View Full Version : Brixton Hill property bonanza!
supercity
20-12-2004, 23:58
Not only is the long-established Electronics Enterprises shutting down and being sold off, but the Caribbean restaurant (once home to Dawn of the Raj) is up for sale, the post office is moving next door, the solicitors' office (once the London School of Motoring) is up for grabs, and the Links framing/art shop is closing down.
So, plenty of room for Starbucks, Pizza Express, Cafe Rouge and a vegan health food shop, then.
You'll be the new Clapham this time next year!
Probably be rebranded as 'St Reatham Heights' while they're at it ;)
It's all sell! sell! sell! on Acre Lane too!
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/292.jpg
Tricky Mickey
21-12-2004, 04:13
It's all sell! sell! sell! on Acre Lane too!
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/292.jpg
that could well mean no one's buy, buy, buying and that vendors are registering with multiple agents in desperation...
now's the time to snap up the damp basement of your dreams - a snip at just two-thirds of your monthly income.
Tout Hater
22-01-2005, 15:04
Well I for one am not surprised to see Links closing down.
Went there a couple of times to get some cards cut for framing pictures and their service was woeful. Incapable of doing the job right first time, unable to keep to promises regarding job completion date and bloody expensive to boot.
Good riddance.
dogmatique
24-01-2005, 14:30
I could never understand how Linx has stayed open as long as it has... never any customers anywhere near the place.
Unfortunately, I can see it sitting empty for an age... I mean, there's already two general stores, a chicken shop, chippy, chinese, african, indian and Pizza place within spitting distance. Unless it becomes... another barbers or nailbar...
gaijingirl
24-01-2005, 14:32
Well there's only two estate agents in that parade... I expect like most of the other recently vacated properties it will go that way! :rolleyes:
onenameshelley
24-01-2005, 14:39
*rubs hands with glee*
Hopefully property prices elsewhere in the country will rise and the prices in brixton go down then me and the cabbage can get a super nice flat in Brixton. :D
*wakes after falling asleep at desk* :(
IntoStella
24-01-2005, 14:55
Hopefully property prices elsewhere in the country will rise and the prices in brixton go down then me and the cabbage can get a super nice flat in Brixton. Don't forget you have to have to pass the vetting and get permission from the Central Committee first. ;) I'm sure I can put in a good word for you. For a... sweetener... ;) ;)
Minnie_the_Minx
24-01-2005, 15:11
Not only is the long-established Electronics Enterprises shutting down and being sold off, but the Caribbean restaurant (once home to Dawn of the Raj) is up for sale, the post office is moving next door, the solicitors' office (once the London School of Motoring) is up for grabs, and the Links framing/art shop is closing down.
So, plenty of room for Starbucks, Pizza Express, Cafe Rouge and a vegan health food shop, then.
Oh, Dawn of the Raj up for sale again, or rather Onyx, or whatever it's called.
Maybe we'll get a decent chippy :D
Minnie_the_Minx
24-01-2005, 15:15
Not only is the long-established Electronics Enterprises shutting down and being sold off, but the Caribbean restaurant (once home to Dawn of the Raj) is up for sale, the post office is moving next door, the solicitors' office (once the London School of Motoring) is up for grabs, and the Links framing/art shop is closing down.
So, plenty of room for Starbucks, Pizza Express, Cafe Rouge and a vegan health food shop, then.
Has Mace decided what they're going to do with the Post Office yet?
Months ago I asked the guy and he had absolutely no idea, suggesting video rentals, internet cafe
Minnie_the_Minx
24-01-2005, 15:16
Unless it becomes... another barbers or nailbar...
But we don't even have ONE nailbar on Brixton Hill :p :D
IntoStella
24-01-2005, 15:16
Oh, Dawn of the Raj up for sale again, or rather Onyx, or whatever it's called.
Wasn't that Mr Khan's new venture? Is it up for sale already? :confused:
Minnie_the_Minx
24-01-2005, 15:21
Wasn't that Mr Khan's new venture? Is it up for sale already? :confused:
Khan bought out Dawn of the Raj and Tent & Tarpaulin shop (now the Eritrean place).
Don't know whether he's renting the properties or sold them. If he sold them he probably made a fortune on them because he held on to the properties for long enough and I believe he only paid in the region of £300,000-£400,000 (if the rumours were true)
supercity
25-01-2005, 09:02
I think Khan still owns them both. Before the Caribbean place opened, the guy at Curry Paradise told me he was thinking of taking over the place but said that the rent scared him off.
The old tent place seems to be doing OK as a restaurant though. It was packed the other night.
Don't know who, if anyone, acquired Electronic Enterprises when the freehold was auctioned off last month.
I think the guy at Bookmongers should look at opening a second branch to save us Hill types the long walk down into SW9:)
Minnie_the_Minx
25-01-2005, 10:28
I think the guy at Bookmongers should look at opening a second branch to save us Hill types the long walk down into SW9:)
You mean you don't have one of these? :eek:
http://www.drivesouthafrica.co.za/images/4x4-pajero.jpg
(Just thought I'd get that in before any of those SW9ers (or swines) gets in there first)
Minnie_the_Minx
09-02-2005, 14:50
For those interested, rumour has it that Onyx is going to be a Japanese restaurant
gaijingirl
09-02-2005, 16:44
I think Khan still owns them both. Before the Caribbean place opened, the guy at Curry Paradise told me he was thinking of taking over the place but said that the rent scared him off.
The old tent place seems to be doing OK as a restaurant though. It was packed the other night.
Don't know who, if anyone, acquired Electronic Enterprises when the freehold was auctioned off last month.
I think the guy at Bookmongers should look at opening a second branch to save us Hill types the long walk down into SW9:)
IBEX..the Abyssinian Restaurant is absolutely fabulous. MUCH cheaper than Asmara and the people who run it are lovely. On Sat nights there is a band in there playing music... it's really really great.
supercity
09-02-2005, 20:27
If the Japanese restaurant rumour holds water, my (Japanese) other half will be delighted, especially if they do decent noodles.
Incidentally, I noticed on my morning constitutional down to the station the other day that the launderette next door to the Spanish caff at the bottom of the hill is about to close down to become, wait for it.......
An estate agent! Hurrah!
For those interested, rumour has it that Onyx is going to be a Japanese restaurant
hee hee that looks like it's true; Onyx was a waste of space BUT if the Japanese place is any good I'll be broke and the owners of Cafe On The Hill, Pizza Ring and the Chinese will miss me
btw wouldn;t it be great if we got a sainsbury's or even a mini posh grocery store on the hill, but I fear what will happen is another fucking Tesco.
who eats that crap? their own brand stuff is worse than the shit you buy in corner shops when you have the munchies
and oh apparently they're opening a store at the end of New Park Road...fuckers. Toyotas are more usueful than Tesco shitfood
ChrisFilter
09-02-2005, 23:01
you serious? sainsbury's can fuck off.. over-priced crap! nisa does the job fine for me..
Japanese sounds good, with take away sushi boxes :cool:
NISA does me fine too but if i HAVE to go get stuff from a supermarket Sainsburys beats Tescrap all the time
anyway with a Japanese restaurant round the corner Sainsbury, Nisa and Tescunt can all fuck off
i'm dining out :D
Minnie_the_Minx
10-02-2005, 12:11
hee hee that looks like it's true; Onyx was a waste of space BUT if the Japanese place is any good I'll be broke and the owners of Cafe On The Hill, Pizza Ring and the Chinese will miss me
btw wouldn;t it be great if we got a sainsbury's or even a mini posh grocery store on the hill, but I fear what will happen is another fucking Tesco.
who eats that crap? their own brand stuff is worse than the shit you buy in corner shops when you have the munchies
and oh apparently they're opening a store at the end of New Park Road...fuckers. Toyotas are more usueful than Tesco shitfood
Well at the risk of a bollocking as I never buy Tescos stuff anyway, I might just go in there if it means I can get a loaf of bread :o
You'll probably be interested (if not pleased) that the old car showroom on the south circular, just off Brixton Hill, is going to turn into a Sainsburys. Last I heard it was planned for 2005-06. Can't remember if it is a "local" or one of their mid sized babies.
<-edit for punctuation->
Minnie_the_Minx
10-02-2005, 14:03
You'll probably be interested (if not pleased) that the old car showroom on the south circular, just off Brixton Hill, is going to turn into a Sainsburys. Last I heard it was planned for 2005-06. Can't remember if it is a "local" or one of their mid sized babies.
<-edit for punctuation->
er, isn't that what Twisted is talking about, except he reckons it's going to be a Tescos? :confused:
yep, it's what he was talking about. just clarifying that it was going to be an Orange supermarket rather than a blue one
Minnie_the_Minx
10-02-2005, 19:30
yep, it's what he was talking about. just clarifying that it was going to be an Orange supermarket rather than a blue one
That could put a lot of Irish off you know :D
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