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    It has been a long time....but I am back. Still very busy but 2020 is the year when Corrado will go back on the road

     

    2 house moves, weeding, my son was born and we are having another child on the way but I kept it. My Storm has been stored in 2 different garages till finally over a year ago we managed to buy a house with double garage so I finally have a space to keep it and work on it. She has been started very often and driven more recently along the drive way. Car has no mot as I still didn't put the headlights together.

     

    Feels nice to be back.

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    One thing you'll notice is how much busier it is down there especially when you get around Manchester or south. I understand why your moving and TBH its probably a good idea at the moment. I often look at house prices etc and its still mental what you can get elsewhere for what your budget compared to Aberdeen.

    Have you thought about even just a little further south like Dundee or Central belt so close proximity to Glasgow or Edinburgh?

     

    From what Ive seen and experienced any of the nicer places down south that are relatively close to big cities are still quite expensive. Id say find somewhere that had a diverse job or industry catchment so you don't suffer from the issue that Aberdeen has.

     

    I like Dundee but my girl doesn't want to move there. Glasgow and Edi will be fine, I'd prefer Edinburgh but is more expensive than Glasgow. Recently spend lots of time in Glasgow due to work and it looks all right to me and she likes it as well so why not.

     

    Aberdeen is focused on oil only and now is really bad here. I lost my job, lots of my friends lost their jobs as well. I was lucky to find different one but lots of people are struggling now. Need to move somewhere with cheaper houses, better jobs opportunities and more things to do. Aberdeen is just boring :(

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    Leeds is a city worth looking at too. Great city and you could get a nice place with your budget...

     

    We are considering all places around Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham atm, but we are not restricted to those places. More important is the right type of the house within the budget.

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    Interesting to hear you moving completely away. Do you have any connections in England? I know my wife would love to move back up to Manchester but all our ties are here now so I don't think I could move to where we wouldn't know anyone one or have any connections.

     

    I'd recommend Cambridge as the city has plenty of great villages in the surrounding area, but you'd have to at least double your budget for all that round here I'm afraid.

     

    I've always liked the York area, very picturesque.

     

    We don't have connections, just few friends living here and there, mainly her friends but I don't mind making new friends :)

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    I would recommend my area, near Banbury which is also near ish to large cities.I really love it in these parts nearby to the Cotswolds, Oxford, Warwick, Coventry and Birmingham.

    Sadly house prices start to rise when you get this far south (Banbury)as it is only a hour by train to London.

     

    Good Luck in your search.

     

    Birmingham and surrounding area is on our list as well.

     

    We have about a year to decide, we are planing to jump in a car around summer and drive down south and have a look at many places.

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    Ever thought of hull ? Surrounded by countryside , if you live at the edge theres some nice quiet places and its about the cheapest place to buy if im correct , our two bed end of terrace with front side and large rear garden with double garage was 80k !! For 220 you could be in the sticks with only a five or ten min drive to hull

    Its no where near as bad a place a people make out either !

     

    Had a look and I like lots of houses in there but my other half says no, its to small for her

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    Me and my missus are thinking about moving our home from Scotland down to England. We've been living in Aberdeen our whole life and we have enough. Mainly due to very high cost of properties. We both working for huge companies having branches all over the UK so work transfer shouldn't be a problem.

     

    What we are looking for is a nice place to live close to big city. We would be looking to buy a house with big garden and preferable double garage with some nice surroundings to walk our dogs, so we don't want to live in a city centre but no further that 10 miles away from it. Our budget to buy a house will be around £220k.

     

    The question is: Where should we move. What would you recommend. So far we've been thinking about Manchester but we have our minds open to all suggestions.

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    I think Nick would confirm this. I'm sure the car is on its stiffest setting-when I get time I will adjust them to their softest setting and compare.

     

    Fraser

     

    Had a KW V2 in a Corrado and it was brilliant, even at the hardest set up. Adjust it to your needs and it should give you nothing than pleasure driving.

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