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Author	eenbiertje
Comment	It's a brand new development, on the site of the former area/district of Sighthill, which was famous for its enourmous tower blocks: http://www.disappearing-glasgow.com/portfolio/redroad/ Personally, everything I've seen of the redevelopment plans looks fantastic. Cycle lanes along the major routes, lots of trees, a good focus on having mixed use buildings along the main roads. It reminds me a lot of semi-urban districts in the Netherlands. Good summary of the plans here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/article/work-begins-on-development-of-more-than-800-new-homes-in-sighthill It seems very geared towards family life, so it might well be ideal for you. People saying it's a bad district will be thinking of the Sighthill of old, which did have a very rough reputation. But the entire area has effectively been razed to the ground and rebuilt from scratch. No one lives there now, so I think it's fair to view this as an entirely new district, with no baggage. As I say, everything about it looks pretty good to be honest. Would be happy to live there myself. One possible negative aspects would be poor transport connectivity (there's talk of building a dedicated train station [roughly here](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Glasgow+G4+0LP/@55.873417,-4.245933,418m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4888441a7769861d:0x78f399dd208d4b19!8m2!3d55.8734155!4d-4.2437506), but that might be many years away). The site isn't up and running yet, so it's possible (likely?) that bus routes will adapt to include it. Also, a minor thing, though it will be connected to the city centre by a new pedestrian/cycle bridge over the M8, and so would only be about a 15/20 minute walk to Buchanan Street (the main street in Glasgow), there's not very much to see or do in this area (Townhead) leaving it potentially feeling a bit detatched from the city. Quite a minor thing though. It's still under construction - in fact, construction has just paused because of Coronavirus, so it's possible opening of the renovated district might be delayed later this year. Don't know though - so advise contacting the home builders directly to check on this!
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Created	Mon 13th Apr 2020 1:08pm
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It's a brand new development, on the site of the former area/district of Sighthill, which was famous for its enourmous tower blocks: http://www.disappearing-glasgow.com/portfolio/redroad/

Personally, everything I've seen of the redevelopment plans looks fantastic. Cycle lanes along the major routes, lots of trees, a good focus on having mixed use buildings along the main roads. It reminds me a lot of semi-urban districts in the Netherlands.

Good summary of the plans here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/article/work-begins-on-development-of-more-than-800-new-homes-in-sighthill

It seems very geared towards family life, so it might well be ideal for you. People saying it's a bad district will be thinking of the Sighthill of old, which did have a very rough reputation. But the entire area has effectively been razed to the ground and rebuilt from scratch. No one lives there now, so I think it's fair to view this as an entirely new district, with no baggage.

As I say, everything about it looks pretty good to be honest. Would be happy to live there myself. One possible negative aspects would be poor transport connectivity (there's talk of building a dedicated train station [roughly here](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Glasgow+G4+0LP/@55.873417,-4.245933,418m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4888441a7769861d:0x78f399dd208d4b19!8m2!3d55.8734155!4d-4.2437506), but that might be many years away). The site isn't up and running yet, so it's possible (likely?) that bus routes will adapt to include it.

Also, a minor thing, though it will be connected to the city centre by a new pedestrian/cycle bridge over the M8, and so would only be about a 15/20 minute walk to Buchanan Street (the main street in Glasgow), there's not very much to see or do in this area (Townhead) leaving it potentially feeling a bit detatched from the city. Quite a minor thing though.

It's still under construction - in fact, construction has just paused because of Coronavirus, so it's possible opening of the renovated district might be delayed later this year. Don't know though - so advise contacting the home builders directly to check on this!