Girth Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Is Shawlands full of hipsters? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 37 minutes ago, Girth said: Is Shawlands full of hipsters? Great place with a football ground twenty seconds away from the main road. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam M Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I'm in Highgrove Court in Renfrew in one of these flats. Just moved in a few weeks ago, but stayed in a different block with my folks when I was younger. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-59183188.htmlBus stop is right outside on the high street, 15 minute bus on the motorway into Glasgow. £12 in a taxi. You're a ten minute walk from Xscape/Braehead which has everything you need. Ten minutes bus into Paisley as well. I prefer this build to the Ferry Village ones as the rooms are bigger and has a separate kitchen where as the Ferry Village seems to be lounge/kitchen open plan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I'm in Highgrove Court in Renfrew in one of these flats. Just moved in a few weeks ago, but stayed in a different block with my folks when I was younger. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-59183188.htmlBus stop is right outside on the high street, 15 minute bus on the motorway into Glasgow. £12 in a taxi. You're a ten minute walk from Xscape/Braehead which has everything you need. Ten minutes bus into Paisley as well. I prefer this build to the Ferry Village ones as the rooms are bigger and has a separate kitchen where as the Ferry Village seems to be lounge/kitchen open plan. Thought you were barred for life? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam M Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Thought you were barred for life? Allowed back for good behaviour! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Hello all Wasn't sure where to put this thread exactly but this seemed right enough. Anyway, I've been looking at leaving London (standard of living is crap) and after recent visits to Glasgow, I really dig it. Since then, I've been researching my job role up there and it looks like I'd pretty much get the same money (if not more!) and have an ace standard of living. Anyway, just after some advice, be looking to move up end of March (when my lease expires). What are the pros and cons of Glasgow? Which are the best areas/worst areas to live? How can I avoid most of the old firm cretins? How is the job market (finance) generally? Do particular areas have a good community feel? Many thanks! What's your budget 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Looked at a flat in Broomhill today, liked it but the area seemed a bit cut-off from the West End as it was a 10 minute walk back down onto Dumbarton Road. Anyone stayed in there and got opinions? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netan Sansara Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 51 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Looked at a flat in Broomhill today, liked it but the area seemed a bit cut-off from the West End as it was a 10 minute walk back down onto Dumbarton Road. Anyone stayed in there and got opinions? Girlfriend used to stay about there, it's not too bad in terms of distance to the West End, 20-25 minutes depending on walking speed etc. if you go the Clarence Drive way etc. There's a few decent cafe/restaurant type places further up Crow Road, Wee Lochan, Kothel etc. depending on your tastes and the Hyndland Cafe is very decent for a breakfast or that, and that's Crow Road side of Clarence Drive. All in all not too bad, in terms of time I'd say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Looked at a flat in Broomhill today, liked it but the area seemed a bit cut-off from the West End as it was a 10 minute walk back down onto Dumbarton Road. Anyone stayed in there and got opinions? Did London not work out? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: Did London not work out? Was always going to be either 6 months/ a year, currently I have to move around with work. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Looked at a flat in Broomhill today, liked it but the area seemed a bit cut-off from the West End as it was a 10 minute walk back down onto Dumbarton Road. Anyone stayed in there and got opinions? I stayed near Broomhill Primary for while.I hated it and moved back to G12 as soon as possible.Parking is a fucking nightmare after 6pm and it's miles away from Byres Rd and any decent shops or pubs.The Wee Lochan is a good restaurant though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Broomhill is nice but dull. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 On 14/08/2017 at 17:23, Boghead ranter said: The Luftwaffe had the best idea where Clydebank is concerned. The Clydebank Blitz was terrible... Spoiler Left half the dump standing... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I've got a flat just off Garscube Road I need to flog. Special price to P&B members. Very nice place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 The Clydebank Blitz was terrible... Spoiler Left half the dump standing... My grandad's first wife was killed in the Clydebank Blitz, clearing the way for him to marry my grandmother. So I basically owe my existence to Hitler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 My grandad's first wife was killed in the Clydebank Blitz, clearing the way for him to marry my grandmother. So I basically owe my existence to Hitler As if Genocide wasn't enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViktorVic Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 (edited) Ah, Glasgow. The place so ruggedly beautiful I'd live there myself if I could stand the climate of the place. Well, maybe I'm just too poetic for my age. Anyway, the cty has some of the best pubs and restaurants this side of the Atlantic, and some of the most interesting people to stay away from. The stories I could tell about the loveable drunk men who tried to befriend my hipster-goatee-decorated face with their fists can make for an Edgar Wright movie. Still, the country that birthed Sean Connery deserves the right to exist, and so does Glasgow as the essence of it. Edited September 4, 2017 by ViktorVic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 On 30/08/2017 at 17:05, paul-r-cfc said: My grandad's first wife was killed in the Clydebank Blitz, clearing the way for him to marry my grandmother. So I basically owe my existence to Hitler Did he put a cross on the roof? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Did he put a cross on the roof? We don't talk about that..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 How the hell do you deal with the gloomy weather up there? I love the people and the city but I almost felt like death due to lack of sunshine. Is this something you get used to? Btw, those IRA bars near Celtic Park are absolutely shockingly embarrassing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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