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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...

New Manwood Road housing planned

Jun

2013

The planned terraceMore planned infill of brown field sites in the area. An application has been submitted to replace a Crofton Park garage with new housing, which in principle is a good swap. The site currently occupied by garagesThe application proposes:The demolition of the existing garages at Garage site 82A Manwood Road to the rear of 66-96 ...

Musings of Chancel

May

2013

On the Brockley forum, JCambridge has raised an issue which we'd never heard about before and deserves wider attention:We are currently buying a property in Brockley and have been informed by our Solicitor it is in an area that potentially be subject to Chancel Repair Liability. This is where a local church can force you ...

Catford Dogs Homes get go ahead

May

2013

The Mayor of London's office announces:More than a thousand jobs and 500 new homes will be created in Lewisham through the redevelopment of the former Catford Greyhound Stadium, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced today.The £117m redevelopment will bring 589 new homes to the 4.7 hectare site in the heart of Lewisham under a ...

Build your Ladywell dream house

May

2013

Muriel Blandings: I refuse to endanger the lives of my children in a house with less than four bathrooms. Jim Blandings: For 1,300 dollars they can live in a house with three bathrooms and ROUGH IT. - Mr Blandings Builds His Dream HouseLadywell's Church Grove, which was once earmarked to become a Traveller site has now ...

Faircharm Workspace approved

May

2013

The proposed redevelopment of Faircharm trading estate in Deptford as the Faircharm Creative Quarter was approved by Lewisham Council on May 2nd.The plans submitted by developers Workspace will open up the site and lead to an increase in employment, but workshop space will be lost, forcing some of the incumbents to relocate, meaning some high quality ...

Lewisham Gateway construction could begin this summer

Apr

2013

Revised plans for the major mixed-use housing development 'Lewisham Gateway' have been submitted, with the developers hoping to start working on two tall buildings this summer, if permission is granted.Towers A1 and A2 are located at the north west corner of the Lewisham Gateway site, nearest Lewisham Station. Developers Taylor Wimpey and Mace submitted the ...

Empty properties in Brockley

Apr

2013

At a time of rising rents in Brockley, it's exasperating to learn that local homes are being left empty. A BCer who wishes to remain anonymous writes:We have had for several years now an empty flat in our building (a Victorian conversion with few flats). We're worried about lots of issues - loss of heat, ...

Lewisham house price rises

Mar

2013

The BBC reports that over the year to December 2012, Lewisham experienced the sixth-fastest rise in house prices of the 33 London boroughs. The 11.9% rise occurred despite a 1.6% fall in the last quarter and was driven mainly by large increases in house prices, rather than modest increases in the price of flats.There are ...

Deptford and the Waitrose effect

Mar

2013

Deptford's been given the Standard's Homes & Property treatment this evening, albeit with the focus on New Capital Quay, which lies on the Greenwich side of the water.The imminent arrival of Waitrose (admittedly a rare thing in South East London) has forced the paper urgently to reappraise its view of the area, which we've been saying ...

Brockley’s “Invisible House”

Mar

2013

The architects behind a planned "invisible eco house" on the corner of Geoffrey Road and Manor Avenue have written about their design here. The Jak Studio team say:Last year Kevin and Mac approached us to look into the possibility of realising their dream to build upon a small plot of land with derelict garages they ...