Hello all, I am about to join you

My husband got offered a job yesterday and they want him to start in 2 weeks which means we have 2 weeks to find somewhere to live and move up to Leeds.

I spoke to a few of you a while ago about area's to live/avoid and you gave me some great advice so I wondered if you could help again!

He will be working in Menston for the time being and in 6 months will become manager of both the Menston and Moortown branches so we need something thats in the middle of the both with good transport links because for the immediate future we will only have one car which he will be using to get to work.

I have found somewhere that looks great, 2 bedrooms, en suite bathroom and family bathroom on 1st floor with secure entry in Yeadon. Is that a reasonable area?

Hi hun

I am not from Leeds but just wanted to say brilliant news about hubbie getting a job. Made up for you xx

Thanks hun! We are so relieved after 3 months of stressing!!

Gatecrashing from baby, but as far as I know Yeadon is quite nice. It's the opposite side of Leeds from us so I don't know the area well, but I can't remember ever hearing anything bad about it.
xx

I live in menston! its lush really sweet village, v v good local school, 13 mins on train into centre of leeds and about 10 mins on train to ilkley.

Yeadon is ok, i used to live there - it depends on what kind of area you want to live in. it has more of a high street then menston (which has library, doctors cafe, co-op but thats about it). It also has a lot more in the way of pubs/boozers!

we manage with 1 car as train links are perfect for leeds / ilkley and good bus route to otley, another local market town. Yeadon is probably cheapest area in this vacinity to live (no train), then guiseley (also has train station, 1 stop to leeds) otley (no station, only bus 45mins to leeds) then menston / burley in wharfedale, then ilkley (all on same train line.) Harrogate is also about a 25 min drive from menston. Of course there is big difference in price dep on type of house/ flat but that is just meant as a very rough guideline.

there are some local gropus like www.moormums.co.uk and guiseley has swimming pool that does aquanatal.

sorry gone on a bit if u have any more questions i'm happy to help if i can

*miu miu*

oops sorry posted twice!

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Bloody computer crashed and I lost my post!

Thats really helpful miu miu thanks! I went to OH's interview with him and Menston looked lovely. The majority of the ones we have found are in Yeadley, Otley or Alwoodly. All of them are 2 bedroom flats with en suite and family bathroom and it is so cheap compared to the other places we have lived!!

We are just waiting for the companies to ring us back. The problem we have is we need to move next week and a lot of places are not available that soon!!

Hi MI

Nowhere near Leeds as you know but wanted to say....YEEYYY!!

I am sooo pleased for you - congratulations to your hubby too!

That's fantastic news.

Love NN 20 weeks today! xxx





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Oh so happy about him getting the job!!!

I have attached a link (weel, if its worked lol) to bus maps of Leeds and Wharfedale, which show the connecting bus routes.

http://www.wymetro.com/NR/rdonlyres/9CF6E371-0C53-4B3C-89CD-D2CC4A02A665/0/LeedsRouteMap.pdf

http://www.wymetro.com/NR/rdonlyres/7A954171-FBEF-4115-A577-D804A269EA76/0/Wharfedale_Area_Map.pdf

On the Wharfedale map, Menston falls into squares 2A/2B/3A/3B, Otley towards the top of 2B, Yeadon at bottom of 3C and Alwoodley at bottom of 3E/3F.

On the Leeds map, Yeadon is in 1A, Alwoodley in 1E/1F and meanwood in 2E/2F.

Hope this helps.

Yeay, well done to your hubby and welcome to Leeds. Yeadon is a lovely part of Leeds, the North side and the certainly the smarter side. You have the dales and amazing countryisde right on your doorstep and the bright lights of the city in the other direction.
Alwoodley is very exclusive and very nice, posh golf course there!
Otley is cute and again a very nice part.

I am North leeds too, we should arrange a meet !

xxx

Thanks everyone, I am so excited that we can finally move out of this hell hole we are living in so have been busy all day trying to find somewhere amazing to live.

My OH is playing the posh golf course in Alwoodley soon, he is a professional golfer and was pretty excited when he looked at a map today. How is there any room for houses with all the golf courses around, they are everywhere!!!

One of the places I like the best is in Otley and apparently it overlooks the chevin whatever that means! We have found some pretty amazing places for not a lot of money!

It would be great if we could have a meet and a nice way to meet some people. When I moved to Edinburgh and didn't know anyone I met up with loads of people from YAYW!

Manolo where abouts do you live?

Thanks for that link Jenny, I am going to look at it now!

No probs at all. You will have the most amazing views if you move to the place overlooking Otley Chevin - Its the name given to side of one of the really dramatic outcroppings within the hills surrounding Otley. I've attached the link for the Chevin Forest website to give you an idea of the area.

http://www.chevinforest.co.uk/Chevin%20Forest/Home.html

Hope you find the right property soon

Hello Miss Impatient. I live near and work in Leeds. Ilkley, Otley, Mneston, Burley in Wharfedale and Yeadon are all lovely places. We'd defnitely move to that part of Leeds if the in laws (and chief babysitters!) didn't live 10 mins from us in Wakefield.

xx feebs
8+3

Thanks everyone for your help. We put down a deposit on somewhere today and it's nowhere near any of the areas we were looking lol. We spotted a flat on rightmove that was miles away from where we had been looking but we fell in love and after seeing it today we couldn't bear to leave so we put the deposit down there and then!!

It's in Shipley so closer to Bradford really but the area doesn't seem too bad and it's in a secure development which is amazing so we are not too concerned about the area we are in, we never have to leave lol!!

The apartment block has got a tennis court, a free gym, a private residents bar and restaurant and a beauty salon! The flat is 2 bedroomed with an en suite in the master room, open plan kitchen/living area and a balcony overlooking the gardens and the restaurant.

It's an absolute bargain and we can't believe our luck that we found it. We had put a deposit on a flat yesterday only to be disappointed when it turned out the landlord had let it privately without informing the letting agents. It was obviously a blessing in disguise because when I went online sulking and feeling sorry for myself I spotted this one!!

It's lovely to know there are so many of you (and so many names I 'know' too) in the area. It would be fab to have a meet and show off bumps when we have moved, it would be great to get to know some people!