Moving Issues
Feb. 6th, 2004 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kingandySo we're into February, and before too long we may have to look into locating a new place to rent. (I'm shelving the idea of buying a house for now, at least until I have a good few thousand pounds behind me for deposit, fees, furniture, walrus tax, and whatever else the Fates throw at me.) I'm pretty sure we'll have to move this Summer; last year the landlady only let us stay because we left it until a week before the end of the contract to ring her and ask about renewing, and she didn't want to throw us out on our ears (or something). Maybe she'd be happy to have us stay on if we gave her fair warning (so didn't book decorators in) - it would save her paying an estate agent, after all. On the other hand, she may want to get new tenants in so she can put the rent up or something. I don't know. I'm not mad keen on staying anyway - it's kind of out of the way, and the neighbours are evil.
That, of course, leaves the question of where to move to. My vote goes to Bolton, since I spend so much time driving back and forth from there already, and there's not a great deal in Manchester that can't be found there - and Manchester is within easy reach, and I am given to understand that the housing prices are much lower.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bacony, on the other hand, may well be working in Manchester by Summertime, and while Manchester is accessible for an evening out it is less attractive for the daily commute. Given that she'll be making that commute more than I visit people in Bolton, that seems to be a fairly hefty factor.
Oh well. We have time yet before we have to really start looking, and we don't even know for sure where she'll find work ... I seem to recall there's a good lot of solicitors in Stockport, for example, and I'm not moving there. In the mean time, if anyone knows of any Legal Cashier jobs going in Bolton, give us a shout.
That, of course, leaves the question of where to move to. My vote goes to Bolton, since I spend so much time driving back and forth from there already, and there's not a great deal in Manchester that can't be found there - and Manchester is within easy reach, and I am given to understand that the housing prices are much lower.
bacony, on the other hand, may well be working in Manchester by Summertime, and while Manchester is accessible for an evening out it is less attractive for the daily commute. Given that she'll be making that commute more than I visit people in Bolton, that seems to be a fairly hefty factor.Oh well. We have time yet before we have to really start looking, and we don't even know for sure where she'll find work ... I seem to recall there's a good lot of solicitors in Stockport, for example, and I'm not moving there. In the mean time, if anyone knows of any Legal Cashier jobs going in Bolton, give us a shout.
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Why not near us?
Date: 2004-02-06 06:49 am (UTC)Re: Why not near us?
Date: 2004-02-06 06:55 am (UTC)Re: Why not near us?
Date: 2004-02-06 06:58 am (UTC)Join us, Andy... Join us...
Join us...
Date: 2004-02-06 07:00 am (UTC)Re: Join us...
Date: 2004-02-06 07:03 am (UTC)Andy moves to Bolton, we kill him, then feed him cake. Right?
Date: 2004-02-06 07:22 am (UTC)I could of course be getting the wrong end of the stick.
Re: Andy moves to Bolton, we kill him, then feed him cake. Right?
Date: 2004-02-06 07:27 am (UTC)We need a 3rd kind of cop, otherwise Jo doesn't have anything to do...
Re: Andy moves to Bolton, we kill him, then feed him cake. Right?
Date: 2004-02-06 07:46 am (UTC)Neither partcularly inticing.
Re: Andy moves to Bolton, we kill him, then feed him cake. Right?
Date: 2004-02-06 07:51 am (UTC)Re: Andy moves to Bolton, we kill him, then feed him cake. Right?
Date: 2004-02-06 08:23 am (UTC)Re: Andy moves to Bolton, we kill him, then feed him cake. Right?
Date: 2004-02-06 08:33 am (UTC)Re: Andy moves to Bolton, we kill him, then feed him cake. Right?
Date: 2004-02-06 10:56 am (UTC)"LISTEN SLEEZEBAGS! IF I HEAR YOU WITHIN 20 MILES OF THIS CASE THEN IT'LL BE YOUR BADGES - NOT GET OUT MY MY OFFICE!!!!"
That would be lovely
Re: Why not near us?
Date: 2004-02-06 07:11 am (UTC)Re: Why not near us?
Date: 2004-02-06 07:17 am (UTC)Would probably add 10 or 15 mins to your commute compared to going from Bolton
no subject
Date: 2004-02-06 07:20 am (UTC)Re:
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Date: 2004-02-06 09:39 am (UTC)Ask Rich & Al how much they pay. They live in a mice area with good bus access to the train station.
Bolton is only 15-25 minutes away from Manchester on a train, which is only slightly longer a travel time than manchester from Levenshulme.
As long as Bacon was looking for a job in centrl manchester, her commute would be infinitely better than the current 2.5 hours she does.
Whilst i am obviously a little biased towards you getting a house in the Bolton vicinity, go where you like.
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Date: 2004-02-07 09:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-07 07:11 am (UTC)What about bury way, its on the metro and has most things,plus there are tons of jobs.
Although stockport may decieve to think there are loads of sols that because most are visible off stockport road and a few like davies and co are shit companys to work for.Plus stockport towns a hole, i know i live near there, but then there are at least 4 on the chorley new road alone here so i imagine there are plenty of vacancys in bolton and the bury ish area.
live in bolton!
Date: 2004-02-09 05:28 am (UTC)Our house is £430pcm and our landlady has other houses in the area and is quite good at getting stuff fixed and happy to leave us alone as well.
If you want her phone no ring rich tonight on his mobile as the house phone's broken and he can pass it on to you.
MOVE TO BOLTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 2004-02-09 06:10 am (UTC)It's not a shit hole.
We love you - move here!
As Nook and Al have both said, the commute from Bolton to Manchester is easy. I did it for well over a year; Paul did it for 3 years. The trains are every 15 mins (or more) during the peak hours and you can reach Bolton from any of the Manchester stations. Bolton station also goes to many other locations; far more than a small local station such as Levenshulme. Katy's current commute is not to Bolton itself but outside of Bolton. In any case, I'll lookout for Legal Cashier's jobs in Bolton (ok, I'll probably forget...).
Move to Bolton. Go on. Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on!!!