Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
The evening standard reported today that asking prices have increased in Haringey by ...
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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But where is Harringey?
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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"Haringey was found to be the capital's best-performing borough, where prices had surged by 9.5% month-on-month to reach £597,634 on average."
BEST-performing???? What's best about prices soaring beyond the reach of all but current owners? I own my flat outright, but I'd like to see all house prices halved en masse to bring things down to a decent level. That's to start with. 3x living wage will do for a goal.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Who on earth earns enough to get a deposit and a mortgage? Lawyers TBD. They're the new Harringay.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Well it's not a matter of "earn", it's a matter of have. Who HAS enough for a deposit?
I find it a little heartbreaking that we seem to have all been taught that a salary is a path to heaven and so we go out and "earn" it. PAYE is the only way the government can reliably collect tax and as the rest of the world is showing us, London property is a great investment. How come we were not better placed to see it? Well we were but that's a path to hell...
PS I am not trying to demonise local landlords ;)
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Ahh, a little bit of soft touch banker bashing. Remember, these are your new neighbours TBD; don't isolate them.
All this means is that the area is no longer appealing to first home buyers but to families (in terms of the terrace houses for sale) who probably already own property and are moving up the property ladder, as it were.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Its a funny thing this Therese. When I moved into a flat in Clapton (not renowned for its banking residents) we had a similar thing. I am not sure this is isolated to bankers and lawyers. I think that London is in general a city that breeds 'anonymity'- especially if you commute. Folks shut down into their own shell, as the constant population pressure (literally in your face at times) takes its toll.
I suspect that some folks will just want to be left alone, but most are happy to know their neighbours. We just have to show them the way. Personally I find being nosey and talking to folks as they pass- especially when I am doing something disarming like watering the raised beds- works a treat. As it happened a lady walked past on Sunday after we planted the plum tree on Pemberton and she commented. Turns out she lives at the top of the road and I did not know. That is one more connection that I hope will evolve now we know each other and we swapped contact details so we can share info on events etc that might be of interest.
The key is to draw folks into communities such as HoL to build the threads that evolve into social capital.
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It's interesting that you mention this particular example, Justin.
I've previously mentioned reading about Vancouver's Blooming Boulevards project. Some residents had taken over - with City Council approval - gardening the strips of grass between the pavement and the roadway. They described how this led to conversations with other residents passing along the street. Including people from the Chinese community - very large in Vancouver.
It was a nice way to encourage social small talk on a neutral topic. Smiles and nods and recognition, as an "entry" to possible further neighbourly links.
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The Dad's drinks that Adam Coffman has been organising since before HoL were actually how I heard about HoL. Meeting people at social events such as Dad's/HoL drinks, the parties in Fairland Park, Lantern Parades and Hurtles has given me local friendships for which I am very grateful and is always a source of happiness when I bump into people locally.
I was rather sad to hear a criticism of the Hurtle; that it was not particularly ethnically diverse. I guess when you have a social event aimed just at your ethnic group, you'll think that's all you're allowed to do.
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Yes, my (older) children and I felt somewhat 'apart ' from the the majority of people taking part in the Lantern Parade too but I think that's possibly a sign of the times (and I'm sure the lack of a thank you was an oversight). Years ago there were hardly any families with school age children in our road, now there are far more younger children.
John, I also had a couple of negative comments wrt to the Hurtle but that was mainly to do with the doughnuts. Next time the PSA will provide alfalfa sprouts and a plate of mashed yeast (but as far as I am concerned, if doughnuts are good enough for the Crouch End Fun Run, then they are good enough for the Harringay Hurtle!). But maybe we should have got them from Dunn's rather than Gregg's Sainsbury's.
And HoL isn't representative of the Harringay community imo.
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