Mytholmroyd
So I'm leaving Aber this summer, at last, although the exact date of departure is still being worked out. I need to be out of my old flat by the end of June when the tenancy agreement finishes so that sets the upper time limit.
After I failed to find anywhere nice down Oxford way I decide to try casting my gaze further north and have settled on the lovely village of Mytholmroyd which lies roughly half way between Manchester and Leeds with excellent transport links to both. I had originally hoped to find somewhere in Hebden Bridge which is a mile up the road on the Manchester side, but a lack of nice properties within my price range caused me to widen my net a bit. As a result I've found a really lovely, spacious and modern 2 bedroom apartment with a huge balcony overlooking the Rochdale canal and green, leafy hills beyond for an extremely reasonable £450 a month. Throw in that it's only five minutes from the train station and local supermarket and it's very hard to find fault. It also has the benefit of having the lovely Gareth and Penny very nearby, if only for another year or so.
The apartment has a nice large living room with aforementioned balcony, leading to a modern kitchen, two bedrooms - one with an en suit shower room, bathroom, storage cupboard with hot water tank and entrance hall. Once again I've managed to find somewhere on the top floor (my 3rd consecutive flat with this feature) so there's a fair few steps up to it. On the upside this improves security and reduces heating bills a bit. It also means I don't have to worry about anyone clonking around above me.
The apartment will need a bit of a repaint before I move in but as I fully expect to have at least a month to start transitioning things over that should work out alright and be fresh and sparkly by the time I'm done with it. Hopefully I'll be able to do a bit of a house warming at some point!
I'll post some pictures and things once I've moved in as the ones I snapped for my own reference aren't that super.
PS - it's pronounced My-th'm-roid
After I failed to find anywhere nice down Oxford way I decide to try casting my gaze further north and have settled on the lovely village of Mytholmroyd which lies roughly half way between Manchester and Leeds with excellent transport links to both. I had originally hoped to find somewhere in Hebden Bridge which is a mile up the road on the Manchester side, but a lack of nice properties within my price range caused me to widen my net a bit. As a result I've found a really lovely, spacious and modern 2 bedroom apartment with a huge balcony overlooking the Rochdale canal and green, leafy hills beyond for an extremely reasonable £450 a month. Throw in that it's only five minutes from the train station and local supermarket and it's very hard to find fault. It also has the benefit of having the lovely Gareth and Penny very nearby, if only for another year or so.
The apartment has a nice large living room with aforementioned balcony, leading to a modern kitchen, two bedrooms - one with an en suit shower room, bathroom, storage cupboard with hot water tank and entrance hall. Once again I've managed to find somewhere on the top floor (my 3rd consecutive flat with this feature) so there's a fair few steps up to it. On the upside this improves security and reduces heating bills a bit. It also means I don't have to worry about anyone clonking around above me.
The apartment will need a bit of a repaint before I move in but as I fully expect to have at least a month to start transitioning things over that should work out alright and be fresh and sparkly by the time I'm done with it. Hopefully I'll be able to do a bit of a house warming at some point!
I'll post some pictures and things once I've moved in as the ones I snapped for my own reference aren't that super.
PS - it's pronounced My-th'm-roid