interestrateripoff Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/barnsley/90_000_for_a_piece_of_park_hill_s_future_1_3736258 IT has taken seven years, £14 million of public money and sparked huge controversy - but the first revamped apartments at Park Hill Flats are finally going on the market.The Star was given a sneak preview of the first of 78 apartments that go on sale next month. Starting at the bargain price of £90,000 for a one-bedroom apartment, the modern units offer astounding views across Sheffield and light, airy rooms on the edge of the city centre. But any buyer would be committing to live on a building site for the foreseeable future, Urban Splash development manager Mark Latham admitted. “Yes it is still a building site, but it is a very nice building site, we hope,” Mr Latham said. It's a building site but a nice one, clearly important to clinch the sale. The star appears to be in sale mode for the developers here with the description of bargain price. I wonder what the service charge will be to live on a building site for probably a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieboy Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/barnsley/90_000_for_a_piece_of_park_hill_s_future_1_3736258 It's a building site but a nice one, clearly important to clinch the sale. The star appears to be in sale mode for the developers here with the description of bargain price. I wonder what the service charge will be to live on a building site for probably a long time. It isn't in the most salubrious part of town either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Starting at the bargain price of £90,000 Bargain price my a**e! (Unless you really really must live in the city centre.) 2 beds, £75,000 LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Bargain price my a**e! (Unless you really really must live in the city centre.) 2 beds, £75,000 LINK 1 bed price of £90,000 is bargain though. Was the last '0' was a mis-print ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 1 bed price of £90,000 is bargain though. Was the last '0' was a mis-print ? You couldn't pay me to live in Park Hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigsby Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Bargain price my a**e! That's a lot of money Bart. £10K, but unfortunately no trams 10 foot from your window. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-19855116.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Employed Youth Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) That's a lot of money Bart. £10K, but unfortunately no trams 10 foot from your window. http://www.rightmove...y-19855116.html That is near me. And overpriced. They have been struggling to auction the 20 bedsits there for well over a year now. People on benefits won't live there. And landlords get done over on principle... Edited September 2, 2011 by Formerly Unemployed Youth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 That's a lot of money Bart. £10K, but unfortunately no trams 10 foot from your window. What was that place before? It kind of looks like a large pub/WMC club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I cycled past Lister Mills in Bradford yesterday on the way to Saltaire (yes I was lost). Another Urban Splash regeneration project. Those flats are "just £90,000" too. http://www.urbansplash.co.uk/residential/lister-mills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I cycled past Lister Mills in Bradford yesterday on the way to Saltaire (yes I was lost). Another Urban Splash regeneration project. Those flats are "just £90,000" too. http://www.urbansplash.co.uk/residential/lister-mills Lister Mills looks to be a better basis for such a project (Park Hill flats looked rubbish from the day they were built). What's the area around Lister Mills like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Lister Mills looks to be a better basis for such a project (Park Hill flats looked rubbish from the day they were built). What's the area around Lister Mills like? Its certainly a fantastic building and dominates part of the Bradford "skyline." I'd say the area was inner city and predominantly asian of course. However Bradford just isn't that big and a couple of miles and you are out of it, into the Aire Valley and so on, the moors, dales and so which are timelessly lovely. Lister Mills has been covered on HPC before: http://www.housepric...30 They don't seem to have been able to let the commercial units, apart from Urban Crash, who developed the site. Its not that far from Lister Park of course. I was kinda looking for some of the "Room At The Top" location shoots. Bradford was used for the fictional town of Warnley though in fact bits of Halifax were used too. Its interesting that Lister Mill was still employed 4,500 people in the 1970's however Thatcherism soon sorted that out. Amazingly nearby Salt Mill managed to limp on till the mid 80's. Destroying our remaining industries and mass employers didn't come easy to our corrupt, bought and paid for rulers. But anyone that had anything going for them would have got the hell out and moved to London or Manchester by now. Certainly the sorts that could splash "just £90,000" on a flat in Lister Mill. Edited September 3, 2011 by John Steed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 They don't seem to have been able to let the commercial units, apart from Urban Crash, who developed the site. Not the best choice of name IMO. Lister Mills certainly sounds a better bet than Park Hill. I don't think I could ever live in the city centre. I don't even like being in the city centre. I try to limit my visits to no more than once a fortnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Not the best choice of name IMO. Lister Mills certainly sounds a better bet than Park Hill. I don't think I could ever live in the city centre. I don't even like being in the city centre. I try to limit my visits to no more than once a fortnight. I know the feeling. Huddersfield town centre is a pretty depressing place, and almost has a "Soviet Union" feel to it. A lot of these Northern Cities have been ruined and are in decline. They were originally built entirely on private capital, but now the hundred year multi generational businesses have been successfully killed off, it leaves a power vacuum at the top to be inevitably filled by the dead hand of a socialist council, in collusion with "developers." Also Asian multiculturism never really lifts a City, though you get an abundance of small business, corner shops, car accessories, taxi firms and Halal supermarkets, they manage to just about get buy themselves, but never leads to anything really substantial or world beating. We no longer seem to breed the Titus Salts or William Listers any more, either that or we do and they just move to London and work for estate agents or in "new media." Once you get out into the countryside its quite nice though! Edited September 3, 2011 by John Steed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigsby Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 What was that place before? It kind of looks like a large pub/WMC club. It was an old people's home. I went and had a drive past thinking what the hell, for £20 grand (that's what they were at the time) it might be worth it, christ it was like Trainspotting. How's about this for a drop. I actually went and viewed this at the time. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-19620855.html http://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/4-rowan-lane/south-hiendley/barnsley/s72-9fe/1858098 £125k for a 5 bedder, and its not too bad a location really. You don't see too many repos that fall through so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 It was an old people's home. I went and had a drive past thinking what the hell, for £20 grand (that's what they were at the time) it might be worth it, christ it was like Trainspotting. How's about this for a drop. I actually went and viewed this at the time. http://www.rightmove...y-19620855.html http://www.zoopla.co...s72-9fe/1858098 £125k for a 5 bedder, and its not too bad a location really. You don't see too many repos that fall through so quickly. Thats not bad. Interesting. Tempting in fact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia O'Keeffe Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 It was an old people's home. I went and had a drive past thinking what the hell, for £20 grand (that's what they were at the time) it might be worth it, christ it was like Trainspotting. How's about this for a drop. I actually went and viewed this at the time. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-19620855.html http://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/4-rowan-lane/south-hiendley/barnsley/s72-9fe/1858098 £125k for a 5 bedder, and its not too bad a location really. You don't see too many repos that fall through so quickly. Not bad but i prefer THIS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Not bad but i prefer THIS Did you request the price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia O'Keeffe Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Did you request the price? . Edited September 3, 2011 by Tamara De Lempicka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/business/ten_people_interested_in_every_flat_at_park_hill_1_3796618 A GIANT advert on the front of the first block of revamped flats at Park Hill has led to 1,000 people registering an interest in one of the apartments.Developer Urban Splash’s managing director Simon Gawthorpe revealed the firm has been ‘delighted’ with the interest. If follows the creation of a giant poster advert displaying the message ‘I Love You, Will U Marry Me’ - which comes from now iconic graffiti daubed on the concrete structure years ago. Mr Gawthorpe said: “We’ve had around 1,000 people register their interest with around 200 of these getting in touch as soon as we released the starting prices. It is also significant that the majority of these are from the Sheffield city region. .... “This is an opportunity for people to buy into part of a Grade II* listed building and at very competitive prices and interest has been significant so far. So the interest of 1 flat per 10 people has already diminished to 2 people interested in 1 flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Registering an interest? Sounds impressive. Is this when the sales staff in the showhome pester you for your details so they can 'keep you updated' and you agree out of politeness. My interest must be registered in dozens of these developments. And im only looking to buy one house. Its codeword for we havent sold a thing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearback Mountain Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I know the feeling. Huddersfield town centre is a pretty depressing place, and almost has a "Soviet Union" feel to it. A good band on at The Rock Cafe tonight Mr Stead. If you're into that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Bart' Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 with around 200 of these getting in touch as soon as we released the starting prices My estimate of the number of batshit crazy über loons roaming around Sheffield has fallen by 80%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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