Bristol and surrounding areas.

I don’t really want to live in the centre though so hoping to find somewhere that is relatively quiet and more importantly not terrible for bike thefts!

What do you mean by "centre"? Bristol is a relatively small city so you can cycle commute across a fairly wide radius.

Based on that info, Crews Hole sounds a good bet. Down by the river, on the east of the city, fairly quiet location with easy access to Barton Hill and the countryside in the opposite direction. My advice would be to drive as little as possible in Bristol.

Barton Hill is just off the Bristol - Bath railway path which will give you a traffic free ride from a lot of places. Look at East Bristol (warmley, Kingswood, hanhan) or the villages near the path. Personally I'd look closer in like st george. Not exactly ticking your list but once you get used to it Bristol is great and easy to get round.

Hanham high street has a nice vibe, local bike shop etc even Keynsham is only a 35min cycle from Barton hill. There are even some short trails in Hanham woods by the river.

I would look at the route of the railway cycle path eastwards from Barton hill and take your pick.

Look at the Bristol to Bath cycle route. NCN4 I think. It's obvious on the map. Take your pick of places, Keynsham, Saltford, Bath, or anywhere in between them. Spoiled for choice.

Also look at Stockwood/Whitchurch too - there's another railway path there and the ride time to Barton Hill is a realistic 25-30 mins, mostly traffic free.

Feel free to drop me a PM if you fancy some more hints.

I live in Backwell, North Somerset and commute to Lawrence Hill (right by Barton Hill) via bike, its a great ride, mostly on cycle path. But the best bit is, there's a train station at Lawrence Hill which is surprisingly well connected - consider that when choosing.

All the recommendations are good, but it's going to be the £800PCM that'll dictate where you are best placed. Barton Hill is well located from all sides via bike, so if you're looking at outskirts, then have a check on the Warmley area, or Kingswood and Emersons, should be a fair few rentals, it's far enough out to not be central, and loads of cycle paths joining up to the Bristol to Bath path to get you to work, and probably just a 20 minute cycle.

Hi OP, I think you need to be a bit more specific in your requirements as far as location is concerned. There are a fair few locals here - and Bristol is actually a fairly compact “centre” surrounded by loads of different suburbs, all with their own advantages and drawbacks. Then there are the commuter towns of N. Somerset (Nailsea, Backwell, Portishead, Clevedon etc) and S. Glos (Thornbury, Yate, Bradley Stoke, Chipping Sodbury, Winterbourne etc) - all commutable by bike and probably a bit quieter again than the suburbs. How close to city life do you want to be? You can be just 1-2 miles from the centre in fairly quiet suburbs or right out of it in the other towns.

Everywhere I drive lately seems to have blocks of 1-2 bed apartments being built so there’s plenty close to the city, from which you could walk to Barton Hill. If you head out to the “towns,” and aim to drive certain days, you’ll be sat in commuter traffic for a fair chunk of your life. 😀

EDIT: I have no idea what rental prices are like at the moment, sorry.

Guess it would be useful to know more about what you do want from your new neighbourhood. Pubs and culture, or peace and quiet?

For a mix, I really like the places just south of the river- Totterdown/Windmill Hill/Knowle/Bedminister/Southville are all an easy ride to Barton Hill with quite a mix of properties. Leafy parks and interesting neighbourhoods with enough gentrification to feel safe(ish, you’ll still want a place with good bike storage), without it being super expensive for rentals. Shout/DM if you have questions.

I'm a country bumpkin at heart so prefer access to open spaces, easy ways to escape etc. If I had my choice I'd be working and living in the middle of nowhere but sadly all the work is mainly in cities so I have to compromise. Not bothered about easy access to anything bar a decent supermarket and a corner shop, everything else I'm happy to travel for or order online. A decent bike shop nearby might be nice but not essential.

Look at the Bristol to Bath cycle route.

I know it well and would love to have it as my commuting route hence the initial idea of Yate.

Everywhere I drive lately seems to have blocks of 1-2 bed apartments being built so there’s plenty close to the city, from which you could walk to Barton Hill.

I'm living in one in Cardiff and I'm worried that they're the same as those, some good ones but some bad ones and impossible to tell just by looking at them! It's all about the people that live in them, on my current estate we have three separate blocks and currently one is crap due to bad residents. Mine is ok but going downhill and the third is great but mainly due to it being mostly owner-occupied.

If you head out to the “towns,” and aim to drive certain days, you’ll be sat in commuter traffic for a fair chunk of your life. 😀

You don't need to remind me, spend some days stuck in it constantly in my truck. It's why I'm really not keen on living in the central areas, hard to get anywhere so I'd feel trapped.

I’m a country bumpkin at heart so prefer access to open spaces, easy ways to escape etc.

Bristol's pretty easy to escape. From Bedminster it's 20 minutes to Dundry then you have miles of very quiet lanes. Or about 15 minutes to Ashton Court/ Leigh Woods for mellow MTB trails. I don't know about MTB from east Bristol but there's nice gravel and road riding in the Golden Valley.

I know it well and would love to have it as my commuting route hence the initial idea of Yate.

Yates fine, as is Coalpit Heath/Winterborne/Frampton Cotterell, you've got many ways in to Bristol to cycle, you can go straight over to the Bristol/Bath path via the dramway, or on the road with the new cycle path stuff, which is nicer in wet wintery days if you want to get to work a little less mucky.

Again, rentals are sparse and expensive these days, it's going to be a case of finding a place, i had a quick look in the area and it's either 1 bed flats in the dodgy bits, or house shares, rent has gone mad by the looks of it!

We moved to Bristol a few years ago for work, and I stayed in lots of different areas in airbnb while finding somewhere. To me, Easton / Lawrence Hill are dodgier bits, where inner city people got moved to, slowly being gentrified. But I would enjoy cycling a good bike to get to work that way, unless you have a knackered commuter? However, our younger staff like the 'urban vibe' and inde brewery bars and so on.

Those suggesting Knowle is an easy commute are a lot fitter than me! Note Knowle West is another not-great area. But we live further south on the edge of Whitchurch / Hengrove. It's far cheaper than going north because it is further to the M4/M5 but I live within 500 m of fields and hills and within 5 mile near-flat commute to the University campus in the city centre. You can use the Whitchurch railway path and Feeder St mostly off-road or residential streets all the way to Barton Hill industrial area in 25 minutes riding. Stockwood is a housing estate as is much of Whitchurch but there are some nice bits, you have to visit and look around at the neighbours to get an idea. The downside to this part of the suburbs is there are no 'good' beer pubs, just estate 'flat roof' pubs.

If you can get a flat with a car parking space for your budget in Crews Hole I agree that is a good compromise, with riverside walks it feels far less urban. For outside of the city I would look around Bitton / Saltford, being on the Bristol-Bath bike path but again I suspect rates are higher than you want. Keynsham is also a reasonable option if you would mostly commute by train.

I meant to add, be aware that the Clean Air Zone is meant to start in 'summer' 2022, if you drive an old car.

I only know Bristol as my Sister lives there, so not best placed to give much advice.

But - they used to live in Brislington which seemed nice, although parking was always a nightmare & traffic seemed pretty much gridlocked all the time.

They moved several years ago out to Saltford & love it there. It does seem like a nice place to live & by bike I think they are only minutes from the Bristol-Bath cycle path.
It seems like quite a nice area, so no idea if you can rent anywhere for your budget.

You'll struggle to find any flats in Saltford and houses will be well out of budget.

Re. Easton being dodgy, bits are still (M32 corridor) but larger swathes are now very gentrified.

Again, rentals are sparse and expensive these days, it’s going to be a case of finding a place, i had a quick look in the area and it’s either 1 bed flats in the dodgy bits, or house shares, rent has gone mad by the looks of it!

Prices have jumped up rather alarmingly! If I end up looking at the £900 and above range I'm actually better off staying in Cardiff and commuting, rather moot though as that level is above my budget.

I meant to add, be aware that the Clean Air Zone is meant to start in ‘summer’ 2022, if you drive an old car.

Well aware as the work vehicles don't pass it. My car does though, at least for the first few years anyway.

Plenty of areas to look at, thanks everyone. Keep the suggestions coming as I fear finding somewhere suitable in budget cold be a bit of a mission.

Don't rule out Chepstow. Not common, but some people drive over the bridge, park up just off the ring road (first junction on the M32) and cycle from there. Lots of sneaky ways into central Bristol.

Rentals are cheaper than Bristol but not as many. Just make sure you only look close to the M48 link road anywhere down by the river (or back over to England) is a bit of a mare since they closed off the high street.

And never leave Bristol on a Friday afternoon. Took me 2 hours to get back home (Tintern) from BS5.

Portishead? Cycle path follows the River Avon into the centre, around 10 miles to Barton Hill. Takes you passed Ashton Court & Leigh Woods.

Loads of 1 bed flats with parking & should be able to find something in your budget.

Easy motorway access back to Wales. Mendips & Quantocks, Exmoor not too far down the M5.

I moved to Bristol as a kid five years old and left age 31, loved it. I moved more central as the years went on. Gave up driving and cycled everywhere. Its not big so a golden hour commute you can be in the middle of nowhere..

Mangotsfield, Warmley and Hanham would be worth looking at. Also might be worth having a look at Willsbridge area. The main issue you will find is the more suburban / semi-rural the area is the less likelihood is there will be one-bed flats available and you will have to drive to a supermarket. I would suggest avoiding Yate as its largely a town full of boring 1970's houses, but if you are happy to travel that distance by bike I would look at neighbouring Chipping Sodbury, which is a more traditional market town.

Fwiw re: rent.
I'm in St Werbergh's, couple of mins from the motorway and £600 a month.

Pucklechurch, Warmley, Emersons Green.

All are toward the north east of Bristol and all are within/on the railway or ring road cycle paths.

There’s a lot of new housing at Emersons, so may be a bit cheaper

Chepstow is out as my early starts mean I can't rely on the old bridge being open (they regularly shut it for maintenance overnight plus when it's windy), was an initial thought though.
Hadn't considered Portishead, will look into that as I like the town. Initially ruled it out due to distance.
Emerson's Green does have lots of flats but they never seem to come on the market and when they do they're £900+ for some reason.
@banks - you're lucky, nothing has come up on RightMove below £750 for weeks and even then they were studio flats in rough areas. Maybe I've just got to get lucky when looking.

@reluctantjumper

Old bridge is not shut that often. Mostly overnight at weekends. If you have early starts then with little traffic it only adds about 20 minutes to go via the new bridge. The M48 to the M4 is the local test track 🤐

Have you signed on with the estate agents/letting agents? Plenty don't put properties on RM due to demand.

@banks

That is bonkers cheap. are we talking a whole house or just a room?

I think at that budget you’re going to have to look at the borderline iffy areas - but there are some areas I’d avoid for sure.

Bristol / bath cycle track is great for commuting and they’re just resurfacing / widening bits of it at the moment. Looking along it at cheaper areas then I’d think:

Redfield / St George / better parts of Eastville / Fishponds. I’ve lived in fishponds a few times and it’s a very mixed culture area now but I quite liked it. My parents rent out a fairly decent sized 2 bed garden flat in a block there for about £850-£900 a month (long term tenant in place). I’d have thought a 1 bed flat could be within budget potentially in those areas.

Staple Hill is next along the line but probably a bit more expensive - I don’t think you’d get in budget in Mangotsfield.

Warmley/ Saltford will be out of budget as will Bath.

Kingswood you could look at - loads of flats around there have gone up the last few years.

Hanham above is mentioned - that’ll be out of budget.

Yate has always been cheaper than Bristol but that is quite a big cycle commute.

Keynsham mentioned above - that might be out of budget but as well as a nice bristol to bath cycle track from nearby there’s a train station that gets you to temple meads for £5.20 return.

That’s all my side of Bristol that I know.

Horfield has always historically had lots of rental properties abs house shares with students in mind - no idea what prices are like now. Cribs Vaudeway has had a lot of properties go up the last few years - not a clue what prices are like there - think the development is called charlton hayes or something like that.

Bedminster has fit a bit cooler in recent years so probably out of budget but wonder if Bedminster down might be cheaper.

Could you not get a 2 bed place and sublet?

Yate to Barton Hill isn't really a big commute. 11 miles, almost entirely flat and 90%+ off road with 80% of that being the BBRP, the Ring road Path and the Dramway. The Dramway isn't fully surfaced closer to Westerleigh so guards and slightly bigger tyres might be needed for winter.

2 Bed Place in Chipping Sodbury - Link to Rightmove

I suggest you sign up with some letting agents in the areas you are interested in. I have a one bed flat I rent out in Redland and it's never been on Rightmove. The agent I use had 10 interested people within half a day of me instructing him when I have needed new tenants. Fishponds mentioned above has some lovely properties and is both close to the cycle path and also the Frome Valley which is a nice finger of green which runs from the outskirts to Eastville.

Severn Beach

Once I know what areas I am interested in I will be taking a day to tour the letting agents, had a feeling the decent stuff may not hit the websites.

@Marko - I've been monitoring it on my current commutes and at 5am it's closed a surprising amount after early morning works. They might just be going through a phase of lots of work right now but it's not worth the risk of having an unreliable commute time.

The M48 to the M4 is the local test track

Dunno what you mean… 😇😙

Managed to get a viewing on a flat in Emerson's Green on Saturday, purely as they'd just had a cancellation as I rang. Was one of 12 others viewing it that day. Was decent enough and was up for £800pcm so said I was interested and could possibly push to £850 if that was needed. Just had a call back and it went to a couple who offered just over £1000pcm. I think the market may be racing ahead of me!

To be fair - Bristol was also like this in 2011 when I moved down here. In the days coming up to our first visit, We'd arranged to see 9 properties over the weekend we were visiting and by the time we arrived for the first at 09:00 in Hotwells, 5 of them had been let. All were gone by Monday.

Got a week off this week so have just spent the last few days going round all the letting agents. There's pretty much nothing out there right now. Only managed to get 2 viewings, one in Portishead for a place that was tiny and another in Knowle which was good but right at the top of my budget. Not great for 4 days of solid searching if I'm honest.

All of the letting agents are saying the same thing though: there's very little coming onto the market let alone at the lower end. 1 bed places just don't really exist and 2 bed and above are pushing £1k pcm. Unless I manage to catch something early and get a viewing slot then I fear the market has passed me by and I'll be in the annoying position of having to leave my new job as living near it is just not affordable.

More searching tomorrow.

I had a quick look on Rightmove and there are 2 bed flats in Kingswood for less than a grand but have no idea if they are still available.

Could try joining some of the local Facebook communities :-0 and asking on there, good luck!

I enquired about those and they've both had their viewings and are just waiting for the landlords to select the tenants. Everything is moving quick, landlords hold all the cards right now as there's so few of them.

Speak to all the agencies sound Bristol and let them know what you're looking for. If rental is anything like buying, if it's on Rightmove it's usually gone unless you're endlessly refreshing. Our house went on Rightmove at 5pm Thursday, 22 booking slots full by 7pm and sold by the Monday at 10% over asking. It's ridiculous.

That's what I've been doing the last two days, a tour of every agency I could find. I'm plugging away on Right Move too as an extra but haven't had anything come of any of my enquiries on there yet.

Have you tried Gumtree? All of the Bristol landlords I know (admittedly only one) used Gumtree to advertise.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/estate-agents/agent/Severnside-Estate-Agents-Ltd/Bristol-80828.html

Talk to Amanda

+1 What Redhunter said!

and another in Knowle which was good but right at the top of my budget.

Blimey , things must have changed in the last 20 odd years since I moved from Bristol. That is a statement you would never have seen back then 😉

and another in Knowle which was good but right at the top of my budget.

Blimey , things must have changed in the last 20 odd years since I moved from Bristol. That is a statement you would never have seen back then 😉

I think he is referring to Knowle which is just next to Totterdown and has some lovely properties rather than the large council estate, Knowle West.

I think he is referring to Knowle which is just next to Totterdown and has some lovely properties rather than the large council estate, Knowle West.

Ah, sounds better. When I was growing up 'artcliffe and Knowle West were places you tried to avoid. I don't know what its like these days though.

Revs, The same..

Yes, Knowle not Knowle West!

Las today today touring the letting agents, just about to go to the one redthunder mentions as it's out of the way from the others. Would carry on for the rest of the week in person but this is the first week off I've had in over 13 months so I need to have some downtime, will just spend an hour phoning every day or two the agents that were positive when I chatted to them. Some have been very poor in making me feel like I'm asking the impossible for my budget and not really seeming to be interested in helping me which is slightly odd. Mind you almost every agency has firstly asked my annual income and quickly put my max affordability at £900 which isn't leaving much room for finding anywhere! Being just me seems to be putting me at a massive disadvantage compared to couples who can afford more.

Have you tried Gumtree? All of the Bristol landlords I know (admittedly only one) used Gumtree to advertise.

Don't really want to go down that route as I've heard too many stories of dodgy landlords who advertise on there and FB Marketplace to get around the TDS rules etc. Two of the lads at work have been burned going that way (one was evicted with 3 days notice, the other has twice now been screwed over with rent increases and witholding of 'deposit' when moving) so that's the last option for me really.

I can't believe you haven't been able to find anything for £900. I rent out a very nice 1 bed flat in Redland close to Whiteladies Road and Gloucester Road with off-street parking and I charge £975 per month in one of the prime areas for renting. The guy who owns the smaller top flat (also with parking) charges less than £900 per month. I've use Accommodation Unlimited on Chandos Road to find tenants, and the guy who owns the top flat uses CJ Hole I think. I would have thought you would be able to get something within your budget in places like St George, Staple Hill, or Kingswood.

It's more a supply issue than anything. There's so little coming to market that each one gets 40+ applicants within hours so you have to be checking all the time to even get considered for a viewing slot. When you get that scenario landlords can ask top money and pick the best tenants as they see fit. Me being on a single income in a new job isn't the most attractive proposition but that's all moot as I'm really struggling to even get viewings let alone to the selection stage! Every other time I've been looking to move it's been 2 days tops before I've signed on a new place with a selection to choose from and viewings available that day on empty properties. Now it's going to be a waiting game and once I'm back at work next week it's going to be very difficult to get in on the initial rush to get viewings. I'm hoping that one or two of the agents I've spoken to this week will help me get on the viewing lists for suitable places but the volume of renter's looking for places is so high that I can't rely on that.

Yeah, there's not a lot up in the Yate/Sodbury area coming on the market, i get the feeling being on waiting lists is the only way of trying to jump the gun, but there's loads on them already.

You do have https://www.letsgolet.info/properties/ around here that does Yate area, Wotton is also a good place to check, this is on just now, probably not for long though https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85700865#/?channel=RES_LET

I saw that one earlier in the week, was fully booked out for viewings after a day in the market. Very unlikely it'll become available.

Find an area you like and then sign up to their neighbourhood Facebook page. I live in Winterbourne and there's accommodation being advertised every other week.

I live in Keynsham and love it as a location. Easy access to the cycle path, train station to Bristol and Bath, a couple of mins by bike and you are in the countryside. A few pubs and restaurants within walking distance of most areas.

Really liked the look of Keynsham when I went there on Tuesday to visit the letting agents there, it's on the list for definite. A few people have told me it's crap but I guess they mean it doesn't have the city life stuff which I'm not bothered about, easy access to riding via the old railway is more of a priority for me.

Well that's my week off over and I'm no further to finding somewhere. Did think I'd got lucky on Friday when a place in Kenynsham became available as I was in the agents but they quickly contacted the landlord who wants them to put the rent up from £900 to £1k so that's pushed it out of my budget,not just for why I want to spend but for what the agencies will classify as me being able to afford!
Have got a viewing still booked in for this evening in Yate but even the agent has described it as 'small' so not holding out much hope.

The big issue though is that my new boss is a bit concerned about whether I'll be able to find somewhere soon, they're making some special arrangements for me currently to accommodate my long commute and that's not sustainable. If can't find a place very soon then it may well be a case of having to give up the job, putting me back to square one. It's something I really don't want to have to do but the commuting isn't sustainable, partly due to cost but mostly due to time. There only so long I can go on not knowing if I'll get back home in time to get a decent meal cooked all week, having to rely on takeaways and snacks just isn't good.

Hope it works out, Yates not too bad, but it does seem to be suffering from a rental shortage like most areas, prices are getting daft to say the least, hoping it slumps soon as it can’t keep going up like this!

Bit late to the party on this but I see a fair few for rent signs around dursley at the minute.
It’s not as close as you may like, it takes me around 35 minutes to drive into Bristol around 6.30am. Normally 45 minutes home. I enjoy living there. Great riding on the doorstep, not much going on in the way of nightlife though!
I’m from yate and moved to Dursley just because it was so much cheaper!

Have a look over the bridge in Chepstow, Caldicot, Newport if you are really struggling.

In you situation, I think I would choose an area, set you sights on an agent that has lots of interest in the area. Go in with a box of biscuits, and give them you situation. Get to know them, they get to put a face to the name and it may well give you the edge over someone else. Worth a try?
How about a shared house for a while? Take the pressure off. Try out an area?

Bit late to the party on this but I see a fair few for rent signs around dursley at the minute.
It’s not as close as you may like, it takes me around 35 minutes to drive into Bristol around 6.30am. Normally 45 minutes home. I enjoy living there. Great riding on the doorstep, not much going on in the way of nightlife though!
I’m from yate and moved to Dursley just because it was so much cheaper!

Yeah, nice sainsbury as well 😁, you can drive to Yate and cycle from there, park near the bacon factory and he’d be on the cycle route all the way and loads of places to stick the car

Dursley is so far out I'd be better off staying with my commute from Cardiff. Same for Chepstow, Caldicot etc as the drop in rent prices is minimal. Since the bridge toll went the demand has spread west into South Wales pushing up prices. Also I really don't want to have to use the car for commuting if I can help it. It's getting on in age and miles so if I was commuting in it for the foreseeable future it would have to be changed, something that will be very costly right now.

In you situation, I think I would choose an area, set you sights on an agent that has lots of interest in the area. Go in with a box of biscuits, and give them you situation. Get to know them, they get to put a face to the name and it may well give you the edge over someone else. Worth a try?

That's pretty much what I did the whole of my week off last week. Hasn't made any difference as there's nothing they can do if there just aren't any properties to offer. Would work in normal times but right now there are so many applicants for every property that becomes available they don't have to much more than choose the people who can afford the rent (and any subsequent increases) with room to spare.

Didn't make the viewing this afternoon as I finished work too late to make it. Will try to rearrange it but I don't want to mess the agent around with continuous missed appointments.

This flat just popped up on my Facebook feed in the Keynsham bargains group

Have requested to join that group, can't see the ad until then.

Managed to get to see the place in Yate, it was actually a small 1 bed house. Far too small though, just nowhere to relax in it at all.
Also had two viewings booked in for tomorrow but both of them have just phoned me to cancel as they have just been let out. Could have viewed the more promising one of them yesterday but I couldn't get any time off work so I fear it's back to not being able to see places quickly enough before they're snapped up! Has put me on a massive downer going into the weekend.

Any views on what Filton is like? Just managed to get a viewing on a decent flat on a quiet cul-de-sac that's within a stone's throw of the big Airbus site, it's pretty much a carbon copy of my current place just a 9/10th size. Got to let them know by 10am tomorrow whether I want to start the offer process so any views would be appreciated!

Depends on which bit AFAIK, but nice enough 👌

Filton itself not too bad, not the most happening part of town but easy to get in/out. Ideally don't be too close to Southmead or Lockleaze as they are both quite rough. That said, I know people who live in both and they don't seem to mind.

Sorry to hear you're having such a crap time finding a place. I know several others in the same boat.

Fingers crossed this is the one!

Is that the airbus site at the roundabout or the one nearer the old aerodrome?

Both are fine, you’re deep in the city, but loads of amenities around and things to do, not too hard to get out and over to the north, wales, etc.

It’s a busy old area at times, but if you’re cycling to work it’ll be easy enough

I think given your travails in trying to find somewhere, anywhere, Filton will be fine. You’ll be able to cycle easily enough. Easy access to motorways if you’re headed anywhere at weekends. It’s pretty residential with some busy roads through it. Buses to get to Gloucester Road with an abundance of pubs, casual dining and independent traders will be easy. Pretty sure the scooter scheme has been extended out to the ‘burbs now as well.

You could have ended up in the arse end of nowhere outside town with rubbish public transport so you haven’t done too badly if you get this one. Sorry it’s been so rubbish trying to find anywhere. 🤞 for this one. Good luck.

Fingers crossed for you! Filton isn’t a bad place to be for the reasons dd and others have said. Easy to get to places like Westbury and Henleaze too. Not far from Parkway either. 👍

Just south of the old aerodrome. I've requested to be considered tonight, it's decent enough and I can always use it as a base to get settled in Bristol and then that buys me time to explore and search different areas if needs be in the future.

Now just got to hope I don't lose out to someone better!

Great riding on the doorstep, not much going on in the way of nightlife though!

Capones ftw

Someone different, not better!

Its definitely an eye opening experience to see your trials and tribulations in trying to rent a place in Brizzle.

Certainly is surprising.
I’m definitely being taken for a ride by my kids! 🤣 I could let their rooms and buy a new bike every month!

It's daft in Bristol, especially if you are a bloke, I struggled without a bit nepotism on my side. Seems that once you are in Bristol it's a bit easier, but getting her ****ing sucks, hope it works out.

Also, Nibley/North Durdsley is a fantastic place to ride.

Filton is handy for the new arena they are building in the old Brabazon Hanger at the edge of the airfield. You're also not too far from Gloucester Road which has plenty of amenities.

Its definitely an eye opening experience to see your trials and tribulations in trying to rent a place in Brizzle.

It seems to be the current normal talking to others in the same boat now. The new rules over certificates, tax relief etc has really hit the small landlords hard so lots are selling up. That leaves the corporations with the big blocks who can now dictate prices, terms and only pick the best tenants and however they choose to judge that. The shortage means they have all the power in who gets a place and that disadvantages anyone with poor wages, pets etc. I've heard it's getting similar in Cardiff too but not to the same extent so far.