Area Guide For IV51 9XF

When it comes to housing in the IV51 9XF area, the number of houses Owned (no mortgage) are 179, while those Owned (with mortgage) are 92. There are around 20 Shared ownership properties, 4 Local Authority rented, 12 Housing Association rented and around 39 are Private rented.

According to our area research, you can expect to find around 136 Senior management/Professionals in the area and about 117 Junior managment/Professionals. Moreover, 137 people are Small business/Self-employed, while 41 are employed in Routine occupation and 64 are engaged in Semi-routine occupations. The number of Unemployed people on the other hand is only 37.

In IV51 9XF area, Couple with children amount to 67 while Couple without children amount to 124. The neighbourhood also has around 35 Single parent families.

Our area research further shows that the most popular activity for residents is cinema, with 82 votes. Around 107 people are DIY enthusiasts, 108 people are interested in eating out, 105 like exercise, 72 are into football and 125 are fond of gardening. 101 people also like music while 126 are into traveling.

The Daily Telegraph is the most subscribed (255) newspaper in the area, followed by The Times (190), Daily Mail (156), Daily Express (151), The Independent (126), The Guardian (105), Daily Mirror (50) and The Sun (44).

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

IV51 9XF 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. Uig Skye Ferry Terminal, Portree Ferry Terminal, Raasay Ferry Terminal.

Close access to schools is most important factor in decision making for parents when buying any property. IV51 9XF has many primary, secondary and private schools to choose from including primary schools like Edinbane Primary School, Portree Primary, 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.