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

[Manter]

Yep. The person who bought a mate's 2-bed flat at Amen Corner, did so for that purpose. "Lived" there for a year during the week (actually living in the family home in South Wimbledon, but paying the utilities and council tax for the emtpy flat), then once the kid was in school, sold the place. Cost: About £8,000 excluding fees, which he made back when he sold the flat. It's cuntish because it "steals" places from local kids (my brother's two kids went to Graveney, but they lived in the cachement area since the eldest was primary school age), some of whom end up having to travel several miles to alternative schools.

And it means the entitled parents are 'paying' for their child's education without having the honesty to admit they are paying for it pay the full whack

 

[leanderman]

Yep. The person who bought a mate's 2-bed flat at Amen Corner, did so for that purpose. "Lived" there for a year during the week (actually living in the family home in South Wimbledon, but paying the utilities and council tax for the emtpy flat), then once the kid was in school, sold the place. Cost: About £8,000 excluding fees, which he made back when he sold the flat. It's cuntish because it "steals" places from local kids (my brother's two kids went to Graveney, but they lived in the cachement area since the eldest was primary school age), some of whom end up having to travel several miles to alternative schools.

Where do you draw the time-line on residence?

One year, two years, three years?

Distance catchments have this fundamental problem.

Who, in the end, is actually 'indigenous' to the catchment?

 

[leanderman]

And it means the entitled parents are 'paying' for their child's education without having the honesty to admit they are paying for it pay the full whack

More often they (paper)profit the money as their house rockets in value!

 

[Smick]

Yep. The person who bought a mate's 2-bed flat at Amen Corner, did so for that purpose. "Lived" there for a year during the week (actually living in the family home in South Wimbledon, but paying the utilities and council tax for the emtpy flat), then once the kid was in school, sold the place. Cost: About £8,000 excluding fees, which he made back when he sold the flat. It's cuntish because it "steals" places from local kids (my brother's two kids went to Graveney, but they lived in the cachement area since the eldest was primary school age), some of whom end up having to travel several miles to alternative schools.

Streatham and Clapham school for girls costs £9k per year at primary. I am not sure if a Sudbourne or Corpus Christi education is comparable to that school but a one-off hit for £8k which gets your current and subsequent children in seems like a good idea to me when compared with private education.

 

[sparkybird]

This week I was working for a lovely retired customer of mine who lives in Dulwich. She knows I live in Brixton. She mentioned how it was now 'the place to live'. I mentioned it was crazy about house prices.

But my dear - says she - they're all moving there for the schools.
Eh? I replied, last time I looked the schools in Brixton weren't that great.....
Oh don't be silly - they're moving there for Dulwich College
Me - oh yeh of course they are....

Which I suppose got me thinking, Brixton is good value compared to Dulwich, so the money saved CAN be spent on school fees. Yikes!

 

[han]

Oh my god.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

It doesn't have a catchment area, though, you could live wherever you like. In fact it takes boarders.

 

[leanderman]

It doesn't have a catchment area, though, you could live wherever you like. In fact it takes boarders.

True. But lots seem to live around here

Then they move next to Sudbourne school to repeat the cycle again!

 

[RoyReed]

Thanks to RoyReed for letting me share the love about the subverted estate agent boards.

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/02/...s-subverted-by-i-love-council-houses-posters/

These boards were all replaced this morning with lovely pristine new ones.

 

[editor]

These boards were all replaced this morning with lovely pristine new ones.

*unlike

 

[Manter]

It doesn't have a catchment area, though, you could live wherever you like. In fact it takes boarders.

Yeah, I was going to mention exams and interviews too. You can live opposite and if your little darling can't jump through the right hoops, it will make no difference

 

[Brixton Hatter]

These boards were all replaced this morning with lovely pristine new ones.

The estate agents are very quick to replace any signs which are removed/fall over in the wind - usually within 24 hours I've noticed

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Just remembered, I went for a walk around Clapham the other day with Ms Hatter and we noticed in an estate agent window that some of the houses in Clapham were cheaper than in Brixton

 

[Boudicca]

The estate agents are very quick to replace any signs which are removed/fall over in the wind - usually within 24 hours I've noticed

I think the placement of sign boards is contracted out, so there is one bloke with a truck who puts the signs up for all the estate agents.

 

[Manter]

I think the placement of sign boards is contracted out, so there is one bloke with a truck who puts the signs up for all the estate agents.

they have to take them down within a set time don't they? I don't think they obey the rules, mind you

 

[colacubes]

they have to take them down within a set time don't they? I don't think they obey the rules, mind you

It's 14 days after completion of sale I believe.

 

[Boudicca]

Yes, very quick to put them up and very slow to take them down.

I do agree that they are less important nowadays as not many people will be roaming the streets looking for sign boards, but I suspect they are more useful in targeting potential sellers i.e. 'Oh, Haarts have got three for sale in my road, they must be OK'.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

It's 14 days after completion of sale I believe.

Yes, two weeks. I checked it out. They blatantly ignore it though. None of them EVER get taken down. Householders are left to do it themselves - many don't bother for months.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Yes, very quick to put them up and very slow to take them down.

I do agree that they are less important nowadays as not many people will be roaming the streets looking for sign boards, but I suspect they are more useful in targeting potential sellers i.e. 'Oh, Haarts have got three for sale in my road, they must be OK'.

Yes, it's just raising brand awareness. If other companies could stick up big signs with their company's name on them in the street wherever they liked and get away with it they would. There are, however, generally regulations about that sort of thing.

 

[ViolentPanda]

And it means the entitled parents are 'paying' for their child's education without having the honesty to admit they are paying for it pay the full whack

Yup.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Where do you draw the time-line on residence?

One year, two years, three years?

Distance catchments have this fundamental problem.

Who, in the end, is actually 'indigenous' to the catchment?

Habitual residents of the cachement area. For secondary schools, kids who've been to local primary schools, with other kids admitted on a by-the-case basis.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Streatham and Clapham school for girls costs £9k per year at primary. I am not sure if a Sudbourne or Corpus Christi education is comparable to that school but a one-off hit for £8k which gets your current and subsequent children in seems like a good idea to me when compared with private education.

It's still the type of exploitation of capital that sticks in my craw, though.

 

[RoyReed]

Just remembered, I went for a walk around Clapham the other day with Ms Hatter and we noticed in an estate agent window that some of the houses in Clapham were cheaper than in Brixton

That wouldn't be difficult. Not all parts of Clapham have 6 bedroom mansions overlooking the Common.

Also, in Brixton I believe you have to pay a lot extra for that 'edgy vibe'.

 

[leanderman]

Habitual residents of the cachement area. For secondary schools, kids who've been to local primary schools, with other kids admitted on a by-the-case basis.

It will still come down to cash-ment. Multi-school lottery is the way to go.

 

[cuppa tee]

Multi-school lottery is the way to go.

how would that work and who would run it ?

 

[Cowley]

Which I suppose got me thinking, Brixton is good value compared to Dulwich, so the money saved CAN be spent on school fees. Yikes!

That certainly happens in Streatham, I know of two families on the street I live on that do that. They bought a House in Streatham, but educate their kids at Private School in Dulwich, I think it's quite a common thing to do.

 

[Smick]

It's still the type of exploitation of capital that sticks in my craw, though.

Yep. One rule for the rich.... The fact that an empty flat currently appreciates at a rate to make the whole venture profitable is even worse.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

modern estate agents:

 

[ViolentPanda]

Yep. One rule for the rich.... The fact that an empty flat currently appreciates at a rate to make the whole venture profitable is even worse.

As I said to my s-i-l (which got her goat, being as she lives there) "and in Tooting, too!".

 

[leanderman]

how would that work and who would run it ?

Council.

Some schools already operate it: Kingsdale in Dulwich and Trinity Academy in Brixton.

But I'd do it on the basis that kids have an equal chance of entering any one of their five nearest schools.

And they could still choose their favourite if not oversubscribed.

It would break this rich-poor ghettoisation overnight.