Accordions!!

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Permalink Reply by pamish on July 4, 2014 at 17:30

Those two houses were not derelict till Grainger bought them and bricked them up.  They could have housed two families (at least) for the past four years. As they were sold by the council to Grainger for £185k, that left a bit over for running repairs.

BTW Grainger also own the two burnt out houses/shops on the High Rd, next to the market. 

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Permalink Reply by markb on July 4, 2014 at 20:10

Pamish - that's very interesting - how did you find that out? I always wondered why anyone would let a property rot in London, given the house prices and the crap housing some tentants will endure.

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Permalink Reply by pamish on July 4, 2014 at 20:22

It's been known to those in the Wards Corner campaign for years. Not only did they get this bargain purchase from the Council, Grainger were given £1.5million as a sweetener to take on the job.

You can find out the owner of any land/property by using the Land Registry website. Cost £3 last time I used it. You may just get a company with an address in the Seychelles of course.

[Pause to wait for Grainger or their apologists to notice this and come sweeping in accusing us of causing the delay/blight by challenging their nasty soulless scheme.)

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Permalink Reply by markb on July 4, 2014 at 21:17

So the council paid to transfer ownership?  Ah.... it just reinforces the reasons why I'm never voting Labour in this borough.

I know about the £3 thing, I'm after bulk access.  Once I find enough, I set these guys loose on it http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/

Permalink Reply by pamish on July 4, 2014 at 21:41

I think they were council houses. If not that, then housing association - most of the other houses in Suffield Rd are HA's.

Permalink Reply by pamish on July 4, 2014 at 21:48

Try asking your investigator chums if they can find the minutes where the £1.5million bung was agreed. This was ££ from The Bridge New Deal for communities, a ten-year project administered separately from the Council. Run by some local councillors, Lammy, + local non-electeds. It was wound up about 3-4 years ago, its work over. It re-drew the original boundary of the target area to be able to include Wards Corner.

Coincidentally The Bridge popped up here today, they seem to still have a role around The Laurels.

Permalink Reply by Ed Butler on August 4, 2014 at 11:57

I'm giving up on this discussion forum - the font is much too small and not particularly attractive

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Permalink Reply by 04kbfsrzpz3q9 on September 22, 2014 at 23:11

I am SO pleased that someone else has brought this up. To the people saying that the accordion players are having to scrape a living, you do know that they are NOT homeless? The council have confirmed this. Also to the person that said they were 'musically proficient'...genius! I assume that was a joke? They play THE SAME SONG, for 12 hours, very loudly and very (very!) badly. In fact, even to say it's the same song is generous: it's the same three chords.....for 12 hours. Fine if you're just wandering past...NOT fine if you are within earshot and trying to work or sleep or spend quality time with your family. Imagine if, every Saturday and Sunday, someone came into your flat and put a CD on with just one song....and played it all day - you couldn't turn it off or turn it down. Do NOT tell me that would not drive you mad. It's great that the Broadway is lively and buzzy and vibrant; I would never complain about 'people noise' or traffic (or even occasional, tuneful, buskers!), because obviously I knew that was part of the package when I moved in - but this is noise pollution and it is NOT fair on residents. 

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Permalink Reply by Mavic Starfish on September 23, 2014 at 10:27

Thought this was just a Green lanes problem, but we had an accordion player  on West Green rd for about 6 hours straight on Sunday, not pleasant! 

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