Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

Birmingham Advice - Rental Flat/House

ouchmonkey said:
no

depending on how close in you mean - the centre is not very residential at all
always been a problem imo that no-one actually lives there
Click to expand...
i live in the city and there are shedloads of flats and a fair number of houses with gardens close by if you venture either north towards hockley or south towards highgate and balsall heath.

i live less than ten minutes walk from new st in a 2 bed flat that costs £750 a month. it seems expensive at first glance but given the amount i have saved on transport costs and heating (we haven't turned the heating on yet) it's not much more overall than a place out of the city. i take what people are saying about the lack of community but that seems like snobbery to me, especially as we probably make more use of civic facilities and enjoy the city more as we live there than people who live elsewhere.
 
again... I'm being wildly misinterpreted here - I never siad there were NO flats in the city centre I said there were few

and I wouldn't have counted Broad St or Hockley, Digbeth/Highgate or balsall heath as being the city centre

apparently that's just me - I get it

Digbeth is great Badgers, it is close in - old warehouse district but you might actually be able to get a good live/work space there - I don't know, but if you can't then someone should get on it
 
baldrick said:
i live less than ten minutes walk from new st in a 2 bed flat that costs £750 a month. it seems expensive at first glance but given the amount i have saved on transport costs and heating (we haven't turned the heating on yet) it's not much more overall than a place out of the city. i take what people are saying about the lack of community but that seems like snobbery to me, especially as we probably make more use of civic facilities and enjoy the city more as we live there than people who live elsewhere.
Click to expand...

In the short term at least it is not going to be used as a full time home so some lack of community is not a big deal. Equally though I would not want the place to be devoid of life as it may become full time. Main thing is the access to transports and businesses. Sounds like Digbeth might be a bit cheaper than right by New Street but close enough to not matter.
 
ouchmonkey said:
again... I'm being wildly misinterpreted here - I never siad there were NO flats in the city centre I said there were few

and I wouldn't have counted Broad St or Hockley, Digbeth/Highgate or balsall heath as being the city centre

apparently that's just me - I get it

Digbeth is great Badgers, it is close in - old warehouse district but you might actually be able to get a good live/work space there - I don't know, but if you can't then someone should get on it
Click to expand...
I live in Balsall Heath in a house with a garden and a quiet friendly community, i can walk to New Street station in 15/20 minutes, The Gay quarter in 10 minutes. Buses are really regular and easier enough to get about with. Whilst its not classed as city centre, we get all the benefits of it (able to walk home from the centre of the city with no drama) whilst still having a community to live and work in.

Badgers, have a look at some places on the Bristol Road, they have some lovely places going for decent prices atm.
 
Kidda said:
Badgers, have a look at some places on the Bristol Road, they have some lovely places going for decent prices atm.
Click to expand...

Cheers Kidda. Some really decent places round there. Shortlist is now Digbeth and Bristol Road :)
 
Pershore road might also be of interest to you Badgers; it runs parallel to Bristol Road so it has the same level of good transport links into town / you can always walk up onto the Bristol Road for extra buses. :)
 
To give you an idea: where me and kidda live, we can walk onto Pershore road and get two buses into town (both stop directly outside at New Street), we could walk up onto Bristol Road and get 4 buses into town (two of which drop you directly outside outside New Street Station) or we can walk around the corner and get another bus into town.
 
I wouldn't want to live in Digbeth. It's pretty industrial, dark and empty at night. I stayed at a hostel there this year and was too scared to walk back from town, got a taxi instead. Might be different for guys though?
 
I used to work on Bristol Road, there are some really really lovely houses along there.
 
You should look at Moseley for certain. I'd also add Bournville (the Village Trust area in particular) to your list. I think it's the greenest part of the city, has good space, good transport to the centre and has a great community feel. As others have said Digbeth is on the up but it has some way to go imho. Hockley/Jewellry Quarter sound ideal for what the OP was after though. You can't get more central, easy for the trains, loads of places to go out and plenty of decent places to rent.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MBV
miss direct said:
I wouldn't want to live in Digbeth. It's pretty industrial, dark and empty at night. I stayed at a hostel there this year and was too scared to walk back from town, got a taxi instead. Might be different for guys though?
Click to expand...

I'd day Digbeth is post-industrial actually. The canals, closed factories, desolate emptyness etc can be eerie but there is a certain urban beauty to it. I've never thought it was rough though - it's always been a down to earth Irish quarter ime. Thre are some cracking alehouses there. Mind you now the Council have decided it's the Eastern Quarter it'll no doubt look very different in 5 years time.
 
miss direct said:
I wouldn't want to live in Digbeth. It's pretty industrial, dark and empty at night. I stayed at a hostel there this year and was too scared to walk back from town, got a taxi instead. Might be different for guys though?
Click to expand...
i have to admit i agree with this, i like Digbeth for what it has to offer. But i wouldn't want to live there.
 
Kidda said:
i have to admit i agree with this, i like Digbeth for what it has to offer. But i wouldn't want to live there.
Click to expand...

I wouldn't either, although I suspect prices will shoot up if the gentrification money continues to flow. I like the new area by the custard factory and the old school boozers down the road :cool:
 
Moseley ponces aren't at Stirchley. That's the main attraction. :D

I never rated the Jug anyway.

The Aardvark, now there was a place. :cool:
 
Kidda said:
The jug is about to be turned into an Indian restaurant.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I read that. I never really liked The Jug anyway, always too loud for me. I like a pub to talk in, if I want loud music, I'll go to a gig/club/party.
 
Blagsta said:
No idea why it closed. Moseley has too many pubs anyway IMO, I'd hate to live there these days.
Click to expand...
I can just about cope with working in Moseley, i think id get really bored living there. Ramped up rent prices and not alot for you to do. Though the java lounge does a good cup of coffee, the name always makes me cringe. The pubs are just quite boring, theres no atmosphere. The weatherspoons makes me laugh, sat at the front by the mock fire you find the young professional Moseleyites sipping on their vino and at the back a load of dodgy characters who look like they will either rob you or try and sell you crack.

It's quite a soul-less place once you scratch beneath the surface.
 
I occasionally drink in The Prince, that's about it. I loved Moseley back in the 90s though.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

RiderOnTheStorm
Birmingham & Tolkien
Replies
16
Views
536
kebabking
kebabking
editor
Wonky 18th century pub, The Crooked House, mysteriously burns to the ground after new owners take over
9 10 11 12 13
Replies
371
Views
16K
Pickman's model
Pickman's model
M
Sunday lunch recommenation - Birmingham or west of
Replies
19
Views
954
MBV
M
Hellsbells
Liverpool travel advice
Replies
7
Views
774
Hellsbells
Hellsbells
cybershot
A Birmingham and Black Country thread for all things Brummie and Yam-Yam
34 35 36 37 38
Replies
1K
Views
62K
ska invita
ska invita
Back
Top Bottom