New Flats next to East Dulwich Trian Station

[Jimbo]

Has anyone had a look at these flats? I believe there was an open day on Saturday, I wanted to have a look at them but didn't get round to it.

Update please!!!!!!

[Emma]

I have just been to have a look at them. They were vey nice (a lot better thought out than those futher up Dog Kennel Hill overlooking Sainsburys which were tiny and had the most bizarre lay out in the living area). The only problem with the ones by the station is that they do back directly onto the railway line and I don't know how noisy they would get.....Very pleasantly surprised as the 2 beds had 2 huge bathrooms and reasonable sized bedrooms although the view from the front not the most exciting over the back of the shops and the Vale! Very busy when I went so I guess they will go pretty sharpish.

[karter]

Emma

Did you ask the agents what they are doing with the commercial bit downstairs??

[Jeremy]

I do not understand who would want to live right next to the train line like that... a horrible location! And I assume the 2 bed places must be on for over ?350k??

[Muttley]

The glossy brochure from Hamptons shows the train journey times from East Dulwich to a range of destinations, including Blackheath in 17 minutes. I defy anyone at Hamptons to find a way of getting from East Dulwich to Blackheath in 17 minutes by train, even with a quick hop across the platforms at Peckham Rye.

[mockney piers]

Well the network rail site seems pretty convinced of the possibility.

Depart: 10:36 East Dulwich (EDW)

Arrive: 10:39 Peckham Rye (PMR)

Travel By: Train

Train Company:

* Southern to London Bridge (LBG)

Depart: 10:44 Peckham Rye (PMR)

Arrive: 10:53 Blackheath (BKH)

Travel By: Train

Train Company:

* Southeastern to Dartford (DFD)

Duration: 0:09

[Mark]

the website for the flats is here: http://gv15.co.uk/main.html

Quotes mention that the flats are located "in the heart of East Dulwich" and are "... the epitome of the urban ideal offering exclusive seclusion amidst the 24/7 buzz of the newly gentrified East Dulwich". Blimey!

I'm not sure about the contact us page which says "reasons not to buy" then has pictures of the apartments, the Sea Cow, the Vale and the rusty old lamp post on Goose Green roundabout. Curious marketing.

[Muttley]

Wow, nice one Mockney, can't argue with that. Anyway, need to get to Blackheath by 9am tomorrow, so I'll just pop down to East Dulwich station, if I catch the 8.35 that should leave me plenty of...oh dear :-S

[fractionater]

Starting price for the 2 beds is ?345,000 and one beds is ?245,000

[*Bob*]

(Quote from website)

"So what's it to be? An early start in Canary Wharf, or a late night in the West End?"

urgh

[ben]

Hey Mark,

I think that it actually says "0" reasons not to buy but that wonky shot of the Vale and the close up of the 3 red vases has me convinced!

[*Bob*]

That's right, Ben.

If YOU buy this flat, you could be laying-out your OWN three red vases in a wanky fashion, and enjoying the full benefits of a '5-amp circuit to bedrooms and living area'. Where do I sign?!

[mockney piers]

fractionater Wrote:

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> Starting price for the 2 beds is ?345,000 and one

> beds is ?245,000

How much? That's staggering, especially taking into consideration the Railway noise and the general grottiness of the area.

And have you seen the size of the one beds on their site? I'm dure they're nice but I've seen larger bedsits.

[ratty]

Anyone spending that money would need their heads looking at. I imagine the servic charge would be enormous too!

[snorky]

This is scarey - boxy concrete flats on the site of an old leccy sub station, sandwiched between a bookies ona urine reeking back alley and a busy railway line. The DKH side of the railway line seems to be sued a dumping ground by some of the residents of the estate for their unwanted wee stained matresses and sainsurys shopping trolleys.

There is a constant leak of raw sewerage from the pavement outside the squalid pair of shops on the other side of the bridge, and this sometimes pools under the railway bridge itself- should be nice on the summer. I pity the poor fools who buy in this sordid little spot.The rats that scamper freely on the tracks and the bankside undrgrowth will at least be happy for some nice warm accomodation in the coming winter.

The DKH estate has its fair share of caps being popped in disrespectful asses, block parties with a 10K watt Ragga soundsystem and all night firework extravaganzas on a regular basis between about Mid october and Mid january for various reasons.The knockabout devil may care japes of the cabal of feral kids in the estate is also guaranteed to produce hours of side splitting mirth for the inmates of GV15, especially when the kids realise that the smartly groomed metrosexual inhabitants of the block are merely victims in waiting.

Longer term ED resident may well remember the legendary Great flood of about 2003 or 2004 , when a Tsunami of greyed rainwater exploded from the drains outside the station and sat malevolently for several hours, effectively blocking the road to what seemed waist height and eventually depositing a fine mulch of gag inducing ooze over the entire area.

And to to top it all, it seems that you will have a heinous starbucks in your block. The smell of coffee is one irritant for some I suppose, but the seeping production line , easy listening jazz lite is likely to produce a Virginia tech response at some point in the not so distant future I am afraid to say.

Im not going to be rushing to buy anything in GV15

[Huguenot]

:))

Don't fancy them much then Snorks?

[*Bob*]

On the upside.. you do get 'under-pelmet lighting'.

[macroban]

And...

It's built on the site of the old East Dulwich, Camberwell Borough Council, municipal urinal.

[snorky]

macroban Wrote:

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> And...

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> It's built on the site of the old East Dulwich,

> Camberwell Borough Council, municipal urinal.

YOu can smell the history of the location

[Cuthbert Dibble]

Piss story of the location, surely

[James]

i've just been reading about how people have been terrorised by gangs of youths on the neighbouring estate - who the South London Press eventually named and shamed. Nice!