Brixton news, rumours and general chat - March 2013

[leanderman]

No its not. Thats the UKIP argument.

Rising rents are due to grasping landlords and developers because we live in a "free market". Rents could be strictly controlled. They are not. That is the problem. Same goes for developers like Barratts charging , not what it cost to build a flat plus a reasonable profit, but what they think they can get away with.

I do not blame immigration I blame developers, buy to let landlords and others of the landlord class who are cashing in.

Jesus one minute I'm told I'm prejudiced against Home County newcomers next minute I'm told its all the fault of immigration.

Those are issues too.

But I still believe a million extra people in a city of 8 million will push up house prices and rents.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Brixton house/rent prices are bucking the trend and rising much faster than comparable areas. It sure as fuck can't be blamed on Eritreans and North Africans. The other areas that are bucking the trend are areas that attract overseas oligarchs.

 

[kittyP]

^ yeah but it's usually full of workshy graphic designers round that time.

You're a hard man (?) to please aren't you?

 

[kittyP]

I was impressed with Boquiera, it's not a rip off in the slightest. Courtesan is also great, really interesting menu and excellent cocktails.

A restaurant bill is about time, relaxing, good service, not washing up, new experiences, a vast range of ingredients otherwise unaffordable / unattainable, and good company. Don't sit in a restaurant price-matching the equivalent weight of food from a supermarket then moan about it on the internet. That's pretty weak / low.

If you're just hungry, get a takeaway.

This is a fair point.
If you want cheap go to nandos (although it's not exactly that cheap) or something.
Or as said above, a takeaway.
We are skint atm so don't eat out at all so I know pricey places are a pain but when we did go out I budget at least 25 quid each including wine.
I hate tapas restaurants though as I always leave feeling unsatidfied.

 

[kittyP]

you could get four pie and mashes for that

Oooh pie and mash.
Need to go to Manze's when I'm feeling better <3

 

[kittyP]

Carpet / tile shop opposite? Or Halfords and Currys are just down the road. Obviously not strictly for that purpose but I doubt you'll have any problems for half an hour or so.

I tried to leave my car in the carpet place car park and got told to leave or get clamped

 

[leanderman]

Brixton house/rent prices are bucking the trend.

Not by as much as you might think. House prices are just as crazy over much of London including in areas near Brixton.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

17% average rise last year

 

[Ms T]

It's the same all over London. Hendo's boss keeps getting gazumped in Forest Hill!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

...aaaah, I've been misled by (iirc) The Standard. I'm sure I read that Brixton had much higher price rises last year than other areas.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

...aaaah, I've been misled by (iirc) The Standard. I'm sure I read that Brixton had much higher price rises last year than other areas.

Found this

http://www.in-deed.net/conveyancing/conveyancing-articles/london-house-prices-average-property-prices-for-london-boroughs#Table | Average London Property Prices

and this

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...m--full-borough-by-borough-table-8364066.html

don't ask me which is right though as my brain starts to frazzle when I see numbers

 

[Gramsci]

Brixton house/rent prices are bucking the trend and rising much faster than comparable areas. It sure as fuck can't be blamed on Eritreans and North Africans. The other areas that are bucking the trend are areas that attract overseas oligarchs.

Its Bulgarians and Romanians next on the list to blame for increases cost of housing.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Thanks Min, but that's boroughs and not specific areas within boroughs. I specifically remember the figure of a 17% rise for Brixton mentioned last year.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and this

http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/...londons-top-15-property-hotspots/4314.article

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Its Bulgarians and Romanians next on the list to blame for increases cost of housing.

I reckon the Daily Mail will link them to far more nefarious activities. I can see the headlines now.
ROMANIANS CAUSE CANCER
BULGARIANS EAT THE QUEEN'S RACEHORSES
ARE THESE THE MOST EVIL EASTERN EUROPEANS IN THE UK?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Its Bulgarians and Romanians next on the list to blame for increases cost of housing.

Have already seen tweets and comments in news stories about that, and some people tweeting the bedroom tax is all just to make way for the Romanians.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

and this

http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/...londons-top-15-property-hotspots/4314.article

I remember a postcard in the 1980s that said I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOUR HOUSE IS WORTH
I sent one to my sister

 

[Gramsci]

Found this

http://www.in-deed.net/conveyancing/conveyancing-articles/london-house-prices-average-property-prices-for-london-boroughs#Table | Average London Property Prices

and this

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...m--full-borough-by-borough-table-8364066.html

don't ask me which is right though as my brain starts to frazzle when I see numbers

This is average for Lambeth. A Council officer told me land prices in the north of the borough increase / hold up better than the south of the borough. So prices in Brixton possibly increase more than further south.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I reckon the Daily Mail will link them to far more nefarious activities. I can see the headlines now.
ROMANIANS CAUSE CANCER
BULGARIANS EAT THE QUEEN'S RACEHORSES
ARE THESE THE MOST EVIL EASTERN EUROPEANS IN THE UK?

They've already printed a warning from the Mayor (I think) of a town in Spain warning Britain of what is coming

(Think it was a mayor, and I think it was Spain and I think it was the DM )

 

[leanderman]

They've already printed a warning from the Mayor (I think) of a town in Spain warning Britain of what is coming

(Think it was a mayor, and I think it was Spain and I think it was the DM )

Germany. DM

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Germany. DM

DM - Daily Mail

Germany - Euro

 

[Gramsci]

I reckon the Daily Mail will link them to far more nefarious activities. I can see the headlines now.
ROMANIANS CAUSE CANCER
BULGARIANS EAT THE QUEEN'S RACEHORSES
ARE THESE THE MOST EVIL EASTERN EUROPEANS IN THE UK?

They already have been doing this. Example here (the German one)

I know or have met Romanians and Bulgarians. (btw Romanian women I've met are stunning . Very Slavic looking. So really think Hate Mail is being a misery guts ).

Bulgaria ( and a Bulgarian I know confirmed this) is run by organised crime and oligarchs. Good article here. A Bulgarian has just burnt himself to death as a protest against electricity price rises ( controlled by oligarchs). As one Bulgarian said to me "In Bulgaria there is nothing (for her)". There is rich elite and everyone else gets by -only just.

I would rather have Romanians and Bulgarians in Brixton than the braying home counties.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Germany. DM

ah right, now I see you're saying Daily Mail and the story was in Germany and you weren't talking about the now dead Deutsche Mark

 

[leanderman]

ah right, now I see you're saying Daily Mail and the story was in Germany and you weren't talking about the now dead Deutsche Mark

Jawohl!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Very Slavic looking.

As am I

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

As am I

Are they your own teeth?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Of course! My husband paid for them.

 

[Orang Utan]

I reckon more like:

 

[Gramsci]

I meant the Romanian women Ive met who look like this

Romanians also make good films "Beyond the Hills" is on at Ritzy now. Good but depressing. With a touch of East European (very) black humour.

 

[Mrs Magpie]