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

We should keep checking their advertising and reporting anything that contravenes the property misdescriptions act.
 
mxh said:
They can price it for what they like but the finance companies will be reluctant to give a mortgage if similar nearby properties have not achieved those prices.
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Another flat in that block sold for £289 last year....
 
Manter said:
whereas this one- six bedroomed renovation job- is less than a million. OK, it'd eat about that in renovation costs, but its a huge house with lots of period features in zone 2......if you compare it value wise to some of the tiddly little ones at £750+ I am a bit baffled
http://www.foxtons.co.uk/search?keyword_type=street_name&keyword_value=Brixton Road&property_id=860106&resource=thumbnails&search_form=keyword&search_type=SS&sold=1&submit_type=search
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Agree, bizarre. You (well, not me, but Rushy) could turn that basement into a stand-alone flat. And handy for the Crown & Anchor!
 
The two properties mentioned are in areas of Brixton Road where there is/was a lot of deprivation. Also they are a bit far from both Oval and Brixton tubes. I used to know someone in the reconstructed building (a shell a few years ago, where the two bed flat is) and those houses attracted a lot of burglaries. This is not to denigrate the locality, but these great big private houses look like shipwrecks surrounded by architectural wreckage from the 70s. It makes an awkward juxtapostion and makes the houses attract attention, including criminal.

Search terms: Brixton Road, Foxton's, high crime, overpriced.
 
Vibrant-Hubb said:
The two properties mentioned are in areas of Brixton Road where there is/was a lot of deprivation. Also they are a bit far from both Oval and Brixton tubes. I used to know someone in the reconstructed building (a shell a few years ago, where the two bed flat is) and those houses attracted a lot of burglaries. This is not to denigrate the locality, but these great big private houses look like shipwrecks surrounded by architectural wreckage from the 70s. It makes an awkward juxtapostion and makes the houses attract attention, including criminal.

Search terms: Brixton Road, Foxton's, high crime, overpriced.
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I know, I used to live 2 doors down...still doesn't straighten out the comparative prices
 
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Manter said:
whereas this one- six bedroomed renovation job- is less than a million. OK, it'd eat about that in renovation costs, but its a huge house with lots of period features in zone 2......if you compare it value wise to some of the tiddly little ones at £750+ I am a bit baffled
http://www.foxtons.co.uk/search?key...word&search_type=SS&sold=1&submit_type=search
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Vibrant-Hubb said:
The two properties mentioned are in areas of Brixton Road where there is/was a lot of deprivation. Also they are a bit far from both Oval and Brixton tubes. I used to know someone in the reconstructed building (a shell a few years ago, where the two bed flat is) and those houses attracted a lot of burglaries. This is not to denigrate the locality, but these great big private houses look like shipwrecks surrounded by architectural wreckage from the 70s. It makes an awkward juxtapostion and makes the houses attract attention, including criminal.

Search terms: Brixton Road, Foxton's, high crime, overpriced.
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The 6 bedroom house is now sold.
 
nagapie said:
They're chancing it, they'll never get that.
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Crazy!!! I can remember when those Houses on Elm Park sold for similar prices to Flats on the Road around 10 years ago or so, me and the Mrs looked at one, nearly bought one but walked away due to it needing too much work doing to it.

630K for these now? LOL!!!!!
 
cuppa tee said:
The 6 bedroom house is now sold.
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Not surprising, I imagine a developer has bought it and will go about renovating. Then Foxtons or one of the agents will pick it up and start selling the 2 beds at 500K or whatever crazy price people pay for flats these days.

I can't imagine a "well to do" family would ever consider buying a House there, wrong location, too noisy, busy road etc. It's also a few steps away from the Stockwell Park Estate, not sure what that Estate is like these days, but I frequently use to visit a friend who use to live there a few years back and that Estate wasn't a pretty sight, especially at weekends.
 
leanderman said:
not sure.
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Actually, I've a feeling it's not. I'm sure neighbour said something about the council finally doing something but huge amounts of work was needed because of almost antique plumbing and electrics. Think it may be a property a few doors away. Will have to check with neighbour
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
Actually, I've a feeling it's not. I'm sure neighbour said something about the council finally doing something but huge amounts of work was needed because of almost antique plumbing and electrics. Think it may be a property a few doors away. Will have to check with neighbour
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Seems to be unsold. Mad price.
 
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