dnjc Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Yeah, we applied to Rosendale and Dulwich Village Infants (the latter we live about 150 metres from). Was amazed not to get into Rosendale as it's a few hundred yards up the road, then found out about this. Was a bit scary as I had no idea how hard to it would be to get into DVI (we're not church-goers). that sucks. how have you worked it out in the end. it's a big issue for us all in WD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 that sucks. how have you worked it out in the end. it's a big issue for us all in WD. Oh, sorry for not making clear - we got in to DVI. The results for that came out a week later. It was scary cos we'd moved home specifically for that purpose, renting a more expensive place in the hope that it would secure the place. Rosendale was a "sure-fire" backup. I didn't know about the reduced intake, so was a bit panicky! Dulwich Estates must cream a lot of rental money off parents with kids crammed into small properties (as we are). Everyone on our road appears to be renting and have two kids to a (small) room. However, they're very good landlords and don't charge over the odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjc Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Oh, sorry for not making clear - we got in to DVI. The results for that came out a week later. It was scary cos we'd moved home specifically for that purpose, renting a more expensive place in the hope that it would secure the place. Rosendale was a "sure-fire" backup. I didn't know about the reduced intake, so was a bit panicky! Dulwich Estates must cream a lot of rental money off parents with kids crammed into small properties (as we are). Everyone on our road appears to be renting and have two kids to a (small) room. However, they're very good landlords and don't charge over the odds. good to hear! we have been considering schools. living near rosendale makes things very limited. bascially seems to be turney road, croxted road, daikeith road. can rent in each around 1300-1400. cannot buy a flat of a decent size. seens a couple on dalkeith/turney around 350 but they are really too small with crumby gardens. we keep think that east dulwich is better as can plonk ourselves in a small 2/3 bed house around landells road between heber and goodrich schools. ideally would buy they are around 420k and can rent to 1400 so want to wait until they hit 350-70 mark. still got four year to go though before my first goes to primary! any advice? ps. how much does it cost to rent something in the village for a small family. i never condered it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairies Wear Boots Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 More East Dulwich boredom, or even maybe Peckham, but has anyone know anything about this road? Did the buyers in 2009 bag a bargain or are the 2010 buyers the biggest bunch of overpaying numpties ever ? From net houseprices... 28 Dovedale Road, London, Greater London, SE22 0NF £335,000 Semi-Detached Freehold Not New Build 22-May-2009 Map (SE22 10 Dovedale Road, London, Greater London, SE22 0NF £558,000 Semi-Detached Freehold Not New Build 05-Aug-2010 Map (SE22 0NF) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjc Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 More East Dulwich boredom, or even maybe Peckham, but has anyone know anything about this road? Did the buyers in 2009 bag a bargain or are the 2010 buyers the biggest bunch of overpaying numpties ever ? From net houseprices... 28 Dovedale Road, London, Greater London, SE22 0NF £335,000 Semi-Detached Freehold Not New Build 22-May-2009 Map (SE22 more honor oak border really. bit stuck in time really around there! 10 Dovedale Road, London, Greater London, SE22 0NF £558,000 Semi-Detached Freehold Not New Build 05-Aug-2010 Map (SE22 0NF) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 good to hear! we have been considering schools. living near rosendale makes things very limited. bascially seems to be turney road, croxted road, daikeith road. can rent in each around 1300-1400. cannot buy a flat of a decent size. seens a couple on dalkeith/turney around 350 but they are really too small with crumby gardens. we keep think that east dulwich is better as can plonk ourselves in a small 2/3 bed house around landells road between heber and goodrich schools. ideally would buy they are around 420k and can rent to 1400 so want to wait until they hit 350-70 mark. still got four year to go though before my first goes to primary! any advice? ps. how much does it cost to rent something in the village for a small family. i never condered it! Places come up for rent around the village fairly regularly, but we moved earlier than we needed to when we saw a 2-bed Victorian house come up. I had reservations about how small it was for two kids (2nd bedroom is 8x8) but it's been fine. The shocker was how much we managed to get off the rent - 10% off asking. I started at 15% less thinking I would be laughed away but they came back with 10% off and a 2 year lease (which I wanted anyway!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 http://auctions.savills.co.uk/lond_previous_auction_lot.asp?pos=38 Well well well. The _real_ price of these places is very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvadealme Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 http://auctions.savills.co.uk/lond_previous_auction_lot.asp?pos=38 Well well well. The _real_ price of these places is very interesting. Which lots are you referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Which lots are you referring to? Hm, doesn't seem to deep link. 38th lot on the first auction there. 230k dalkeith road - bigger and in better condition (?) than the one on turney that went for 230kish mentioned above. These are the ones on for 350k also mentioned below. Wish I had the confidence to buy at auction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjc Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) Places come up for rent around the village fairly regularly, but we moved earlier than we needed to when we saw a 2-bed Victorian house come up. I had reservations about how small it was for two kids (2nd bedroom is 8x8) but it's been fine. The shocker was how much we managed to get off the rent - 10% off asking. I started at 15% less thinking I would be laughed away but they came back with 10% off and a 2 year lease (which I wanted anyway!). how do you manage with two kids and two bedrooms-how long do you think it is a viable thing to do? my wife and i have been discussing this as considering a house in ED with 2 beds but we would want to stay until they hit secondary school. Edited November 28, 2010 by dnjc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjc Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Hm, doesn't seem to deep link. 38th lot on the first auction there. 230k dalkeith road - bigger and in better condition (?) than the one on turney that went for 230kish mentioned above. These are the ones on for 350k also mentioned below. Wish I had the confidence to buy at auction... that would be agood buy. one on dalkeith for 370 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28592188.html at the moment. they are crazy. i just don't get the prices through agents. I think through an agent realistic price is low 3's for something in decent condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 how do you manage with two kids and two bedrooms-how long do you think it is a viable thing to do? my wife and i have been discussing this as considering a house in ED with 2 beds but we would want to stay until they hit secondary school. We were a bit concerned before we moved as we lived in a bigger place before but it's fine. The kids don't mind sharing a small space. The only problem is when we have guests it's a bit of a tight fit. You also have to be pretty disciplined about not letting stuff accumulate, but that appeals to me. Being near the park makes a MASSIVE difference with 2 small kids, and having a garden is pretty useful too. Those outweigh an extra room easily. But I've never been into the idea of having a large place to live in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CONDEX Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I live in West Norwood and have been looking at the W /Norwood/Dulwichare for a while.. 323k in Hexham road at aution - November http://www.eigroup.co.uk/auctioneer-templates/LotDetails.aspx?LotID=589417&a=2&c=and One road along 475k - Are they out of their minds http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31546307.html http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28487395.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28628992.html?premiumA=true Derelict 3-bed house in Mayall Road fails to sell at auction - on at 280K. Can it be got for 250K? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CONDEX Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28628992.html?premiumA=true Derelict 3-bed house in Mayall Road fails to sell at auction - on at 280K. Can it be got for 250K? On Brixtons Frontline..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeMeMe Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28628992.html?premiumA=true Derelict 3-bed house in Mayall Road fails to sell at auction - on at 280K. Can it be got for 250K? Not sure it's actually gone to auction yet. It's listed for the 15th Dec guide of "£280,000 plus" http://www.barnardmarcusauctions.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjc Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 (edited) I live in West Norwood and have been looking at the W /Norwood/Dulwichare for a while.. 323k in Hexham road at aution - November http://www.eigroup.co.uk/auctioneer-templates/LotDetails.aspx?LotID=589417&a=2&c=and One road along 475k - Are they out of their minds http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31546307.html http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28487395.html i viewed hexham. it was in a state. probably needed 50k to get it into decent shape. roof was shot for example. still good price though but not for me as no decent school! shows how out of whack prices are though.. Edited December 2, 2010 by dnjc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Not sure it's actually gone to auction yet. It's listed for the 15th Dec guide of "£280,000 plus" http://www.barnardmarcusauctions.co.uk/ Yeah it was a typo on RM. It does say "available 280K" on RM still though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairies Wear Boots Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Things don't seem to be much cheaper at auction at present. Though that 230K dalkeith road place was nice. It seems to me you should have either bought in 2008, or you should now hold out for a while longer, until the dead cat bounce optimism is fully flushed from the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28477990.html Was on at 235K, now "in excess of: 205K". Guess we know what their minimum selling price was now ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 (edited) http://www.rightmove...y-28477990.html Was on at 235K, now "in excess of: 205K". Guess we know what their minimum selling price was now ;-) Why are the rooms so freaking narrow??? Look at picture 9 - you can't even walk round the bed FFS! And what the feck is going on in picture 5??? Car boot sale?? Edited December 5, 2010 by SHERWICK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairies Wear Boots Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 So, I have been a bit despondent recently, for a few reasons... Inflation eating into my savings. The realisation that if I bought a place I'd be able to pay quite a lot of money off my mortgage instead of forking out for rent. Prices doing not much. When the crash happened we (me and the missus) upgraged our expectations of where we wanted to live. I thought the crashtastic apocalypse was apon us, and the Missus thought Forest Hill, Honor Oak was dull as dishwater with nothing going on, so we moved to East Dulwich. All good so far . So now prices haven't been falling as nicely as I had hoped, I've been reevaluating whether I should buy soonish ( I move slowly, so thinking that could be six to nine months), or hold out. One thing I've noticed is, that I can get a three bedroom house no worries, just as long as I don't mind the location! Which although a reasonably easy concept to grasp, does my head in. As a person who earns quite good money compared to say a teacher, I now find that Dulwich is way too pricey, and East Dulwich is way too pricey for a house. So I'm back to looking at Forest Hill. When I look at how much house prices used to be in 2001 paying the mortgage in East Dulwich would have been a doddle in back then, now I can't afford it (or maybe the pessimist in me wouldn't want to take on that big a mortgage?). Do people think teachers and the like won't be able to buy houses in E.D. again? Has East Dulwich gentrified so much that you're going to have to be on a really good wicket to buy a house? We're surrounded by Peckham, Lewisham and Brixton ffs! The lady upstairs is a retired teacher. I have old taxi drivers on the one side. I feel I am paying for my 'sin' of not jumping on the housing ladder when younger very heavily. Sorry if my last post was a bit negative. I'm quite looking forward to some more HPC action soon. And some cheap asking prices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 One thing I've noticed is, that I can get a three bedroom house no worries, just as long as I don't mind the location! Which although a reasonably easy concept to grasp, does my head in. As a person who earns quite good money compared to say a teacher, I now find that Dulwich is way too pricey, and East Dulwich is way too pricey for a house. So I'm back to looking at Forest Hill. When I look at how much house prices used to be in 2001 paying the mortgage in East Dulwich would have been a doddle in back then, now I can't afford it (or maybe the pessimist in me wouldn't want to take on that big a mortgage?). Do people think teachers and the like won't be able to buy houses in E.D. again? Has East Dulwich gentrified so much that you're going to have to be on a really good wicket to buy a house? We're surrounded by Peckham, Lewisham and Brixton ffs! The lady upstairs is a retired teacher. I have old taxi drivers on the one side. I feel I am paying for my 'sin' of not jumping on the housing ladder when younger very heavily. Houses are still overvalued. When you can't afford to rent or buy in an area, then that's it - you have to give up. Until then, live where you can afford and choose to rent/buy accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnjc Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Houses are still overvalued. When you can't afford to rent or buy in an area, then that's it - you have to give up. Until then, live where you can afford and choose to rent/buy accordingly. totally agree with you. forget about inflation eroding savings. it takes a long time for that to happen. rent somewhere nice that has everything you want I say and enjoy yourself! we have moved to herne hill from WD and have to say that if we bought the flat we are renting would cost 475k and we get it for 1300PCM. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairies Wear Boots Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 totally agree with you. forget about inflation eroding savings. it takes a long time for that to happen. rent somewhere nice that has everything you want I say and enjoy yourself! we have moved to herne hill from WD and have to say that if we bought the flat we are renting would cost 475k and we get it for 1300PCM. Crazy. I can defo afford to rent here! Mind you, I choose to rent something smaller than I would buy, but then I can upgrade easily! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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