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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - September 2017

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I just don't get why a garden needs tiki huts. Keep it simple a garden. Most people don't have gardens last thing I want to do is go get a drink and sit in a plywood hut.
 
The Casa Brixton on Pope's Road was rocking tonight around 11.15pm. Really lively, happy crowd inside.
 
I only ever went to the Grand Union at lunchtime, because it was a convenient central meeting point for my mum friends :oops: and the tiki huts are brilliant for babies in the summer - shade, privacy for feeding and changing, screen other people from a bit of griping. And they had TVs at the time so we watched Wimbledon.

I have it from a friend of a friend who put on one of the stops on the design trail that S&P have put heaps of cash where their mouth is on the community stuff, offering discounted rents to local traders and spending a lot on participating in the design trail (it was very expensive for the businesses that took part apparently).
 
Did you hear about the illegal rave in the empty Toyota dealer shop at the top of Brixton Hill? I was told that the police came but said they could do nothing and it was Lambeth's noise control people that had to to stop it. Lambeth noise control people don't work on weekends anymore. The church next door asked the guys to stop the music while they were having their service but were told to fuck off and had rubbish throw at them. Very bad.
 
So effectively Lambeth no longer have noise control? From what I remember when I had noisy neighbours, they had to witness the noise from inside the property of the person complaining to ensure it was of nuisance level before they could do anything. If they no longer attend any weekend or evening complaints how do they take action
 
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So effectively Lambeth no longer have noise control? From what I remember when I had noisy neighbours, they had to witness the noise from inside the property of the person complaining to ensure it was of nuisance level before they could do anything. If they no longer attend any weekend or evening complaints how do they take action
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Now they require multiple independent complaints before investigating. Which isn't very helpful if you are the only one being affected.
The following service thresholds are used by the service to identify priority noise nuisance issues. Only complaints that meet this criteria will be passed onto the Community Safety Area Teams to be dealt with

  • Where three or more calls are received, in one month from different households
  • Where two or more calls within a month are believed to be related to licensed premises
When calling or completing a form our customers services officers will assess your complaint against this criteria
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Neighbours working together can be an effective way of dealing with this. It's harder for the miscreant to carry on regardless when challenged by a group. I was one of many who collaborated to get rid of a tenant who was using his flat in Clifton Mansions as a commercial party venue. And maybe the Sleepless Brixton group will get rid of the late night buskers who plague them. Residents associations are getting all kinds of things done. There are some things we're better at than councils/police. For example, according to a Lambeth employee, the council can't point CCTV at your front door, which is a problem if you want to gather evidence of people having a shit in it, or dealing drugs. But you are allowed to fit your own camera. The residents of the Bovril building have done this.
 
David Clapson said:
Neighbours working together can be an effective way of dealing with this. It's harder for the miscreant to carry on regardless when challenged by a group. I was one of many who collaborated to get rid of a tenant who was using his flat in Clifton Mansions as a commercial party venue. And maybe the Sleepless Brixton group will get rid of the late night buskers who plague them. Residents associations are getting all kinds of things done. There are some things we're better at than councils/police. For example, according to a Lambeth employee, the council can't point CCTV at your front door, which is a problem if you want to gather evidence of people having a shit in it, or dealing drugs. But you are allowed to fit your own camera. The residents of the Bovril building have done this.
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There's still lots of extra dodgy drug activity along Rushcroft Road. Reminds me of what we used to get at the Barrier Block.
 
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There's still lots of extra dodgy drug activity along Rushcroft Road. Reminds me of what we used to get at the Barrier Block.
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Yeah there's usually a few smoking crack there most nights - weirdly they always seem to congregate in the entrance way to the same building each time, one of the ones just opposite the end of Electric Lane. I see them there all the time, can't imagine what the residents think, it's strange that they always seem to hover around the same building.
 
That bunch who doing those early morning 'raves' at Brixton Beach are now their thing at the Ministry of Sound. I can't think of much worse than my morning starting with this:

Please find information below regarding Morning Gloryville, pioneers of sober raving, who are closing their summer series of conscious clubbing events with the first ever Morning Gloryville Banana Party.

Taking place from 6.30am to 10.30am, early rising ravers are encouraged to join in the monkey madness where they can expect inflatable bananas, banana pistols, apes, gorillas and other surprises at this inclusive and energising event.
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I really like this artwork:

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Brixton: Local hero celebrated in wonderful Pope’s Road street art
 
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And here's the Standard's latest fluff piece on Brixton
Climbing the ladder: how one Brixton couple swapped renting for a shared-ownership home that earns them equity | Homes and Property
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It would be v interesting to see what is the most common % of shared ownership people buy. I scraped together 5% but he bought 50% straight off! Staircasing is a con too unless you're minted, given that the value rises so your second instalment could end up being double your first, for the same %. The great fat fib of 'affordable housing'.
 
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There's still lots of extra dodgy drug activity along Rushcroft Road. Reminds me of what we used to get at the Barrier Block.
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I saw an arrest there out of my window at 2 am this morning! Coppers managed to outrun their prisoner. Must be difficult to outrun a young guy in trainers when you're wearing boots and a stab vest and a radio and a bodycam and a belt festooned with gear.
 
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