Area Guide For IV51 9HB

When it comes to housing in the IV51 9HB area, the number of houses Owned (no mortgage) are 41, while those Owned (with mortgage) are 49. There are around 107 Shared ownership properties, 255 Local Authority rented, 247 Housing Association rented and around 60 are Private rented.

According to our area research, you can expect to find around 28 Senior management/Professionals in the area and about 47 Junior managment/Professionals. Moreover, 49 people are Small business/Self-employed, while 179 are employed in Routine occupation and 135 are engaged in Semi-routine occupations. The number of Unemployed people on the other hand is only 188.

In IV51 9HB area, Couple with children amount to 114 while Couple without children amount to 90. The neighbourhood also has around 215 Single parent families.

Our area research further shows that the most popular activity for residents is cinema, with 93 votes. Around 104 people are DIY enthusiasts, 93 people are interested in eating out, 96 like exercise, 116 are into football and 93 are fond of gardening. 100 people also like music while 82 are into traveling.

The Daily Mirror is the most subscribed (180) newspaper in the area, followed by The Sun (155), Daily Express (61), Daily Mail (57), The Guardian (42), The Times (24), Daily Telegraph (18) and The Independent (17).

Some of the nearest services available in IV51 9HB are Skye Shrubs Ltd (Garden Centres), Breton Coastal Homes (Architectural Service), Cormack Painters & Decorators (Painters & Decorators), A McDonald (Carpenter), H M Davison (Painters & Decorators), Napoli Plumbing & Heating (Plumbers), Dunvegan Nursery (Garden Centres), A McDonald Builders (Carpenter), Mackenzie Building & Civil Engineering Contractors Ltd (Builder), Top Stitch (Curtain Supplier), Scottish Removals Services (Removals & Storage Services), Macdougalls Removals (Removals & Storage Services), Stephen Boyd Builders (Builder), Ronnie Kroonstuiver (Builder), C W Plumbing (Plumbers), Skye Removals & Storage (Removals & Storage Services), R K Joinery (Builder), Donnelly Property Maintenance (Property Maintenance Services), L Macintosh Building Services Skye Ltd (Builder), Caberfeidh Electrics (Electronic Shop), Scottish Hydro Electric Plc (Electrician), Vernon Skinner Building Contractors (Builder), Rural Design Ltd (Architect), Howdens Joinery Isle of Skye (Kitchen Designers & Installers), Wittets Ltd (Architect), D F Seel (Carpenter), John Maclean Building (Builder), Ian Richardson (Painters & Decorators), C W Plumbing (Boiler Repair & Servicer), R K Joinery (Builder) and Roddy Macfarlane (Builder).

IV51 9HB has access to various means of transportation including tube, bus and ferry ports. Nearest tube stations include . There is also easy access to airports like Oban Airport, Islay Airport, Barra Airport then there are ferry ports that can be used to get by e.g. Portree Ferry Terminal, Sconser Isle Of Skye Ferry Terminal, Raasay Ferry Terminal.

Close access to schools is most important factor in decision making for parents when buying any property. IV51 9HB has many primary, secondary and private schools to choose from including primary schools like Portree Primary, Raasay Primary School, Macdiarmid Primary School. Some of the secondary schools include Portree High School, Plockton High School, Gairloch High School. Then there are others like Paible School, Daliburgh School, Sir E Scott School.