Pitsmoor, Burngreave and Firthpark housing boom

[t020 11]

Originally posted by hiyabeing

House near me in Firth Park went up at 75k which I swore was OTT and nobody would pay - has now gone for 85k. Extortionate and ridiculous - we'll have posh people moving in if it carries on like that!

 

Wow a whole £85k!! Thats expensive........ so long as you go back in time about 10 years +.

[neeeeeeeeeek 10]

please tell me more of this free internet connection of which you speak.....

[Abdul 10]

Originally posted by t020

Wow a whole £85k!! Thats expensive...

 

Given those houses were going for less than £20k a year ago, I can see Hiyabeing's point

[qazitory 10]

Originally posted by Abdul

Given those houses were going for less than £20k a year ago, I can see Hiyabeing's point

 

No, the ones on Burngreave Road have always been more than 20k. Its Fir Vale ur thinking of.

 

I go to Hallam Uni, and I know more people that have been mugged around Ecclesall Road than Burngreave and Pitsmoor.

 

Muggings and robberies are probably more likely to happen around student areas as they have more expensive items!!

[Littlechick 10]

I haven't reviewed this site for a few months, but it's interesting to see that a post I started in June 2003 is still going.

 

For info I purchased a house on Firth Park Crescent in April 03 for £44k, spent £14k on a refurb and sold in Sept 03 for £85k. I'm happy with the return for 6 months work!

 

I'm continuing to purchase properties in the area and it will be interesting to see if my prediction of a continued boom is proved to be correct over the next couple of years!

[t020 11]

Originally posted by qazitory

No, the ones on Burngreave Road have always been more than 20k. Its Fir Vale ur thinking of.

 

I go to Hallam Uni, and I know more people that have been mugged around Ecclesall Road than Burngreave and Pitsmoor.

 

Muggings and robberies are probably more likely to happen around student areas as they have more expensive items!!

 

But who'd want to live in a student area anyway?

[neeeeeeeeeek 10]

hey t020, what is it with you??? no friends??? every post you make is negative in one way or another...

Interesting thread apart from your usual pointless coments!

[craigpugh 10]

I've lived in fir vale for 4 years and have found it to be very nice. There are some very good local shops so groceries, newsagents etc are close to hand. The chip shop is great, there are lots of takeaways and the shopping areas are usually busy so it feels safer to be around than if it went dead.

 

There are loads of community projects running in the area- community forums and neighborhood groups, the sheffield companions club for bar/ pub type social stuff, a youth centre, the school is very good and getting better, there is a sheffield colleeg site and just up barnsley road the brand new Longley [park 6th form college. There are adult education courses and evening classes, including english classes for people needing to improve their english skills. It is really easy to get to meadowhall, and close to the M1 for those trips out of sheffield. The busses into town are very very regular. We're right next to the hospital which was handy when my partner got bitten by our dog and we ahd to get to A+E!

 

The community is very mixed, with white, asian and african/carribean people all living in harmony- especially compared to som other areas where there can soemtimes be antagonism- we don't seem to get that here in fir vale.

 

There are green spaces to enjoy- crabtree ponds and roe woods, Osgathorpe Park, and other palying fields dotted around.

 

There are two mosques and two churches, both of which have various activities and opportunities to socialise. There are also social activities run from the northern general. Just up the road between fir vale and firth park is the clocktower and the old firth park library, both of which house various community projects and ativities.

 

We're also a short ride away from Concord leisure centre which has gentle exercise classes for older people.

 

We have 2 highly regarded GP surgeries and 2 or three pharmacies.

 

Overall, the council and the various service agencies- police, health, highways etc really seem to be committed to listening to what resdietns say and making improvements. Houses are being done up, roads re-surfaced, parks getting makeovers, the first community festival was this summer and had 4,000 people through the gate.

 

So I think it's o.k.

[neeeeeeeeeek 10]

Come on, Osborn House requires serious structural repairs, basically rebuilding from scratch, that is why it was £100k

[Honeybun 10]

I used to live on Osgathorpe Road and now live out of town. I travel through quite frequently though, still have family nearby. It's so different from when I remember it, there was the potato bake at Fir Vale and loads of shops there including the post office. It seems to be more ethnic now to me as I drive through. Would love to go and have a nosey in some of the boutiques though!

[auctionman 10]

Let's be honest, there're about the worst areas in Sheffield, and you buy there if you're skint.

i feel iv got to defend pitsmoor etc i moved there in 1998 when i split from my wife ,i lived on spital lane right in the middle of pitsmoor. i was there for five happy years until i moved back to rotherham.i can say with all honesty ivery rarely saw any trouble down there and the pubs were freindly,and i am not what you'ld call the shy type,the only trouble that i found there was not among the residents be they white or black,but with the drug dealers who surfaced in certain areas and you'll probably know who they were,i can honestly say even though im rotherham born and bred,if i could get the same maisonette i would move back tomorrow.Iwent into pitsmoor with the same impression as all the others who have not been there,i was told that,for whites especially ,it was a no go area after dark,rubbish i went into evry pub around there,even the infamous"donkeymans" i never felt threatened and when the locals,black and white,saw you even though i was a stranger,i was made to feel welcome and they put themselves out to get to know you.

Its posts like iv read on here ,comparing it to the gaza strip etc ,that causes tension in these areas,the general population of pitsmoor want nothing else but to live their lives in peace and harmony and as i say,like anywhere else it is the minority,who to be truthful,you hear about bur very rarely see,that gives this place a bad name.So please before you judge the place pay a visit and i bet ,be it day or night,you will be spoken to and greeted by more people than you can imagine,i know i would sooner live there than a lot of other places in sheffield

[wickerman 10]

It will only be a bit of time until Pitsmoor becomes a desirable area. It was once very attractive, the postings on that are right. Some areas have been gentriefied for a while, look at Abbeyfield Road towards Osgathorpe or Norwood Road and Crabtee. Burngreave is bound to follow soon. It has all the features up and coming people want: It is central, it has old housing, it has goodish transport links. The one that is still missing is infrastructure. Where do Pitsmoor people go to do their shopping? Town. Pitsmoor has no supermarket, not even an Aldi or Kwiksave. They will come when the companies see there are people with money in the area.

As someone from the area who lives abroad and comes back only at Christmas, the difference between now and five years ago is amazing on Burngreave Road.

But, alas, Spital Hill seems to get worse....

 

Pitsmoor had almost nowhere to get anything in the late 60's either. My GrandMother used to brave the main road to get to that funny little postoffice that was sort of perched up on a bit of high ground across from the park. My Grandad used to bus it down to the market in town. What happened to the Catholic boys college on Scott Road, was it De La Salle or something like that. I remember the motorbike dealers at the bottom of Spital Hill in 1970 trying to sell Triumphs and BSA's that nobody wanted.