Hello! I am producing a piece of work on the variation in house prices between the Ecclesall and Burngreave areas. Obviously, a major factor in demand for housing is the level of amenities available in each area, but how good the restaurants/shops etc. in an area are is not exactly easy data to find as it is based on opinion and perception. Therefore I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on what it is that makes Ecclesall so desirable in terms of its amenities (not including schools, crime etc.) and/or why Burngreave is so seemingly undesirable. Or perhaps you feel the opposite is true! Let me know...Thanks alot. :)

Ecclesall is a very nice place to live. The schools are some of the best in the city, crime is low, there are nearby parks and a lovely wood to walk through.

10 mins drive takes you to the peak district.

There are good local shops, and large supermarkets nearby.

All in all, lovely I think.:)

Hello! I am producing a piece of work on the variation in house prices between the Ecclesall and Burngreave areas. Obviously, a major factor in demand for housing is the level of amenities available in each area, but how good the restaurants/shops etc. in an area are is not exactly easy data to find as it is based on opinion and perception. Therefore I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on what it is that makes Ecclesall so desirable in terms of its amenities (not including schools, crime etc.) and/or why Burngreave is so seemingly undesirable. Or perhaps you feel the opposite is true! Let me know...Thanks alot. :)

Surely it has to be the people who live in those areas and the types of people they attract?

Bit of a radical idea coming......

.... but why dont you get off your backside and spend a few days in each area to find out for yourself?

Sorry if that rubs you up, but what kind of journalist do you want to be?

The Guardian and Small Van weekly await your answer.

:)

Deepak

Bit of a radical idea coming......

.... but why dont you get off your backside and spend a few days in each area to find out for yourself?

Sorry if that rubs you up, but what kind of journalist do you want to be?

The Guardian and Small Van weekly await your answer.

:)

Deepak

He's got a point.

I don't think it says anywhere in the post that the OP is a journalist (he / she might be on their profile but I'm too lazy to check.) Anyway, if Burngreave is not a desirable area now it must have been at some point - some of the houses are huge. Have a look at when it started to decline in the opinion of Sheffield residents, that might point to some factors, and I bet the decline of the steel and mining industries is up there as one of them! Also the area took a hammering in the second world war and lots of homes and businesses were wiped out.

I live in Burngreave, I bought a house about 5 years ago and cant fault it. My house is massive with private garden at the back and side, enough to have a green house, lawn, veg patch and a patio area, I also have a large front garden. The area has a great selection of shops, mostly selling the same stuff but that's OK. I can get pretty much everything I want locally other than suermarket ready meals! We have a couple of nice parks close, we even have a cash point machine now so things must have improved! I don't suffer from all the traffic problems that Abbeydale, Woodseats and Ecclesall are prone to, escpecally at commuting times where Ecclesall and Abbeydale are a complete nightmare! We will soon have a massive Tesco which I don't really like but the area is lacking a big supermarket so I guess that's a good thing really. It's a fifteen minute walk into town, has a good bus service and band D council tax! We don't have any modern bars, or a decent chip shop and the area still looks quite scruffy but it's improving. I can't comment on the schools but the GP surgery is fine. 15 years ago it was really dodgy with people openly dealing around Cathrine Street and a negative feeling about the place and I certainly would not have bought a house here then but I am glad I live there now. I have never seen any trouble and feel safe walking about at night. Obviously the national rise in house prices has meant people have had to choose areas that previously thay would not have considered. I remember when I bought my place quite a few people thought I was mad and used to make jokes about getting a big dog to guard the car when they came to visit, then another dog to guard the dog! I think they have warned to the idea that it's not such a bad place after all and it is constantly improving.