Daft Boy Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 It's unfortunate that this building is going to become like many other city centre flats/apartments because it is an iconic building and from what I can see Urban Splash have done a good job developing it. Still about 50% overpriced though!I wonder how many of the original 2005 buyers have flipped already. I totally agree. I hope to buy a one bed at the rotunda or Mailbox for around £50k in the next year or so to use as a bolthole. Both handy for New street station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredEitherWay Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) Check it out for yourself. Here's what happened to four of them: http://www.laterooms.com/en/hotel-reservat...birmingham.aspx £250-400/night Could have a Brummy HPC Meeting there! Late Rooms shows you the bookings/availability. Mostly empty. Couple of bookings. Currently taking bookings about half price. Edited June 12, 2008 by ScaredEitherWay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Those photos remind me of Bladerunner... An urban nightmare under an angry sky. Come down to the country where you can see the horizon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPants Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I'm with daft boy. I'm looking to buy a 2 bed flat new build in or around Brum for about 100K at the **** end of next year. So fall away please. Didn't realise some of these didn't come with parking though. That rules them out completely. Am looking to rent for next 12 months. Something with parking for 500pcm would be grand. I may be too optimistic though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bart of Darkness Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Those photos remind me of Bladerunner... An urban nightmare under an angry sky. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe." Roy Batty must have been looking at some of the asking prices for property in early 21st century Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bart of Darkness Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Those photos remind me of Bladerunner... An urban nightmare under an angry sky. A vision of the future...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brumroccoco Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Agree with the previous comment, the Rotunda will be brum's Millenium Dome. And to the person who was looking for 500pcm with parking, that should be attainable, although you may have to go a little off the beaten track (e.g. Digbeth, Jewellery Quarter). Having said that, they've just completed a 240 apartment block near where I rent (by canals just off Broad St) which will add to the glut of empy flats in the city. If I were you, I'd offer 500pcm on a place that's advertised at 600pcm. If they refuse, tell the agent 'fine, there's another 1500 empty places'. Any agent worth their salt will be strongly advising LLs to negotiate rent in the current market, as they're going down in brum city centre due to massive over-supply (and they're still building!!! as you can see from the cranes in the above pics). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its time to buy Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Rotund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Long Now Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Agree with the previous comment, the Rotunda will be brum's Millenium Dome.And to the person who was looking for 500pcm with parking, that should be attainable, although you may have to go a little off the beaten track (e.g. Digbeth, Jewellery Quarter). Having said that, they've just completed a 240 apartment block near where I rent (by canals just off Broad St) which will add to the glut of empy flats in the city. If I were you, I'd offer 500pcm on a place that's advertised at 600pcm. If they refuse, tell the agent 'fine, there's another 1500 empty places'. Any agent worth their salt will be strongly advising LLs to negotiate rent in the current market, as they're going down in brum city centre due to massive over-supply (and they're still building!!! as you can see from the cranes in the above pics). I am seeing both house prices and rents fall in Birmingham. Shortage of houses my a&rse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiffy1967 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Agree with the previous comment, the Rotunda will be brum's Millenium Dome.And to the person who was looking for 500pcm with parking, that should be attainable, although you may have to go a little off the beaten track (e.g. Digbeth, Jewellery Quarter). Having said that, they've just completed a 240 apartment block near where I rent (by canals just off Broad St) which will add to the glut of empy flats in the city. If I were you, I'd offer 500pcm on a place that's advertised at 600pcm. If they refuse, tell the agent 'fine, there's another 1500 empty places'. Any agent worth their salt will be strongly advising LLs to negotiate rent in the current market, as they're going down in brum city centre due to massive over-supply (and they're still building!!! as you can see from the cranes in the above pics). Good job i left Glenn Howells architects, they designed the rotunda for uber splash, no doubt with the amount of work they are doing in the residential property market will soon get shut down, i expect the redundancies to come quick and fast. although Glenn is a decent fellow, he is also a property bull, he advised me to buy and not worry about the market, that was about a month before northern wreck. Glad i didn't listen, nor could afford to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second Time Around Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Found it by cunning Google search:Birmingham - Pow ! Enjoy. Thanks for the link. I live in Birmingham and like it. Most people don't realise what a groovy happening place Birmingham really is. I will let Kojak explain: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/tellysavalas.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) A vision of the future...? 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attacked sh!t flats on fire off the shoulder of Egbaston. I watched H-beams glitter in the dark near btl ghost block gates. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die......' http://www.blade-runner.it/index-e.asp?page=/frasi-e.html Edited June 12, 2008 by Saving For a Space Ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29929BlackTuesday Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attacked sh!t flats on fire off the shoulder of Egbaston. I watched H-beams glitter in the dark near btl ghost block gates. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die......' http://www.blade-runner.it/index-e.asp?page=/frasi-e.html Good work Saving For. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bart of Darkness Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attacked sh!t flats on fire off the shoulder of Egbaston. I watched H-beams glitter in the dark near btl ghost block gates. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die......' Excellent stuff. Do you reckon Rutger Heuer could manage a Brum accent? I will let Kojak explain:http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/tellysavalas.shtml We hear Telly say that he spent hours here, walked through there and shopped here. Yet we never see him doing this. The cynic in me might suspect that our Telly never got closer to New Street that the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive. He puts some effort into it though. He certainly earns his money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Is anyone noticing the tendency for the first dramatic fall to be ugly new modernist metal high rise "apartments" (they used to call them flats - but aspiration has its own language) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Excellent stuff. Do you reckon Rutger Heuer could manage a Brum accent?We hear Telly say that he spent hours here, walked through there and shopped here. Yet we never see him doing this. The cynic in me might suspect that our Telly never got closer to New Street that the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive. He puts some effort into it though. He certainly earns his money. He didn't visit any of the UK towns he did promo voice-over narrations for. BBC R4, if I recall rightly, said all his recording work was done in America! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bart of Darkness Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 He didn't visit any of the UK towns he did promo voice-over narrations for. BBC R4, if I recall rightly, said all his recording work was done in America! It seeems that even millionaire Hollywood actors are nothing but phonys! Is there nothing left to believe in? Next you'll be telling me that he wore a bald-cap and was allergic to lollipops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryrot Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 The builders and developers have got their money. Perhaps not, the article suggests a proportion of buyers have walked away. (Abandoning their deposit, of course, but the builders and developers won't get the full sale) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Long Now Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-212...=1&tr_t=buy 30th Jun 2008 * Price changed: from '£129,950' to '£121,950' 30th May 2008 * Price changed: from '£134,950' to '£129,950' 10th May 2008 * Initial entry found. Cut and run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AteMoose Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) i went up the rotunda last saturday afternoon as part of the residential lettings' group open day.20th floor balcony was quite nice (incredibly vertiginous!) but it ate into the living space, so even the £2k pcm 2-bed 2-bath place (£450k?! was poky). saw other appt types as well, and they're obviously tiny. only residents i saw were a couple of twenty-somethings with cans of guinness in their arms at 13.00 on a saturday... nice city views, but that novelty lasted around 10 mins. at least your safe in the knowledge that your also paying less than the students living on campus at aston uni...... Edited June 30, 2008 by moosetea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_out Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 at least your safe in the knowledge that your also paying less than the students living on campus at aston uni...... Probably not once you factor in council tax and bills. How much is halls at Aston these days? I paid £42 pw back in '97. That was in one of the high rises as the new ones hadn't yet been built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I don't know about 'Serves 'em right'. They haven't necceserally done anything wrong - unless they lied to get a mortgage...I just hope that these people somply put it down to experience and get on with life. They took a punt and lost. End of. I suspect however, that we are going to be subjected to years of self-pitying whinging and whining from the stupid feckers! Hold on, these are Brummies, not Scousers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 "Rotundaaaaa!" Is that the sound of someone jumping out of the window of one of their "luxury" flats, when they realise that their "investment" isn`t quite what they thought it would be ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Bruno Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 When you compare this to the high prices and the miniscule wedge-shaped dimensions, you can imply that the buyers were guilty of stupidity at least.Stupidity is not a crime. Even intelligent people can be stupid at times. But all sold in 20 minutes! I reckon it's the herd instinct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Boy Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 anyone know what price one beds are fetching at the rotunda and Mailbox at the moment ? Whats the general position with empty property in Birmingham city centre? Things seem to have gone a bit quiet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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