Buying a Home in Stoke , Newcastle or Stafford

[The man from Utch]

Thinking about buying a home for my lad and his girlfriend , i am looking to spend no more than 80,000 , where i am going to get the best bang for buck ? , what areas of theses 3 places should i avoid ? . My choice would be Stafford.

Thanks in advance.

[iilforddave]

most bang for buck would be in stoke, best bet would be castle, and can you buy anything bigger than a shoe box in stafford for £80K ?

[Northy]

there you go, take your pick.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?searchType=SALE&locationIdentifier=REGION%5E1271&insId=1&radius=10.0&displayPropertyType=&minBedrooms=2&maxBedrooms=&minPrice=50000&maxPrice=80000&retirement=false&partBuyPartRent=&maxDaysSinceAdded=&_includeSSTC=on&sortByPriceDescending=&primaryDisplayPropertyType=&secondaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldDisplayPropertyType=&oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType=&newHome=&auction=false&x=35&y=8

[pejic]

NS,
Am i reading that advert at the top right,surely there must be a error or it's years out of date.The house in the middle,£60,000 in Cheddleton?If correct that is bargain of the century!!!

[mumf14]

I'D WANT MORE than 60,000 to live in Cheddleton.

Comberbach is bad enough ...but Cheddleton ..nahhhh.

[Northy]

Nov 27, 2009 7:59:03 GMT @pejic said:

NS,
Am i reading that advert at the top right,surely there must be a error or it's years out of date.The house in the middle,£60,000 in Cheddleton?If correct that is bargain of the century!!!

It is current as far as I know.

Mumf,

Cbach isn't so bad

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?searchType=SALE&locationIdentifier=REGION%5E6916&insId=1&radius=0.5&displayPropertyType=houses&minBedrooms=&maxBedrooms=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&retirement=&partBuyPartRent=&maxDaysSinceAdded=&_includeSSTC=on&sortByPriceDescending=&primaryDisplayPropertyType=&secondaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldDisplayPropertyType=&oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType=&newHome=&auction=false&x=47&y=12

[mumf14]

Northwich....I've bought 2 already this year, I can't afford anymore.

The bottom one looks quite cheap...good value even.There might be scousers living next door tho'.....

[lew86]

Fook me, can you buy me one with the spare change?

[scfcrmagic]

Nov 27, 2009 9:33:10 GMT Northy said:

Nov 27, 2009 7:59:03 GMT @pejic said:

NS,
Am i reading that advert at the top right,surely there must be a error or it's years out of date.The house in the middle,£60,000 in Cheddleton?If correct that is bargain of the century!!!

It is current as far as I know.

Mumf,

Cbach isn't so bad

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?searchType=SALE&locationIdentifier=REGION%5E6916&insId=1&radius=0.5&displayPropertyType=houses&minBedrooms=&maxBedrooms=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&retirement=&partBuyPartRent=&maxDaysSinceAdded=&_includeSSTC=on&sortByPriceDescending=&primaryDisplayPropertyType=&secondaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldDisplayPropertyType=&oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType=&newHome=&auction=false&x=47&y=12

...What!! so you've been to Cumberbach ave?? very brave Northy...must have been the Navy seals training kicking in... ;D ;D ;D

[The man from Utch]

Nov 27, 2009 7:45:31 GMT Northy said:

there you go, take your pick.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?searchType=SALE&locationIdentifier=REGION%5E1271&insId=1&radius=10.0&displayPropertyType=&minBedrooms=2&maxBedrooms=&minPrice=50000&maxPrice=80000&retirement=false&partBuyPartRent=&maxDaysSinceAdded=&_includeSSTC=on&sortByPriceDescending=&primaryDisplayPropertyType=&secondaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldDisplayPropertyType=&oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType=&newHome=&auction=false&x=35&y=8

Thanks Northwich i have been looking at homes already on that website.
Ilford you will be suprised what you can get in Stafford .
What i would prefer is a newish 2 bedroomed flat.
I know there are good and bad areas around Stoke and Stafford , i'm just not sure of all the places to avoid buying.

[mermaidsal]

Castle is certainly the best investment for the next few years imo, as near the middle of town you can get (or maybe Thistleberry or Wolstanton), you should get something needing work for that money.

[Northy]

Nov 27, 2009 10:39:12 GMT scfcrmagic said:

Nov 27, 2009 9:33:10 GMT Northy said:

It is current as far as I know.

Mumf,

Cbach isn't so bad

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?searchType=SALE&locationIdentifier=REGION%5E6916&insId=1&radius=0.5&displayPropertyType=houses&minBedrooms=&maxBedrooms=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&retirement=&partBuyPartRent=&maxDaysSinceAdded=&_includeSSTC=on&sortByPriceDescending=&primaryDisplayPropertyType=&secondaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldDisplayPropertyType=&oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType=&newHome=&auction=false&x=47&y=12

...What!! so you've been to Cumberbach ave?? very brave Northy...must have been the Navy seals training kicking in... ;D ;D ;D

where is it Magic? i did a search on Multimap and the nearest thing in the country I could find was cumberbatch avenue in Fegg hayes, it's not rough, as me and Mumf regulary have picnics there in the trees at the bottom of Hambro place

[Bick]

I would look at Newcastle as your best option. Both in terms of investment and place to live.

[Northy]

If people post avoid so and so they may get slated by people from their.

But generally ares to avoid would be the higher letter post code areas

A is the lowest risk

ST Stoke-on-Trent
1, 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D*
2-3, 5-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
9, 12-14, 16, 18-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
10-11, 15, 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'B'


don't buy in Oldham ;D

OL Oldham
1-5, 7-9, 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F *
6, 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refer
10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E *


edit - meant to say that is one of the insurers list. I'm sure there may be others about.

[RichieBarkerOut!]

Nov 27, 2009 15:24:18 GMT Northy said:

If people post avoid so and so they may get slated by people from their.

But generally ares to avoid would be the higher letter post code areas

A is the lowest risk

ST Stoke-on-Trent
1, 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D*
2-3, 5-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
9, 12-14, 16, 18-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
10-11, 15, 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'B'


don't buy in Oldham ;D

OL Oldham
1-5, 7-9, 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F *
6, 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refer
10-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E *

Postcodes are a very broad brush and you can get what people perceive to be good and bad areas within the same postcode.

The list above shows much of Newcastle as a 'C' area along with Bentilee and Ash Bank.

[The man from Utch]

What is Birches Head like ?

[jonesinamillion]

Birches head is decent enough.
Stay away from stafford, it's just a motorway junction!

If you can stretch to £100K you can get a great property in the highlane area of burslem / tunstll/hanley with good transport likns and ameneties on your doorstep.

If you have the money (ie cash / no chain) available, drop me a pm as I'm aware of a high end 3bed semi on the market for £145K that I KNOW would go for A FUCKING HELL OF ALLOT less; great investment that I can't quite aford :-(

[mumf14]

Best Places to buy....

Knypersley...Newchapel.. Brindley Ford ...Biddulph.... Mow Cop.

Avoid the riff-raff in Newcastle and especially Woolystanton.