Evening Standard - Spotlight on Dulwich

[damzel]

Page 28/29 of today's edition. I'm wondering why the average sale prices of one bed and two bed flats are listed as more expensive in SE22 than SE21. Seems odd?

[PeckhamRose]

Maybe they were on quieter areas or closer to popular schools?

There could be many reasons!

[damzel]

I suppose, but it was the *average* sales price. The average cost of a 3 and 4 bed house was listed as only slightly more in SE21 too. I'm surprised as I thought Dulwich was a lot more expensive than ED. Nice to see familiar places in the pictures - I'm sure me and my sister is in the picture of the cafe!

[PeckhamRose]

Have you a link to the article? I can't find it for some reason probably due to my uselessness today!

[damzel]

It was a double page spread in today's Evening Standard. I found some older "Spotlights on..." here http://es.homesandproperty.co.uk/property_news/hot_areas/hotareas.html so maybe it will be on there at some stage.

[Leaf]

Link here:

http://es.homesandproperty.co.uk/property_news/hot_areas/spotlightondulwich.html

[kristymac1]

SE21 emcompasses a far wider area than the village, it includes West Dulwich too, that's possibly the reason?

[damzel]

They included West Dulwich separately under SE27

[TheAllSeeingEye]

Volume of transactions ??

[Sue]

I had heard that East Dulwich prices had overtaken other Dulwich prices, including the Village, so maybe it's true.

Hurrah!

[????]

it's mad...I suspect it just reflects the quality and small number of flats available in the village...small sample innit. It just shows how much SE22 is punching above its weight for pretty average housing stock. I live here, I like it but the prices are madness for pretty small victorian terraces built for railway workers and junior clerks not that well connected. 15 years ago it was a real bargain area but now......bleedin' madness.

[Sue]

Yes I agree, even though I live in one of the small Victorian terraces.

[Magpie]

There are few flats in SE21, those that do come up tend to be ex-LA or modern builds. This is largely because the Alleyn's Estate does not allow for Victorian houses to be broken up into flats as is done in ED.

[Mick Mac]

???? Wrote:

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> it's mad...I suspect it just reflects the quality

> and small number of flats available in the

> village...small sample innit. It just shows how

> much SE22 is punching above its weight for pretty

> average housing stock. I live here, I like it but

> the prices are madness for pretty small victorian

> terraces built for railway workers and junior

> clerks not that well connected. 15 years ago it

> was a real bargain area but now......bleedin'

> madness.

Well its still cheaper than equivalent property anywhere west of here. Don't think ED is going to get cheaper anytime soon.

[dulwichmum]

I am horrified by this lazy journalism. Alleyn Park is sooo not the place to live in SE21, it is Alleyn Road (stomps foot). Alleyn Park has three schools and can be congested and difficult to find parking. Alleyn Road is much more quiet and select. Magpie clearly knows what she is talking about.

[Eversfield]

This would be more interesting if it were possible to get the Evening Standard. We need a campaign to have circulation south of the river.

[Horsebox]

Eversfield Wrote:

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> This would be more interesting if it were possible

> to get the Evening Standard. We need a campaign to

> have circulation south of the river.

Please no. Crap like the ES can stay rooted north of the river. It's already available at Waterloo station, and that's close enough for me.

[cate]

You can get it at Sainsburys in Dog Kennel Hill.

[dulwichmum]

In general, I really like the Evening Standard and look forward to my regular fix of Liz Hoggard. I love the fact that the Evening Standard is London centric and keeps me in touch with what is going on in Town. I simply wish that they would run a feature on Alleyn Road.

I haven't seen the glossy ES magazine for a few weeks, please some-one tell me that Peaches Preaches has been tossed onto the scrap heap? Why anyone would write to that vacuous 21 year old divorcee for advice is beyone me (stomps foot). If she were my daughter, I would lock her in her boxroom. I think that she has had far too many E numbers in her diet.