Foxtons

[Alan Dale]

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[Huguenot]

Narp

[spymum]

Alan Dale you had better get your skates on if you do want to snag that family house - ED has been on an amazing up for the last six years now, and it just seems to be gathering momentum. Pricewise, you may be better off looking for that family house in Camberwell!

spymum

(Blog: Posh Mum)

[dulwichmum]

Dear Mr Dale,

A branch of Foxtons really does nothing for me at all. A branch of Starbucks would be a completely different matter!

[batdog]

At least at starbucks you won't be harassed by brainwashed staff !!!!

[dulwichmum]

Dear Mr Batdog! You are alive!!!

[AcedOut]

Foxtons on LL. Not true, surely.

[Mark]

yep 'fraid so, the building on the opposite corner to the Bishop. It's currently an all brick wall so they need to do some work to put some windows in. They intend to be by June. Brings a tear to the eye.

[AcedOut]

Quick - buy your next property now. Expect Foxtons' overnight 10% inflation!

[SimonM]

I am given to understand that, if you want to prevent Foxtons selling that desirable empty property next door to you, all you need do is leave a bucket of urine on the lawn...

[spymum]

Haha! good one SimonM!

[all_star]

Jim Robinson from Neighbours in SE22! cool!

[karter]

Mark

Are you aware that the building you are talking about is currently used for youth re-habilitation?

K

[Jockey1]

Jim,,, can you entice Harold Bishop to ED as well?

[SimonM]

he's now in "Ugly Betty" - maybe he could entice Salma Hayek here instead of Harold Bishop? >:D

[Alan Dale]

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[spymum]

SimonM - don't you mean America Fererra?

Spymum

(Blog: Posh Mum)

[SimonM]

>>>don't you mean America Fererra?<<<

Ummm.....oddly enough...no! ;-)

[Michael Palaeologus]

Sydenham and Crystal Palace seem to be the new places on the up that are still affordable; or do a loft conversion and dig out a cellar.

[Mark]

I knew it was some sort of council office but I believe it's been owned by Foxtons for a while. I hope they don't take up too many parking spaces with their Minis.

[mockney piers]

Excellent, some new ones to collect

[mumra]

Dear Alan,

I would recommend looking in the area of Bellenden for a hse - slightly cheaper than ED, but often (like ourselves) actually closer to Ed station or P Rye (which is better transport link wise but smellier).

[Parker's Folly]

Alan Dale Wrote:

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> Whilst I am proud of my work in Neighbours I must

> also draw your attention to my more lucrative

> roles in the OC and Ugly Betty.

>

> @Spymum- there aren't many family homes in

> Camberwell within our budget. We have seen a few

> in East Dulwich but whilst they seem a bit more

> affordable they are hampered by very limited

> transport links.

>

> It would defeat the object a bit if I moved down

> the Hill then had to walk back up every day to get

> to work.

>

> Are there any transport improvements expected?

Dear Mr Dale

While Dulwich does not have the transport hub that is Camberwell Green, we do have East Dulwich, North Dulwich and Peckham Rye stations within close proximity to most corners of our world, plus a lot of buses pass through. We can catch the 185 to Victoria, 176 to Aldwych and 40 to Aldgate via London Bridge, and the 12 to Oxford Circus. And the 63 to Kings Cross now that I think of it.

So no tube, but transport links not as bad as one might think.

Regards

[Huguenot]

Agreed P's F. I'm a bit confused by Alan's observations too.

I'm not aware that Camberwell is more pricey than ED either, C'well has a higher crime rate and a singularly more down-at-heel feel to it.

As for transport links, many punters mean 'no tube' when they say limited public transport, but that's often because they're not familiar with the train service. It goes every 10 mins during the day. You don't have to be that clever to arrive when it'll only be a 3/4 min wait - just like the tube.

I work in Kentish Town, and it's far faster, more predictable and more comfortable by train than by tube on the Northern Line (down to Tulse Hill and back up on the Thameslink).

I'm sure there are places in ED you can live where buses aren't that accessible, but surely that's the same anywhere?

[AcedOut]

I live on the Peckham Rye side of East Dulwich, so have the option of trains to Blackfriars, Victoria or London Bridge. Buses arriving every few minutes take me to the station in 5 minutes. I work in the city and have a 35 minute door-to-door trip every morning. That's the same commute time as when I was living in Chelsea.

I guarantee that trains are a whole lot more comfortable that tube trains, especially in the summer!