Relocating to Aberdeen - where to buy / not

k12chu · Post by **k12chu** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:46 pm

i have been staying at Strawberry Bank Parade for a year now. fantastic property. safe parking (elise, focus RS, cayman S, TVR...). night clubs r all within 200m radius. (so if u end up in a brawl and break ur leg, u can walk bag home

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property prices... 2 bedroom flat in
2006 jan = offers over 80k
2007 jan = offers over 105k
2007 april = offers over 115k
2007 july = offers over 145k (sold for 175k)

recntly a house in ferryhill was on the market for offer over 200k. IT SOLD FOR 600K. another property in ashley gardens for offers over 200k SOLD FOR 360K.
been following the property market for sometime now. its just silly money in aberdeen just now. market seems to be falling slowly. am expecting the 30% over asking price to drop down to roughly around 18%.
if ur brother is looking for a house, the Bridge Of Don would be a good bet. property is a little cheap that side due to the traffic congestion at the bridge. but there is a new bridge going to be built in the next 3 yrs (architecture source). so dfntly the prices would shoot then.

s333fee · Post by **s333fee** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:27 pm

thanks for the feedback,

I think he might look to stay outside town and commute, I have told himto either buy at auction or at least buy a fixer so he can add value. will se what happens, if it is any consilations we are still getting some house goings for silly money here too.

thanks will keep you infromed

tonyg · Post by **tonyg** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 4:57 pm

i'm with the rest of the guys,aberdeen prices (especially for flats ) are totally crazy.

Apparently Aberdeen is as expensive to buy property in as London (relatively speaking)- both cities have an average price of 7 times average income !!

try :-

http://www.aspc.co.uk

if i was trying to buy in that budget,i would probably try out of town to the west - Banchory (18 miles out) or similar.