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The owner has for many years refused to let anyone do anything with it. However, someone who knows him mentioned on a Facebook community group (Only in Meersbrook or one of those) that he was willing to consider someone taking it on. Perhaps post on one of those and ask if anyone has his contact details. It does look a mess and has a negative effect on the number of new independent businesses which have opened around there in the past few years.

Shouldn't you be down Greggs ranting about small boats? Or sinking your third pint of warm Brexit bitter down Spoons with your gammony mates?

It's got worse since Brexit. The people who voted leave have become fatter, smellier and noisily proud of the fact. The country really is going to the dogs and there is a real poverty of aspiration among leavers. It's no wonder Lanzarote has said fat Brexity types are not welcome, stomping around gobbling sausage rolls with brown sauce smeared on their faces with their enormous hairy bellies hanging out (and that's just the women). The decent and reasonable among us need to start standing up for what is right and make the change happen. Let's rejoin the single market and customs union and allow mutual free movement as an absolute minimum and show the smelly leavers that having no education and a determination to ruin our children's futures is not someting to be proud of.

Well Norfolk Park has always been a bit mixed and never fully to avoid, even though parts of it were dodgy. It has some great positives: right next to the city centre, near the train station and next to a huge park. Some of the roads around the park such as Norfolk Road have incredibly grand, well-maintained Victorian villas which have always been very desirable. Then the closer you get to City Road the more "rough" it becomes, and quite quickly, up towards the Manor. But in a general sense, the "rougher" parts have improved.

I guess it depends how much you want to have access to the tram network. The areas which are considered the "nicest" in Sheffield aren't on the tram network. If you think of Sheffield as a clock face, the most "desirable" areas are everything from 6 to 10 o'clock - start at Meersbrook and stop at Walkley. Walkley is the closest to the tram network, but also probably the least "desirable" of the "desirable" parts of the city. Obviously, this is all subjective opinion. There are some other "nice" places but they tend to be dotted around, more surrounded by less desirable places.

With surveys showing only 32% now think Brexit was a good idea, how do people think Sheffield is benefiting from the benefits delivered by Brexit?

That's terrible to hear. Since the Brexit mentality took over it's been a race to the bottom in this country. It's no wonder the rest of the world looks on and laughs at us.

To be honest, that sounds like an incredibly good investment given what's happened to house prices in this country since the 80s. The would obviously have earned more renting it out but they will have still made a mint.

That's an excellent and - I would guess - quite unusual level of return on your investments? You certainly couldn't expect to see that. Don't they say 4% as a safe income?

If invested wisely, you could draw down 3% of the total each year without affecting the initial amount - some would say 4% but I'm trying to be realistic. So you could take an income of £30,000 a year while maintaining the million pounds (and, if lucky, it could grow). So a 20 year-old might struggle as they would have to consider rent/working towards buying a home and any associated mortgage. Someone who has all their ducks in a row (small/no mortgage and all the possessions they could want) could make it work if they lived sensibly.

I'd say your best bet from that seletion is Heeley around Tillotson Rise. Very near the nicer parts of town, easy access to the city centre and close to nice bars/restaurants/shops.

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Hi there, do you know if the owner is still planning to sell the building? I know lots of people are looking for spaces to open round there

The impact on prices in buy-to-let student areas will be very big, which is why prices in Crookes/Walkley etc. are stagnating or dropping. That isn't the case in Meersbrook though, which isn't a student area.

Not sure about Hunters Bar but previously student-heavy Crookes has seen house prices drop over the past few years, against the trend for Sheffield as a whole.

I imagine any beauty salon would be suitable. Has your friend had difficulty finding one?

Blimey. Where are you? Will keep an eye out.

It sounds like you want to be looking in the south-west of the city (depending on where work would be) which is well-known for its schools, good housing, relative safety and a mix of good parks etc. Be aware that all postcodes have better and worse parts, but think of Sheffield as a clock face and you won't go too far wrong with the section between 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock. S7: Nether Edge, Millhouses S8: Meersbrook, Beauchief/Abbey Lane, Norton S10: Crookes, Crosspool, Nether Green, Endcliffe, Fulwood, Ranmoor S11: Banner Cross, Ecclesall, Whirlow, Greystones, Sharrow Vale S17: Dore, Totley, Bradway

I was going to suggest S2 as an option for that budget in a decentish area - perhaps around Norfolk Park but that might be pushing it. If not, perhaps further out at Handsworth.

It's not the same everywhere. It's a council estate. Owner-occupied areas don't have those problems.

What's your budget and what kind of house are you looking for?

This sums it up to be honest. If you want to live amongst middle-class professionals (ducks to avoid thrown bricks) you're looking at most, if not all, of S10, S11, S17, parts of S8 (Meersbrook, Beauchief) and S7 (Millhouses, most of Nether Edge).

I agree with the idea behind what you say, but I think looking at Sheffield as a clock face from 6 to 10 o'clock would be a better guide for the middle class areas.

Where is this house? Some areas of Sheffield are going for a fair whack over asking price these days.