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hiraethified
Gosh! Drinks inside a gated community! How exclusive!
Say hello to Barratt Homes' 'Brixton Square' on Coldharbour Lane (old Cooltan site)
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Mr Bim of Bar
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Will have to vet you first lol
Mr Bim of Bar
Well-Known Member
Why is it a bad idea, everyone keeps harping on about being neighbourly and part of the community
Kanda
Diving wanker
You're not that fucking stupid....
Mr Bim of Bar
Well-Known Member
Kanda have a little faith in Mankind there as genuine and nice people out there
Kanda
Diving wanker
I know a lot of the contributors to this thread in real life.... drop it.
Mr Bim of Bar
Well-Known Member
Ok looks like I will be drinking on my own again
Mr Bim of Bar
Well-Known Member
Ok ok ok I deny it lol, why the hell can't you just be happy for me ?
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Unless the developer has bulk bought a load of cheap crappy boilers, like the developer of a certain development near me.
Sounds like you've bought as a buy to let, Mr Bim.
Kanda
Diving wanker
Do you really not get it?
Not having a go at you but... you've just moved into what is classed as a kinda deprived area. There's poverty, poor, etc etc... I don't (shouldn't) need to go into it.. you've rocked up to this thread, on a forum where there is a lot of discussion about gentrification/pricing locals out of the area etc etc... this is why I said to you earlier in the thread to read up about gentrification... this forum will give you an idea about how the locals think, the economic consequences of that block etc... take some time, read up, think...
I understand where you're at, I don't agree with your thoughts but that's cos I've been here a while....
Read more....
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
No chance. There will be some snags, even if there's just a few minor ones, but there will be snags to fix. See how fast the developer fixes them too.
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hiraethified
With those wafer-thin Barratt Homes walls you'll be keeping up all your new neighbours!
Kanda
Diving wanker
To be fair Ed.. that block will probably be more soundproofed than most of the shit Victorian conversions elsewhere in Brixton...
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hiraethified
Well, that would be damning it with very feint praise indeed!
I've known a few friends who have lived in Barratt new builds and the walls have been truly wafer thin.
Kanda
Diving wanker
Absolutely.. to quote the novel 'Jaws' ... walls made of kleenexe and spit
But a lot of conversions around here are just as bad.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
When I asked about soundproofing during my sleuthing mission, the person I spoke to dodged the question, despite me pressing her repeatedly. I think she didn't actually know. She just tried to reassure me that it'd "be fine"....
Part of the trouble is builders are only required to use "robust building methods" e.g. if done properly sound proofing should be fine.However no actual testing is required and given most workers will be on measured day rate the only way to get a reasonable wage is to bodge it.This is why new builds have their well deserved reputation as being crap.
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hiraethified
Maybe, but flats are generally a lot smaller these days.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
You can either do it by testing or by using the robust details. Agreed that the robust details can potentially be bodged, but even a partially bodged version should still be better than what you will find in most conversions and older builds.
Dodgy paint and filler jobs sure (they are the most common).I've just moved into a flat that is late Victorian and was refurbed coming up to twenty years ago,there's a restaurant with live music and dancing up until 1am directly overhead,I can't hear a thing.While fiddling about with a light fitting I found out why.The ceiling plaster is two inches thick plus six inches of insulation plus a two foot air break plus a concrete floor above.So it can be done.
The trouble with robust methods is as far as I'm aware unless there is legal action tests are very seldom done.If you look at the forums on new builds you'll see it appears to be random regards sound proofing pointing I'd suspect to how well it's done.
In a situation where workers,managers and checkers are all paid according to completion rates the tendency is to let it go unless it's so bad as to be actually visible.Something as simple as a screw too long can break the separation needed for good soundproofing.
Mr Bim of Bar
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Yes I get it, I have seen somewhere I want to live, I have been told the price, I can afford it so I buy it. I would love to ask the developer to reduce the price by £100,000 as its in a deprived area with lots of poor people. I think we all know the answer to that. I also hear what you are saying but there is nothing I can do if I want the property. There are poor people and wealthy people in every neighbourhood.
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hiraethified
Why do you want to live in Brixton Square?
Mr Bim of Bar
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I live 5 mi s up the road in Streatham Hill, I am renting a small flat, and as I have said before this development ticks all my boxes,price location etc
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hiraethified
What do you find so attractive about Brixton and why haven't you moved her before?
TruXta
tired
The lady's not for moving.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I don't really see why this guy should get hassle for moving into the development. Have a go at the developer for squeezing out the affordable housing or whatever, but he's just one of many people planning to buy somewhere to live in Brixton. There are lots of properties around Brixton that are way more expensive than these flats, and have been for a long time.
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hiraethified
I don't think asking what someone finds so attractive about the area they're moving into is 'hassling' them. I'm genuinely curious.
Mr Bim of Bar
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Ahhhh thanks teuchter sanity prevails
Mr Bim of Bar
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I already live in the area only 5 mins up the hill, and I just want somewhere local that needs no work done to it, it's simple
