Glasgow questions

[Macron]

Hi all, wondered if you might be able to help with recommendations for these, opinions welcome on any!

A solicitor for property purchases, who isn't a douche bag offered up by estate agents. Residential and commercial property ideally. Don't mind two individuals if need be, naturally if in the same firm that's easiest but I'm unfamiliar with the legal specifics here so need to be able to trust advisors.

An accountant for the same, Ltd Co as well as personal.

Planning consultant, commercial to res development, in the conservation areas. It is doable, and happy to pay for experience, estate agents just direct me to their backhander mates, which is proving no good.

I can't find it on the Revenue pages as my patience and searching abilities are short, in England if a Ltd buys a property, it pays the additional rate stamp duty, is that also the case with the obscene LBTT too does anyone know? All I can find is pleasingly lower rates when buying commercial (26k on a 750k buy, vs 78350 if buying as a second+ prop in personal names...)

Are 100% of the flats along the Clyde (Kingston, squiggly bridge) full of prostitutes, or just the ones I've seen?!

State schools from Charing Cross up to say Anniesland, are the juniors pretty much the same, or are there any to avoid? Appreciate catchments, but in year transfers seem to have more latitude if the right circumstances are set out Secondary looks like Jordanhill or the private one by the Botanics based on nothing other than catchment and apparent league tables.

Car wise, any secure storage in the WE that I can't find through Google?

And finally, for now anyway, trustworthy garages in the same, several will stay main dealer, but the S1 and Focus RS can go to a performance specialist if there is one not too far away. I've got a little tired of there being two price lists around St Andrews, one being for "the English", especially when suggestions are these places know what they're doing, but in some cases it's apparent they learn from watching YouTube and practising on your car!

Any help appreciated!!

[Macron]

Thanks for the intel thus far, will start making calls tomorrow.

irc said:

Can't help with much but I take it you are aware that the only way to get a child into Jordanhill is to live in the catchment area?

Indeed, when first applying of course as if you move outside the catchment you can ask to stay in a school if a place remains, which where a risk could mean not having to pay the current premium and be lumbered with a largely unexciting locale.

I was more wondering if say Hillhead, a likely catchment area we'd live in for the medium term, is better than the apparent 102nd it ranks nationally according to a single measure (5 or more highers).

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/sc...

For Primary it's always hard to tell and there are no visits atm or course. The differences in external info (eg web presence or not) is incredible, but I suspect largely meaningless, as it may just reflect one or more staff willing to give it a go in some cases.

Edited by Macron on Wednesday 9th June 05:51

[Macron]

hidetheelephants said:

Hillhead's student city, so get used to drunks outside at all hours.

My wife is an academic so I’m used to living among them. Had one fall through a garage roof during lockdown 3 when he forgot his keys when coming how from a party at 4am, and thought he could climb over ours to get into his house. Thought it was a break in so called the Police who scooped him up. That was an expensive night for him…

Edited by Macron on Wednesday 9th June 05:58

[Macron]

That's interesting! Partick sticks out, as does Finnieston, but even an overhead street view tells you the latter is likely...

Are Bearsden and Milngavie posh then? This popped up this week, looks nice, but sod all outside space...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/108197321

ETA Newton Mearns fares well on that scale too, but do these places have things you’d actually want to do?!

Edited by Macron on Friday 11th June 23:24

[Macron]

Suggestions / recommendations for West end restaurants welcome!

Appreciating it's hardly high brow, Glasgow Live gets excited about stuff like this, which I'm sure is good after a pint, but doesn't strike me as the epitome of sophistication!

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-...

[Macron]

I wouldn't be buying that one, besides, LBTT at that level is 2/3 of a 488, and I'd rather have 2/3rds of a 488!

Unless second home of course, when it's a whole 488.....

[Macron]

aparna said:

Yes it’s a real kick in the balls. However everything half decent on my alerts in 700k range is still selling in days or hours, so tbf not clear how big a difference would lowering the tax make?


It’s still a lot lower tax rate than most countries.

Where are you looking? I am pretty sure prices in the west end of Glasgow are rising daily, the demand is utterly nuts.

[Macron]

ETA last week, 250k.

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/56366570...

This week, same block, same layout property, just different software hence the windows look different on the floor plan, 260k....

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/58907295...