O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Wed May 20, 2015 5:17 pm  

Me and my yuppie partner are looking for a place of our own within a couple of miles of town. What is it like living in either Weaste, Seedley or Langworthy these days? I know it's somewhat different to the days of high crime and poverty, but how different? Good bits, bad bits (no rugby ground down the road)?

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Wed May 20, 2015 5:38 pm  

Are you buying or renting? I live opposite Ladywell tram stop in the Canterbury Gardens flats and it's ok there tbh. Pretty quiet and never have any trouble. It's my mates flat but it's a 3 bed and it's a good size. 50 yards to the tram stop and 400 yards to the nearest Wetherspoons! Morrison's and Aldi both within 5 minute walk and a new Sainsburys local if you're a bit of a p0nce! I don't tend to venture to Weaste, Seedley or Langworthy much these days since we left The Willows but there are worse areas in Salford to live IMO! There are a few new apartment blocks dotted along Eccles New Road if you like to live in a box but if you like space it wouldn't hurt you to look at the older blocks.

What are your requirements? Buy or rent? No of bedrooms? Local amenities etc?

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Wed May 20, 2015 5:42 pm  

Oh and really good public transport links to town & the Trafford Centre..... buses, trams and train. Easy access to The Quays and 15 minute walk down into Monton (posh bars) or plenty of Holts' pubs in Eccles if you like drinking with old codgers!

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Wed May 20, 2015 5:50 pm  

SaleSlim wrote:

Oh and really good public transport links to town & the Trafford Centre..... buses, trams and train. Easy access to The Quays and 15 minute walk down into Monton (posh bars) or plenty of Holts' pubs in Eccles if you like drinking with old codgers!

15 minutes? Christ, Gebrselassie couldn’t run there that quick!

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Wed May 20, 2015 5:56 pm  

Chico wrote:

15 minutes? Christ, Gebrselassie couldn’t run there that quick!

Ok maybe 20... with a following wind!

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Wed May 20, 2015 6:12 pm  

You could do worse than look at Monton/Ellesmere Park, as said above lots of nice new bars (and a few more in the offing), cracking restaurants, the odd coffee shop, mini Tesco and a nice deli or two. Bit of a smaller version of Chorlton and not a massive schlep to get a tram into town.

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Wed May 20, 2015 7:04 pm  

SaleSlim - Above an beyond there bud. We're looking at buying (with a view to selling it on for the same value when we emigrate to Aus' in approx' 18 months) a 1 or 2 bedroom flat with somewhere to park a car and needs to accommodate my beloved road bike. Our budget is about £85k. We're not particularly fussed about space as I don't like hoovering. We did spot a small flat in the old Weaste bus station but it was taken off the market.

MR - Thanks for that. Yeah, we had a quick look at Monton/Ellesmere but thought it'd be too expensive for us. I don't suppose you know differently?

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Thu May 21, 2015 8:06 am  

If you’re looking at selling in 18 months why not just rent rather than go through the expense of solicitors fees when buying and selling as well as estate agent fees? It will definitely cost you more.

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Thu May 21, 2015 8:48 am  

Red Preacher wrote:

MR - Thanks for that. Yeah, we had a quick look at Monton/Ellesmere but thought it'd be too expensive for us. I don't suppose you know differently?

Don't know much about buying but I do know you can rent some really nice places, I have a fair sized apartment right in the middle of Worsley for £500pcm and you can get similar ones in Monton/Ellesmere Park for the same sort of money. A friend lived in Dukes Court (off Wellington Rd) and that was the same sort of money, quite big and you can walk to the train and tram station within 10 minutes.

Re: O/T Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy : Thu May 21, 2015 10:27 am  

JGR - Good suggestion. However, as we have a decent amount to put into purchasing a property, the monthly mortgage bill will be approximately 25% less than renting. We also estimate a slight increase in value of the property over the next 18 months due to the increasing popularity of the area. It's a risk but a calculated one. We could also rent out the property (below the going rate as we're not brazen capitalists) when we emigrate. Indeed, when we emigrate we'll be renting (tbh, £85k is worth nothing when buying in Sydney).

MR - I'm surprised at that. I estimated approx £750 pcm around there. However, £500 pcm is still more than we'd be paying for a mortgage.