Area Guide For IV51 9XU

When it comes to housing in the IV51 9XU area, the number of houses Owned (no mortgage) are 168, while those Owned (with mortgage) are 94. There are around 41 Shared ownership properties, 13 Local Authority rented, 23 Housing Association rented and around 42 are Private rented.

According to our area research, you can expect to find around 74 Senior management/Professionals in the area and about 93 Junior managment/Professionals. Moreover, 126 people are Small business/Self-employed, while 88 are employed in Routine occupation and 100 are engaged in Semi-routine occupations. The number of Unemployed people on the other hand is only 59.

In IV51 9XU area, Couple with children amount to 68 while Couple without children amount to 124. The neighbourhood also has around 50 Single parent families.

Our area research further shows that the most popular activity for residents is cinema, with 75 votes. Around 119 people are DIY enthusiasts, 107 people are interested in eating out, 100 like exercise, 79 are into football and 127 are fond of gardening. 101 people also like music while 121 are into traveling.

The Daily Express is the most subscribed (159) newspaper in the area, followed by The Daily Mail (143), Daily Telegraph (138), Daily Mirror (93), The Sun (80), The Times (79), The Guardian (54) and The Independent (44).

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

IV51 9XU 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 9XU has many primary, secondary and private schools to choose from including primary schools like Knockbreck Primary School, Kilmuir Primary School, Staffin Primary School. Some of the secondary schools include Portree High School, Plockton High School, Gairloch High School. Then there are others like Paible School, Sir E Scott School, Sgoil Nan Loch.