Flatshare in Aberdeen

zippypablo
zippypablo Posts: 398
edited August 2012 in The cake stop
Bit of a strange one this but here goes.
I'm looking for somewhere to live in Aberdeen as I've just taken a job there.
I plan to stay there throigh the week but return "home" most weekends.
Does anyone have (or know someone who has) a room to let in a shared flat?
I'm working just south of the city centre and will be travelling by train so would prfer somewhere not too far from the train station.
Are there any areas to avoid?
PM about rooms, feel free to post here about areas.
Cheers,
Paul
If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights. (Victor Hugo).

Comments

  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Not much use but you are a week too late as I had one next door to me. :(
    I am in the same boat so not that much local info but from what I've seen, I would avoid Kittybrewster. I know that there are other dodgy areas which I can't remember the names of but that's one I've cycled through a few times.
    I'm sure others will chip in.......
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    err dont live in sandilands

    nice bits near town as areas

    king street (has foot ball traffic there and around the stadium)
    the spittal
    torry, can be a bit wild in places...

    ruthrieston and broomhill nice

    ferryhill, bon accord is nice

    rosemount is nice, same as union grove

    kittybrewster is not that bad

    also consider dyce, there is a train station there so quick connect

    lot of new flats on south college street

    there should be ads online in gumtree and union street tends to be a train wreck on a sat nite... dont live on it
  • mattbass789
    mattbass789 Posts: 355
    My girlfriends actually looking too. Not sure if it'd be of help!
    I've sent her a link to the thread sure she'll be in touch if she thinks its worthwhile.
    “If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.”

    @mattbeedham
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    mattbass789 wrote:
    My girlfriends actually looking too. Not sure if it'd be of help!
    I've sent her a link to the thread sure she'll be in touch if she thinks its worthwhile.
    Very generous of you, I must say! :wink:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • El Zomba
    El Zomba Posts: 164
    I lived in Aberdeen for five years, so I'm digging up old memories about the area. Avoid Tillydrone, it's a scumhole. Torry was starting to clean itself up a bit in my time, but was still a bit rough.

    As a personal rule of thumb, anywhere within the triangle formed by Bedford Road, the A96 and King Street tends to be fairly sound because it's close to the University and is therefore very studenty, as opposed to rough.

    George street and surrounding area up to Kittybrewster aren't too bad, as are most of the roads to the east of King Street around Pittodrie Park (lived in a flat on Urquart Road for a couple of years - Estampida is right, the football crowds can be a pain, but only usually when it's Rangers, so nothing to worry about for a few years :lol: ).

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