Area Guide For IV55 8GB

When it comes to housing in the IV55 8GB 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 IV55 8GB 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 IV55 8GB are Rural Design Ltd (Architect), Dunvegan Nursery (Garden Centres), Mackenzie Building & Civil Engineering Contractors Ltd (Builder), Roddy Macfarlane (Builder), John Maclean Building (Builder), H M Davison (Painters & Decorators), Top Stitch (Curtain Supplier), A McDonald (Carpenter), C W Plumbing (Plumbers), Stephen Boyd Builders (Builder), Vernon Skinner Building Contractors (Builder), Howdens Joinery Isle of Skye (Kitchen Designers & Installers), Ronnie Kroonstuiver (Builder), Cormack Painters & Decorators (Painters & Decorators), Skye Shrubs Ltd (Garden Centres) and Napoli Plumbing & Heating (Plumbers).

IV55 8GB 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. IV55 8GB has many primary, secondary and private schools to choose from including primary schools like Knockbreck Primary School, Dunvegan Primary School, Edinbane Primary School. Some of the secondary schools include Sgoil Lionacleit, Portree High School, Gairloch High School. Then there are others like Paible School, Daliburgh School, Sir E Scott School.