JustMe Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 And then there are the kids. All the places they find essential in Reading or wherever are just not available here. No branch of (insert brand name) nearer than Aberdeen. And pick the wrong location and they will struggle to play on-line games due to the low broadband speeds. Live in the wrong area and secondary school will mean staying in the school hostel all week for 5th year onwards.........even younger from some areas. Just think that there are no theme parks within a day's return journey. Even fun fairs are rare. Yes there are compensations but will they enjoy empty sandy beaches and superb sea birds?. Again not being negative but maybe trying to change the rose coloured glasses to plain ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooney1 Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 I think you join the list of quite a few who want to move up. Private rental properties are there but are snapped up, and can be expensive, especially sizeable ones, as they are often aimed at the oil industry. You are right that word of mouth is king in Shetland, and so expect many to never see the ad pages, and as mentioned company lets are the most desired option for landlords who may actively seek them out by approaching companies. So tactics like agreeing a longer term minimum lease period or sizeable upfront deposit/rental payment can be favourable when approaching a landlord or advertising in wanted sections. However the easiest route may just be to buy. If you can rent out your existing property in England then that rent should easily cover a mortgage here, and if things don't work out you shouldn't have a problem selling again if you buy a decent property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyboy Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Hi Lynda,Did you say you had visited the Shetland Isles? If you haven't your best bet may be to visit during the winter. Have a tour around the place and see what the conditions are like. This would give you a chance to check out various parts of Shetland and see what would suit you best. You may find the South end more attractive that the Northend that sort of thing. You could also visit the schools etc.Also I wouldn't dismiss Yell. The properties there are a bit cheaper than the mainland and there is a good ferry service.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CyprusPluto Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Also I wouldn't dismiss Yell. The properties there are a bit cheaper than the mainland and there is a good ferry service.. ...... good ferry service.......at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Sale or lease. http://www.d-s-r.co.uk/property/compass-house.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CyprusPluto Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 This house has been on the market for a while as sale or rent http://www.d-s-r.co.uk/property/stockstove.htm Owner moved to Inverness at Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 at the moment. Please don't think Shetland will solve your problems it does not. It a very good place to live but you are a long way away from family. think very carefully about your move and as said please visit in winter if you have the time. its dark cold and wet. you really need to commit to staying a number of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrspeeebeee Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Thankyou for all your replies. As I'd mentioned before, this has been long researched. Schooling, transportation and so on. Even the fact that we won't be within a cock's stride of Thorpe Park and all the other amenities here. The reason it doesn't bother us is that we don't simply use them. Living down in the South is no different to anywhere else for us - because there's shedloads of amenities down here doesn't mean to say we use them. Quite often a stroll on the coastline with the dog is our kinda thing... and from what I can remember there's plenty of coastline walking to be done up there. As for visiting, yes I've been here on a number of occasions in different seasons, so know the lie of the land, so to speak. I'm just so surprised that people seem so negative about incomers. Sad, when you think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I'm just so surprised that people seem so negative about incomers. It's a minority - unfortunately they all seem to frequent the Shetlink forum However, if you're planning to build a boat from some scrap material, then sail with little experience or knowledge from the south coast of England, be rescued half a dozen times by lifeboats and helicopters, arrive in Shetland then set up your own kingdom on an uninhabited island and end up in court for ignoring UK laws - you might well expect some opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I'm just so surprised that people seem so negative about incomers. Some, having seen and heard thousands arrive, and most of them leave again after a year, or a few, over the last 40 years, causes there to be a certain cynicism here and there. Don't gush about how brilliant everything is and how you intend to live here for the rest of your natural because of that, and what grand plans you have for this, that or the other as soon as you get your foot in the door of wherever you end up deciding to reside. Almost all who have done so in the past aren't here now. Treat the folk and place like you would if you were moving 10 miles even though you're moving hundreds, and you'll find that negativity tends to be little and mostly xenophobic and/or jealously driven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I do not want to be negative towards prospective newcomers. Just want to warn them that there are downsides to living and working in Shetland. But yet there are lots of positives as well. If great fish and chips means more than being close to Nandos, if a beach means more than Thorpe park (I have never been to either of those places.....Nandos and Thorpe Park that is) and if the dark winter nights mean a chance to see the Northern Lights rather than a bout of S.A.D. then Shetland could be for you. If the mail plane not arriving means a laid back "oh well I will get no bills today" rather than stress that an important letter is delayed, if you can accept that the supermarket shelves are half empty because a storm has delayed all the ferries and be glad there is anything left to buy rather than sounding off because there are no bananas, if a long power cut means you will enjoy a candlelight evening talking or listening to a transistor radio then Shetland might be right for you. Shetland is a good place to live as long as you can accept things will not be quite the same as in the Thames Valley. And there are Shetland born people who have gone away and will never return. Equally there are plenty of incomers who will never leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 really well said. did the op mention if they had children. be aware that they will have to adapt to a new school system. two of my girls ended up a year in front and left the s4 at 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonydog Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 good luck with building a new house and being a newcommerthis council is so anti deveolpment and if the name don`t fitlast year the roads dept was to busy with yarl squad planning to worry about pushing for developmentplanning officers are now quite they drag out simple plans to justify drawing a wageand land even a a square foot of land is fought over by neighbours from miles away with fence posts drawn at noonthis council is cut 1st (but not staff they are 1 third voters)blame others oh should we think about growth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrspeeebeee Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Retracted my post on account that this conversation is going nowhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrspeeebeee Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Retracted my post on account that this conversation is going nowhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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