relocating to glasgow need help with areas

[dogmadmum]

we are relocating to Scotland sometime in the new year due to my husbands job moving to Erskine near Glasgow. I was hoping some of you mums out there could advise us on the best areas to live and for schools for our 5 and 8 year old. I come from Durham and have never lived anywhere else, so i am very nervous to say the least and any advice will be very welcome. Ideally no more than 30 Min's drive from Glasgow would be good.
many thanks for reading

cannot seem to find any houses for sale in houston,bridge of weir or old kilpatrick, going to look for the others now.

The only thing you really want to avoid commuting wise is the Kingston Bridge in rush hour. You also have Paisley close by which will be cheaper for housing. Best schools are in East Renfrewshire.

Be careful looking at paisley, there are definetely areas to avoid!

Ferguslie, some areas round Thrushcraigs and others are dodgy.

There are some nice houses near Barshaw Park, but out of your budget I think.

Here are some renfrewshire ones

and some East Renfrewshire

Gee darleneconnor thanks for that, well i dont know if this is bad of me but i dont really mind if my children dont go to the best school as long as it is a good school and they are happy there. I am a protective parent and would prefer a school where the children and parents have good strong morals.

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I know someone who lives in Nielston.

Can't say I'd want to live there myself, though.

Scottish school reports here HMIE and some General School Info HTH

There seem to be a few properties in Erskine around your budget too, but they are 3 bedrooms mostly semis in the x housing association stock, so not full of character, though the will be solid!

And I agree with Expat about Neilston. [

You just have to be careful about where you go sometimes if you don't have a very large budget.

Hopefully, MN will be able to make sure you don't wind up in one of those areas.

wow i have saved all the links everyone has showed me and boy have i got some homework to do. I knew this wasnt going to be easy but i am now totally confused lol most definitely dont want to live anywhere remotely dodgy, so i am now making a list of areas of good and bad.
can i ask each of you to name your top 5 places that you would consider living within 30 min drive from Erskine
thanx

expatinscotland what does MN mean?

mums net got it drr i am slow sometimes

Sorry, have only skipped through the posts. Glasgow is near to Erskine and on a good day with no traffic you could get to the centre of Glasgow in under half an hour. However, in peak times it could be more like an hour and a half!

May have missed it but do you drive?

I would suggest asking your husband his maximum commute from Erskine and take it from there. Then factor in property prices and then look at schools.

Roughly speaking, anything to the West of Erskine, either side of the River is fairly rural and you probably would need a car. To the East is generally more urban and you could possibly rely on public transport.

For your husband's commute, bear in mind that some of the more rural roads to the West can get congested and traffic is reduced to a crawl ans some can be treacherous in the winter.

I would agree that Bishopton is lovely and has a real community feel but not sure about the house prices.

Sorry for the essay, hope it helps and let me know if I can help with anything else.

Just 5 of many

Bishopton

Lochwinnoch

Kilmacolm

Bridge of Weir

Bearsden

Milngavie

OOps, i can't count! But looking at these places there is not a lot at all for your budget.

Hi PTA yes i do drive and have my own car, although i wont drive in the snow as im very nervous. DH said he would prefer no more than a 30 min drive to work in erskine, which does give us a fair range.

Do you guys have any hobbies or interest etc for example watersports, near cinemas, walking the dog which might make some areas better. Wlll you be wanting to work, do you need childare?

seb1 no we dont have any hobbies really apart from diy and gardening my ds likes football and my dd likes to dance really all we want is to be somewhere were crime isnt a problem and where the people are friendly and my children will be safe to play out in the street with friends.

We are all friendly up here

oh and yes i would love to work. I was a prodution manager before i had my two but i will be looking to do any sort of work once we get settled.

I can tell that from here

can i ask what i would put in for property search to find properties in bishopton lochwinnoch etc do i put renfrewshire?