gaijingirl
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snowy_again said:
blimey it's all go!! I heard two people leaving the Lido yesterday off to meet friends and trying to decide which pub to go to - they described the Prince Regent as a bit "All Bar One".... 
Brixton chitter chatter part 1 (Nov 2006-June 2008)
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blimey it's all go!! I heard two people leaving the Lido yesterday off to meet friends and trying to decide which pub to go to - they described the Prince Regent as a bit "All Bar One".... 
Aye, Jane's still there, but she's reliant on the brewery not selling the lease to someone else. Apparently the brewery's looking to resolve the situation, one way or the other, within 6 weeks. The landlady's hoping to stay on, either way, but it's entirely out of her hands.
The Hob's always been a tough one to judge - depressing in the winter, but all tends to be forgiven in summer, when the customers come flooding back. But I reckon Jane's made a fairly decent stab of balancing things out there - new nights, jazz in the gazebo on Sundays, the occasional belly dancing conference (I shit you not) in the backroom. I like old Scolly and his relaxed West Indian kitchen in there too - a fiver and he'll (eventually) bring you a hearty plate of food with a smile. As the only pub in theimmediate area showing sport, it should also clean up once the footie season starts.
After the two year lease is up it'll be interesting to see how things pan out. I sense planning permission being sought - there are 11 rooms above the pub for a start...
The Hob's always been a tough one to judge - depressing in the winter, but all tends to be forgiven in summer, when the customers come flooding back. But I reckon Jane's made a fairly decent stab of balancing things out there - new nights, jazz in the gazebo on Sundays, the occasional belly dancing conference (I shit you not) in the backroom. I like old Scolly and his relaxed West Indian kitchen in there too - a fiver and he'll (eventually) bring you a hearty plate of food with a smile. As the only pub in theimmediate area showing sport, it should also clean up once the footie season starts.
After the two year lease is up it'll be interesting to see how things pan out. I sense planning permission being sought - there are 11 rooms above the pub for a start...
Minnie_the_Minx
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Kanda said:How does a Pub turn into *luxury flats* ?
Surely it's just flats, not luxury flats? Didn't think there would be enough square footage to create luxury flats
I think the price will reflect whether they're luxury or not
christonabike
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The Plough has been in transformation for at least 5 years
I used to play in the pool nights down there, next thing I know I'm twatted in there on a dance night, and now flats, which I guess I shall never enter
The Plough has been in transformation for at least 5 years
I used to play in the pool nights down there, next thing I know I'm twatted in there on a dance night, and now flats, which I guess I shall never enter
snowy_again
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gaijingirl said:
Well I can see truth in that accuasation, but its a convenient stumbling point between the Lido and home... there was an old geezer in there last night palpably shocked that they didn't sell crisps.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
christonabike said:
It's true. They started on the new bit to the right of the main building at least 4 of 5 years back (including digging out what looked like a big basement... don't know what that's for).
I don't know why they're taking such an incredibly long time to build it.
I used to like that pub when I lived just across the road. Some quite funny nights in there. I seem to remember quite a lot of break-dancing going on on several occasions...
christonabike
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I guess the owners keep the building and wait for property prices to go up and up, and then sort it out once the right price has been reached
Could anyone confirm that this is what happens with empty buildings?
Could anyone confirm that this is what happens with empty buildings?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
By the way, I was passing by there the other day and noticed they are demolishing the big factory-type building on the north side of Landor Road, just before it gets to Stockwell road.
They have demolished everything except for the concrete frame. Interesting to see how that is going to be incorporated into the new building. This is going to be more flats, presumably?
They have demolished everything except for the concrete frame. Interesting to see how that is going to be incorporated into the new building. This is going to be more flats, presumably?
Minnie_the_Minx
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christonabike said:
I think the Tent and Tarpaulin Shop and Dawn of the Raj may be an example
Minnie_the_Minx
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Kanda said:I think the area will dictate the price
The whole luxury flats thing is bollox, all it serves to do is wind people like Ed up
Well how about "flats for young middle-class people with degrees who earn around £40,000 a year then"?
I'm not even on £20,000 a year
Kanda
Diving wanker
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Yeah, I'm just having a laugh at the marketing of *luxury flats* which usually end up being tiny little fucking places that aren't really luxury at all, apart from the fact they are waterproof and have wooden floors and white walls
I'm on more than that (but don't have a degree
) and can't afford to buy a bloody flat, I am thinking about buying with my ex!! to get back on the property ladder gaijingirl
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40k? The new development at the bottom of Tulse Hill is marketing 1 bedroom flats for just under £200k. It'd be a struggle to buy one of them on 40k!
Kanda
Diving wanker
teuchter said:
Yup, nail on head.
Regardless if they label them luxury or not, it's very unlikely that they are going to be sold at a price that is above what other properties in that area are sold for.
They're not going to market them as *average homes* are they
(My point is the frothing every time someone mentions *luxury flats* that clearly aren't luxury is hilarious, like it's some token class divide name)
Minnie_the_Minx
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gaijingirl said:
I know, but £40k to me is a lot considering I'm on less than half that
, and I know people half my age earning that.gaijingirl
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Minnie_the_Minx said:I know, but £40k to me is a lot considering I'm on less than half that
Well that's the point Minnie - 40k is a lot - to most people and it's still not enough to buy a flat/house in these parts!
clandestino
no llevar papel
The King Of Sardinia is finally being done up. There's been workmen in the last few weeks now. I had a peek inside a while back - the old bar and everything was still there.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
gaijingirl said:
Yes, but if there's two young people in their 20s earning that then they've got a hell of a lot more chance of getting on the property ladder than say, someone like me in their 40s, no qualifications and earning less than half that
Oh, and The Bar With No Name (aka cuntsbar) has suddenly developed some anodyne 'Z' name on one of its signs - Zanzibar or some nonsense on that.
Same decor, but with a whole word tacked onto a sign. What's that - the fourth attempt at rebranding. Here's a tip to the owner; it's not the name that's the problem...
Same decor, but with a whole word tacked onto a sign. What's that - the fourth attempt at rebranding. Here's a tip to the owner; it's not the name that's the problem...
gaijingirl
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Minnie_the_Minx said:
I think we're on the same page here...... it's just that calling them ""flats for young middle-class people with degrees who earn around £40,000 a year then"? is probably not much more accurate than calling them "luxury flats" given that you could have 3 PhDs and an honorary degree from Harvard but if you're on 40k you'd still struggle.
How about "flats for people with more money than sense?"
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