Property News · December 18, 2015

Let’s move to Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne


It’s got great architecture, incredible countryside and beaches nearby, and people wearing shorts in December – what more could you want, except balmy weather?What’s going for it? Today’s breakfast debate: why aren’t we all living in Newcastle? Really. Right now. What (OK, apart from balmy weather) does it not have? It has smashing citizens. A dramatic setting, pinched by Tyne valley. Great, gutsy, sod-you architecture. Sparkling culture. A Geordie corniche down at the Quayside, with people sipping pina coladas in shorts in December. Stottie cakes. Jobs (some, anyway). The most incredible countryside half an hour away. The most incredible seaside 20 minutes away. For your fancy-pants it has artisan this, that and the other. For your unfancy-pants it has unreconstructed, unironic caffs. And it all comes together in Jesmond. Here university lecturers bump into their students over dirty burgers at Fat Hippo. It’s the Tyne’s Left Bank, only on the north bank, and actually not on a bank at all, just a 15-minute walk from the river. You know what I mean: one of those urbane neighbourhoods that planners dream of. If only we could do something about the weather…The case against Some spots are more studenty, so if you don’t want the Inbetweeners next door, choose carefully. Lots of competition for property. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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