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Just seen a property for sale in what appears to be a nice village outside Selby but I don't know the area at all even though I currently live around 25 miles away.
Obviously we are going to have a look for ourselves at the weekend, but does anyone know the area and can tell me what it is like?
Cheers
Think there was/is a pit at Wistow. I know the Selby area reasonably well and they're all similar villages out there - not brilliant, very flat. Don't start getting nice until you head towards York and get to Escrick/Stillingfleet/Skipwith etc.
i used to drive past that way a lot, a bit dreary, flat and not a patch on your current location IMO
not a patch on your current location IMO
Yeah, but the draw is we can get a 5 bed detached property with luxury fittings, double garage, garden etc for a fraction of the price (that we couldn't afford) in Harrogate.
mmm, cheap 5 bed house with flood potential! everyone in wistow has the same blood group. cawood is ok with good pubs. selby is a bit of a shite hole, but if you like a good fight it's grand. you are at the right side for a quick escape to leeds and york. but yeah, it is V. flat_____________________________________________________.
I'd rather live in a cave in Knaresborough than a 5 bed in wistow...
I suppose it depends on what you want from life and how much time you'd actually spend at home
Flat horizon and grey sky = mental health issues
Fair enough - sounds like I am hearing all I need to know (and it explains why it is so cheap!
I think I may well save the fuel.
I'd rather live in a cave in Knaresborough than a 5 bed in wistow...
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[/img]A cave in Knaresborough earlier...
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[/img]Or, if you prefer, a house built in the rock. Knaresborough is an odd little place 🙂
Friends of ours moved to Hemmingborough which isn't too far away from Wistow. What a hole. Just completely soul-less villages out that way. No surprise to us when they moved back to York pretty sharpish. Plus depending on where you work (if you're in Harrogate now), A64/York Ring Road can be living hell in rush hour.
Plus depending on where you work (if you're in Harrogate now), A64/York Ring Road can be living hell in rush hour.
Agreed - it can be hell at weekends too so commutes to the office in Harrogate and weekend trips to see family (all in the Harrogate area) will be problematic.
So I think that idea is canned then. Thanks for the feedback - made me see sense in my wistful idea of having a big family home. Looks like we will be stuck in our little terrace in a much nicer place for the foreseeable.
Nothing in your price range between York and Knaresborough? Cattal/Green Hammerton/Aldwark etc areas? Some lovely places around there but probably a bit more £££ but even scope for riding out the door around there...
Nothing in your price range between York and Knaresborough? Cattal/Green Hammerton/Aldwark etc areas?
Not really - we once saw a nice property in Green Hammerton in our price range but it sold before we got to view it. And it still wasn't a patch on the property in Wistow - but I am getting the idea now why they are so cheap there...
It'll not be too long before school catchments dominate your choice of abode.
It'll not be too long before school catchments dominate your choice of abode.
True - and Wistow has a primary school in the village but secondary schools would be in Selby... 😕
Grew up in Selby. Left for uni. Never felt the desire to move back.
My folks still live there. We'd quite like to migrate back that way (Grandparents/grandkids) at some point, but if we did I'd be looking out towards York-way (I quite like the Pocklington area) rather than Selby.
As for Wistow itself; in my teens I went to one of the best parties of my life there, but other than that I don't think there's much of interest there. As far as I know it's quiet and pleasant enough, just not a great deal to do.
As others have said, there's bot-all in the way of interesting mtbing round that way.