Five Quiet Streets in St Brelade Worth a Viewing.

Thinking of renting in St Brelade?

Everyone wants St Brelade. I get it. The beach, the schools, the south coast aspect. The obvious streets — Petit Port, La Route Orange, La Marquanderie — move within days at punchy rents.

So this is a list of the streets you might not have spotted on Rightmove yet, where I think the best-kept-quiet homes in the parish come up.

1. La Route du Sud (the bit east of the church)

Yeah I know La Route du Sud is famous. But everyone's looking at the stretch from the airport to St Aubin. The bit *east* of St Brelade's Church, heading toward the noirmont peninsula, is a different street really. Less traffic, properties set back, mostly granite cottages and small bungalows on big plots.

2. La Rue de la Hauteur

This one runs parallel to La Route Orange but inland. You lose the sea view but you gain about £200k for the same square footage. Sounds harsh but if you actually walk it, it's quiet, you've got the playing fields right there, and the cliff paths are 10 minutes walk.

The properties here tend to be 60s and 70s builds — not pretty from the road but most have been extended at the back into the gardens and they're brilliant inside. Cheap to renovate too, by Jersey standards.

3. Mont de la Pulente (the lower stretch)

The famous bit is the top, looking over the bay. The lower stretch, before you get to the petrol station, is where the smart money is. Period houses on the inland side, sea-facing properties on the other side but at sensible price points because they don't have THE view, just a hint of it.

I'd live on the lower-Pulente in a heartbeat. Drainage is the only real watchout — some of these properties are below the road and you want to check the surveys properly.

4. Beauport Gardens

This is a small development, not actually a street as such. It's tucked off the road that goes down to the beach. Maybe 14 or 15 houses, mix of bungalows and two-storey. The plot sizes are generous and the planning here has historically been receptive to extensions, which matters if you want to grow into the house.

5. La Route du Manoir

This is the one I'm hesitant to put in here because I don't want everyone bidding on the next one that comes up. But fair's fair.

La Route du Manoir runs roughly north from the church up toward Quennevais. It's not pretty as a *road* — it carries some traffic. But the properties along it are big and the gardens are vast by Jersey standards. You can find 4-bedroom houses with three quarters of an acre, which is unheard of in the obvious bits of St Brelade.

The key is to find one set back from the road. The ones close to the road are noisier than people expect. The ones up the long driveways are the gems.

A note about why I'm bothering to write this

We get this question a lot — "where's a good street in St Brelade if I don't want to spend silly money?" — and I always end up texting the same list to people. So here it is, written down.

If you want me to flag you any of these the moment they come up to rent, just send me an email with the parish and beds and I'll put you on the list. No obligation, no spam, just an email when one comes up. We've been doing it that way since I started — it's how about a third of our matches happen.

Vicky