Aberdeenshire or Morayshire

[Wildest Dreams]

Following on from a thread I was following which I can’t seem to join… how did you all get on when you moved to Scotland with horses? I feel bad to be invading from England… are we resented??? How are the midges? Do the horses have trouble with them in such numbers? Recommended areas where they aren’t so bothersome? Property seems to be getting snapped up… is that still the case? so many questions- sorry. Only just managed to work out how to get on here!!!

 

[suebou]

In order, great, nope, not many here in moray, nope, Moray,, yup!Think there’s still property to choose from in rural Aberdeenshire!

 

[Zuzan]

I'm English and have been here since '97 .. as long as you don't take yourself too seriously and start singing God Save the Queen at dawn (remembering dawn up here can be as early as about 2am) you'll be fine. Property market has been increasingly "dynamic" due to demand mostly I think. Midges .. some areas / fields are worse than others.. Personally I prefer Morayshire but Aberdeenshire is pretty vast and varies a lot .. the West bordering and into the CNPA is lovely.. am less enamoured of eastern side, personally find it quite bleak... Morayshire has the benefit of the CNPA and the coast, which I prefer to the Aberdeenshire coast.

 

[mossycup]

Aberdeenshire - I would head west - Banchory, Aboyne etc, or the area in and around Oldmeldrum has lots of venues/shows etc

Very busy and diverse horse scene here, and midgies here are nothing like what you get on the west coast

 

[Wildest Dreams]

Excellent - thank you !

 

[Wildest Dreams]

I'm English and have been here since '97 .. as long as you don't take yourself too seriously and start singing God Save the Queen at dawn (remembering dawn up here can be as early as about 2am) you'll be fine. Property market has been increasingly "dynamic" due to demand mostly I think. Midges .. some areas / fields are worse than others.. Personally I prefer Morayshire but Aberdeenshire is pretty vast and varies a lot .. the West bordering and into the CNPA is lovely.. am less enamoured of eastern side, personally find it quite bleak... Morayshire has the benefit of the CNPA and the coast, which I prefer to the Aberdeenshire coast.

 

[Wildest Dreams]

Thank you very much- very helpful.

 

[Wildest Dreams]

I'm English and have been here since '97 .. as long as you don't take yourself too seriously and start singing God Save the Queen at dawn (remembering dawn up here can be as early as about 2am) you'll be fine. Property market has been increasingly "dynamic" due to demand mostly I think. Midges .. some areas / fields are worse than others.. Personally I prefer Morayshire but Aberdeenshire is pretty vast and varies a lot .. the West bordering and into the CNPA is lovely.. am less enamoured of eastern side, personally find it quite bleak... Morayshire has the benefit of the CNPA and the coast, which I prefer to the Aberdeenshire coast.

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[MagicMelon]

Im an estate agent in Aberdeenshire, most of my houses are being bought by English moving up. Honestly, Id say I see more English than Scots on a daily basis in my job. You wont stick out by any means! Im local but speak with an English acsent so people always assume Im English, Im not bothered and Ive never had any issues. Property prices have gone up a bit coz the English always seem to wack in decent offers above valuation (more so than locals do!). Anything with land for horses round here generally goes very quickly. As a guide I just sold a 3 bedroom house with 5 acres, steading buildings/stables and a big outbuilding and outdoor school for in the region of £350k-£360k (I cant say exact as its under offer). Depends where you go as some areas are obviously a lot cheaper than others. Closer to Aberdeen city is pricey, go further out towards the Moray boundary and it gets cheaper. I can give you the low down on what areas are nice and others which perhaps you should miss by PM if you want.

We live near between Oldmeldrum and Huntly so property prices are pretty good. We'll be selling our 4 bed, 2 reception room house with an acre and stabling in the next few months for under £300k if you're interested

Barely any midgies here by the way, we live on a hill though so that helps! They're worse further West.

 

[Wildest Dreams]

Hi!
Thank you so much for that. HOW can I contact you direct??

 

[TPO]

Hi!
Thank you so much for that. HOW can I contact you direct??

Click on users name at top of their post and it gives you options to follow, ignore or start conversation. Select start conversation and then you can PM the person

There used to be a minimum post count (20?) before a new member could PM someone. I don't know if that's still the case.

 

[Cloball]

Lived in Aberdeen for 6 years and Ellon for 6 months. I love the countryside around Royal Deeside, find it more welcoming and the hacking is better however I think it's cheaper in the east. The midges (can't say I noticed them more than the Lakes) are not that bad and there are plenty of livery yards and dressage and jumping going on. If you find yourself near forestry you can hack for miles, the beaches are stunning too. You get some cracking sunsets and sunrises.

Can't say an awful lot about Moray as I've only spent a few weeks in and around Inverness the whiskey, the coast, and Roseisle is incredible though.
Pictures for inspo?

 

[Wildest Dreams]

Wow!! Thank you ?

 

[spookypony]

I'm Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire, and find the horsey scene great: welcoming, lots of competitions and venues, and the Bypass does make it much easier to access areas to the south of the city, if you're north. I'm German/Canadian, and have never encountered problems because of this, once I learned that "headcollar" means what I learned as "halter", and that a numnah isn't some tasty horse treat...