Spartan Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Mossbank s a great community that offers plenty of opportunities for you to be involved, hope to see you soon.Many thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruckbox Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Hi Spartan..My wife and I moved to Mossbank nearly 35 yrs ago at the start of the oil boom. We brought up a big family their [6] in all. We had moved around quite a bit up till then. All I can tell you is that it was the most happiest years of our lives, really good neighbours a fantastic place to stay, Views to die for. We had to move around 3 years ago because of property left to us in a will, Probably the worst move of our lives, If we could turn the clock back we'd be back tomorrow. As it is we left two of our children their and their bringing up their families and all still love the place.... Hope if you take up the offer you get the same feeling as we did ..All the best for the future...hughie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Hi Spartan..My wife and I moved to Mossbank nearly 35 yrs ago at the start of the oil boom. We brought up a big family their [6] in all. We had moved around quite a bit up till then. All I can tell you is that it was the most happiest years of our lives, really good neighbours a fantastic place to stay, Views to die for. We had to move around 3 years ago because of property left to us in a will, Probably the worst move of our lives, If we could turn the clock back we'd be back tomorrow. As it is we left two of our children their and their bringing up their families and all still love the place.... Hope if you take up the offer you get the same feeling as we did ..All the best for the future...hughie Hi there and many thanks for such a positive post.We have now been told by the council that we are "1st on the list" for Mossbank but I have to wait and be formally allocated....if they choose to allocate it to me! I thought that being first on a list was pretty secure but clearly the SIC has several definitions of 1st on list depending on who you talk to and what day of the week it is.....frustrating does not even come close.Based on all of the feedback above, I am keeping the faith that we get allocated the property which a few days ago they said would be ours if we wanted it. All we want is a permanent home in a decent area with a good school close at hand for our daughter and from what I have been told, Mossbank sounds like that kind of place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werder Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Kavi Ugly, yet again, showing that they have absolutely no idea what they are talking about! Don't use such ridiculous, sweeping statements without first coming with some sort of evidence, if at all. It's comments like that that put people (such as the OP) off of moving to a perfectly nice area. Spartan - I wish you well in your move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 It's Walls that seems to be the new rural dole mole capital of Shetland now.Really? Do explain? Or are you just being offensive about someone in particular?There's plenty of those eyesore wooden houses you love being built at the moment not easy to afford on 70 a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 I'm just going on what I saw with my own eyes a few months ago so you can like it or lump it. With the current boom in Shetland there's plenty of jobs going if you're able and prepared to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 I'm just going on what I saw with my own eyes a few months ago so you can like it or lump it. With the current boom in Shetland there's plenty of jobs going if you're able and prepared to work.Not that simple. People who are unskilled, not fit enough for manual labouring, lacking computer skills and lacking transport to get to any available jobs (or maybe even a couple of those things) may find it hard to get a job. Add to this people of the wrong nationality (Scottish perhaps) might be at the back of the queue for some jobs and there are always people on the allegedly non existent black lists who somehow never get offered work. BTW I am not looking for work being a happy pensioner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 We had family who lived in Mossbank a few years ago, that was the only place offered to them at the time. For them, it was being isolated from the rest of the family that was the problem. Though a friend had stayed there a couple of years ago and seemed to thoroughly enjoyed the area. Having your own transport is a must I would think. I hope you enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 SIC housing allocations meant to be today....no news yet. Wish me luck! It's hellish waiting on the phone ringing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 ^ Good Luck! Unfortunately SIC Housing are a law on to themselves, that much I can say from first hand experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I'm just going on what I saw with my own eyes a few months ago so you can like it or lump it. Ah you had me worried there it's just your assumptions not based on actual fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Ah you had me worried there it's just your assumptions not based on actual fact. How do you come to that conclusion? If someone "sees something with their own eyes" then, to them at least, it is a "fact" based on their own interpretation of events. Seems to me that the OP is not the only one making a few "assumptions". Get off your high horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Isn't everyone really nice to each other. Makes me warm inside .. oh hold on, no! I just pished my breeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan Posted August 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Just been told we have been allocated a house at Maidenfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepjelly Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Maidenfield is a lovely place. My family moved there from firth about 10 years ago. We love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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