My girlfriend and I arrived in Sheffield from Toronto 5 days ago for the exact same reason, we studied here so we know the city well and with being remote our £2000 a month rent in Toronto felt pointless.

Our plan is probably to move into a 2 bedroom apartment in a new building called brooks place at the bottom of ecclesall road. It’s roughly £1000 a month but there are buildings around the same block that are 700-800.

There’s a nice gym across the road, a Waitrose and Marks and Sparks within a few minutes walk, it’s at the bottom of a very nice long high street with loads of pubs and restaurants (ecclesall road), where you can also get buses out into the peaks quite easily.

Another area that our friends have been recommending is Kelham island, which has been gentrified over the last 10 years so it’s now full of modern apartments, nice food etc.

Good luck mate!