Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Priced out of the ladders; where to move to?

Hi HoL members,

We absolutely love living on the ladders but sadly we can't afford a 3 bedroom house and we need more space.

We've seen a gorgeous property on Woodside Road in Wood Green but we're a bit apprehensive about moving that far north. Does anyone know the area and could tell us what it's like for young families?

Turnpike Lane could be an option for us too but there is so little on the market at the moment.

Gutted that we have a healthy budget for a new house and can't afford to stay where we want to live.

Any advice hugely welcome!

Laura

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Richards on February 21, 2014 at 22:41

Interesting all the comments. No one has mentioned the wonderful Tottenham Community choir that meets weekly in Downhills primary school (well Harris Academy now) every Tuesday at 7.30 pm and is a great way to meet others in the community.Also the community cafe in Downhills Park. We have lived around here since 1978 and it has been a great place to bring up children and have a good life. Wouldn't dream of living anywhere else in London. The neighbourhood's strength is its diversity and how we get on with one another. Jackiexx

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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on February 22, 2014 at 6:50

The once and future Downhills, Jackie. Bad times pass.

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on February 24, 2014 at 13:40

Priced out of the ladders; where to move to?

Where to move to indeed? Why not towards a basic school dictionary?

Even "My First Picture Dictionary" illustrates and defines what a LADDER is.

While you have it opened, move along to the letter R for RUNG.

See the difference. R for RUNG and L for LADDER. A LADDER is singular but it has many RUNGS.

I'd love to climb the LADDER and sit (briefly) on one or other of the RUNGS. Excellent!

Have you been PRICED out of the LADDERS yet? Oh no, but we have been PRICED off the LADDER.

Indeed we have been FLUNG off our RUNG.

Oh, painful! Our property has increased in VALUE by a whopping 35% since we bought it two years ago!

No dear! "My First Picture Dictionary" is no help here. You need "My First Economics Dictionary".

Oh wow! Lots of graphs but no nice pictures. This one looks like a LADDER.

Your property has not increased in VALUE. It has increased in WINKWORTH PRICE.

Is WINKWORTH PRICE a technical term?

It is a Trade Term. Your PURCHASE PRICE in 2012 is the PRICE your Estate Agent persuaded that dear old Ladder Lady (93) to settle for. He saw you as a Ladder Climber, so he talked up that poky little 2-bed flat.

Your 2014 WINKWORTH ASKING PRICE (NO OBLIGATION) is 35% higher because you opened up the old scullery to benefit from the coal-bunker view and agreed they advertise it as "Highgate Borders".

Oh, so ASKING PRICE then, not VALUE?

Precisely. Tomorrow we fall off the Property Ladders and move to what "My First Picture Dictionary" illustrates as the GATED GARDENS: G for GATE and G for GARDEN. GARDEN GATE and GATED GARDENS.

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on February 24, 2014 at 14:42

Hi Phil - could be at a stretch. I was expecting all those FOHPs to come down on me protesting that the Harringay Passage stile produces two Ladders, one West, one East. I await Laura's response, before the March 21 equinox.