http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: (OT-ish) Flat hunting - places to avoid? en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:03:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-84742 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:40:01 +0000 gembo 84742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also handy for the excellent The Bike Chain.</p> <p>There is a derelict terraced house which is surrounded by elegant properties on east Claremont st. Intersects with Broughton road with good pub next to mandors cloth shop. Any roads the derelict terraced townhouse has a sign above the door which says The Rod Stewart Fan Club </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-84739 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:03:42 +0000 chdot 84739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Looks like we're going to be down Broughton Road area"</p> <p>Plenty of links to the NEPN <em>and</em> a cycle speedway track! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-84738 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:45:24 +0000 Zenfrozt 84738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like we're going to be down Broughton Road area :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82730 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:38:30 +0000 Tulyar 82730@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do you intend to own a car? Some places are great for cycle users, but check how easy it is to get bike in to secure zone (often close is not secure)</p> <p>Lack of parking spaces - even for those with permits - gives a good start for a number of locations. I stayed on Nicholson St for many years (still do after a fashion with honorary/ex landlady when I'm visiting) nice flat with rooms at rear - Waverley 3 minutes (on bike) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82707 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:00:47 +0000 Claggy Cog 82707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No-one has mentioned nice places to live such as around the New Town, Broughton St, Rodney St, Forth St, off Picardy Place, Barony St, E Claremont St, E London St, Broughton Rd, Eyre Place, Gayfield, top of Leith Walk, start of London Rd, Regent Tce, Leopold Place, Stockbridge, Inverleith, Canonmills, all north of Princes St!! Probably a bit expensive but then again renting in Edinburgh is very expensive, and has always been the case.</p> <p>Areas to be avoided perhaps would be The Fort (Leith), Craigmillar/Niddrie (unless you were born there although a friend did have a house on Hay Drive which was very nice) Bingham, Magdalene. Parts of the Inch are fine. </p> <p>My advice would be to avoid old mining villages or towns as well, it is rather hard to get accepted as an outsider, such as Tranent, Prestonpans or Newcraighall. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82627 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:27:22 +0000 Uberuce 82627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll add my vote to the Polworth/Bryson area. I use that as a rat-run from Fountainbridge to mine and it's never struck me as Beirut or anyfink. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82625 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:58:30 +0000 BikeFan 82625@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"poor people were priced out of these areas quite a while ago."<br /> Maybe for buying, but poor people are allowed to rent properties too :o)</p> <p>Good advice about visiting the prospective area at night. Newington/Marchmont/Bruntsfield/Morningside could be considered a student ghetto, best to leave your visiting until mid-late September when tenants have all returned to Uni and have taken up residency again. Or just check how many different names are on each door in stairs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82608 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:16:49 +0000 crowriver 82608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot, as I live nearby to where this took place I can say with confidence that cars being set on fire is <em>not</em> normal or common in the area. Exceptional in fact. The upper part of Easter Road area is fine in fact. Further towards Leith, anf further east into Lochend, different story.</p> <p>As cb says, there is a ghetto effect in Edinburgh as there is in most cities (most noticeable in London). 'Good' areas blend into 'bad' ones in various areas in central Edinburgh, the exceptions would be the New Town and Newington/Marchmont/Bruntsfield/Morningside: poor people were priced out of these areas quite a while ago. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82604 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:26:40 +0000 kaputnik 82604@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Always worth going to a prospective area at night and walking or cycling through it to see if you would feel safe there. Also, helps you get a handle on whether it's nice and peaceful at night, or party central. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82539 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:08:22 +0000 chdot 82539@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I said</p> <p>"<br /> Others may be put off by the idea of areas near Easter Road and Tynecastle (and Murrayfield).<br /> "<br /> And<br /> "<br /> If they've been set on fire (OK doesn't happen often)...<br /> "<br /> Then this happens!! -</p> <p>"<br /> Victoria Raimes (@victoriaraimes)</p> <p>24/08/2012 12:54</p> <p>And car explodes into "fireball" near Hibs ticket office. Bit of a bizarre one: </p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/NpPppg" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/NpPppg</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82538 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:27:50 +0000 Bruce 82538@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Colinton Mains is a nice little area but it all comes down to budget as well, quiet enough out of town but a quick downhill cycle to work, just a slog on the way home </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82523 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:48:20 +0000 Kirst 82523@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Parts of Bingham and Craigmillar and the Magdalenes can be a bit dodgy, but it can be really hard to know which bits - one end of some streets is pure radge and the other end is fine, but you have to know the area to know which is which. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82521 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:40:01 +0000 chdot 82521@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course one (not entirely reliable) guide is cars. </p> <p>If you can't afford them...</p> <p>If they've been set on fire (OK doesn't happen often)...</p> <p>If you don't know anything about cars in UK, might not help. </p> <p><em>Some</em> people might want to avoid areas full of students - eg Marchmont. </p> <p>Similarly you might like nightlife - but do you want to live above it?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82519 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:34:07 +0000 Zenfrozt 82519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Okay cool, that gives us something to go off :) Thanks :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82518 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:30:29 +0000 cb 82518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edinburgh is quite ghettoised in the sense that 'nice' areas and 'not nice' areas tend to have reasonably well defined boundaries; that's my perception anyway.</p> <p>Watch out for solicitors 'upgrading' the area for a property to somewhere nicer nearby. E.g. Roseburn becomes Murrayfield; Craigmillar becomes Duddingston, etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82515 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:54:36 +0000 spytfyre 82515@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What SRD says - close to the canal is the best for getting to a lot of places, near to Roseburn good for the old railway routes to the north </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82514 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:38:01 +0000 SRD 82514@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's some remarkably cheap flats off West Bryson road, which are not only very close to city but also good access to canalpath. Probably not seen as a 'good' area, but worth checking out for good value; closer to Harrison park, Shandon, Polwarth some nice flats too but correspondingly pricier rentwise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82513 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:30:13 +0000 chdot 82513@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends how you define rough...</p> <p>There are 'peripheral housing estate' areas that some people would prefer to avoid. </p> <p>Others may be put off by the idea of areas near Easter Road and Tynecastle (and Murrayfield). </p> <p>Prices per flat size (buying or renting) will give you some idea of what the 'market' thinks. </p> <p>But Edinburgh is pretty 'safe' in most places - most of the time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8264#post-82512 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:22:44 +0000 Zenfrozt 82512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hey folks,</p> <p>Fiance and I are currently flat hunting in Edinburgh and wondered if there were any areas that are considered rough that we should maybe try and avoid? </p> <p>We're looking for somewhere that would be relatively easy to commute to the city center from by bike.</p> <p>Having only lived in Edinburgh since September my geography of the city is still a little wobbly. </p>