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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

The FT on Lewisham: The new Hackney

Mar

2014

The FT has more research from estate agents Savills, who claim that London's 'mid-tier boroughs', including Lewisham, Ealing, Barnet and Tower Hamlets - where housing stock and transport links are good - will see the biggest house price rises in the capital over the next five years.The paper's profile of Lewisham, says we can look ...

Oh yes, and the house prices

Feb

2014

A group of Deptford residents is campaigning to have their homes reclassified by the Royal Mail as being in Greenwich, so they can earn a coveted SE10 postcode and profit from the Waitrose effect. A petition has been launched to move the SE10 boundary to Watergate Street, bringing it west from its current position at ...

New mews approved for Tanners Hill

Feb

2014

Planning permission has been granted to a new development at the top of Tanners Hill. The proposal is for:"The construction of five 4 storey blocks and one 3 storey block, incorporating balconies/terraces comprising 9, one bedroom, 38, two bedroom and 11, 3 bedroom self-contained flats with associated access, 13 parking spaces, cycle parking, amenity space ...

£5,000 funding available for community projects

Feb

2014

Lewisham Homes, the organisation responsible for running and maintaining council housing and estates in the borough, writes:Got an idea that will improve the community, environment or safety in your area? Apply for a grant of up to £5,000 from the Lewisham Homes Community Fund 2014.Last year, the Community Fund helped kick-start 16 local projects, ranging ...

32% of Right to Buy Homes in Lewisham now privately let

Jan

2014

A new report ("Right to Buy to Let") from the London Assembly finds that 32% of homes bought through the Right to Buy scheme are now let by private landlords. The figure is lower than the London average of 36%, but shows the extent to which the private rented sector has replaced Council-let housing, rather ...

Lewisham house prices rising at 14% annually as Great Inversion accelerates

Jan

2014

Lewisham's house prices have risen at an average annualised rate of 14% over the last two quarters, the 8th fastest recorded price rise in London, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index.The data, released yesterday, shows an acceleration of the trend we've written about before - in terms of house prices, inner and outer ...

The Old Stables, Geoffrey Road [UPDATED]

Dec

2013

A plan of the proposed new housingThe Old Stables is a collection of ramshackle buildings, squeezed between the back gardens of Geoffrey Road and the railway line. The place is barely used as a stables any more, so it's not surprising that its owners are seeking to redevelop it as housing.Residents are opposed on a ...

Seymour Gardens gets its garden

Dec

2013

Residents of Seymour Gardens (West Brockley) have opened their new community garden, built with £20,000 of funding from the SITA Trust. The garden provides a new focal point for the 20-year-old estate.

“Kitto Road Sustainable Homes”

Dec

2013

Another bit of housing infill for Brockley. Building Design showcases a planned development on Kitto and Gellatly Roads. They say:31/44 Architects — a young practice based in Amsterdam and London — is designing two sustainable houses on a former bomb-site in south-east London. The corner site, recently occupied by dilapidated garages, is on the edge ...

Buying and selling in Brockley

Dec

2013

This week, we moved house. We only moved around the corner, so we still get to run this blog, although BT is currently doing its best to thwart us.After a tortuous six month process, we can offer the following observations:1. The Brockley property market is frenetic at the moment. We moved to Brockley in 2006, ...