worried1 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 See, its much better than most other parts of the UK! I wish I could afford to relocate to south London, there's never a dull moment and Im sure my kids would have a top education In fairness, though, I don't think you would get too much of that in East Sheen. East Sheen is in south London, but probably has crime rates more like those in outlying market towns than most of the south London battlefields that you refer to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Mata Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 In fairness, though, I don't think you would get too much of that in East Sheen. East Sheen is in south London, but probably has crime rates more like those in outlying market towns than most of the south London battlefields that you refer to. Exactly I've just moved into London from Cheltenham, the violent crime figures there are worse than my area of London according to www.upmystreet.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 No no, you're missing the point, London is a wonderful, enriched, new multicultural Utopian place to live, a fantastic city full of opportunities and an ideal place to start a family... I mean, look at the excitement theyv'e been having this week...Spa Bakery fights off samurai raiders: http://www.icsouthlondon.co.uk/tn/News.cfm...murai%20raiders Jimmy Mizen murder trial starts: http://www.icsouthlondon.co.uk/tn/News.cfm...0trial%20starts Five cleared of Gary Guthrie murder: http://www.icsouthlondon.co.uk/tn/News.cfm...uthrie%20murder Gang boss is Ogazi's killer: http://www.icsouthlondon.co.uk/tn/News.cfm...27s%20killer%27 £20k reward to find Nicholas Clarke's killer: http://www.icsouthlondon.co.uk/tn/News.cfm...ke%27s%20killer Appeal after Tooting stabbing: http://www.icsouthlondon.co.uk/tn/News.cfm...ting%20stabbing Boy denies raping schoolmate: http://www.icsouthlondon.co.uk/tn/News.cfm...ng%20schoolmate See, its much better than most other parts of the UK! I wish I could afford to relocate to south London, there's never a dull moment and Im sure my kids would have a top education Wow, I was aware there was no culture outside London, but I hadn't realised there was no crime as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nose Bear Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 London is great. Give it a try. I wouldn't really want to live anywhere else.The problem with London is that it ruins you for anywhere else in the UK. I went, I saw, I went away again quickly! If you've been ruined my dear chap, I do hope you've reported the buggers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotNoodle Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The problem with London is that it ruins you for anywhere else in the UK. The full stop went in the wrong place, rover2000. ----The problem with London is that it ruins you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddyBear Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 does anyone know the street and house number? if this has sold it would good to revisit this thread in 3 to 4 months. I'd posted this earlier Looks like this is no3 queens rd, bought in jan 2006 for 304k. So next door, 1A, sold for £481,500 last June.......that was previously 290K sale in Oct 2003. Bubblicious. and I've just checked on google street map and I was indeed correct. We are all big brother now! No sold price up as yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 and I've just checked on google street map and I was indeed correct. We are all big brother now! That's a really good point. With Google street maps it will be easy to find out the exact address of a property using the EA photos and then look up the sold prices before even ringing the EA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theboltonfury Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I went, I saw, I went away again quickly!If you've been ruined my dear chap, I do hope you've reported the buggers London. A city without any Londoners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
right_freds_dead Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 If it were not in London, £55K But the London factor its worth £155K i was going to say, well ive said it, saying it, and others have said. this is more like the realistic reality prices, once the fluff and (under dip) has happened. anything else is sheer 'designer label' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i wanna house Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 In fairness, though I CAN understand why some people find it strange why others would live in London. When you see a small house like the one in this thread on the market for c.£400k, it must be quite strange for people living in places up north where similar houses go for £50k. People from London and the more expensive parts of the SE do have a different perspective on property than anyone else. Most of the people that I know from the north do not consider flats or terraced housing as starter homes. For them, a 3 bed semi is a reasonable starter home before moving on to a 4+ bed detached when having a family. This leaves a lot of these type of properties in the north to 'less desirables' hence the type of argument on this thread. your friends in the north hey ? I dont think they are really all that representative of the species Growing up there we were considered affluent because we had a 2 bed semi. The rich had 4 bed detached houses. Many families even grow up and spend their lives living in terraced houses !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hun Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 i was going to say, well ive said it, saying it, and others have said.this is more like the realistic reality prices, once the fluff and (under dip) has happened. anything else is sheer 'designer label' Thats not the house. Doesn't look like 3 Queens Road either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worried1 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 your friends in the north hey ? I dont think they are really all that representative of the speciesGrowing up there we were considered affluent because we had a 2 bed semi. The rich had 4 bed detached houses. Many families even grow up and spend their lives living in terraced houses !! True, I am probably as guilty of generalising about the 'the north' as much as some on this thread are about London. That is my individual experience though, some of those people I refer to live in the suburbs north of Newcastle and some around Hull. Probably about 8 different households in total, and all of them would be alarmed at the idea of the East Sheen house in this thread being anything more than a starter home. None are particularly high earners, but all started by buying a 2 bed terrace or small semi, and all have now moved on to larger semis or small detached houses. All are in the 30-something age range now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The full stop went in the wrong place, rover2000.----The problem with London is that it ruins you. Yes and since I wrote that I moved out of East London into leafy Gidea Park. Still London officially but with some pleasant countryside not far away (well Essex). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer! Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 2 bed terrace for 375??? why the f*ck would anyone live in London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddyBear Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Thats not the house. Doesn't look like 3 Queens Road either. Why do you say that? If you look at the picture in front of her door on the original article with it's odd knocker and then zoom in on Google street map - it is definitely the same one. The fact it also sold for £304 k as per the article is a bit of a giveway too is it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Hun Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Why do you say that? If you look at the picture in front of her door on the original article with it's odd knocker and then zoom in on Google street map - it is definitely the same one. The fact it also sold for £304 k as per the article is a bit of a giveway too is it not? There is a black railing missing from the picture. As for 3 Queens Road, it doesn't look anything like it. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Queens+Roa...398426973684735 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) There is a black railing missing from the picture.As for 3 Queens Road, it doesn't look anything like it. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Queens+Roa...398426973684735 That's not 3 Queens Road. You're looking at the wrong end of the street. Here it is: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source...499999999999933 Edited March 20, 2009 by thecrashingisles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddyBear Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 There is a black railing missing from the picture.As for 3 Queens Road, it doesn't look anything like it. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Queens+Roa...398426973684735 Look at the link on Crashing's post, it's that one. Crashingiles - the address on the search bar on your link came up in Russian? Are you out KGBing me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeddyBear Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 There is a black railing missing from the picture.As for 3 Queens Road, it doesn't look anything like it. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Queens+Roa...398426973684735 that's Queen's Rd in Richmond, as opposed to Queen's road in SW14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Crashingiles - the address on the search bar on your link came up in Russian? Are you out KGBing me? Oops sorry about that. I thought I'd changed it to English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BXLONDONMAN Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 155k is the FIRST sensible figure I've seen here.Thank you! .. are you sure !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightiesgirly Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I don't know how anyone affords to live there. I've only ever been on a visit and felt I was being mugged just paying for lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Mata Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I don't know how anyone affords to live there. I've only ever been on a visit and felt I was being mugged just paying for lunch. Hmmmm Apart from the cost of property, I haven't noticed any appreciable difference in the cost of things here in SWLondon compared to Gloucestershire... maybe Glouc is freakin' expensive too? If anything, eating out is better value in London (apart from those places with snob value of course), in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightiesgirly Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 HmmmmApart from the cost of property, I haven't noticed any appreciable difference in the cost of things here in SWLondon compared to Gloucestershire... maybe Glouc is freakin' expensive too? If anything, eating out is better value in London (apart from those places with snob value of course), in my experience. Possible that Gloucestershire is expensive ?, but I did go to the touristy bits so maybe that explains it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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