Myatts Fields North massive £150m regeneration project
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
One of the reasons so many people on Clapham Park jumped at the regeneration project there was because Lambeth had pretty much stopped doing anything except "handyman" maintenance on about half the blocks on the estate. It's the way they (and a lot of other local authorities) learned to operate after the Tories put an end to LA borrowing cheap money, to rate rises (and to rates themselves), and started surcharging councillors if they exceeded the rates cap set by central government.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
The Myatts Field project is making a complete mess of the area. Lorries, dust and rubbish everywhere, loads of traffic up Akerman Road, and I nearly got run over by a huge lorry which came out of the site without looking.
As far as I can see, they have started building flats on the greenfield bits of the site rather than the promised improvement/replacement of some of the existing dwellings for LA tenants. It's more important for them to sell new flats quickly to wealthy new buyers, rather than look after the interests of the existing residents. IMO this is the model which will be used in future developments in Lambeth.
As far as I can see, they have started building flats on the greenfield bits of the site rather than the promised improvement/replacement of some of the existing dwellings for LA tenants. It's more important for them to sell new flats quickly to wealthy new buyers, rather than look after the interests of the existing residents. IMO this is the model which will be used in future developments in Lambeth.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
In fact, today is the last day for comments on the Supplementary Planning Document, which will govern planning and development in Lambeth over the coming years. If you feel strongly about developments like this, you should say so by adding your comments to the Google doc here:
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/...tureLambeth/OnlineDraftingOfTheBrixtonSPD.htm
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/...tureLambeth/OnlineDraftingOfTheBrixtonSPD.htm
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
Passing the construction sites today I notice the development has been give a shiny new branding
courtesy of Oval Quarter......... http://www.ovalquarter.com/
courtesy of Oval Quarter......... http://www.ovalquarter.com/
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
Yes, as one would hope considering the scheme is supposed to constitute the regeneration of an estate..... curiously the private development has been launched in some far flung places though
http://www.pinnacle-regen.com/news/oval-quarter-is-launched
editor
hiraethified
Well, it's important that our Far Eastern friends get the chance to get in early.Yes, as one would hope considering the scheme is supposed to constitute the regeneration of an estate..... curiously the private development has been launched in some far flung places though
http://www.pinnacle-regen.com/news/oval-quarter-is-launched
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
even if they are pension funds that are owned by parties who will probably never see the place let alone live in it ?
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Prices look cheaper than vibrant Brixton Square.
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
Vibrancy is obviously something that commands a premium
...... Anyway another more subversive rebranding has taken place now I see, someone has rearranged the the letters at one of the gates so what used to say 'oval quarter' now reads 'OVAL SQUA_TER'
Unfortunately I didn't have a camera so you'll have to take my word for it.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Yes, as one would hope considering the scheme is supposed to constitute the regeneration of an estate..... curiously the private development has been launched in some far flung places though
http://www.pinnacle-regen.com/news/oval-quarter-is-launched
This is common. They are looking to sell to those seeking an investment. It will be buy to let.
prunus
Tick tock.
Given that it's still a building site I can't help but feel that
'Oval Quarter is London’s most dynamic and desirable new community'
is deserving of major bullcrap call-out.
Arseholes.
Also - 'Oval Quarter' = 'Definitely not that Myatts Fields you've heard about on the news oh dearie me no, not at all'.
Arseholes.
'Oval Quarter is London’s most dynamic and desirable new community'
is deserving of major bullcrap call-out.
Arseholes.
Also - 'Oval Quarter' = 'Definitely not that Myatts Fields you've heard about on the news oh dearie me no, not at all'.
Arseholes.
SymWanderer
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Can't say I disagree with either sentiment.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Mainly to overseas buy-to-let landlords I expect:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/property-club/10048856/london-buy-to-let.html
One bed flats starting at £259,950
Bravo Lambeth for improving the supply of affordable housing for the benefot of local people!
Not.
Back to a land of Lords and serfs....
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
Mainly to overseas buy-to-let landlords I expect:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/property-club/10048856/london-buy-to-let.html
One bed flats starting at £259,950
I wouldnt be surprised if you were right even though the publicity machine for oval quarter tells us its mostly young professionals striving to get on the property ladder.
if i was a cynic i could almost believe the two examples on the builders website were the creation of a copywriter so similar are their accounts.............
http://www.higginshomes.co.uk/news/First Time Buys Find An Affordable Alternative at Oval Quarter
http://higginshomesblog.co.uk/2013/08/20/first-time-buyer-puts-down-roots-at-oval-quarter/
anyway anyone fancying one of the bargain flats at £259k will be disappointed as the next lot start at £299k probably because of the prestigious location just off Brixton Road as opposed to the other side of the old park, thus making those forays into the vibrant hinterland that bit easier.
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Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Yep...total PR puff
How do you know what the build quality is like by looking at CGI drawings and buying off plan??
Mate of mine who moved into a new 'luxury flat' in the Quadrant in Brixton/Stockwell found the build quality was actually quite shit when she moved in, with a massive snag list.
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
Yep...total PR puff
How do you know what the build quality is like by looking at CGI drawings and buying off plan?.
Dunno, but the first phase of buildings has now sold out according to the Oval Quarter website with most of it still looking very much unfinished.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
I have been noticing that the bins for domestic waste seem to be struggling and piles of tesco carriers full of rubbish are piling up around them.....
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
same everywhere. laziness
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
in this case I think the bins just aren't big enough, they are smaller than a wheely bin but they are meant to serve several households, very nice brushed metal finish though
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
in this case I think the bins just aren't big enough, they are smaller than a wheely bin but they are meant to serve several households, very nice brushed metal finish though
I was thinking they were more like our re-sized bins up here, which are big enough - if you bother to recycle
jeremyclyne
Member
I've put down a public notice question for the next Lambeth Council Corporate Committee (i.e. audit committee), as have the residents. The issues go a lot further than repairs and bins. Will post the full text of the questions shortly. The meeting is on April 2.
in this case I think the bins just aren't big enough, they are smaller than a wheely bin but they are meant to serve several households, very nice brushed metal finish though
A brushed metal finish works for me as well.
I'm too drunk to read this thread which i'm not familiar with. I'm not sure what the issue is with the bins. We all need to put our rubbish out, most of it supurflicious (not even close with spell checker, i'll leave it as it is lol) capitalist packaging that we ought not to be responsible for preprocessing nor made guilty for as consumers when they burn the planet on an industrial scale for profit.
Just make the bins bigger, the packaging smaller, tax the corporates for excess packaging, come and collect the rubbish regularly, pay the refuse collectors a decent wage that we all pay for via local government according to our means.
Just make the bins bigger, the packaging smaller, tax the corporates for excess packaging, come and collect the rubbish regularly, pay the refuse collectors a decent wage that we all pay for via local government according to our means.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Exactly right about packaging.
However, I suspect larger bins discourage recycling.
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