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

[Dexter Deadwood]

One of the skinniest houses in the country, measuring a mere 99 inches wide, is on the market for £450,000.
http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/p...skinniest-house-measuring-99-inches-wide-sale

 

[CH1]

One of the skinniest houses in the country, measuring a mere 99 inches wide, is on the market for £450,000.
http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/p...skinniest-house-measuring-99-inches-wide-sale

Under offer this morning according to Foxton's website: http://www.foxtons.co.uk/search?bed...orm=keyword&search_type=SS&submit_type=search

Now where's that guy who gives us the low-down on floorspace?

 

[Manter]

Under offer this morning according to Foxton's website: http://www.foxtons.co.uk/search?bed...orm=keyword&search_type=SS&submit_type=search

Now where's that guy who gives us the low-down on floorspace?

In a damp field with three crates of wine, I believe

 

[Manter]

I am trapped under a sleeping baby and cat so am reading the property websites. I have been in this house, and the rooms are nowhere near this size. What odd photography. http://mobile.beresfordresidential.com/Property/Residential/for-sale/Brixton/Hillworth-Road/B1S252s

E2a this one is substantially nicer, bigger, on an arguably better road, and cheaper
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-43861129.html

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Why Brixton is the place of choice for young Londoners by not Foxtons estate agents.
http://www.edenharper.com/news/why-brixton-is-the-place-of-choice-for-young-londoners

Second sentence "vibrance" klaxxon, edgy replaced by "energy".

 

[CH1]

Why Brixton is the place of choice for young Londoners by not Foxtons estate agents.
http://www.edenharper.com/news/why-brixton-is-the-place-of-choice-for-young-londoners

Second sentence "vibrance" klaxxon, edgy replaced by "energy".

Tastefully written up by a (literally) semi-local agent.

Meanwhile I was worried the fizz was going out of the Brixton market (and Foxtons)- until I saw this one
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/33360777

Leanderman?

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Tastefully written up by a (literally) semi-local agent.

Meanwhile I was worried the fizz was going out of the Brixton market (and Foxtons)- until I saw this one
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/33360777

Leanderman?

Wow, is it any wonder why the rich live longer? Their quality of life is from another world.

 

[ibilly99]

Wow, is it any wonder why the rich live longer? Their quality of life is from another world.

You could hold a festival in that garden , stages (more than one) campsite and all.

 

[ChrisSouth]

Under offer this morning according to Foxton's website: http://www.foxtons.co.uk/search?bed...orm=keyword&search_type=SS&submit_type=search

Now where's that guy who gives us the low-down on floorspace?

It bizarrely has a Lib Dems winning here poster in the window. Not really a selling point is it?

 

[leanderman]

It bizarrely has a Lib Dems winning here poster in the window. Not really a selling point is it?

£965sq ft

 

[leanderman]

Tastefully written up by a (literally) semi-local agent.

Meanwhile I was worried the fizz was going out of the Brixton market (and Foxtons)- until I saw this one
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/33360777

Leanderman?

£330,000 in 1998 - now £2,950,000!

 

[boohoo]

£330,000 in 1998 - now £2,950,000!

If you can't afford that, there is a cheaper one across the road:

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/33376935

 

[Rushy]

£330,000 in 1998 - now £2,950,000!

£1,400 / sqft

If you can't afford that, there is a cheaper one across the road:

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/33376935

£660/sqft
I know which I'd choose!

 

[boohoo]

I have been in one of the Georgian house on that road - they do feel a little small.

 

[leanderman]

I have been in one of the Georgian house on that road - they do feel a little small.

Apparently 2,100sq ft, which is about the size of Victorian houses in this street, if maxed out (loft etc)

 

[Manter]

Tastefully written up by a (literally) semi-local agent.

Meanwhile I was worried the fizz was going out of the Brixton market (and Foxtons)- until I saw this one
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/33360777

Leanderman?

that's rather nice…. but that's the Stockwell conservation district, that has always been a bit out of this world.

 

[boohoo]

that's rather nice…. but that's the Stockwell conservation district, that has always been a bit out of this world.

There are some beautiful houses in the surrounding streets (quite a few are housing association) I grew up on that road in a council house which happens to be a Victorian house.

 

[Manter]

There are some beautiful houses in the surrounding streets (quite a few are housing association) I grew up on that road in a council house which happens to be a Victorian house.

I think you've said before that some of the other house dwellers' kids were a bit of a nightmare at times

 

[boohoo]

I think you've said before that some of the other house dwellers' kids were a bit of a nightmare at times

Yes! Although the houses look nice I do wander about how much repair they need. There has been dry rot in my parents place twice as well as the ceiling falling in the living room and the bathroom. Is this just general wear and tear?

 

[Manter]

Yes! Although the houses look nice I do wander about how much repair they need. There has been dry rot in my parents place twice as well as the ceiling falling in the living room and the bathroom. Is this just general wear and tear?

well, old houses do drink money (she says a little bitterly) but the ones I've seen (we looked at a couple when we were buying and I know people who live in 2 up there) have had a lot of money spent on the boring but essential stuff. You can see the logic of the councils ditching beautiful old housing stock in favour of new build in the 70s and 80s…. the beautiful old houses take a lot of time and money to stay that way. Though the second of the houses in the links looks like it may not have had the required work done As well as having carpet in the bathroom <<boak>>

 

[leanderman]

There are some beautiful houses in the surrounding streets (quite a few are housing association) I grew up on that road in a council house which happens to be a Victorian house.

Ran through there last week. Some amazing stuff around Landsdowne Gardens too

 

[equationgirl]

well, old houses do drink money (she says a little bitterly) but the ones I've seen (we looked at a couple when we were buying and I know people who live in 2 up there) have had a lot of money spent on the boring but essential stuff. You can see the logic of the councils ditching beautiful old housing stock in favour of new build in the 70s and 80s…. the beautiful old houses take a lot of time and money to stay that way. Though the second of the houses in the links looks like it may not have had the required work done As well as having carpet in the bathroom <<boak>>

The two smaller bedrooms shown look like the water has come in through the ceilings at some point.

 

[Cowley]

Ran through there last week. Some amazing stuff around Landsdowne Gardens too

Aye, I was brought up in Stockwell, there are loads of nice parts to it, Durand Gardens and Albert Square are two really nice bits, Albert Square is probably the nicest part of Stockwell. The Houses there are ridiculous.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

When i was a kid i used to walk along Stockwell Park Crescent on the way to school. Always thought the houses there were posh.

 

[Rushy]

Aye, I was brought up in Stockwell, there are loads of nice parts to it, Durand Gardens and Albert Square are two really nice bits, Albert Square is probably the nicest part of Stockwell. The Houses there are ridiculous.

Roger Moore was born in a flat in Albert Square.

 

[Cowley]

Roger Moore was born in a flat in Albert Square.

Joanna Lumley lives on Albert Square so I am told.

 

[Rushy]

Joanna Lumley lives on Albert Square so I am told.

Yes! That's true too. Or was 15yrs ago. Friends used to see her quite regularly.

 

[snowy_again]

Buscador and I always used to nose at her whilst she was shopping in the Vauxhall Sainsbury's.

 

[Manter]

Yes! That's true too. Or was 15yrs ago. Friends used to see her quite regularly.

Still true. She's lived there for about 20 years iirc. Met her at a drinks party, she was absolutely charming. Wicked laugh too

 

[cuppa tee]

Yes! That's true too. Or was 15yrs ago. Friends used to see her quite regularly.

IIRC she lives/lived on Durand Gardens, Greta Scaacchi lived on Albert Square, and so did I