Following last Monday's survey, it's been pretty quiet on the selling front (partly thanks to the buyers enjoying the autumn of Tenerife) so we got busy on the renting / buying front in Bristol.
What we realised is that we needed an address in Bristol quick, if we wanted to get Issy (our 3-year old princess / monkey - depending on moods) in a good school. So we went through 100's of Ofsted reports, studies the school result league and selected 5 or 6 areas to visit.
For those knowing Bristol, it will come as no surprise that Clifton, Redland & Cotham (CRC) were our No1 target. But (and there's always a but) £300,000 does not get you very much in posh Bristol and certainly not a house, which was the No1 reason we decided to move in the first place.
So we also looked at St. Andrews & Bishopston and Southville and in all these places, we could afford a 3-bed Victorian house so that's pretty cool, even if it doesn't have the charm of CRC...
We also went to Totterdown, where our friends (Andrew & Amy) from Stoke Newington bought a lovely 3-bed house last year and I really loved their house. It felt like so much space, after living for 4 years in a flat and I really can't wait to move now...
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