Brixton news, rumours and general chat - July 2017
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shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
The only children I've seen move into Somers Road seem to be the grown up posh version..
teuchter
je suis teuchter
If the photo in the petition is of the building they are complaining about then I would like to point out that it is neither concrete nor has floor to ceiling windows.
T & P
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That petition is all over the place tbh.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Not seen that - is it the Camberwell side of the station? (address seems to be 196)
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
According to the FT Brixton is bucking the trend when it comes to house prices which are still rising. 
To illustrate their point they mention a house not far from me which is on the market for 1.5 million. 
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What they don't say is that it's been extended by building upwards and the owners are in fact property developers who are pretending to live there.
To illustrate their point they mention a house not far from me which is on the market for 1.5 million. Subscribe to read
What they don't say is that it's been extended by building upwards and the owners are in fact property developers who are pretending to live there.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
To obviate the need to self-identify and get a quota - do you mean they say Brixton is still going up, whilst elsewhere is going down?According to the FT Brixton is bucking the trend when it comes to house prices which are still rising.
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What they don't say is that it's been extended by building upwards and the owners are in fact property developers who are pretending to live there.
My gut reaction is that most of London is going down - just looking at Wednesdays in the Standard.
Maybe what we need is a Standard feature on Brixton - then we would get a benchmark for a range of choices in Brixton - without even having to check the estate agents.
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Tomorrow night at The Brixton Pound - free entry!
Come along to the Brixton Pound Summer Party this Saturday, 29th July
Come along to the Brixton Pound Summer Party this Saturday, 29th July
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Can you copy that in as I'm not going to give Murdoch money to read it!According to the FT Brixton is bucking the trend when it comes to house prices which are still rising.
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What they don't say is that it's been extended by building upwards and the owners are in fact property developers who are pretending to live there.
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hiraethified
Some of the things on this weekend in Brixton
What’s on in Brixton: weekend bars, gigs and clubs listings for Fri 28th– Sun 30th July 2017
What’s on in Brixton: weekend bars, gigs and clubs listings for Fri 28th– Sun 30th July 2017
urbanspaceman
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See post 230 in this thread for said article. FT was sold by Pearson to Nikkei in 2015.
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hiraethified
How evil are they in comparison, on a scale of 1 to 10?
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
It's all subjective. Where Murdoch is a 10 and Yoghourt Knitting Monthly is a 1, I'd say:
DMGT (Mail etc) is an 8,
Northern & Shell (Express) a 7 along with Telegraph
Grauniad 6
Morning star a 3 as it's mostly harmless
I'd probably give FT a 5 - It is relatively objective unless talking about Nikkei and if you can accept that it has a financial focus
DMGT (Mail etc) is an 8,
Northern & Shell (Express) a 7 along with Telegraph
Grauniad 6
Morning star a 3 as it's mostly harmless
I'd probably give FT a 5 - It is relatively objective unless talking about Nikkei and if you can accept that it has a financial focus
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Some pics from last night
In photos: Brixton jazz and reggae at the Prince of Wales and Club 414 on a Thursday night
In photos: Brixton jazz and reggae at the Prince of Wales and Club 414 on a Thursday night
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CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
As Jason says in the article this is apparently a turf war between regeneration consultants.
I have been amazed that despite a rolling programme of public consultations the residents of this estate have been somewhat quiescent.
Maybe there are fewer than normal right to buy cases - who are the ones destined to lose most from the normal compulsory purchase terms.
Gramsci
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I wonder on what grounds the tendering process was contested? Lambeth advertised it in EU. As is required. So what happened?
Gramsci
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The bigger picture is that this is an example of how a democratically elected body is hamstrung by having to abide by an enforced so called "free market". The power is in hand of business not elected bodies. I'm no Brexiter but this is good example of EU shortcomings.
Secondly Fenwick estate may agree to redevelopment of there estate but under EU competative tendering they have no say in who gets the contract. A democratic deficit imo.
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GarveyLives
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1.6 Although Mace Limited was not the lowest priced tender, it received the highest score through a 30% price / 70% quality assessment. It was therefore recommended that approval was given to approve the appointment of Mace Limited as the development management team as it had received the highest score based on 30% price / 70% quality assessment. Mace Limited was informed that it had been selected provisionally as the development team manager on 27/04/17. The decision to approve the appointment of Mace Limited was made on 08/05/2017.
Second placed bidder querying the quality scores?
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Actually this shows the pathetic nature of Lambeth Council's relations with lawyers and the courts.
Lambeth Council happily evicted local ex-short life people with maximum legal and police paramilitary support, but when it comes to enforcement action where here is planning infringement, beds in sheds or as in this case when a rich contractor "tries it on" Lambeth Council's legal department back right off.
If the council's procurement process was robust in the first place they should have stuck by their guns and sat back waiting for m'learned friends to award compensation for vexatious litigation.
The fact that the procurement has been pulled suggests Councillor McGlone at least has less than 100% confidence in his officers.
Actually I have less than 100% confidence in Lambeth Council as a regenerator.
Apart from creating an environmental blitz worse than anything since World War II there seem now to be some major cost overruns - with no indication of how these will be funded:
1. Somerleyton Road
2. Your new town hall
3. Fenwick
Any more coming up?
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I reckon there could be all sorts of possibilities for challenge - including disputing the "quality" assessments that GarveyLives draws attention to.
I once took part in a very minor tendering process for an architect job in the £1 million bracket involving streetscape improvements. A matrix was prepared by the officers of about 25 questions for applicant contractor, which were to be discussed in their interviews, so the panel could comment and "mark".
Fenwick Estate would have been much much more complicated - and open to interpretation. Presumably if there was a large potential reward involved the applicants - if they spent a lot of time and money preparing their bid might chance their arm at litigation.
I wonder do Lambeth tendering documents contain the famous line from newspaper competitions:
"The judge's decision shall be final"
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Is this City Am a rerun of your FT thingee?
Where to buy and who is buying right now in Brixton
This City AM article is as sterotypical of vibrant Brixton as one could get - with an added special attraction of a facing ad for "The Edge" - the new tri-tower Taylor Wimpey lifestyle zone - including north-facing flats for trainspotters.
The information seems largely culled from Clapham estate agents.
"In many ways, Brixton is the capital of south London" the headline in the internet version of the article gushes, “It’s gone from being Clapham North’s poorer relation to overtaking demand levels... The buyers profile tends to be cash rich parents buying for their children.” says the manager of KFH in Clapham.
Meanwhile the hard copy version (photo below) says "Buzz and burgers draw buyers to Brixton"
Whilst editor is puking I give this journalist the July Urban75 award for alliteration.
sparkybird
ask the bird...
Brixton hill is once again open to traffic and buses are running. Just as I was getting to enjoy the lack of pollution and noise and the presence of lots more people walking up and down the hill!
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This is on tonight at the Briton pound cafe -free admission. They're a good local band.
The Severed Limb host album launch party at the Brixton Pound shop, Sun 30th July, free entry
The Severed Limb host album launch party at the Brixton Pound shop, Sun 30th July, free entry
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