Living in Belfast

Stromecek

Hello to the masses on the Belfast forum,
anyway myself and my girlfriend have moved to Belfast after three years or so in Czech Republic.
She is czech and she's started in UU and I'm looking for a design related job,
(actually anybody got a graphics job going PM me )
I was just wondering can anybody reccommend the best part of town to live, We're looking for a reasonably priced, entertaining area, free from hassle.
Your advice would be much appreciated
Best reguards
Ciarán

Laganeer

Ciaran,South Belfast is the place to be but its very expensive for that reason. If you're better half is going to UUJ, then for convenience and cheaper accom. you'd be better going to North Belfast where private rental is cheaper. Upper Antrim Road heading for Glengormley will meet your third criteria of safety(away from the interfaces) and a nice residential area. A good bus service will get you round the city handy enough. Keep your eye on the Tele for vacant accom

biko

daft.ie

Benster

If you're still living the student lifestyle, around Queens isn't too bad, Holy Land area and parts of the Ormeau Road. Be prepared for a lot of dives though, it ain't all decent. There's also a bus that runs to UUJ from behind Queens too (well, there was when I was there).

Pricewise, I have no idea, the recent property madness may have changed everything.

Enjoy yourselves! Belfast is great craic.

Cheers,
B.

Laganeer

Don't be tempted by the cheaper property prices in the Village area and its close proximity to the University area. Residents in the Village are hostile to students, migrant workers and basically anyone living there who can't trace his ancestry back twelve generations to Ye Olde Village of 1690.

weemcd

id reccoment something on ormau, possibly lisburn area. Ur gf will be able to get easy bus transport to jordanstown from those areas, i think they are more reasonable areas to live in than other parts of the city due to the student influence, im sure if ur gf is making friends at jordanstown the majority of them will live there. Also with ur design job i presume you will be working in the city centre? you can be at city hall in about 10-15 minutes walk no problem from the general queens area.


ps. its deadly craic round there:p

Stromecek

Thanks for the replys people,
I'm seriously looking forward to living in Belfast does seem
like a grand place alright, goin to see a place on the Donegal rd tmrw
and some swish apartment in the centre as well
keep the advice coming as I think there seems to a lot of places all over
so maybe I can pick and choose

stovelid

South Belfast FTW.

Worth the extra dough, especially with two paying the rent.

If you stay around the Lisburn road, you're walking distance from the town and the train goes out to Jordanstown (I assume you mean UU Jordanstown and not the art college in town).

Also there is a private coach that goes from Queens to Jordanstown.

pert

South Belfast - I live there myself.

Avoid Loyalist areas, Lisburn Road is a nice place to live. Expensive mind...

Benster

Yes, I'd echo that, just watch were you walk. Not sure what Donegal Road is like, but be careful around Donegal Pass and the top of Sandy Row at Shaftsbury Square. As I said to one other guy moving from South to North on this forum a while ago, not everyone is going along with the New Age of Enlightenment in the North, you could still get knifed because of who you are...

Zambia

Have to agree the "Your not from around here:cool:? " question still comes up but very rarely.

However the suggestions most posters have put are very good.

I have to ask though what gave you the idea of living in Belfast? I thought most people would opt for Dublin or one of the large Southern citys.

Jigsaw

OP, I would strongly urge you not to move into Donegall Rd. While the rent might be cheap, the place is a hole imo.

As others have suggested above, head further south. The Stranmillis area is very nice while also being reasonably priced, as is the Lisburn Rd.

Try,

www.daft.ie
www.propertynews.com
www.belfastgumtree.com

..........and welcome to Belfast!

Zambia

Jigsaw wrote:

OP, I would strongly urge you not to move into Donegall Rd. While the rent might be cheap, the place is a hole imo.

As others have suggested above, head further south. The Stranmillis area is very nice while also being reasonably priced, as is the Lisburn Rd.

Try,

www.daft.ie
www.propertynews.com
www.belfastgumtree.com

..........and welcome to Belfast!

No Donegal rd is not advisable , should not be confused with Donegal the area in character?

Stromecek

well thanks for the advice people,

I've eventually settled in North Belfast, just off the antrim rd, 4 bedroom house
good deal too so I'm chuffed really and in the course of the househunting which was hell tbh I realised how small Belfast is, so its no problem getting about. Couldn't believe how full of music and culture this city is, also the sense of community mostly north and west has really suprised me, cant wait to get to know the place.

In closing anyone fancy a pint?

Jigsaw

Stromecek wrote:

well thanks for the advice people,

I've eventually settled in North Belfast, just off the antrim rd, 4 bedroom house
good deal too so I'm chuffed really and in the course of the househunting which was hell tbh I realised how small Belfast is, so its no problem getting about. Couldn't believe how full of music and culture this city is, also the sense of community mostly north and west has really suprised me, cant wait to get to know the place.

In closing anyone fancy a pint?

I see no reason why not!!