Say hello to Barratt Homes' 'Brixton Square' on Coldharbour Lane (old Cooltan site)

[loulou82]

Haha, no I understand that - go and read that book - it's in the brixton library - all set in Chelsea - which has clear parallels to what's happening in brixton at the mo - certainly not his best book, but the one that has the most immediate connection to the changes in Brixton.

I will check it out and give you my review!

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Actually on this note, I'm sure there are many people moving into BS that DO want to get involved within the community, but when reading through this thread may get the impression that the community isn't open to them. It could just be me, but I have been reading this thread since February and only just found the courage to chime in. In can be a bit off putting when it feels like your character is instantly judged based on the fact that you bought a flat.

I wouldn't get put off by people moaning on this thread - that's the modus operandi of u75. This forum doesn't represent Brixton - it's just a small part. Stick around and you'll prob find it rewarding.

If people are angry that's partly because many people (some of whom post here) are being forced out of their homes and out of Brixton.

 

[Strangerdanger]

I wouldn't get put off by people moaning on this thread - that's the modus operandi of u75. This forum doesn't represent Brixton - it's just a small part. Stick around and you'll prob find it rewarding.

If people are angry that's partly because many people (some of whom post here) are being forced out of their homes and out of Brixton.

Oh I totally get that. And I agree with A LOT that has been said regarding this government, the bedroom tax, etc.

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

We are allowed out you know? Lol

Only with a minder

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

Is the Brixton Square development also portered?

Yes we have a 16 hours a day concierge, not seen him yet, but I hope he wears a cap and long robes

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

Yes we have a 16 hours a day concierge, not seen him yet, but I hope he wears a cap and long robes

That's shift work by the day, two concierges

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

Yes, I live in Brixton and have done for 7 years and want to stick around. I am talking about residential community not the wider community of Brixton. The current resident community in my building in non existent so I am hoping for a much nicer one at Brixton Square. It would be nice to get to know my neighbors on a personal level rather than just shuffling past each other in the hallway.

Don't knock on my door asking to borrow a bottle of champagne ok lol

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

I


Actually on this note, I'm sure there are many people moving into BS that DO want to get involved within the community, but when reading through this thread may get the impression that the community isn't open to them. It could just be me, but I have been reading this thread since February and only just found the courage to chime in. In can be a bit off putting when it feels like your character is instantly judged based on the fact that you bought a flat.

That's sooooo true, in one thread I was threatened with murder, everyone thinks we have yuppie plague

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

YUPPIES IN!!!!!

YEAH WE ARE NOT ALL BAD WE JUST WANT TO BE LOVED

 

[Badgers]

YEAH WE ARE NOT ALL BAD WE JUST WANT TO BE LOVED

I will pop round

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

I will pop round

You are welcome, Just be careful and wear a dark coat, you do realise there is a badger cull going on

 

[tommers]

I will pop round

((((Bimbam))))

 

[Badgers]

((((Bimbam))))

there goes the neighbourhood

 

[ViolentPanda]

Champagne-flaunting flat buyers: what do you have to say to those who claim you are taking up residence in a "gated community"?

Still the same shit-stirring tosser, I see.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Noooooooooo you're in trouble now young lady, there are some things you just never admit to on here

You seem to miss the difference between your early posts and those of Strangerdanger. You were twattish, and Strangerdanger hasn't been.

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

You seem to miss the difference between your early posts and those of Strangerdanger. You were twattish, and Strangerdanger hasn't been.

Here we go again, give me a break please, I still remember the things you said, and me promising never to converse with you again, but things moves on and I haven't the time to hold grudges, have a few kisses x x x x x

 

[ViolentPanda]

I disagree...I mean it's an outdoor space for residents only. In my opinion this is akin to me not being able to come and hang out in your back garden. A gate does not a gated community make, otherwise some council estates would also qualify.

Out of interest, which council estates? I can think of some council blocks that have entryphone access, even a few that have concierges, but I'm not aware of any council estates that have a controlled gate.

 

[Rushy]

I will pop round

Do you mean "in"?

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

Out of interest, which council estates? I can think of some council blocks that have entryphone access, even a few that have concierges, but I'm not aware of any council estates that have a controlled gate.

STOP WITH THE GATES, ITS JUST A GATE, ITS NOT EVEN ELECTRIFIED

 

[ViolentPanda]

I may be making myself a target here, but I'm going to be completely honest with you, no. If I want a communal space I can got to brockwell park or windrush square. By your logic, no one should have a back garden, they should all be for anyone to use?

That's hardly logic. Gardens are private space individual to the household. Private communal space is another proposition altogether. At best it's elitist.

 

[ViolentPanda]

STOP WITH THE GATES, ITS JUST A GATE, ITS NOT EVEN ELECTRIFIED

Please don't shout, and please don't order me around, or I might be tempted to be impolite.

 

[Mr Bim of Bar]

Please don't shout, and please don't order me around, or I might be tempted to be impolite.

Oh sorry lol

 

[ViolentPanda]

How does one even begin to have a sense of ennui, when they're participating in said drug taking, sexual debauchery, and violence? Not enough hours in the day.

You develop the sense of ennui when you've done the same debaucheries every day for 6 months.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Wonders what on earth the Barrier Block has to do with this. Again.

miseryguts is yet again attempting to establish a false equivalence between social housing with entryphones and private housing with "enhanced security features" (to paraphrase someone earlier in the thread).

 

[ViolentPanda]

Trust me, i am loving the idea of big steel gate idea at the moment!

We are not living in a Beverly Hills or Oscar Pistorius style 'gated community' . I'm living in a block of flats that has a gate on it to stop burglars getting in. How does this cause ennui, i really don't understand!?

What research there is about urban gated communities (bear in mind that most gated communities are suburban) points to inhabitants developing isolationist mentalities, part of which can be a sense of ennui with regard to "the wider community". Perfectly understandable from a psychological point of view, but perhaps not the most community-enhancing attitude that can evolve!

 

[Rushy]

What research there is about urban gated communities (bear in mind that most gated communities are suburban) points to inhabitants developing isolationist mentalities, part of which can be a sense of ennui with regard to "the wider community". Perfectly understandable from a psychological point of view, but perhaps not the most community-enhancing attitude that can evolve!

Does this research define what it means by gated communities?

 

[teuchter]

Still the same shit-stirring tosser, I see.

Another disruptive ad hominem post that would be deleted by the impartial moderator were it to appear in next month's Brixton thread. Again, I would recommend disciplinary action against those who encourage this kind of behaviour by "liking" such posts.

 

[teuchter]

Does this research define what it means by gated communities?

I'd like to know this as well.

 

[Rushy]

Another disruptive ad hominem post that would be deleted by the impartial moderator were it to appear in next month's Brixton thread. Again, I would recommend disciplinary action against those who encourage this kind of behaviour by "liking" such posts.

There is some good pre-like-button debate on here somewhere about whether "liking" could be used to for bullying.

 

[Strangerdanger]

That's hardly logic. Gardens are private space individual to the household. Private communal space is another proposition altogether. At best it's elitist.

I completely disagree. In our old flat, the gardens were chopped up at the back and fenced in - one garden for each floor. We were flat E on the same floor as flat D. We shared a garden with flat D, and although I was friendly with the tenants in flat B (the floor below) I couldn't just rock up in their garden even though it was right next to ours. The were all fenced off separately. They way I see it, the square is the same, you don't live there so you don't use it.

If I wanted to push the argument even further, take a lounge for example. It's communal space for residents of a household. Are you saying that I should be allowed in your living room? (If you are that would be pretty helpful as I'm struggling without wifi).