Earl Aelfheah

OK, slightly overstated it with 'incredibly', it's not Tower Hamlets - but that said, it's been getting more diverse over the years rather than less (there is a far wider spread across the income bracket now than when it was predominantly working class). There is also a mix of housing sizes and tenures. It's probably a bit whiter than a lot of zone 2 areas, especially for SE London, but there are still a lot of different nationalities here. When I think of my immediate neighbours, they are all from pretty different backgrounds. The point is that from reading this forum you could get an impression that the area which I feel is unrepresentative. ratty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would say it's not incredibly diverse. Tower > Hamlets is incredibly diverse I would say, East > Dulwich, for central london (zone 2) is far from > it imo! > > Lived there for 20 years so must have some idea > surely? Watched it get less and less diverse year > on year!

Or maybe the answer is not to buy, but continue renting.

Bit of advice... Just because your satnav tells you to make a turn, you don't have to.

ED Warehouse?

None of this would be a problem if we had a Waitrose

I blame the skateboarders

Will nobody think of the parking stress!!!!! ;-)

As many cyclists are also car drivers, pedestrians etc., at different given times, I think it's a reasonable assumption that the aggressive and rude cyclists are also likely to be aggressive and rude drivers / generally aggressive and rude individuals. There is no need to make this a thing about cyclists vs drivers. I walk a lot, but I don't identify myself in terms of some oppositional 'walker-non walker' dichotomy.

I emailed Southwark about the barrier on Chandler Way and got the following response: "..Thank you for you enquiry in relating to the barrier on Chandler Way. The council is keen to encourage cycling and indeed this street has been identified as a potential route as part of the Mayor of London's plans to boost cycling. Developing the route would be a medium term objective, but in the shorter term we have a funding allocation in 14/15 for small interventions to improve network permeability across the borough for cyclists and I will add this to the list of possible projects to take forward in April."

But both are further out of town and you pay a premium for being close to London. ED, compared to other areas within 5 miles of the centre, is still relatively cheap. dwe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ok 2 other areas (off the top of my head) that are > more affordable - Penge and Sydenham..... > > ED has everything really in situ, a gentrified > high street, with decent bars and shops, but it > wasn't always the case. The current house prices > there are reflecting this. > > Penge however has little gentrification, but > excellent transport links to both the City and > Victoria, as well as into Shoreditch etc. It also > has a decent amount of housing that is not that > different to the housing in ED.

ratty - I don't agree. ED is a relatively relaxed familly area. It's not white and middle class - despite the impression this forum may sometimes give, it is still an incredibly diverse area. It is also true that it can be less threatening than some other neighbourhoods of SE London ...I have lived in Camberwell / Peckham for many years - areas which I like a lot - but experienced a lot more daily aggravation / antisocial / criminal behaviour.

There are very few areas in zone 2 which are cheaper for houses, except perhaps Lewisham.

House prices in Camberwell and Peckham are similar. Anywhere further West (Brixton, Clapham etc.) house prices are higher. Most places outside the SE postcode are more expensive. East London has gone crazy. You'll find few places cheaper than ED in zone 2 for houses except East of ED (staying in SE).

If you have 650K to spend on a 3 bed house in 'inner london', where else would you buy?

I agree wit micmac, it would actually be great by the station (where the Morissons is going). Would be nice to pick up a quick meal on the way home occassionally.

There is no automatic right to park a car outside your house. Occasionally, I have to park a couple of streets away (which is a bit inconvenient), but I have no more right to any particular space than anyone else. Building more parking spaces, just encourages more people to drive to the shops.

Crime hasn't gone up, but I do miss the horses none the less.

West Dulwich! Get out!

... that said, I do quite like her personality.

Who says politics has just become about personalities?

...or how about an indefinite restriction on reselling new council housing... or barring that, how about we just stop selling the few existing council houses at well below half the market value. Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well yeah obviously... so how about city hall > building homes directly? Perhaps with a five year > restriction on resale and renting.

Interesting post ????s - must admit, i had never really thought about national pay bargaining in that way.

It's not all about planning laws - there must be an element of builders pursing a low volume, high margin strategy. ???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The market would sort it out - planning laws are > what are stopping family homes been built in areas > where they are needed as much as anything else.

I would kind of like our local MP to live in the area.

Does she live locally?