aussieowl87 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Hi all, As my username suggests, yes I'm currently living in Australia - and yes I'm a Sheffield Wednesday fan. However - wife, bub and I are planning on moving to the UK in early July next year and Derby is somewhere we're considering moving to... I'm a regular poster over on a Wednesday forum as well, so yes I'm fully prepared for any sarcastic responses that come my way, but any real advice would be greatly appreciated. Happy to be as far as 5 or so miles out of town so long as there's a manageable transport link into town...wondering how the city centre goes in terms of restaurants etc... Obviously the primary concern is finding a "nice" place to live. Looking at a rental budget for a 2 bed place initially of around 600pcm, then a buying budget of between 140-180k for 3 [poss. 4 but I'm trying to tell the wife she's dreaming] bed place. As an aside, I'm almost as blond as Will Hughes, so the lad's endeared himself to me from the second I saw him. Albinos have to stick together... Cheers in advance, Aussie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 What's wrong with Sheffield? Only joking Derby is a nice city imo and I don't actually live there. Its been done up sympathetically compared with Nottingham or Leicester .Shopping is better in Notts according to my missus ,but going out at night Derby has a better feel about it than other Cities . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieowl87 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 What's wrong with Sheffield? Only joking Derby is a nice city imo and I don't actually live there. Its been done up sympathetically compared with Nottingham or Leicester .Shopping is better in Notts according to my missus ,but going out at night Derby has a better feel about it than other Cities . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 600pcm will get you a decent 3 bed house, Littleover would be ideal.... 140-180k would get you a decent house too, plenty of house for your money in these parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLACML Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Where else are you considering moving to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Chellaston.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Allestree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Normanton is nice this time of year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Some right bargains in Normanton, if I was a property developer I'd sort Hartington St. out. Criminal what's been allowed to happen up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Honestly, I can't "sell" Derby to anyone who isn't from here. It's just a great place to be and nowhere else feels the same. You'll either love it here or you'll hate it. Personally one of my favourite things about Derby is that it is not a huge metropolis type city like a London or a Manchester or Birmingham- we're nowhere near as big as those soulless concrete jungles. But then we're not exactly in the middle of nowhere and there is so much going on here. And Derby folk are lovely people and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I think it still has a local town feel, just stretched and developed into the size of a city. And we seem to still be a growing city so new developments and new things come here all the time. But mainly, I can't put my finger on what makes it great here. You'll just have to see it for yourself. And I hope you do come and see it for yourself because it's the best city in the world Where else are you considering moving to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Derby is the poor relation of the East Midlands avoid it if you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Try Quorndon if you want a house on a tight budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Are you looking for a part of Derby close to the M1 or A38 to go to Sheffield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Sageisback ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 If you have to stay somewhere for any amount of time while looking,avoid the Stuart Hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 One of the best things about derby is you're never far from anywhere else, good train connections, much friendlier than other local cities (I should know, living in Nottingham), good social scene, highest wages outside of London, affordable house prices, and beautiful countryside within a 10 min drive. Still wouldn't leave aus for it though, even if every single bit of nature there can kill you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Must have got a pardon if he's coming back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieowl87 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Must have got a pardon if he's coming back? Haha I'm from Sheffield originally. Noone would be a Wednesdayite by choice... We've considered Sheffield, Bristol, Manchester. Bristol too far south. Manchester too big. Sheffield...well...might as well make it a fresh start altogether. That and as mentioned, even relative to Derby's house prices it's expensive in parts. Don't need to be on the M1 side of Derby. Will only be making that trip once a fortnight From what little I've looked into it - Mickleover, Littleover, Allestree seem OK. And to add to comments from a few of you, the "sympathetic" redevelopment of the City Centre is what's giving it the edge over Sheffield too. Restaurants and shopping are high on wife's list. I'm good so long as there's countryside within reach. Primary schools I can research as we go... Why swap Sydney for Derby? Or anywhere in the UK for that matter? Because I'm an hour from what you all consider "Sydney" - between here and there is an hour's worth of suburbia. 45 minutes the other way and you're still in suburbia. Think London, but with heat and deadly animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Sounds like Nottingham to be fair, just swap deadly animals for guns and drug runners. Get your ass over here quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieowl87 Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Sounds like Nottingham to be fair, just swap deadly animals for guns and drug runners. Get your ass over here quick! Sounds like a fair swap... Nottingham can send all the guns and drug runners to Australia, Australia can send all their deadly animals to Nottingham, then I'll move to Derby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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