I am looking to buy a house in eiher sheffield or derby, does anyone know if there is a website to share views about moving to derby/derbyshire

Sheffield owns Derby and Derbyshire.

Moon Maiden

What do other people think of Derby? Can anyone recommend areas in derby to live also?

Derbyshire is just a nice suburb of Sheffield :D

Lynsey

This site just goes to show how nice and friendly people are in Sheffield, hope that makes up your mind.

yes, you do have a point there. I guess derby seemed a smaller area to look through when you dont know where to start

Everyone I know from Derby hates Derby.
Everyone I know from Sheffield loves Sheffield.

(And I do know ppl from Derby... well, Ripley and Swanwick to be more precise... so maybe that's why they hate it :lol:!)

I used to live in Bolton and Sheffield's much friendlier IMHO.

thanks, can you suggest any areas to buy a 3 bed family home (70 - 90k) fairly near amenities but away from dodgy areas? What do you think about hillsbourgh and woodseats. I hpoing to come and look at some areas at the weekend and am really grilling everyone for advise

Both areas are very good look around them both if you can, property is reasonably priced and both areas are well sought after.

thanks, Do you know the areas well? I wouldn't mind advice on certain rds e.t.c

Living at Woodseats I can honestly say I know of no roads to avoid, Chesterfield Road is the main road so is very busy at times, it is the main bus route to the city centre and is where the shops, pubs, junior school, police station is etc...

woodseats is definitely sounding good, thanks very much. Can anone tell me abit about the area? Whats there, shops amenities, parks e.t.c and what is close by, what they like about the area e.t.c

Woodseats is situated South East of the city centre, surrounded by the more affluent areas of Norton, Greenhill, Beauchief and Millhouses, Close to parks, Graves, Meersbrook and Millhouses and has all the shops, supermarkets and amenities you can think of.

Woodseats has

Tesco, Farm foods,Netto, Iceland, safeway and other smaller food shops
Loads of smaller independant shops
Loads of resturants and takeaways, inclucing indians, fish and chips, chinese,Dominos pizza and KFC
Loads of pubs and including a Weatherspoons selling cheap beer
Library
Huge park - Graves Park with kids playground at this end
DIY Store - Homebase nearby
Main Bus routes into town
Cemetary and Crematorium nearby
Golf Couse nearby
Millhouses Park nearby
Good schools nearby Primary and Secondary
Swimming baths - Graves leisure centre nearby

plus loads more, what more could you want
pet shops
charity shops
cafes
veg shops
clothes shops
lingerie shops
craft shops
toy shops
estate agents - reed rains and others
Mobile phone shops
computer shops

the list goes on
Butchers
Electrical and TV store
Banks
Cash points
Furniture store nearby
Jewellers
Clock repairer
Stationary shop
Bowling Green at the back of a pub????

I'm Done now, its got everything

Oh I forgot to mention Fishmongers

In a nutshell mikey, well done !

You forgot the cuddly toy and the fondue set...... :wink:

Thanks everyone
I did phone up the agents about a couple of property in woodseats but there were major parking problems with those roads, especially chesterfield road so I will keep looking

Does anyone like aston?

Aston's good, but its again about 12 miles out of the city, and I think it comes under Rotherham Council. Lots of new housing going up there.

Depends where you want to be near, where you or partner are working