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

[ViolentPanda]

And you would prefer what, exactly? Single people occupying 4-bedroomed flats? With the extra space for staff?

Well, kitchens so rarely contain a pantry nowadays, that there's nowhere for the butler to bed down anymore, don'cherknow?

 

[Manter]

God, this reminds me of the letter my dad got when he was a local councillor, with a local complaining about council housing being built on his street because 'some households on this road have two BMWs'. I think my dad's response was to reply saying this was the most risible letter he'd seen in nearly two decades on the council.

Oh, that's special...!

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I suggest anybody that uses the phrase "you should wake up and smell the coffee" is a cunt of the highest order.

It's obvious that people such as stranger Danger who already live in BS have no idea of what goes on in the real world and think the world is nice and rosey,I have lived in Brixton all my life and know far more about the area and what happens in it than 90% of the deluded left wing do gooders on here.Rip down the gates and let the community in just about sums up the calibre of people on this site!

House!

 

[aurora green]

Hello, stranger!!!

Hello Nice to be remembered!

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I wasn't aware that they were 4 bedroom apartments for big families!!

Who did you think 4 bed flats were for? Small families?!

Don't worry about it, you'll be fine. Keep your windows and doors locked, don't look anyone in the eye, wear a stab-proof vest at all times and keep your head down.

 

[tendril]

Im not saying that am I you clown! I was aware of that already! I wasn't aware that they were 4 bedroom apartments for big families!!Thats the whole point of what I was saying maybe you missed it

Caveat emptor

 

[CH1]

Im not saying that am I you clown! I was aware of that already! I wasn't aware that they were 4 bedroom apartments for big families!!Thats the whole point of what I was saying maybe you missed it

There's a shortage of family accommodation in the social housing sector due to Lambeth Council selling their street properties for conversion to one bed/two bed flats. As a long term Brixton resident surely you noticed this?

 

[Manter]

Hmm, Greebo and I watched it being built/thrown up, and the fences (i.e. the "feature" wrought iron fencing, not builder's mesh and fence rods) were up before the place was finished, especially at the back, and it's certainly the case that they stuck in the street-access and park access gates pretty late in the day - in the case of the parkside gate they had to pretty much chop out a lump of their fence and then "sculpt" the slip into the park - and I think the Friends of Brockwell Park newsletter had something about a felling licence having to be granted to remove a tree that was in the way.

I've spoken to him and apparently it always had a fence and walls but the access for cars and pedestrians wasn't gated.- you could wander in and out.

 

[Bandit78]

Violent panda,university degree? You sound like a complete uneducated loser,I raised a valid point which has been lost with all the brain dead morons of this site,well wait and see what happens when all these huge families with their kids start moving in.The whole point of the conversation in the first place was I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT THESE HUGE 4 BED FLATS WERE GOING TO SOCIAL HOUSING!!! is that plain enough for you,violent retard??

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The whole point of the conversation in the first place was I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT THESE HUGE 4 BED FLATS WERE GOING TO SOCIAL HOUSING!!!

Ok, so now you know.

What's the problem then?

 

[Pppenguin]

I do believe that Bandit 78 has a valid point,we could risk these apartments even going to ghastly Bulgarians...?

 

[Brixton Hatter]

lol

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I do believe that Bandit 78 has a valid point,we could risk these apartments even going to ghastly Bulgarians...?

Nah, they won't be going to Bulgarians - they've already been earmarked for load of Muslim lesbians with 15 kids. Who will probably give you cancer and rob you.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I do believe that Bandit 78 has a valid point,we could risk these apartments even going to ghastly Bulgarians...?

They could have a room for each of their sock puppets.

 

[Pppenguin]

Goody are we going to have another posh BBQ to welcome them all into the square when they arrive,it would be rude not to

 

[Bandit78]

Lets hope they all move in beside stranger Danger and go round to borrow his sugar!

 

[buscador]

Ok, so now you know.

What's the problem then?

A large part of the problem appears to be Bandit78's illiteracy.

I'm beginning to feel sorry for strangerdanger.

 

[peterkro]

The whole point of the conversation in the first place was I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT THESE HUGE 4 BED FLATS WERE GOING TO SOCIAL HOUSING!!! is that plain enough for you,violent retard??

I'm afraid being stupid is no get out under contract law.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Bandit78 Just out of interest, when did you first realise it was all going a bit wrong?

 

[DietCokeGirl]

I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT THESE HUGE 4 BED FLATS WERE GOING TO SOCIAL HOUSING!!! is that plain enough for you,violent retard??

Relax, it's not social, it's "affordable", which is still very much unaffordable to the people who need it, so if you're lucky they'll sit empty for ages anyway.

As for your prejudices against those who live in social housing, and people with learning disabilities, unfortunately there's no cure for being an intolerant cunt, other than prehaps fire.

 

[leanderman]

FT was arguing at the weekend that any home that has a buyer is affordable. The case it highlighted was a £250million mansion on Carlton House Terrace.

 

[cuppa tee]

FT was arguing at the weekend that any home that has a buyer is affordable. The case it highlighted was a £250million mansion on Carlton House Terrace.

If the developers and council start using that logic then it won't be long before central London is completely and utterly screwed.

 

[SarfLondoner]

Do you live there then?? I can read perfectly well,I wasn't made aware at any stage via the hub team that 4 Bedroom properties were being given to affordable rent.I was fully aware there were going to be affordable rent accommodation but nobody was made aware of the size of these properties that were being allocated for this purpose.I don't think that BS suits large families With loads of children and teenagers.Its highly likely that they will be bringing all their friends in too.It will ruin this as a nice place to live especially after how much these places cost.Next summer in the courtyard should prove very interesting!

The kids will be no problem,,Its the crackheads and street robbers you need to worry about.

 

[CH1]

FT was arguing at the weekend that any home that has a buyer is affordable. The case it highlighted was a £250million mansion on Carlton House Terrace.

The FT were saying that there is a market in "positional goods" such as Carlton House Terrace - or indeed Brixton Square. Bandit78 is being driven mad by Lambeth social tenants usurping the biggest (and best?) flats. That is just envy.

 

[SarfLondoner]

I am pretty worried about the huge 4 bedroom flats that they have reserved for the council at BS.These are large 4 bed properties which are on the ground floor and incorporate the basement on a split level.I can see huge families going into these and it only takes one to spoil the whole complex for everyone.Im sure those who have already purchased or are about to don't know the full extent of the properties that have been reserved for the council.It was never mentioned at any time that these 4 bedroom apartments of which there are a considerable number on the ground floor would be going to the council.Its funny that the rest of the block has been completed and these have been left till last,too late for all those people have completed on their apartments and taken on huge mortgages.Im seriously having second thoughts now about living here now,I can see trouble ahead!

Have you only just realised that estate agents lie to people? I would suggest you were sold a pack of lies and you bought it all If you are for real i hope you have a miserable stay in "edgy town".

 

[teuchter]

Just about sums up what a complete uneducated retard you are doesn't it!

I think that Bandit78 may have a case of tertiary syphilis.

There's not a lot that can be done once it starts eating into the brain. Delusion is unavoidable.

On the one hand we have Bandit78 using "retard" as an insult, on the other we have ViolentPanda using implication of STDs to the same end.

Well done to everyone concerned.

 

[Strangerdanger]

Lets hope they all move in beside stranger Danger and go round to borrow his sugar!

HER sugar. I'm a her. Did it ever occur to you that I might welcome that? I quite like knowing my neighbours, regardless of their income. It's people like you who give newbies to Brixton like me a bad name. I actually pity you.

 

[friendofdorothy]

Have you only just realised that estate agents lie to people? I would suggest you were sold a pack of lies and you bought it all If you are for real i hope you have a miserable stay in "edgy town".

Oh dear Bandit 78 you have alot of money to buy a flat - and expect all neighbours to have the same wealth / background as yourself? In Brixton?

You call others stupid, but don't realise that estate agents act on behalf of the sellers and that its your job to ask the questions and their job not to answer them unless legally obliged to do so.

As Tendril said 'buyer beware' (perhaps you and your solicitor don't understand latin)

 

[leanderman]

I wish this street had affordable four-bedroom homes for families.

 

[Gramsci]

Rereading the comments it seems it’s the children of said flats that is the problem? Do you think all the owners of the new 2/3 bed flats on the upper floors have been vetted so that no children are allowed in them? Of course there will be children, just like every other blo*dy street and development in the area and wider London!

<Edit: comment about children being banned removed following legal notice>