Anyone live in any Scottish Islands?

My mother is thinking of buying property in the Shetland Islands but to me that is the middle of nowhere. Yeah a very lovely place I'm sure but it's looks like there is absolutely nothing around.

Could anyone advise some good places to live (somewhere not too expensive) and obviously up north is a far cheaper option than down south.

As a holiday home, or moving permanently?

RaRa, I don't think its up to us to advise your mum where she wants to live      Whats appealing to us might not be to your mum, as you've just proven !

Maybe she wants to be away from it all for a bit of peace and quiet    Is she taking you with her ?

RaRa, I don't think its up to us to advise your mum where she wants to live      Whats appealing to us might not be to your mum, as you've just proven !

Maybe she wants to be away from it all for a bit of peace and quiet    Is she taking you with her ?

Well I'm going into training hopefully so I won't be living at home. My sister will be living in California doing her media so maybe she will be moving there on her own. She has family up north but not that far up north.

As a holiday home, or moving permanently?

Permantently, will not be a holiday home. Holiday homes should be somewhere like Spain

Well I'm going into training hopefully so I won't be living at home. My sister will be living in California doing her media so maybe she will be moving there on her own. She has family up north but not that far up north.

Permantently, will not be a holiday home. Holiday homes should be somewhere like Spain

What you training for Ra Ra ?  and will you be moving away as well ?   

I lived on the most northerly Shetland Island, Unst, for a couple of years in the 90s.  There's not much there tbh.

If she decides to live in the capital, Lerwick, it is a small but lively town.  It has everything you could need, shopping-wise.

The people are very nice - but they don't like the Scottish.  They don't see themselves as Scottish, either British or Shetlanders.

Obviously it is cold up there.  It never gets past 20 degrees even on the best of days and I've seen the snow 12 foot deep.

She needs to have a visit up there before she decides IMO.  She can get a ferry from Aberdeen (if she wants to take her car) or fly from Aberdeen, Edinburgh os Glasgow.

By the way, I spent a bit of time in the Outer Hebrides as well.  The Shetlands are the better of the two.

Tell her good luck if she decides to go.  I really enjoyed my time there, but I was single and spent most of it partying.