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Featured local business - Clubtek

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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...

Lewisham crashes “the party at the top”

Jun

2015

The ONS has just released its analysis of house price changes across the country during 2014. Prices across borough of Lewisham have risen 21%, one of the highest rates of increase in London and only two points off the highest rate of growth in the country (South Bucks, 23%).Estate agents Stirling Ackroyd comments: “Waltham Forest ...

The tyranny of the continuous mind

Jun

2015

Another day, another interactive data visualisation tool. Alastair sent us this tool, which uses data from Find Properly to show how house prices vary along the tube lines. Here's Brockley's place in the pecking order.What's striking about the data on the southern end of the line is how steadily prices rise as you move towards ...

Lindal road housing goes on sale

Jun

2015

The housing built on the former stone mason's yard in Lindal Road, Crofton Park, is now on the market. The developers have squeezed eight decent family homes on to the site next to the railway track and are now selling them for an eye-watering £875,000.Thanks to Joe and Alastair.

Sunday Times: Brockley house prices rising at fourth-fastest rate in UK

Jun

2015

The Sunday Times has declared Brockley (SE4) the fourth-fastest-rising property hotspot, after Chelsea (SW3), Manchester (M22) and, um, Burnley (BB10).In a league table published yesterday, based on data from Rightmove, asking prices for properties in Brockley rose an eye-watering 53.9% between January and May 2015, compared with a national average of 4.6%. Asking prices are ...

Lewisham house prices rising at second-fastest rate in London

Jun

2015

The Land Registry's latest London data is out and reveals that the borough of Lewisham has the second-fastest rate of house price rises in the capital in the year to April, with an annual growth rate of 16.4%.Newham was the fastest-riser, with the cheaper boroughs dominating the top 10.Back in May, when an 11-feet wide ...

Lewisham launches land search

May

2015

Lewisham Council has launched a search for land in the borough suitable for redevelopment to help the borough meets its new homes target. They say:We have issued a call for sites to be included in the Lewisham 2015 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA).The purpose of this study is to update the database of sites ...

Lord Ha’ Mercy

May

2015

Plans to replace industrial facilities on Mercy Terrace in Ladywell with a hefty new student accommodation block have been released. A planning application has been submitted for:The new block"Demolition of the existing building and the construction of a mixed use development comprising approx. 250sqm of office floorspace (Use Class B1) and 97 student rooms and ...

Residents seek to block Luxmore Gardens homes

May

2015

Local residents have launched a campaign to stop developers building on land adjoining Luxmore Gardens, off Malpas Road. They object to the residential development on the basis that it will loom too large over the park and that construction work will prove disruptive.An application has been lodged for:"The construction of 3 three storey, three bedroom terrace ...

Brockley’s 11-feet-wide house sells for half a million quid

May

2015

Game over. This house, nicely designed to make efficient use of available space but nonetheless tiny (84 square metres) and wedged in an existing terrace, on a main road, next to a supermarket - has sold for a mere £490,000.In the context of the current London market, the price is profoundly unsurprising. But it is ...

Forest Mews wins property gong

May

2015

The winners of the "Oscars of the London property market" have been announced. No, not the Stirling Prize. Not The Sunday Times, AJ or Evening Standard awards either. The RICS Awards 2015!Anyway, it's a reputable prize and a Forest Hill development collected residential building of the year 2015 at the ceremony last night.Forest Mews (off Rockbourne ...