Sounds like you've got it covered, popular area, will attract drive-past viewings, as long as you're prepared for the slight inconvenience of having to deal with all of the enquiries yourself then go for it.

The trend these days seems to be for estate agents to be a bit more hands on than they were when we moved house seven years ago, back then they were no more than a window to advertise in, now most of the clients that my daughter handles at her employers tend to go for accompanied viewings and when a sale is agreed they have to follow each stage and negotiate between each of the participants a lot more than I remember - thats something that you'll have to keep on top of even though you have a solicitor "supposedly" doing the job for you.

Not so many if he lives in a cul-de-sac

Montague Crescents nice

Oh I don't know, Coronation St is a cul-de-sac but they've got a thriving grocers shop and newspaper shop at the far end of it.

And the brand new and expensive Coronation Street set might be moving again soon because some daft twonk failed to notice the great big bloody metrolink track next door which means filming grinds to a halt every few minutes.