LondonMix

That's a touch cynical. During boom times I find plenty of buyers on here in despair complaining of how high prices are. Also, as an owner (but not looking to sell) I can't see how prices won't at least temporarily have been effected in this area.

I work in an office building with about 1,500 employees and there are 20parking spaces. Most people do not drive to work in London. In fact, I can't think of anyone I know who does. I also think the assumption most secondary school age children will walk is perfectly reasonable given the catchment will be less than a 2 mile radius. Also there is nothing wrong with the pedestrian access being on Jarvis rd in my view. Heber Primary has a large number of pupils (500 excluding the nursery) and staff (at a guess about 70) and that entrance is on a quiet residential road. Its fine.

This thread isn't about the school but rather the health center...

Well that's extremely unpleasant. If someone is going to steal your garbage the least they can do is not cause a mess. I'd call 101 for that reason alone. He is probably being paid by someone else to dig out things that can be resold.

I'm so glad this child is okay. However, I think its a bit harsh to criticize the museum. I can't think of a single museum or park that doesn't have an open gate a child could run out through and into traffic. There is nothing unusual in Horniman's set up.

It sounds like Louisa severed up her husbands plate first and he immediately started eating before others got their plate (a relatively short while after). Unless something has gone bizarrely wrong, no one should be waiting more than a minute or so for everyone to be served at a sit down dinner. That's why the etiquette rule isn't unreasonable. I say this as someone who has people over to eat at least once a month. If anyone has to wait longer than that, then the host should apologize (having served the guests first) and tell the guests to go ahead and eat as it will be a while for some unforeseen reason until the rest of the food is ready. If its a huge buffet style event / BBQ or party with loads of people over, then its not expected for people to wait to eat.

The assumption is everyone is hungry and that its hard to watch someone else eating yummy food when you are hungry and waiting for your own. Personally, I would never start eating before everyone had their food. Unless there is some long anticipated delay in someone's meal, I can't see why you wouldn't be able to wait 30 seconds. If you are sitting at a dining table, that's formal enough a situation for that to hold imo. Your guest was ruder to say something though. You should never openly question anyone's manners (except your children's) When I host dinner though, I never serve out my guests food (I hate that). I just put it all on serving platters on the table so people can serve themselves (and pass things around old school style). Talking with your mouth full is always revolting. It has nothing to do with how formal the situation is. Its just gross to look at. KidKruger Wrote: > On a practical note, what's the 'advantage' to > remaining (as yet, un-served) guests if someone > who gets their food before them does NOT start > eating ? >

I don't think so. They are a co-operative (hence the name) which is a very specific legal concept that isn't compatible with a franchise agreement. aerie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LondonMix Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > All the co ops I've been too have been horrid - > > rotten food etc. I think the issues go beyond > any > > single branches employees / management > > I believe the co-op is franchised

All the co ops I've been too have been horrid - rotten food etc. I think the issues go beyond any single branches employees / management

ML&G said they were doing a refurb not permanently closed based on the sign that was in their window. Has the situation changed? Anyhow, there are loads of other places that sell clothing and accessories on Lordship Lane, North Cross Rd, Melbourne Grove and Zenoria. I can think of at least 11 shops off the top of my head and I am sure there are ones I'm forgetting.

If you go to the funding page there detail all the plans there. The lido will not be from the river Peck. At a later stage they may create a separate smaller pool alongside the lido that is from the river but that isn't the main proposal.

DF-- all projects require feasibility studies. This isn't any reflection on the viability of the idea but rather a precursor to raising specific funding to execute the business plan. Anyhow, there are a number of heated open air pools operating in London (though not locally) so there are clear cases of the economic viability working for this type of venture.

Yes, agreed, closing roads and getting rid of existing parking is idiotic. I signed those petitions as well!

I should say I am generally biased in favor of new residential development and I don't think we should be providing loads of parking. Southwark's policy is actually that residential schemes near public transport should have zero parking. There stance on this is stronger than the broader London policy on maximum parking allowed for new projects.

I agree 100% that anyone who has an issue with the ground floor extension can blame M&S as the only reason the freeholder is extending the ground floor is to satisfy there needs. I don't think M&S have anything to do with the conversion of the office space to residential space or adding the additional floor. The shop as a tenant has zero economic interest in any of that so that should all fall squarely on the freeholder. I could be wrong about the flats. They may appeal to some young families. Its just at the price they are asking, you could get a two bed garden flat on a quiet residential street in central ED. Personally, that would seem a better fit but who knows.

Dulwich Fox, that's what the feasibility study will determine along with developing a full business plan for the operational phase of the project.

Whether they are generally affordable or not, I think they'll be occupied by people without children and cars. Even if the flats are bought by investors and rented out, I still think that's who would be prepared to live above a shop with the access that these 2 bed flats have etc. These aren't really geared towards young families. Regarding M&S's collusion, they only thing anyone can hold them responsible for is their requirement regarding extending the ground floor of the premises. They are just a tenant-- everything else the freeholder has done is for the sole benefit of the freeholder and has nothing to do with M&S. I'd hate to be seen as on collusion with everything my landlord does just because I rent premises off of them.

Because instead of 10 minutes it would take over an hour. Also, walking (and biking) cannot replace a functioning public transport system in a city like London. niall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you're just going to London bridge and live > around E.D I don't know why more people don't just > walk, if you are able of course. > > I walk to and from work every day after getting > fed up with buses and trains. > > It doesn't take very long at all. > > Lovely weather for it too.

I think M&S will do well. If you like convenience food (which most people do at least sometimes), its a good option. You can get something without having to think about it at the station and on the weekends. Now, if a full sized Waitrose opened up, I think that would generate tons of traffic. I know a supermarket was planned for the development on Barry Road but I think the original Morrison's or whatever pulled out.

I've been burned by the CO-OP too often. They sell rotten fruit and veg which is just so rank. Anyhow, the local indies have no more to really fear from M&S than they have to fear from the CO-OP or Iceland. Its a different offering.

I don't personally know anyone living in a flat without kids that owns a car in London. The people I know with a car have kids (and not all of them, just some). I know that's anecdotal but its why I find some of the parking pressure arguments a bit crazy. Young people living in 2 bed flats in zone 2 London aren't car owners. With uber and zip car, owning a vehicle makes virtually no financial sense until you need to haul kids around and even then its more for convenience factor / car seat issue rather than because it makes more financial sense. Maybe Southwark and certain residents want a CPZ but M&S isn't to blame for Southwark's political aims. There is an M&S in Brixton and I just don't see why one here is going to generate all this crazy extra car traffic. I am concerned that the developer (not M&S) appears to have skirted affordable housing requirements and that delivery access may be a challenge. The rest though just seems over blown. Its one chain shop replacing another chain shop.

How would the developer know that a CPZ was in the works? This just sounds like idle gossip from the forum leaking out into the real world and then being repeated back on the forum as proof of its original conspiracy theory.

What is the symbolism of an M&S? They are primarily a train station convenience shop in London and there are already large ones in neighborhoods far less upmarket than ED like Eltham. Its really not that posh. I think the shop will do well but no one who can pick up M&S on their local commute home at the train station will drive to one on Lordship Lane. Maybe on a hot summer weekend when people want picnic food but even then I imagine its customers won't come any further than the usual surrounding areas that come to East Dulwich anyhow on the weekends. Its not a supermarket-- no more people will drive to it than drive to the Co-Op.

Is the London population still forecast to grow though? Surely that will be a function of London jobs growth and UK immigration policy post Brexit. Before the 1990s, it's worth remembering London's population shrank for nearly 3 decades straight. There is nothing inevitable about long term population growth in London or the UK. Also, there is far too much supply in the upper end of the market in prime central London due to over building based on foreign demand for investment flats. For almost 18 months, the high end of the market has had virtually no transactions as there are no forced sellers but buyers refuse to pay asking price. However, if real discounting begins in the high end of the market (which the FT today has suggested has begun post Brexit), the upper end of the mainstream market (750-1,000 quid per square foot) will suffer as well. Below 750 quid per square foot will be fine in the medium terms as its still very under supplied and completely insulated from the higher end market. I have friends who post Brexit pulled out of a deal in Honor Oak and are buying more cheaply in Nunhead. If you look online, several homes in SE22 have had to reduce prices and still haven't sold. It is definitely not business as usual. Only time will tell what house prices will do around here.

4 weeks sounds right