Moving Issues

[kingandy]

So 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. 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.

Comments

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[ghostbritain.livejournal.com]

£400pcm is getting on the steep side for a house in Bolton.
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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[kingandy]

Manchester from Levenshulme is five minutes on the train, making Bolton substantially further away. Otherwise, all good points.

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[ghostbritain.livejournal.com]

You are, of course, missing the frequency of Manc-Lev trains, that they are often cancelled, delayed or mis advertised, that because Levenshulme is a crappy small station they often ignore it and that i don't like people poking holes in my arguments, even if they did agree with me on the whole...

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[myki.livejournal.com]

We pay 300pcm but that's really unusual. I think 400pcm would get you somewhere quite nice.