I like the reservoirs and the area, but the playgrounds between the new builds are shite. Boring and cold in the winter but hot in the summer. Shame, because they had the opportunity to build new ones to modern standards where parents and kids feel comfortable to spend many hours and get to know each other.
That's the only slight consolation - that the people who have paid a fortune for the new penthouses overlooking the reservoirs will have all that going on on their doorsteps too
that's what kept me in my studio - posh new neighbours objecting to my landlords planning applications.That's the only slight consolation - that the people who have paid a fortune for the new penthouses overlooking the reservoirs will have all that going on on their doorsteps too
yeh that's them
Yeah, those. No idea about cladding (and there certainly wasn't scaffolding up on all of them the last time I wandered through and guessing they were all the same?) more that they're 10 years old and there already some kind of major work needing done.
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One of the drivers for redevelopment on estates like Woodberry Down is that large estates of that age often have significant amounts of green space between the buildings, so by knocking it all down and rebuilding they can cram more flats into the area, though obviously with the loss of that green space.
Yeah, Kings Crescent on Brownswood Road is another estate where I'm responsible for the grounds maintenance, and where redevelopment is squeezing out much of the existing green space.andysays Yes, I remember that when the 60's blocks were built they had to allow a certain amount of space round them, as you say they are built much closer together now. They are even filling in space between older blocks with new ones in some places such as on Brownswood Road.
To be fair, I know accommodation is needed but it's not necessarily going to people that really need and can afford it
it's a double fronted one, been empty for a long time now, broken window upstairs and bars on the ground floor windows. There was a police sign in the window saying something about Anti social behaviour but I think that's gone now and the front yard has been tidied up fairly recently.
It was probably closed with a closure order (The police notice) . Mostly used on social housing properties but could be used on private, so I'm guessing it may have been a crack house fairly recently.andysays are you often in Brownswood Road?
This is going off topic but I'm wondering if you know anything about one of the houses in the Victorian block opposite the estate which has intrigued me whenever I've passed
It's been a lovely house and could be again if some money was spent on it - I wonder who it belongs to
Yes & no , if they'd banned it only in Social Housing ,I'd have been happy. Let the squatters live in the private sector! But it used to take an age to get a council/HA property back if squatted, and that was stopping someone else in housing need from getting a home . Rarely get squatters in council places now as you don't have to go to court , a quick visit with the police usually does the trick.
Glad I had a walk over there recently , although otoh, looking forward to drinking there.
You could have had a travelling beer outside
Look what's been put up over that lovely mural on the wall of the building next to William Patten School in Stokey Church Street
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Look what's been put up over that lovely mural on the wall of the building next to William Patten School in Stokey Church Street
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