Moving to 'The Gardens' - what's it like?

[Keef]

Just to stick up for Sydenham, I love it, there is a mix of people, and no more chavs on the high street that one sees on Lordship Lane. Penge East is 5-10 minute walk from Sydenham High Street, from where you can get on Victoria Line trains. Agree night life is rubbish, but I love living in upper Sydenham!

[Moos]

Well, for one, giving your child a name containing asterisks is bloody pretentious in my opinion.*

*Asterix is of course the exception.

[bon3yard]

...and you have access to the lovely bit of grass in the middle, I've often cycled past there and looked on in envy. It always seems to be empty!

[Pippo Inzaghi]

Just out of interest, are you the same DazedandConfused who posts on the Big Chill forum?

[Adam]

Barry Road store is always handy. Nice staff too. Welcome to the area!

[SteveT]

*Bob* wrote: What's a pretentious name, these days? Which ones have you heard?

Bert and Ethel, Stan and Ada, need I go on.......................how pretentious for this area too.

What's happened to all the proper names like Madonna, Peaches, Mooslingtonia, etc.

[Moos]

Hey...

[dazed&confused]

Pippo Inzaghi Wrote:

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> Just out of interest, are you the same

> DazedandConfused who posts on the Big Chill forum?

Nah, not me I'm afriad.

[dazed&confused]

???? Wrote:

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> D&C - if you don't like the 'nappy valley thing'

> wtf are you moving to an city suburb with loads of

> family housing stock? i'd suggest that you go

> somewhere a bit 'cooler' and inner city for an

> unpretentious dude like yourself

Because, ultimately, I'd rather be run over by a pushchair than mugged for my wallet at knifepoint.

I'm new to this forum but I've gotta say some people seem very quick to take offense and over react. FFS, all I said was there was a bit of 'nappy valley' thing going on! It's not like I hate kids or anything like that....ohhhh, f*ck it, whatever....

[????]

"Yeah I had noticed that ED seems to have something of a 'nappy valley' thing going on. Kids everywhere, mostly with really stupid pretentious names. Never mind though, gotta take the rough with the smooth and all that..."

don't look a kid fan to me.....still if you're scared of the cooler areas you sound quite suited to our suburban oasis

[dazed&confused]

???? Wrote:

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> "Yeah I had noticed that ED seems to have

> something of a 'nappy valley' thing going on. Kids

> everywhere, mostly with really stupid pretentious

> names. Never mind though, gotta take the rough

> with the smooth and all that..."

>

>

> don't look a kid fan to me.....still if you're

> scared of the cooler areas you sound quite suited

> to our suburban oasis

No I'm not particularly keen on them but just because there are more kids about is hardly a reason to avoid living in an area.

I've paid my dues when it comes to living in dodgy areas. In my experience 'dodgy' definitely doesn't equate to 'cool', in fact it's the more middle class areas like ED that are considered cool by most people. I've done 2 years in South Tottenham, 4 years in Wood Green, 1 year in Vauxhall and 18 months in Walworth, that's some pretty rough areas and I wouldn't consider any of them to be 'cool'. I'm not 'scared' as such I've just had enough of the ghetto to last me a lifetime and want somewhere a bit more relaxed.

[enfantterrible]

i'm living in ED at the moment but I'm moving out in November and want to move into a studio. What estate agent is managing all the flats in The Gardens? What is the best way to get one???

[samstopit]

I think it's Tilt Estates. If you scroll back through this thread there is a web site somebody mentioned where you can get email alerts when a property in your preferred area comes up.

We've been here since May and can recommend it! And yes we do have two young kids and so do most of our neghbours.

[cdonline]

enfantterrible Wrote:

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> i'm living in ED at the moment but I'm moving out

> in November and want to move into a studio. What

> estate agent is managing all the flats in The

> Gardens? What is the best way to get one???

I think most of the rental propeties are through Burnet Ware and Graves, as it is just around the corner on the corner of Peckham Rye and ED Road. I had a look at one through them a couple of years ago. Love the square, but it was too small for me.

Tilt's sold their business for a tidy sum, which was discussed on the forum some time ago.