Neighbourhood and local area reviews for renting in Birmingham

The area is not great. The house is very close to the entrance to one of the canals, which are beautiful, and it’s very close to a Tesco superstore. But it’s far from almost everything else.

Many people living around are not exactly bright. Right in front of the house there’s a road where it’s common to see people speeding. It’s also common to see lots of rubbish thrown into the bushes close to the pavement.

The rest of the city offers a quite dystopian view. For every street that looks well maintained there is another one which looks like complete trash around the corner. It’s completely normal to see junkies and homeless people sleeping next to flat entrances. Fortunately, I never saw any of them close to the house and I never had any serious problems. But it’s unsettling.

Area is fantastic

As it’s in the city centre, the apartment is based in a great location. I letted this apartment mainly because of the proximity to the train station.

close to shops. buses are rubbish but the train into town is good. the streets are messy and it's noisy on club nights.

Irrelevant.....

Alright, good bus to uni, local shop.

very lovely.It was a perfect location.easy to conmute .Nice view of birmingham from your balcony .

Selly Oak. Bit of a walk from Main Street and parking was difficult at times. Thin road so issues with two way traffic.

Less than a 10 minute walk to local shops, Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury's, and lots of places to eat.
Lots of bus stops nearby and local pubs, bars, gym, shops.

Rookery road was a LOT nicer to live on than dawlish where I lived last year a lot quieter and cleaner and felt a bit safer walking back at night. However still in selly and there were break ins and smashed cars. Much easier to park too