I think there is a programme on C4 tonight called "Relocation Relocation" that features a couple who are moving from Darlington to Sheffield - 8pm.

Some people with loads of money are looking for a place in Sheffield.

Ah interesting... you know what or where they are looking at?

I watched it, it was good and showed Sheffield in a very positive light indeed (for once). It was a couple from Darlington selling their 5 bed detached to buy a city living style house/flat in Sheffield to be nearer the mans workplace in Derby, and also a small country house around Gateshead to go to at weekends to be near his son from a past relationship. Their budget was £250k for Sheffield and they looked at the "luxury" apartments on Eccy Rd and West One (I think it was west one) and also some big victorian houses in Crosspool, Nether Edge and Ranmoor. They chose the West One flat (think it was West One). I preferred the house in Crosspool but each to their own. Some good press for Sheffield though I have to say.


PS. This thread should be in the Sheffield Related chat as it will never get the attention it deserves being in the TV forum, and the fact that the programme was in Sheffield is more relevant than the fact that it was on TV.

It was the penthouse apartment in the old baths next to west one which they bought.
Agreed this should have been in the Sheffield related chat for more attention.

What gets me with Location Location/ReLocation ReLocation is they feature many young couples with 300k to spend.

Where on earth am I going wrong? :confused: I don't ever see myself being able to afford a 300k house, not unless I win te lottery that is.

It was nice to see Sheffield in a positive light tho'

Skatie

Originally posted by chri5
It was the penthouse apartment in the old baths next to west one which they bought.
Agreed this should have been in the Sheffield related chat for more attention.

Is this one of the flats that is above the newish Wetherspoons pub on West Street?

So people want to relocate the relocation relocation thread?

Yeah I thought the show did make Sheffield look good, for a change. Hopefully fewer people will have the Full Monty version of Sheffield in their head after watching that.

Originally posted by Dug
Is this one of the flats that is above the newish Wetherspoons pub on West Street?

Yes it was above The Swim Inn.

Have to agree with the others, it was great to see Sheffield portrayed as such a positive and vibrant city.

As for young couples with £300K to spend, did you notice when they went back once they had moved in, they had hardly any furniture, only a table tennis table, so they must have run out of money and be mortgaged up to the hilt.

Personally I wouldn't have bought that place, but then again it was what they wanted, I am sure they will soon get fed up with the .......

Siren noise
Singing drunks....Ingerland...
Traffic noise
Supertram rumble
Urinating in the front entrance
Puke/Syringes/Condoms/Tampax
Kebab wrappers everywhere
Odd tramp sleeping in their lobby
Spiderman Thief - climb onto that balcony and you could spend all day trying to break in, no one would here or see you.

Give me a leafy suburb anyday, dont get me wrong I like the buzz of the city, but I just like to get out of it after a night out.
:thumbsup:

Yeah I noticed the flat looked a bit sparse.

And I agree with the potential problems living in that particular flat, especially the Supertram rumbling past and the drunken noise every Fri and Sat night.

The property at Ranmoor was fantastic, it was a dream. I'd give my right arm to live in a place like that. I can't believe they turned it down in favour of a city centre flat.

Also I don't think they knew a great deal about areas otherwise they might not have been so quick to turn down crosspool and ranmoor.

Anyway hope they are happy, we need more fools, sorry people, to come here and buy these flats, it might make the house prices in the "suberbs" more affordable for us sheffielders!

I couldn't believe the presenters were suggesting that they knock down the internal walls in the Victorian villas to achieve a "larger" living space - in my opinion this would have totally ruined the character of the properties.

Surely this wouldn't have been granted planning permission or building regs or whatever you now need to do such work?

Fashion was totally ruling their decision. They wouldnt shut up about "open plan" and kitchen islands. They were following the current trends dictated by Wallpaper and Livingetc magazines.

When he can't hear the telly cos of the blender buzzing away in the adjoining kitchen, and when they're sat in the cold, and when they have a tiff and want to be apart, they'll wish they'd got some internal walls.

Originally posted by Dug
I couldn't believe the presenters were suggesting that they knock down the internal walls in the Victorian villas to achieve a "larger" living space -

She always suggests knocking the walls down in any place she visits.

Originally posted by jackthedog
When he can't hear the telly cos of the blender buzzing away in the adjoining kitchen, and when they're sat in the cold, and when they have a tiff and want to be apart, they'll wish they'd got some internal walls.

LMAO:D :clap:

Originally posted by jackthedog
When he can't hear the telly cos of the blender buzzing away in the adjoining kitchen, and when they're sat in the cold, and when they have a tiff and want to be apart, they'll wish they'd got some internal walls.

I had a little chuckle to myself also

Great PR for Sheffield though. Isn't it funny how good it looks on the TV. A real metropolis.

Originally posted by Tony
[B Isn't it funny how good it looks on the TV. A real metropolis. [/B]

It is a metropolis.

I watched it too. Ok, the flat they bought was big and open plan etc which is what they wanted, but when kirsty and phil went back it just looked boring and had nothing in it, and I didn't think the flat looked good quality. Steel and concrete Vs beautiful old houses with features. I know what I'd prefer. If I had 250k to buy a place in sheffield I wouldn't go and live in that flat, for a lot of the reasons already stated above (noise, crime etc). They could have bought a really beautiful big victorian/edwardian etc house for that budget and not been that far from the station for his commute to derby. Oh well, each to their own, if that's what they want.

Did make sheffield look good though...well it is good, I relocated here because it was!

Can't believe he used the spare room for table tennis, has he got no friends??

Too right foxxx, why spend all that money on a flat like that.
For £250,000 there is some nice houses around the leafier suburbs.

If I spent quarter of a million on a house, I wouldnt want my living room window to overlook boots on West Street!

Plus, I question the future of this city living thing. That couple will love living in their open plan studio thing at the moment, but in a few minutes time, it'll no longer be fashionable. And then they'll wish they'd bought the place at Ranmoor.

I've ranted about this elsewhere on the forum so i'll not go on!

I heard they had been on the Forum while they were making up their minds and read the threads about Eccleshall Road and Eccleshall and murders which put them off the suburbs.

And that they read the threads about how you didnt need a car in the city centre because all known life was here

And that it takes hours to get into the city centre from the South West because of the cyclists and the school-run mothers

So the choice was easy

;)

The couple said the West St flat was bland and three months after living in it... it was still characterless!

They must have been too busy 'city living-it-up' to decorate and adorn.

Originally posted by Dug
I couldn't believe the presenters were suggesting that they knock down the internal walls in the Victorian villas to achieve a "larger" living space - in my opinion this would have totally ruined the character of the properties.

Surely this wouldn't have been granted planning permission or building regs or whatever you now need to do such work?

I can't agree more. All they ever want to do on these property development programmes is knock through every wall in sight and create "one big open plan space". Why not just buy a warehouse from the start??? Such alterations ruin a property, particularly older ones with character when internal walls were built with bricks or stones and not a bit of wood and plasterboard like in these so called "luxury" new developments.

Why do people want to cook, eat and watch TV all in one room anyway? Surely its better to have rooms with different functions, so you don't have to stare at the washing up while eating your desert, for example.

Originally posted by Belle
I heard they had been on the Forum while they were making up their minds and read the threads about Eccleshall Road and Eccleshall and murders which put them off the suburbs.
;)

Oh the hilarity. Learn to spell though - its "Ecclesall".

Sorry love, that is us outsiders, we always get it wrong

Hey, that couple also have access to the internet, it's funny to read what people say about you!!!!

The flat is actually really quite as it is at the back of the building, and we're really chuffed with it. You are right that we have run out of money as the house in Darlington sale fell through. :mad:

The place out in Ranmoor was really nice but it was over our budget, at £287k it was over priced for what it was.

Paul & Panjarat

see........I TOLD you!

giggle giggle giggle

Originally posted by mrpg
Hey, that couple also have access to the internet, it's funny to read what people say about you!!!!

The flat is actually really quite as it is at the back of the building, and we're really chuffed with it. You are right that we have run out of money as the house in Darlington sale fell through. :mad:

The place out in Ranmoor was really nice but it was over our budget, at £287k it was over priced for what it was.

Paul & Panjarat

What about the house at Crosspool? I would've chosen that myself, but each to their own. How are you enjoying Sheffield then?

Originally posted by mrpg
Hey, that couple also have access to the internet, it's funny to read what people say about you!!!!

The flat is actually really quite as it is at the back of the building, and we're really chuffed with it. You are right that we have run out of money as the house in Darlington sale fell through. :mad:

The place out in Ranmoor was really nice but it was over our budget, at £287k it was over priced for what it was.

Paul & Panjarat
Hey hey, welcome. How did you find us in this place of tranquil bliss?

We have our own celebrity house hunters now.:P

Whats the sound like in the apartment, I heard (and read) that the apartments weren't insulated (sound proofed) properley and that you get a lot of noise from the neighbours (unless you live on the top floor of course.

Sorry I didn't see the programme so I don't know if you bought the penthouse or not.
It's just what I heard the noise travells through those places.

Either way the development itself (area) is very nice and my friends work on the door of the New Revolution bar downstairs.

If you're happy with it, then it's all good!

Changed thread title from "tonight" to 14th Jan '04". If you object Dug, as it's your thread, I can change it back.

The house was our second choice, I liked it but Panjarat wasn't too keen, downstairs was good but it was five bedrooms, so we'd be paying for space we didn't need as there are only two of us.

We're on the top floor of this one so no problem with noise, except for the pub cellar but they're supposed to be sound proofing that soon.

We've only been here just over a month, so it's early days, but so far we're really pleased. I'd like some furniture, but we're going to have to wait a while.

Did you notice all the properties in Gateshead were over the budget we gave them, I wasn't impressed with that!

Anyone want to buy a house in Darlington?????

I'll buy it.... owt for a bargain £10k tops!

Sorry to hear the sale of the house in Darlington fell through :(

You know I was so shocked when they explained that you commuted from Darlington to Derby everyday and thats why you you were relocating to Sheffield :o I certainly couldn't spend so long commuting everday.

Hope you are enjoying Sheffield!

Skatie

At this rate it will be going for a bargain, three mortgages isn't fun!

Just out of curiosity, do C4 pay any expenses or a fee for using your story? Do they assist in anyway with the actual relocation?

Sorry if these seem intrusive, but it's not often we get celebrities on here.

I can quite well imagine 3 mortagage's isn't nice. I struggle paying half of one (partner pays other half)

Have you thought about renting it out at all? I wouldn't have thought such a nice house would have been been hard to sell.

But then I presume, first time buyers are going to be non-existent at that price range, so you have to go through the hassle of a chain and waiting for the purchaser to sell their place first.

Out of interest the program never said, if the apartment/flat was leasehold or if you had actually bought the property freehold.

Skatie

I bet 3 mortgages isn't fun. I've only got one mortgage and that's not fun either. And that mortgage doesn't even reach £100k. I dread to think what the mortgage costs are for the Westone apartments.

Good luck with the sale.

Remember if you need £10k I'll gladly buy the darlington house from ya!:thumbsup:

Originally posted by max
Sorry if these seem intrusive, but it's not often we get celebrities on here.

Celebrities, :) Sorry that made me laugh. Can I be a celebrity for being on the news for 3 mins once? :D

Skatie

Originally posted by Skatiechik
Celebrities, :) Sorry that made me laugh. Can I be a celebrity for being on the news for 3 mins once? :D

Skatie
And me for being interviewed by BBC Radio Sheffield:D

Yeah, we've gone down that route also, the Darlington house is up for sale or rent, although sale would be preferred.

It has sold before but the people pulled out due to financial reasons.

THis place if leasehold.

Psst, DaBouncer and Skatiechick (don't read this mrpg), if you appeal to people's vanity they may divulge more than they should. Two names will prove my point: Victoria Beckham and Jordan. You've got to admit that we know far more about them than we really want.:)

All new flats are leasehold. Theoretically it saves the aggravation of individuals doing different things to their pad, and leaving the common areas to go to rack and ruin.

Take a look at Regent Court in Hillsborough - fab building with 101 different colours, doors and windows and broken down common areas.

I would be interested to know what your service charge is and whether you have a tenant’s management co or it’s done by an agent.

Originally posted by max
Just out of curiosity, do C4 pay any expenses or a fee for using your story? Do they assist in anyway with the actual relocation?
I'd be interested to know this too as I was thinking of applying for the "First Time Buyers" special of "Location, Location, Location" (but the missus wasn't too keen and I think I would've bottled it in the end)!

Welcome to Sheffield Paul and Panjarat,
you certainly made the right choice of city, even if I didn't agree with your choice of home.

It must have been quite good fun making the show, when was it filmed and how long did it take? Are the presenter really into property, or are they just reading scripts.

When's the forum house warming? or Table Tennis party? ;)

Hope the sale of the Darlington place goes through quick?

Do you think they will do a follow up, like some of the other property programmes?

Originally posted by mrpg
The house was our second choice, I liked it but Panjarat wasn't too keen, downstairs was good but it was five bedrooms, so we'd be paying for space we didn't need as there are only two of us.

We're on the top floor of this one so no problem with noise, except for the pub cellar but they're supposed to be sound proofing that soon.

We've only been here just over a month, so it's early days, but so far we're really pleased. I'd like some furniture, but we're going to have to wait a while.

Did you notice all the properties in Gateshead were over the budget we gave them, I wasn't impressed with that!

Anyone want to buy a house in Darlington?????

Welcome! Must be strange for you to read our comments! I am biased because I love big old houses, nothing against your flat as I think it has a lot of potential once you decorate etc, but I prefer suburbs myself. I guess it's really handy living there though, everything on your doorstep.
As for me and others saying about your flat being really empty etc, well I take it all back, if you've only been there just over month or so and haven't sold your Darlington place, that is understandable. Hey, I've been living in my house for over one and half years now, and am only just getting round to decorating it!! Plus I've been sleeping on a mattress on the floor because I had to throw away the base as I couldn't get it up the stairs! Still haven't bought a new bed yet!!!! These things take time, good luck :)

Thanks for the positive comments, that's really nice.

It is a bit weird, but OK, loads of people disagree with our choice, and I can see why, there are down sides to this place, but generally we're really pleased. Doing the programme was OK, interesting to see how they put it together, and the final result as the first time we saw it was Wed night. I really only did it, as I didn't have a clue where to look in Sheffield and they did all the hard work for me. We started in Sept 03, and did the last sum up in Dec, probably about 9 days filming in all. The only benefits you get are the fact they do all the searching, which is all I was after reallly.

You do of course realise

:evil: we know where you live ha ha ha :loopy:

:)

That's it foxxx scare the poor couple! First day on here and they have there very own stalker:P

Just kidding Paul Foxxx is harmless I assure you!

Paul, just out of interest, how did you come across Sheffield Forum?

Originally posted by Mo
Paul, just out of interest, how did you come across Sheffield Forum?
Side Ways :twisted: