Angusvanfrehley

Prob out of your area, hopscotch in honor oak park...good venue, holds 50, beer garden, has a p.a. you can provide dj or band.good beer, good grub. You can book the whole venue for ?100 last time i checked.

Had a ledlight window in need of repair, we used a chap by the name of vince who has a business called art with class, based in crystal palace.

Cannot recommend the guy highly enough, just fabulously great work at a great price. Really sweet guy who is very knowledgeable in his area with a real passion for his chosen field.

Just wanted to throw this out there as it can be really difficult to find great craftsmen in specific fields. Hope this is helpfull to someone in the future.

Quite a few of the old east dulwich crew in honor oak park...a few moving to penge and anerly.

MrBen Wrote:

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> Angus van f = estate agents.

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> Prices are falling and the London crash is not too

> far off.

Not an estate agent, am a session musican actually. Was just stating that there are still people who are willing to pay what I think is stupid money for property.

Still crazy, work colleague sold his top floor one bedroom flat near tainmount rise in forest hill for ?378,000 last week. Listed for ?250,000 then the bidding war started.

The development of the station area is going to happen much sooner than later I think, good mate works for a creative business in blenheim grove, they have upped sticks due to uncertainty of the situation.

There are also other artisans in the arches and on the street seriously thinking about a move. Over recent months there has also been a much higher than usual rate of health and safety inspections.

And dont forget the dreaded compulsory purchase order which was used to great affect in the east end leading up to 2012 olympics.

Previous to adventure was Inside 72, that was a fantastic place.

Not that I liked the place at all but better than another empty retail space.

Not going to make a detailed contribution so not to be seen as to perpetuate hearsay. However, I am very good friends with a chap who has had many business dealings with the gentleman who actually owns the capitol building.....lets just say watch this space.

A friend knows the chap who actually owns the building.

So its finally official The Capitol in forest hill closes in the next 3 to 5 weeks, reverting to a cinema.

So its finally official, The Capitol in forest hill closes within the next 3 to 5 weeks and reverting to a cinema.

Forest Hill/HOP have overground and London Bridge trains.....also I did Gatwick Airport in 35 mins door to door last week.

Gerrard Wrote:

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> I left ED two years ago for the better value of

> Honor Oak Park. In its defence, HOP has some great

> restaurants for a relatively small area - Donde,

> Babur, Le Querce and Sodo Pizza are all in a

> different league. It is far from dull and I hardly

> ever feel the need to return to Lordship Lane.

> Transport links are much better than either WD or

> ED too.

Moved to HOP five years ago after ten in East Dulwich, ED was cool, but I really love living in HOP.

Move to HOP was based on house prices and transport links. Great places to eat, relaxed vibe, close to ED, Forest Hill and many parks.

People sometimes sneer that we dont have a pub, however Forest Hill close as is ED. Not having a pub also means we dont have roaming packs of drunks on the streets at night or the associated crime. The bars are busy and have great food and drink.

great deli, overground, sainsburys, good chippy....oh and we will have access to thameslink when it opens.

Honor oak station is having lifts installed at present.

They are probably waiting on the peckham station redevelopment before the works, in regard to pathing take place.

Opposite problem for me in honor oak park....have had two weeks of disruption and cant park in my driveway due to road resurfacing and new footpaths. I have noticed that all the new resurfacing and new footpaths are occurring in areas serviced by London Overground...honor oak, sydenham, penge west and starting in anerley shortly.

monkeylite Wrote:

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> Chiswick and the original Brixton shop are ace.

> Not sure about the one at Westfield.

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> Sodo in HOP/Brockley is good too.

Went to sodo in honor oak park this week was excellent and staff were fantastic.

2000 to 2009 was blinding time.....inside 72 just rocked, the foresters, edt and the early days of the gowlett arms. Great community spirit, great fun. Used to cross LL without having to look twice for traffic! Moved to honor oak four years ago, cheaper housing and better public transport..very rarely hit ed very often, very good memories.

Yesterday gatwick...east croydon...honor oak park 35mins door to door.

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> 16 Months later :- 96,361 Views 1,366 Posts.

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> Nothing has changed.

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> Iceland still there.

>

> DulwichFox

Quality!

The HOB is usually pretty good, a mix of covers and indy outfits.......I was there Friday, the bands were not to my taste either.

The half moon and the great exhibition are generally good localy.....you can also try the amersham arms and the new cross inn down at new cross, bands most nights.

To be fair I am not an expert on businesses rates.... I have it on very good authority the rent doubled..... a friend enquired and was told ?36k a year. With insurance, pay for public radio use, accountant fees, wages, security, utilities and purchase of stock your looking at a lot of loot to make it work.

Moo Too.....the rent was esentially doubled, this impacted on the business rates, it just became non viable to remain open. I wish all the best to owner and employees nice people.

So Starbucks are moving in......or if not them another chain. Discuss.