New developments spotted from the 176 top deck

[Muttley]

Spotted lots of things on my 176 journey from Denmark Hill today. First, I noted that the frame is now up for the triangular shaped designer house on the corner plot at the top of Dog Kennel Hill. A new Grand Design? Meanwhile, the top house on the ED side of DKH remains boarded up. A cabbie told me some time back he owns one of those houses, and the developers of DKH want to buy him out so they can build another one, but he's not having it (unless they pay him a lot more). Anyone know any more about this?

At the bottom of DKH, I notice that the shop opposite the station (at GV15) now has a Let sign. Will it be Starbucks? We'll soon find out. Sweeping up LL, I see that the little Foxtons shop signs are now attached, so there's no turning back now. And then, if that's not enough excitement for one day, I notice they're digging up the pavement outside Jerk Rock. The redevelopment of Midtown is underway.

Phew, I think I need to lie down.

[Charlotte]

Do we know who is moving into Jerk Rock or the tyre shop?

[Brendan]

I have twice now seen a well dressed lady going into the boarded up house on DKH. I can?t see if she actually goes into the house itself as she disappears behind the bush. Could it be that your cabby has a squatter?

[Muttley]

The cabby actually lives in one of the houses further down, not boarded up. As he told it to me (maybe two months ago)a couple of the houses had already succumbed and sold up, but he was holding out because he had a great carp pond in his garden, and where was he ever going to be able to find a place in East Dulwich where he could put a carp pond. I may be wrong about the carp by the way, but it was some sort of fish.

[Jeremy]

Rumour has it that Jerk Rock (or was it the tyre shop) is going to be a clothes shop from the owners of Mrs Robinson.