Saved for the Hood: the Map's Coming Home!

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Permalink Reply by Seema Chandwani on October 28, 2012 at 0:13

Amazing... I would never have thought that it used to be shops, the conversion is done well. What was next door? In the google maps pic, it is a road but this pic looks like something was there (on the right)

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on October 28, 2012 at 0:18

You can see the ghost of the small building next door on my Google Streetview picture. It looks like it was a storage shed which may of may not have been associated with the butcher's. The entrance next door led, until the mid nineties, to a couple of railway workers' cottages and I think some railway maintenance buildings. The cottages are still there, but the rest has been replaced by a small sheltered housing scheme.

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Permalink Reply by hob on October 28, 2012 at 14:45

I would assume there would have been a slaughter house adjacent to the butchers.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on October 28, 2012 at 15:12

Ah yes. Could have been that, I guess.

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Permalink Reply by Esat Karahasan on October 28, 2012 at 12:54

This is all amazing, particularly to me, the history and of photograph of 16 Wightman  Road. I moved into the commercial premises at 24 Wightman Road a year ago and will be completing renovations soon and moving my business there. Its due to major problems with the building that its taken so long and during the repairs and investigations I found out the in the early late 18 to early 1900's 24 Wightman used to be a Chemist! It's a shame there where no such treasures found whilst tearing the place apart. I found these pictures online elsewhere but wonder if anyone knows of any others  of this area?

http://www.history-in-pictures.co.uk/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&am...

Here a some more of harringay for those interested...

http://www.history-in-pictures.co.uk/store/index.php?_a=viewCat&...

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on October 28, 2012 at 13:05

Glad you liked it. 

Obviously I'm not doing a good job making its clear what's on the site. We have one of the the biggest available (probably the biggest) collections of historical Harringay photos anywhere. Most of them aren't watermarked so they're turning up elsewhere on the web (like your examples!). We've been used as a source by a couple of UK museums as well as by the richest museum in the USA.

View and browse all our historic picture albums here and our historical videos here.

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Permalink Reply by Elan on November 5, 2012 at 16:40

Quote: "Sadly the freeholder for the whole building, and owner of the ground floor, is an absolute £$%^ and is letting the whole building fall into disrepair."

Contact the leasehold advisory service www.lease-advice.org
Its a free service and if the building is being managed poorly and this is affecting you and your investment they may be able to help.

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Permalink Reply by Elan on November 5, 2012 at 21:24

To get the lease extension tell your solicitor to serve a Section 42 notice to the freeholders address and/or appointed managing agent. Your freeholder then has 2 months to formally respond with a counter-notice. It is much more likely that he will respond to this notice. But if he does not then it's not a problem. Wait 2 months and then apply to the county court. You will win and you will get your lease extension. It might even work out cheaper because your freeholder would have also lost out on his opportunity to negotiate the price. You'll get 90 years added to your existing term and your ground rent will be reduced to nil!

Ignoring obligations to maintain the building (or refusing to cooperate and contribute towards replacement of the flat roof, etc) is a most likely a breach of lease. This will be very easy to enforce, relatively straightforward, and needn't be expensive. Because the freeholder is also the owner of the flat downstairs you can pursue him in two ways; (1) In accordance with his obligations as the freeholder and (2) In accordance with his obligations as the leaseholder!

There are a few things to consider if you want to occupy and convert the loft space above a first floor flat. You are welcome to contact me anytime or pop into my office to discuss this, and the above.

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Permalink Reply by Esat Karahasan on November 5, 2012 at 23:38

WOW! Now I'm one of the first to not like some of the actions some of the members on here take as I feel it borders one invasion of privacy and plane old noseyness for want of a better word, however in this case I feel this especially such voids should be reported to the correct council dept. I know the lease holder at 24a has been suffering overwhelming subsidence which has been repaired on and off by her insurance for over 5 years now, perhap's such a large possibly illegal and therefore possibly unsafe void or excavation could be the cause of this... then a again it could be an old air raid shelter! 

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on November 11, 2012 at 19:21

We've now had quotes from the London Metropolitan Archives Museum to copy the map an make professional prints. Because of the size of the map, it's not cheap, but we will be getting a professionally produced product.

I'm going down to the LMA on Thursday to get the copying done. I'm also taking orders for an initial print-run, also to be done on Thursday. I'm not sure when we'll get the next print-run done, probably next year. So, if anyone who wasn't in the consortium would like either a full or a half-size copy in this first print-run, you can place an order here.

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Permalink Reply by Gordon Curtis on November 12, 2012 at 11:08

Hi Hugh,

Sounds excellent. Could you add dimensions of full/half-size to help with choice/framing etc?

Thanks

G.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on November 12, 2012 at 12:44

Yes, good point! They were on the Paypal pages, but not the HoL page. I've now added them.

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