have just checked again on google maps, and it says Ninewells hospital is just 1.2miles from Dundee Rail station - am I looking at the wrong place??Ninewells is nearer the Kingsway than the town centre!
In a BBC style disclaimer, other hospitals are available.
Perth, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy all have reasonable sized ones.
Tiny one in St. Andrews, but sure there's some sort of modernisation project on the go with that one.
AMLK said:
I have just checked again on google maps, and it says Ninewells hospital is just 1.2miles from Dundee Rail station - am I looking at the wrong place??
Having made the journey on foot a few times, you would want to allow for about a 30 min brisk walk from the train station to the main hospital building entrance. From the train station to the centre of town is a 5 min stroll to where there are frequent bus services, many of which head to Ninewells and probably take about 15 / 20 mins.Dunno if this might be a factor but Ninewells in Dundee is the only hospital I've visited that seems to have even half decent parking.
I'm surprised Renmure says it's only 30 mins walk from the station.
Must be my short legs that make it seem further
There are a lot of nice villages in NE Fife if you wanted to avoid Cupar itself.
I'm not sure what the high school there is like now.
It was fine when I went but I don't think much of that is left now.
I'm surprised Renmure says it's only 30 mins walk from the station.
Must be my short legs that make it seem further
There are a lot of nice villages in NE Fife if you wanted to avoid Cupar itself.
I'm not sure what the high school there is like now.
It was fine when I went but I don't think much of that is left now.
AMLK said:
Thanks again for all suggestions - will have a good look at Cupar while we are up. P17 GTA, how much is the house up for opposite you? - sounds perfect - I am sure my OH would relish having 3 garages after struggling for space building his kit car in our titchy garage!
I think its just under £300k on Remax-Scotland, has a big double garage with 2 single doors and another single round the other side of house.......so quite a bit of drive and garden space.Its a fairly big detatched old cottage that i think will have been extended a few times, it sits in a nice spot and looks out over horse fields......i'm the other side of the fields!
If you'd like a fairly quiet village with good travel links, villages like Freuchie around Cupar / Glenrothes area are worth a look anyway.
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