Moving back... advice

Does it have to be over that way? Could Birkenshaw/Gomersal area be an option? Not too far from Pudsey, and decent areas to live in

 

I am Idle born and bred and still like living here. Depends on your budget. Plenty of new builds still sprouting up on Idle Moor and Apperley Bridge ranging in price between £215k and £450k. Older, solid 3 bedroom stone semi's and terraced houses in Idle and Thackley are fetching between £150k and £180k at the moment, so dont think the area would be that much cheaper than Pudsey?. There is some affordable housing on Thorpe Edge, where quite a few new housing developments have sprung up over the past few years, replacing most of the flats and maisonettes. Never lived on Thorpe Edge, but always felt safe on the estate, travelling or walking through over the years.

 

If you're buying new, then avoid leasehold

 

The only area of where you will find like minded Guadian readers is in Saltaire, it's the only area with any real cultural/art offerings too so as close as poss to there.................Thackley is a nice place to live but it's just a suburb, no centre or anything but a great place for kids to grow up, woods, canal, river etc Idle is ok and cheaper. From both it's an easy trip to Pudsey but neither offer "cheap" housing which is not really a negative as the housing stock and costs should protect the areas from sliding downhill. It's as far as folk can get before having to pay 25%+ more for the same properties in Baildon or Calverley. I am glad I started off buying small but in a better area........

If I couldn't afford Thackley then I'd pick a street carefully and live in Shipley following the Saltaire over spill. All these areas have the added bonus of you not having to ever go to Bradford as the Leeds transport connections are so good.

 

Dont

 

We have some friends from Uni that moved to Saltaire the other year from down south due to her job moving up here. We were out with them last week for lunch at Salts Diner and were surprised when they said they go into Bradford centre to go to Ostler Market (John Street) to buy their fresh meat and veg. They said one of the other neighbours told them about it. I would have had them marked down as never going into the centre.

 

SO many new builds in Idle / Apperley Bridge way now. All stupidly over priced. I moved to Idle about two years ago and house prices seem to have jumped in the area by a good 20k in this short space of time.

But it is a nice area to live in. Loads of amenities, quick into Bradford or Leeds. Decent countryside, canals, rivers all nearby.

They've just announced plans for 150 new "eco-homes" on the brownfield Esholt Yorkshire Water site. Not sure how long it will come to fruition though... or whether it even will.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/16359612.masterplan-for-surplus-land-at-yorkshire-waters-esholt-works/

 

Yet the house we sold in Thackley in 2006 has recently sold only £5k more. Two other of the same style have sold in the past year for the same price or less than 2006/7.

 

But there was a housing market boom in 2006/7 following a steady 10 year ride.... before the crash in 2008. Lots of people who bought in 2006/7 will have been in negative equity for some time. 5k more is a result. I'm talking about the rise I've seen in the last two years, it won't be comparable to what people paid for houses in 2006 at the height of the market.

 

Here is a perfect example.



Person bought a house in 2006 right at the top of the market, before the crash. Paid 140k for it. 10 years later in 2016 (roughly when I moved to idle) they could only get £139,950 for it... less than what they paid 10 years before. But then between 2016 and 2018 (the two years I've been in idle) they've been able to sell it for a approx 12k profit.

Heres another two examples.



28 corsair avenue, person bought it as a new build in 2006 at the top of the market. Couldn't sell it for a profit in 2018 this year.

But number 30, the person who bought at 2015 price (probably less than what it would have been worth on 2006), sold in 2018 3 years later for a 15k profit. Again roughly the time I've been in Idle.

 

No offence to anybody but that is not an attractive area even though it's within an attractive area.............like the new builds in a better area, Cote Farm, they were over priced to start with and came with "deals" helping people to move in. If you own a decent sized victorian property in Thackley/Idle on a nice street then you are sitting on a profit even if you bought in 2006.

Both sides of me have been sold in the past year, both within a week. I'd probably look for a place on Park Road.

 

At the time we bought new on Cote Farm in 2002 a four bed house was a similar price to a new two bed flat in Rodley, even the extra commute into Leeds made it worth while.

 

Yes, move a mile east to Calverley and the same house is a huge % more, whatever house.

I actually looked at a house in Rodley early summer to downsize, a regular end terrace, rear garden leading down onto the canal, about £350k.............so we'll probably end up in Bingley as there is so little available in Skipton where sellers seem to be asking and getting, whatever they like.

 

Expensive Skipton, long term plan is to retire to the Dales, or Wales.

 

Moved to Farsley five years ago in October and would recommend it to anyone, 15 mins from Bradford, 15 mins from Leeds, village feel, pubs are packed, everything is on your doorstep. My house has gone up about £10k a year in value something which would never happen 10 minutes away with a BD postcode.

 

Stay out of Bradford or Pudsey area. I couldn’t live anywhere like Pudsey. Too built up and too close to the likes of Wortley.

However, Farsley is a good a shout as any as @LS Bantam says.

 

Correct. House prices in BD2 & BD10 have stagnated over the last 10 years.

 

Depends on the type of house, initially overpriced new build "exec" houses sure, but decent sized Victorian ones are sought after.

 

It's all about the price point though. Most people buying a new build can't be arsed, havent got the time, or haven't got the capability to renovate an older house themselves.

I've lived in BD10 all my life and if your wanting year on year growth on your house value your in the wrong area.