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Edinburgh chat thread

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  • #122
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    It's ridiculous isn't it!! Wife was saying Morningside was snowing all day just so bizarre. Looks like tomorrow shouldn't be too bad. We better be due a dam good summer after this!


  • #123
    Rex Manning
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Rex Manning


    The only thing worse than the weather is the state of the roads lately. they seem to be made of biscuits with the amount of potholes that have appeared lately


  • #124
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    Yeah they rally have fallen apart some Jon trying to dodge them!


  • #125
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Those potholes are absolutely lethal.
    By the way if someone gets injured driving, cycling, walking over one, the council can't be blamed if they haven't been told about it beforehand!


  • #126
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I've moved office so I'm at the opposite end of town now.
    Tried a new barber today ... what an experience!

    Hot face towel, head, neck and shoulder massage, I was NOT expecting that!


    Barbarossa on Morrison Street if anyone is looking for a barber down that end of town.


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  • #127
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    So who's planning an impromptu barbecue if Thursday's weather turns out to be as nice as promised? I'm seriously tempted, but also can't be arsed with the hassle...however, refreshing alcoholic ginger beer type beverages in the sun will most likely happen :D


  • #128
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Taps aff lads :D


  • #129
    biketard
    Registered Users Posts: 531 ✭✭✭biketard


    Holy crap it's lovely out there. Just spent my lunch hour sitting in the Botanics (just round the corner from my office--what a luxury). Bliss.


  • #130
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Vue cinema in Livingston is £8 for a VIP seat ticket. Not bad at all.
    Generally quieter too, came in handy for Avengers today.


  • #131
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Finally got around to using the ODEON Lux in Wester Hailes. What a spot.
    Plush surroundings, all recliner seats. Pizza and chicken strips available, full bar and coffee shop.


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  • #132
    Battleflag
    Registered Users Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Battleflag


    Saw Baby Driver in the Dominion a few months back, never been to a cinema like it before. Table service, recliner seats, alcohol! If you haven't been I would advise treating yourself


  • #133
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Yeah, they pop up on Groupon every now and then too, which makes it even sweeter.

    Complete opposite end of town for me now though, but I used to visit a lot.
    Only other caveat is that I probably wouldn't see a "traditional" blockbuster there.


  • #134
    Rex Manning
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Rex Manning


    used to live next to fountainbridge and had the unlimited card in cineworld. Was great, any excuse to go there - too hot/cold outside, hungover, any reason at all. Now i'm beside a odeon and the choice of film is terrible - got their version of the unlimited card without realising how bad their choice is and have only been about 5 times this year


  • #135
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    We have unlimited cards too have had them for years saved a fortune as we go a lot. One of the few companies where their membership system applies to Ireland too which was handy as we were back and forth a lot. When ODEON launched limitless we signed up them realised how crap their selection was too and were quick enough to be able to cancel it!


  • #136
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I didn't actually realise there would be a distance that vast between Odeon and the others.
    I used to be Unlimited with Cineworld too but with Vue Livingston and now this Odeon almost equidistance for me I'll just pick and choose as I go I think.


  • #137
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    https://www.gumtree.com/p/property-to-rent/spacious-one-bedroom-flat-tollcross/1311179624

    £920 per MONTH for a bedroom in a 2 bed flat. That's surely not the norm is it?
    That's pretty much my mortgage!


  • #138
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    razorblunt wrote: »
    https://www.gumtree.com/p/property-to-rent/spacious-one-bedroom-flat-tollcross/1311179624

    £920 per MONTH for a bedroom in a 2 bed flat. That's surely not the norm is it?
    That's pretty much my mortgage!

    Uh....that ad reads as being for a 1-bed flat in Tollcross for 1 or 2 people. Maybe it's been changed?

    I mean, don't get me wrong, it's still spendy for a 1-bed but Tollcross is pretty central so demand will be there. Plus this time of year people always chance their arm and ask for higher rent because so much accommodation has been taken over by Fringe stuff.


  • #139
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    Fringe is well over by the time it's available though. They probably have it rented out at some bonkers rate for the summer too! I like how it says no students like there would be a huge amount of them at that price!

    I haven't looked at rent prices in years but didn't think they'd be up at these sort of levels. For a one bed in Edinburgh you'd expecting a stunning finish but it looks pretty standard.


  • #140
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Ah, when I read it, it was marked as "double bed to rent in Tollcross" rather than a 1 bed!
    Makes a bit more sense. The landlord must have so many properties he's losing the run of himself!


    ... or herself!


  • #141
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    jimmii wrote: »
    Fringe is well over by the time it's available though. They probably have it rented out at some bonkers rate for the summer too! I like how it says no students like there would be a huge amount of them at that price!

    I haven't looked at rent prices in years but didn't think they'd be up at these sort of levels. For a one bed in Edinburgh you'd expecting a stunning finish but it looks pretty standard.

    Yes, but if you've given notice (or been given notice) at the start of August you don't have a lot of choice in the matter and will be hunting while demand is bananas and availability is dreadful due to short term lets. Believe me, I know - I didn't do enough research when we move up here and was one of the suckers trying to find a place in that sort of situation a few years back :)

    Based on what I saw the last time we moved flat, that price isn't particularly outrageous. I mean, if you're a normal human who has lived anywhere else (or even just seen rental prices for other similarly sized cities) it's ridiculous, but it's par for the course in Edinburgh as far as I can tell (I recall seeing a small 1-bed place about 10 mins from Haymarket that was going for more than what we're currently paying for a nice spacious 2-bed about 10 mins from the West End, for example - and that had no shortage of prospective tenants...).


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  • #142
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Decorations are up on The Dome!


  • #143
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    They were putting them up outside our house yesterday I was like wtf lads!


  • #144
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    They cut down all the trees in Princes Street Gardens where the Markets will be.
    Awful shame, apparently getting replaced in the Spring (2019 vs 2021 on differing accounts).


  • #145
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Xmas Markets are open.


  • #146
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    Went on Sunday it was manic won't be going on a weekend day again! Same stalls as always but the foods good!

    If you like getting the little mugs the only one that seemed to be doing the was the one by the door to the both bar.


  • #147
    KevinCavan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 612 ✭✭✭KevinCavan


    What is the average monthly rent around the city?


  • #148
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    Varies hugely like most cities. In old Edinburgh it's pretty expensive but in the suburbs you can get a place in a reasonable area for not too much.

    Realistically to rent a 1bed in a decent area or studio in a slightly nicer area you're looking at ~£600/month entry level and if you're looking for a nice place to live as a couple then probably ~£800.


  • #149
    KevinCavan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 612 ✭✭✭KevinCavan


    jimmii wrote: »
    Varies hugely like most cities. In old Edinburgh it's pretty expensive but in the suburbs you can get a place in a reasonable area for not too much.

    Realistically to rent a 1bed in a decent area or studio in a slightly nicer area you're looking at ~£600/month entry level and if you're looking for a nice place to live as a couple then probably ~£800.
    It’s a bit calmer than Dublin and Cork then (the rental market)?


  • #150
    jimmii
    Registered Users Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    KevinCavan wrote: »
    It’s a bit calmer than Dublin and Cork then (the rental market)?

    Haven't rented in a few years so not sure how competitive it is but in Edinburgh property moves very quick on average it takes 19 days to sell a house. Prices in Edinburgh and the lothians are increasing much higher than the UK average so no doubt rent follows the same pattern. Dont forget your council tax that adds a decent chunk to your outgoings!


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  • #151
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    If you want a decent 2 bed (with en suite) in a new build, within 3 miles of the city, you're looking at ~£850/£900.

    East Pilton is always my benchmark for rent.
    https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/49738277?search_identifier=e6232d00f48b22b7fe1c9231ec3d255b


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