House prices in birmingham

[aqua]

In terms of uni's you also have, within commutable distance: Wolverhampton, Warwick, Coventry and Worcester (although the last is about 45mins on the train)

 

[baldrick]

I was going to suggest the good old bike. I found that Brum traffic works very differently to London traffic. If you're lucky to avoid any big hills the main trouble is that most large roads are dual carriageway.

yup.

i know people commute by bike into town from erdington, but there's a fucking scary roundabout at spaghetti junction which even my bf won't use. he gets off and uses the subway instead.

apart from that, it looks ok as a commute, maybe 7/8 miles?

 

[MooChild]

I live in Oldbury, i think my house is worth about 90-100k, 3 bedrooms, double glazed, central heating, right next to the M5 junction 3 (well, about 1 mile away).

 

[Belushi]

I'd imagine there are plenty of jobs in a big city like B'ham. And a place like Erdington seems to be fairly close to the centre.

Erdington is high up my list if I decide to move out of London in the future.

 

[Blagsta]

We're looking to buy in Stirchley next year.

 

[DaRealSpoon]

i work on the brum canals so if you want a heads up on where is ok gimme a shout, good moorin and the like. Also do wolverhampton at weekends and i have to say i really like it as a city (if its actually classed as one) not too far from brum either. I work perry barr aswell and its ok but a bit hit and miss.

definately agree with some other posters on areas. Erdington is good, also dont think anyones mentioned kingstanding. Its nay too bad and pretty cheap i think.

Kings heath, balsall heath an moseley are nice on't other side o' town... i mean if you like curry then the ladypool road kicks ass. I'd say better than the curry mile.

 

[blossie33]

I am a bit out of touch with Brum as I've been in London for ten years but the prices of property seem so cheap compared to here!

I know the north side of the city best, my family live in Handsworth Wood which is pleasant but probably not anything for £90k there. Some parts of Handsworth are ok.
As a child I lived in Perry Barr (the Great Barr end) which is fine but 'old' Perry Barr (the Newtown/ Lozells end) is not so nice now I understand.
Erdington is ok, I went to school in that area.

I've a friend in Northfield, pleasant there but further out from the city centre.
Harborne, Edgbaston and Moseley were areas where more seemed to be going on for younger people but they may be quite expensive now.
I definitely wouldn't want to be buying in somewhere like Castle Vale or Chelmsley Wood or that side of Brum, they are full of boring, soul less 1960's estates where all the roads look the same and are quite a distance from the city centre.

There seem to be quite a few new build flats near the city centre (e.g the Jewelery Quarter) that I think I might consider looking into if I was moving back there.