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Work starts on the eagerly awaited new Foxtons office on Brixton Road

Unfortunately, a lot of people in Brixton disagree - and are letting these crooks try to sell or let their homes
 
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Cunts: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/05/...e-agent-parks-in-clearly-marked-disabled-bay/
 
editor said:
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Cunts: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/05/...e-agent-parks-in-clearly-marked-disabled-bay/
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Yes, cunts. (You should have photographed the numberplate too. E2A: you did! RE62 YBM)

The Met police seem to think they're above the law too, illegally parking their cars on double yellow lines whilst they nip off to do their shopping, forcing cyclists and other roads users into the middle of the road, risking collision with vehicles coming the other way (Ferndale Road):

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I've emailed them this:
Hi

One of your employees was spotted parking in a clearly labelled disabled bay in Morrish Road, Streatham SW2.

The car registration was RE62 YBM and was parked in the bay at 18.45 on May 15th. The driver was notified at the time that the car was parked in a disabled bay by a local resident. The resident was ignored by your employee.

The incident was documented here: http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/05/...e-agent-parks-in-clearly-marked-disabled-bay/

Could you tell me what action (if any) you have taken against your employee?
Regards
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Saw a couple of their estate agents walking up towards their office this morning; I didn't know they were estate agents but given their sharp suits it seemed likely.

Needless to say I was right. :cool:
 
Chilavert said:
Saw a couple of their estate agents walking up towards their office this morning; I didn't know they were estate agents but given their sharp suits it seemed likely.

Needless to say I was right. :cool:
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They've taken to parking the minis on the pay & display places at the top of Mervan Road by Windrush Sq. at the moment - there were 3 or 4 lined up last week when I walked that way before their offices opened.

Have they changed how the cars are registered, as before I seem to remember they were business vehicles and therefore weren't allowed to be parked on the road at night (or something).
 
snowy_again said:
They've taken to parking the minis on the pay & display places at the top of Mervan Road by Windrush Sq. at the moment - there were 3 or 4 lined up last week when I walked that way before their offices opened.

Have they changed how the cars are registered, as before I seem to remember they were business vehicles and therefore weren't allowed to be parked on the road at night (or something).
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Grab some pics if you can!
 
Oh, I've got a reply:

Dear =====

Thank you for your email. We appreciate you taking the time to write to us, however, I can confirm that we are already aware of the incident and the matter is currently being dealt with in accordance with our internal company procedures.

When any of our employees are issued with a company vehicle, we always remind them of the need to drive courteously and to abide by the rules of the road at all times. Naturally we therefore take any such complaints very seriously.

Thank you once again for bringing this matter to our attention.

Kind regards

====
Senior Personnel Assistant
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I think they should publicly apologise myself. What do you reckon?
 
This is not quite as bad - but people without kids always park in the family slots at Acre Lane Tesco.

And no one waits for you get off a busy Tube carriage.

And, and ...
 
They are notorious for getting listings by giving huge valuations, which they then persuade you to drop after about 6 weeks and then again before they get to the end of the exclusivity period. But even so that is a very large number (albeit looks like a nice flat)
 
They have it in Herne Hill, not Loughborough junction, presumably because it's on shakespeare rd. It is depressing though, half a million for a flat.
 
That whole estate agent moving area boundaries thing makes me laugh. My old flat (halfway up Brixton road) was sold to me as 'oval'- when I sold it, it was firmly 'Brixton'. And it hadn't moved an inch....
 
Technically it is in Herne Hill, I sold it through a Herne Hill agent.

I can't believe they'll get anywhere near that.

It was a nice flat but def at the sketchy end of Shakespeare Road.
 
shakespearegirl said:
This takes the Foxtons biscuit!

My old flat, sold in Feb 2011 for £270,000, now on the market for £495,000.

They haven't even redecorated!

http://www.foxtons.co.uk/search?center_point_name=SE24 0QQ&keyword_type=postcode&lat=51.464236686865&lon=-0.102840852177285&photo_page=1&property_id=859059&radius=0.5&resource=photo&search_form=keyword&search_type=SS&sold=1&submit_type=search#resources_holder

That flat downstairs sold for £250,000 last year so I'm not sure what has caused the sudden escalation in Loughborough junction property values
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I expect the massive hike is due to:
1. The new Tesco Metro almost next door, which I imagine has sanitised Loughborough Junction in the eyes of people who could afford to pay over £450K for a two bedroom flat.
2. Foxtons having a number of flats down that end and if they massively inflate the price on each of them then this not only appears to justify each one's price, but also drags that property and the whole local market upwards via anchoring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring - which benefits this and future sales in the area.
3. More certainty about the developments on Somerleyton Road.
While I'm very happy to heap any kind of criticism on Foxtons, spare a thought for the sellers who appear to be happy to make a £200K profit after 2 years without adding any real value and for no effort. Foxtons are merely the facilitators of this greed.
 
The whole Foxtons baiting is very tiresome.

Some of you guys need to be more tolerant.

They have had a Foxtons in Streatham for many years without people getting their knickers in a twist.

Do they charge too much commission or is their decor too dazzling?
 
jwfone said:
I expect the massive hike is due to:
1. The new Tesco Metro almost next door, which I imagine has sanitised Loughborough Junction in the eyes of people who could afford to pay over £450K for a two bedroom flat.
2. Foxtons having a number of flats down that end and if they massively inflate the price on each of them then this not only appears to justify each one's price, but also drags that property and the whole local market upwards via anchoring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring - which benefits this and future sales in the area.
3. More certainty about the developments on Somerleyton Road.
While I'm very happy to heap any kind of criticism on Foxtons, spare a thought for the sellers who appear to be happy to make a £200K profit after 2 years without adding any real value and for no effort. Foxtons are merely the facilitators of this greed.
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1. Since when was a Tesco Metro so cute(ly sized)? They have normally only two copies of Radio Times a week - though if you want the FT you'll probably be lucky.
2. Your point on anchoring was very interesting
3. Surely you mean the incipient Brixton Square buy-toilet rentals coming on-stream? Somerleyton is not due for Town Planning committee until May 2015 with work to begin on the theatre site in August 2015 - according to the meeting I attended this morning. There is a council election and a general election before all that happens.
 
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