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Lars - 3/12/10 at 06:40 PM

I have just taken a new job in Edin, so will be moving up from Oxford in the next 2-3 months.

So where are the good places to live? (Prefer outside of Edin with a good train connection into the city.)
And where do all my fellow locosters live?

mcerd1 - 3/12/10 at 06:47 PM

good choice

plenty of good places, it'd be quicker to list the bad ones


which part of the city are you going to be working in ?

and what kind of house are you looking for ?

[Edited on 3/12/2010 by mcerd1]

mangogrooveworkshop - 3/12/10 at 06:52 PM

Come and live in my workshop train station 100 mts down the hill

Stott - 3/12/10 at 06:56 PM

The wife told me last night she would move to Scotland in a heartbeat, she's got relatives in Aviemore and loves it up there, I've never been

mangogrooveworkshop - 3/12/10 at 06:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Stott
The wife told me last night she would move to Scotland in a heartbeat, she's got relatives in Aviemore and loves it up there, I've never been
Heres a taster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5JIz4WkTmY

Lars - 3/12/10 at 07:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
good choice

plenty of good places, it'd be quicker to list the bad ones


which part of the city are you going to be working in ?

and what kind of house are you looking for ?

[Edited on 3/12/2010 by mcerd1]



I will be working just next to the train station in George street.

Looking for a 3 bed plus house not near a main Road (of course must have garage, preferable double, or a barn )

scootz - 3/12/10 at 07:23 PM

Are you looking to buy or rent?

If buying, then it wouldn't be a daft idea to look across the bridge towards Fife... Dunfermline, Dalgety Bay, etc. Much more bang for your buck and good train links (20 mins to Edinburgh city centre).

If renting, then it's much of a muchness.

Edinburgh suburbs to avoid:
Wester Hailes
Sighthill
Broomhouse
Drylaw
Niddrie
Craigmillar

dave - 3/12/10 at 07:24 PM

West Lothian, excellent value for money 2 train stations big shopping centre and 20 mins drive to Edinburgh by car if you prefer. Dont buy in Edinburgh its overpriced, over rated and stinks o' pish.

Lars - 3/12/10 at 07:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Come and live in my workshop train station 100 mts down the hill



Tempting...

but the misses will never go for it

Lars - 3/12/10 at 07:30 PM

We will be renting for starters, while we get to know the area in more detail.

The plan is then to buy in a few years.

However we would prefer to live outside anyway, a 20 minute train journey sounds good.

mcerd1 - 3/12/10 at 07:34 PM

have a look here: ESPC and see if anything takes your fancy

[Edited on 3/12/2010 by mcerd1]

LoMoss - 3/12/10 at 07:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Lars
quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Come and live in my workshop train station 100 mts down the hill



Tempting...

but the misses will never go for it


Oh, but its central heated and cosy toasty.

LoMoss - 3/12/10 at 07:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Lars
We will be renting for starters, while we get to know the area in more detail.

The plan is then to buy in a few years.

However we would prefer to live outside anyway, a 20 minute train journey sounds good.


North/south queensferry is on the fife train line. Bit easier to get home to if you've been out on the lash in the big city'.
I was brought up in the sticks 5 miles south of dalkeith nice country properties with garages. It would be a car commute to the park and rides.

HTH
Moss

thunderace - 3/12/10 at 09:29 PM

I LIKE south queensferry
or glasgow

Stott - 3/12/10 at 10:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
quote:
Originally posted by Stott
The wife told me last night she would move to Scotland in a heartbeat, she's got relatives in Aviemore and loves it up there, I've never been
Heres a taster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5JIz4WkTmY


Nice, like Wales on a much grander scale! Would be nice to move up, I'm out of a job come September too, clean break? mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................................................................

morcus - 4/12/10 at 08:15 AM

I was also gonna put forward outskirts of Glasgow, I found it amazing when I lived there how quickly it turned into villages, all with good transport links.

Or you could move to the Marchant city and drive a 4x4 (A little musical reference for you)

mcerd1 - 5/12/10 at 03:11 PM

unfortunatly transport into edinburgh from all the wee towns & villages isn't quite as good/universal as glasgow

quote:
Originally posted by morcus
Or you could move to the Marchant city and drive a 4x4 (A little musical reference for you)

linky

morcus - 5/12/10 at 09:08 PM

Nice to see someone got the reference.

There are good bus routes between Glasgow and Edimburgh and alot of the places inbetween, not as good as a train though granted.

mcerd1 - 8/12/10 at 12:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by morcus
Nice to see someone got the reference.

I think you need a prize for the most obscure reference

as much as I like the tune - a 7 year old B-side might be pushing it for most folk

morcus - 9/12/10 at 01:02 AM

Trust me, I can and have been more Cryptic with references. I just can't help myself. TBH I only noted it was a reference so people wouldn't think I was making some snide remark about people from the Merchant City (I lived there for a year myself, Great place to live but I prefered living in Garnett Hill).