Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Beat the property bubble.... buy on Green Lanes!
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/a-firsttimers-guide...
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Permalink Reply by 24g2s8fz5ir06 on
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I viewed one of the Grand Parade flats - it was kind of cool and very spacious and I was momentarily tempted. But for 40K less I found a garden flat further east on a quiet street with a 120 feet garden. Always breathe deeply and think a bit before buying property - in my opinion. The wow factor thing is only half of the story...
Also the common areas of the Grand Parade flat were very depressing indeed.
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'a quiet street within five minutes’ walk of a Zone 2 Tube...' Sounds like he never went there. unless he's able to walk at 25 mph
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I think that might be the first Evening Standard property article that has ever recommended Tottenham to its readers!
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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I reckon around Wood Green tube is the sweet spot to buy. You can still get lovely two bed garden cottages 2 mins next to the tube for 300k but I would imagine not for long. What with the new heart lands high school filling up with kids one year at a time, ally pally on the up finally and Piccadilly line on the door step - its a no brainier for those priced out of muswell hill / crouch end.
Saying that, there is now a strong artist / alternative party scene contingent in Tottenham now from what I hear, which is always a first sign house price inflation.
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Permalink Reply by Anette on
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C'mon! the Ladder was "up and coming" when I moved there in 2003. When I managed to get out of there 9 years later it was worse than when I moved in! And you think Wood Green is a good investment? ROFL
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That's a pretty negative comment to make so I guess you will get quite a bit of feedback. I wouldn't have gone anywhere near the Ladder when I first bought a flat in Hornsey in the 1980s, but I love it here now. Lots of nice families and young people moving in, a lot of homes being done up, new cafes and bars, and regeneration. I can think of worse places to live.
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Permalink Reply by Ms on
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I am surprised at the comment, Charlotte, that you wouldn't consider the Ladder in the 1980s. I bought my first flat in Hewitt Road in 1978 - ground floor, big garden, cellar, 2 bedrooms, lots of lovely original features and nice neighbours. It will make you weep when I say I paid £13,500 for it and sold it 4 years later for £25,000. I couldn't have afforded more and got a lot of space for my money. My family thought the area was "rough" and worried about me coming home on my own at night (as a single woman living on her own) but I never found it so. Really friendly shopkeepers etc - more Greek Cypriot with some Turkish Cypriot. The Salisbury was rather a "men only" pub - a woman friend and I walked in and were stared at - but perhaps that was just us! I would have stayed there but I got married and we bought a bigger place round the corner in Stroud Green in 1983 (and that was "up and coming" then).
MS
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Actually we did get gazumped on a flat in Hampden Road in 1988, but at the time we were nervous about buying here coming from Finsbury Park. It felt rough and we didn't know the area. I guess this is what happens i.e. that once you live in an area it becomes home and you meet like minded people. In recent years that has snowballed and HOL, the market, new cafes, etc support that and I feel a great sense of belonging.
I do weep at the price you paid and wonder whether the next generation will do the same or not.
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Permalink Reply by Emma on
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The hipsters have definetly moved into South Tottenham, Westgreen road and Lawrence road area
not sure if this is a good thing. i guess it is as long as West green road doesnt end up as Dalston!
tottneham is screaming out for some generation but something that benfits the people who live here not the blow ins!
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