Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Harringay house colour
What's with all the burgundy coloured houses is Harringay? There must be a reason...Are they council owned?
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Permalink Reply by Bethany Burrow Atherton on
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I always assumed people just painted their houses "to protect the bricks" and painted them "house coloured", but I'd be as interested as you to know if there is more to it than that!
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Permalink Reply by dubmill on
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I wondered this as well a few years back:
I don't think it's anything to do with the council. I wondered if it was the Greek (Cypriot) influence. I like the colour very much.
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Permalink Reply by Ledal on
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I think you are right - we noticed in the early 1970s that houses painted that colour were invariably owned by Cypriot families. Now, of course, it is much harder to tell as it is so expensive to repaint.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Yup, agree with Dubmill on this one. After brick cladding definitely my least favourite house treatment.
On colours more generally, it's interesting how colours seem to spread in a particular road. If I remember right, Warham, for example, seemed to have more blue houses than you'd expect. Some nice blues around too.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Want to claim the blue house trend setter badge on Warham. We were the first.
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Marge Thatcher was Prime Minister when we moved in, or was it Gladstone?
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No, Harringay Azul cannot compete with Harringay Haematic (not burgundy, Bethany). I see my next-door neighbour but one has got fed-up with his Post Office Signal red front wall after a year and replaced it by a muted grey this afternoon. Wightman about to succumb to Fifty Shades of Grey - though that may just be the underwearcoat?
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I have to say I'm not a fan of the burgundy colour, it's so drab and a little depressing if I'm honest.
It's weird that so many people would choose it independently of each other... It's like the houses in Notting hill or camden:
Did the street get together and have a meeting?
I agree with Hugh, cladding is particularly awful.
There must be more to the burgundy colour, someone must know?
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Permalink Reply by linka on
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I love this gallery of 'Haringey domestic' with some of the most outstanding (?) cladded houses pictured:
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My wife and I love the stone cladding! Does anyone know where we can find someone to do this to our house on Allison?
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