thinking of moving there.

currently in stoke.

is it any good? nice place live etc? what about local areas house prices etc

i need to be within 25mins drive of pe2 7 for work? any ideas?

 

I call it Peterboghorror........but then I'm a P' taking sarcastic git. Basically, same as anywhere else - some good places and some real rough places. Close to A1, A14 if that opens up possibilities for other local villages etc.

 

Peterborough is a very nice and clean city centre compared to alot of other places.
The only down side at the moment is that ALOT of immigrants were housed there in the last 2 years and the crime rate has gone through to roof!
Ive lived in and very local to there all my life and have always like it there.
If you have a decent amount of cash to spend then there are loads of good villages/towns within 25 miles.
Some of the nicest:

(Villages)
Warmington
Elton
(Towns)
Oundle
Stamford

There are also alot of nice areas on the outskirts of the city, Orton Waterville and Hampton are very nice.

Areas around the city to avoid:
Dogsthorpe, Paston, Welland estate

 

Yeah, its ok round there. I'd move to the Norwich side of Peteborough, cause we shoot burgerlers say we shoot burgerlers ..................................I'll get me coat.

 

not got loads of cash particularly.

my current 2 bed semi, garage and decent drive is worth 80ish. in a quiet cul de sac on typical 1980s housing este

so prob got 110ish or thereabouts to look for something similar.

 

Fookin hell, be worth about 140k here!

 

thats cos theres only about 5 isnt there??

 

anyone know of any good estate agents round there

ive no idea where to look.

could scrape near 120... and want a place with garage and parking for 2 cars.

HELP!! lol

 

www.rightmove.co.uk

 

look eastwards mate as i think the prices will be cheaper heading towards lincolnshire/towards Norwich that the likes of the stamford direction.

 

Got to be StamFORD...

I used rightmove once nearly ended with me taking them to court...

Just go to a newsagent pick up a local paper and go from there..

By the way use a newsagent in peterborough

 

Am moving up around that area soon, moving to a place called Corby. Not to far from peterbrough. Corby isnt a nice place.............loads of nice villages around there though.

 

smudgerz why ya moving to corby?? where abouts? not the lincoln estate i hope

 

Corby is a complete shit hole! Why would u want to move there?
I certainly wouldnt want to try and insure a cossie on a corby post code

 

the lincoln estate makes highfield road and the oval look like mayfair

 

Melv, your only an hour from me then dude

Some friends of mine come from there, and they still prefer to go down the to do the 'non food' Shoppin rather than Lincoln, they explaind it to me as the Fenland Milton Keynes, lots of roads going nowhere in particular...

Imigrants are are problem thruout the Area... Boston, Peterborough, Spalding etc it's because they are cheap labour on the land factories...

Did you say PE2 or 27? cuz the PE postcode covers a massive area!!

 

Corby, Northants?

Not really that close to Peterborough is it?

 

bout 25 min drive from p`boro mate

 

About 1/2 hr away.

 

Martyn took the words from my mouth we know it as Scumby, if it aint nailed down then they`ll nick in Corby, and if you stand still long enough they`ll av you as well.

Dickymint

 

M brian try Thrapston not bad with some nice new estates and right next to the A14 and A605/A45.

Dickymint

 

yeah thrapston aint bad


dicky you still got that 3dr?

 

Yeah... I wasn't thinkin, I always come from Stamford way, and it just sort of seemed further away than it actually is..

 

jesus ur house would b worth double that down here (brighton)
cant get a 1 bedroom flat 4 less than 100k

 

CORBY..........Go for a laugh and come out in stiches!!!!

 

Rscat yes bedded down for winter, will try to use more this year.!!!!!

Dickymint

 

There is always a Plus side tho... not far from Rockingham

 

yeah thrapston is ok, nice villages around there, bit further away you have raunds, rushden and higham ferrers, im in raunds have just brought my first house 3 bed semi for 122k, with a garage of course

as someone said www.rightmove.co.uk

 

i use to live there. can't say i would wanna live there again

lol i know a few people that live in the lincoln, what a fooking dump and you would'nt want to walk around there during the day let alone at night

 

too true, i lived there for a few years. get up, go for a piss, put kettle on, check to see if car has been set on fire, make tea. mornin ritual.

 

 

its PE2 gaz

well thats where ill be working.


notice this post got fair bit busier cheers guys!!

 

Thrapston is ok, but its a good 45 min drive to peterborough if you want to get there or back for normal 9-5 working hours. The A605 is a really crap slow road with a fair few speed cameras and also a red route which means lots of crashes and black spots.
Not a road I would want to travel on every day!

 

http://www.propertiestoday.co.uk/def...x?sitecode=pet

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/n...?sectionid=846

 

RSCAT, no mate not there!! is a nice place to live................... moving there coz me girl lives there. Not quite the same as solihull!

 

is orton goldhay dodgy as fair few seem to crop up there when look on them searches!!


you'd think it was simple....

ive got a spec... ive got a rough price.... all these estate agent sites are vague as hell!! damn

 

M Brian, my girl gets back from bosnia in a week or two, could send you some local rags from around corby etc if that helps?

 

anything to help me out be great.

jsut had a look on that property search site seems quite a few 2-3 bed semis about look ok but dunno the areas for 120ish!!

now we're getting somewhere!!

will have to get faxing some estate agents etc i think down there see if they can send me anything.

 

Orton Goldhey is ok, but there are quite afew dodgy little cul de sacs around there.
I had some mates who lived around there, it wouldnt be my first choice.
The best of the Ortons are Waterville, Longueville, Wistow but i think theyre quite expensive. Next best is probably Brimbles, Southgate and Malborne

 

I live in Peterborough. Walton to be precise and it is a pretty good area although close to Paston which isn't as bad as it used to be. Orton Goldhay is a pretty big area and some of it is good and some bad. On £110k I wouldn't consider buying a house in Orton. Werrington/Walton are good areas and houses can be had on your budget. The roads round here are pretty good, so if you were to choose a location just outside P'boro then you would be ok. However, properties in local villages are very expensive. Crowland which is about a 15 minute drive from the centre might be a good choice.