lausanne road house converted in 5 flats

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Permalink Reply by Liz on July 2, 2010 at 19:47

It's only since the colonisation of London/Haringey'Harringay by the middle-class wannabees from the provinces that it's become a no-no.

While it was true that multiple occupation was fairly normal even further back when Harringay was considered suburban, the reason the cap was put on the conversions was because of the strain on the infrastructure of the Ladder. For example, in the past, very few people owned their own cars, now it is rare for people not to. The strain on parking, increased pollution and traffic caused by this is increases by multiple occupancy where several people in one house may own a car. Similarly schools struggle to cope with extra demand and so on. I doubt very much whether the middle classes from the provinces of which I am one, would have had a lot of say in this policy.

With the strain on housing caused by the lack of council houses, the deliberate delay by the private sector in building new homes to keep prices high and the buy-to-let frenzy taking many homes out of the market, enter the social landlord. With the caveat that this does not apply to all landlords, many have seen the houses of Tottenham as a cash cow. Where once two families may have shared, houses are now carved into 5 or more bedsits and the most needy and vulnerable, including families with young children are often jammed into them with NO controls on standards and no comeback...if you complain, well there is always someone else to take your place. The London you knew Steve, is a very different place from now. Save your ire for those who sold off the council houses and left it all to market forces. The housing situation in the UK is a disgrace but you must look to Labour policy since 1997 for the root cause which upheld the 80s sell-off, did nothing to reverse it and even promoted it further by making it a policy that private rented housing would absorb the needs of the poor - didn't work before council houses were built and it doesn't work now.

p.s. Endymion. Maybe they just weren't well educated. Anyone who studied Keats as I did at the local comp knows how to pronounce it.

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on July 2, 2010 at 20:21

Of course Liz.. I was lamenting a long gone London, which did have some bad points, but some good ones too.. think of some the recent discussions here.. about neighbourliness etc., etc.

I accept all your points about the housing market in 2010 and the causes of the problems - that also go back to a time where I don't want to go now, when there were two Queens in the UK -. 0ne at each end of the Mall.

Honestly tho' must everything change? Now every reel self respecting Tot'nam or Harringay person knows .. Endy-meeon ! :o) En-dymion my axxs..lol - go out and find real Harringay people, born and bred and ask!

BTW it's the same with Ho'born - all these colonists call it Hole Born or Marrly-bone instead of Marrahlebone

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on July 2, 2010 at 21:20

Ah, yes, John Maynard Keats. His surname often mispronounced.
But so what? Should 'Ackney change its famous Kaysnov Road?

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on July 3, 2010 at 10:42

@Alan ...and I thought it had something to do with sex...
sort of like .. Caze-nova

and perhaps my last point on the 'Colonists' (this is all OT) is that they will insist on calling Stoke Newington, Stokey... not since the trolleybuses used to put up 'Dalston-Stoke' when turning at Dalston Junction, has the name been so shockingly corrupted..

A friend of mine, brought up there, but who know lives in Blackpool via Tottenham & Berlin, goes potty when he hears it..

@Liz ..I wish there was an 'irony' button to press - please don't take this too seriously..

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Permalink Reply by Dominic on July 9, 2010 at 8:16

You've got to love the renaming of South Tottenham to Soto though. Come on Waitrose, it's only a matter of time! :)

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hatch on July 9, 2010 at 12:23

Tee Hee Hee - 'SoTo' that made me chuckle... Who knows, it can probably be stretched to 'SoTo Village'

Maybe we can urge Starbucks to buy BetFreds new lease Grrrrrrrr.

Is this SoTo thing for real? If so, would love to know where you saw it!(without causing any embarrassment of course).

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Permalink Reply by james walsh on July 9, 2010 at 13:27

South Tottenham ? more like Soweto than SoTo

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hatch on July 9, 2010 at 14:22

Rolling eyes!! James... it was going so well :)

I like your new profile picture btw. Is it me or has your hair gone bushy?

Note to Self... must change contact lenses.

Permalink Reply by andy thomas on July 3, 2010 at 12:50

The one that breaks my heart is on the other side of the street down by the park with the gorgeous big door.

That house was originally built as the rectory for the church at the bottom of Hampden Road. It's (or it was) gorgeous inside with panelled ceilings, etc; I knew the people who owned it before they moved to Crouch End. I've no idea what it's like inside now after developers bought it for a conversion.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on July 3, 2010 at 11:11

Sophie your post has prompted me to make a start with the HoL Wiki page on this. Bushy, if you fancy lending a hand and sharing your experience and expertise, it would be great.

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Permalink Reply by DavidJ on July 3, 2010 at 14:24

Just an update on one near the top of Seymour, described here:


http://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/do-you-need-planning-1?...

After 7 years, the landlord (most recently this has been Anthony Pepe) has finally relented and removed the bedsits. Haringey seem to think it is now a single dwelling again and have closed the case. It is not clear what the landlord's intention is - it seems to be one house, but what's the bet it will be some kind of multi-occ rent . . . or just maybe it will be 'family' house.

Anyway it took 7 years . . . but we got there.

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