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To try to lesson the culture shock of leaving London, mainly- on the assumption that the closer to the centre you are the more amenities there will be ranging from coffee shops to museums.
I know very little about Edinburgh and would be the first to admit it though.
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Where would you like to live in London and I or someone else could translate it to Edinburgh? I also guess that you could take a place in London and it would be half the price for the same thing in Edinburgh
I think EH1 would be the worst of living in Edinburgh, great for a weekend airbnb but it would feel touristy living there.
Standard word of warning as well, house pricing and sales work differently to England. It's "offers over" in Scotland so that price you see on rightmove, add 25% if you really want it or 20% if you are happy to keep bidding and losing out.
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Leith
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I would be very surprised if you can get anything with off street parking for your cars that isn't insanely overpriced in EH1. Edinburgh is small enough that you're within a moderate walk or ride to anything you'll want to see.
Or, just move lightly further out, get something for better value where you have space for your cars etc.
Or just move to Glasgow, it's miles better.
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I see.
EH1 is, as others have alluded to, equivalent to living on Oxford Street and next door to the houses of parliament, plus lots of stag/ hen parties and many students. It's well loud.
Stockbridge is "over" in my opinion, unless you like being cheek-to-jowl just to walk down the street.
I reckon you'd like the New Town, or to be fair the northernmost bit of EH1 (Broughton) or the Shore in Leith, or EH7. Equally some of the villages in East Lothian.
I live a matter of minutes' walk from the town centre, station, tram, etc etc and I still don't live in EH1 :)
Check out Easter Road for the up-and-coming hipster cafe scene.
As others have said, add 25% to the mortgage valuation when submitting offers in a blind auction if you actually want to get the place; it used to be 5-10% some years ago and still is in slow markets but Edinburgh and East Lothian are ridiculous now. Nevertheless you'll be able to afford something nice given you'll have a strong financial position if you sell in London (not a personal comment, just the reality as I see it - I reckon it would apply to anyone making the move with decent equity in property that they were going to sell in the South East).
rj
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andos
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As @wence says you can do better. Why live in the very centre of a small city? You'll prefer sightly further out. There are bits of EH7 that border EH1 and are lovely.