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Ohhh Misses.. Me in me birthday suit in Elephant & you with ya zoomage..
Colossal structure at Elephant - Strata Tower
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Ohhh Misses.. Me in me birthday suit in Elephant & you with ya zoomage..
Mapped
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I’ve been watching this going up for a while, and it certainly dominates the skyline. It’s the tallest building in Southwark until the Shard goes up.
I had the same thought as new developments in swanky towers often seem to have most of the affordable housing provided 'off site' making the towers nearly 100% private housing. There isn't a great deal of affordable in this tower, but it's a lot more than some I've seen.
Some affordable housing and market facts for Strata from a planning database if people are interested:
30% affordable housing, (by habitable rooms). Of these, 25% of the habitable rooms would be on site, comprising 98 of the total 408 homes (24%). So there’s 310 Wholly private homes.
78 flats are for shared ownership, and the other 20 units for social rent to accommodate the decanting of the Heygate Estate leaseholders.
A further affordable housing contribution of 4.5% is to be provided by means of a commuted payment of £1.3 million elsewhere in the Masterplan area (yet to be identified). The number of homes has been estimated as 16.
Average Price: £500,000
Max Price: £2,500,000 (1,863 sq ft penthouse)
Min Price: £245,000 (378 sq ft studio)
Four flats remained unsold in May 2009 (Including the largest penthouse at £2,500,000). 95% of all sales have been for investment and 290 of the 310 private flats were sold by August 2007.
I had the same thought as new developments in swanky towers often seem to have most of the affordable housing provided 'off site' making the towers nearly 100% private housing. There isn't a great deal of affordable in this tower, but it's a lot more than some I've seen.
Some affordable housing and market facts for Strata from a planning database if people are interested:
30% affordable housing, (by habitable rooms). Of these, 25% of the habitable rooms would be on site, comprising 98 of the total 408 homes (24%). So there’s 310 Wholly private homes.
78 flats are for shared ownership, and the other 20 units for social rent to accommodate the decanting of the Heygate Estate leaseholders.
A further affordable housing contribution of 4.5% is to be provided by means of a commuted payment of £1.3 million elsewhere in the Masterplan area (yet to be identified). The number of homes has been estimated as 16.
Average Price: £500,000
Max Price: £2,500,000 (1,863 sq ft penthouse)
Min Price: £245,000 (378 sq ft studio)
Four flats remained unsold in May 2009 (Including the largest penthouse at £2,500,000). 95% of all sales have been for investment and 290 of the 310 private flats were sold by August 2007.
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
At the Elephant? How could any building be ugly enough to count as a blot on the landscape at the Elephant?
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
I noticed today the top is now taking shape - proper Gotham City.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie_the_Minx
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Quite, I can't possibly see how anything can possibly be as as ugly as the monstrosity that the whole of the Elephant is
teuchter
je suis teuchter
This tower has kind of sneaked up on me without my noticing till recently relatively. It's very prominent looking down Brixton Hill.
I don't really like it. Looks a bit tacky to me. And the wind turbines on top seem rather gimmicky. They say they will provide 40% of the building's energy ... I wonder if that's averaged over time or just when the wind happens to be blowing in the right direction. Somehow I suspect that the money spent on building the turbines could have been put to better use paying for some energy-efficiency measures that might have been less visible but more effective per £ spent.
I don't really like it. Looks a bit tacky to me. And the wind turbines on top seem rather gimmicky. They say they will provide 40% of the building's energy ... I wonder if that's averaged over time or just when the wind happens to be blowing in the right direction. Somehow I suspect that the money spent on building the turbines could have been put to better use paying for some energy-efficiency measures that might have been less visible but more effective per £ spent.
g force
Affects Shatner's Basoon
Ah ha ha....that's one of the funniest things i've read in a long time - someone's living a dream world! A studio for a quarter of a million in Elephant and Castle. It's a shit building and looking worse by the day.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I think the panels would have been better off being black or just glass, or even metal, but not plastic looking white which is going to look filthy in no time
There's a lot of students with rich mummies and daddies
it's rank - i can see it from my front room. its a blot on the skyline and already looks tacky and outdated.
might look cooler once finished but i doubt it
I used to think the London Eye was going to look shit, but as I saw it being built day by day and seeing the pods coming up on the River, I warmed to it. Now, I'd be pissed off if it fell into the Thames
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
maybes, but this is not a ferris wheel. this is a shite tower whcih spoils my viewI used to think the London Eye was going to look shit, but as I saw it being built day by day and seeing the pods coming up on the River, I warmed to it. Now, I'd be pissed off if it fell into the Thames
I believe the social housing quota will be filled by part-buy units - no rented social housing at all. People seem so dazzled by the promise of Elephant's resurrection as a consumer paradise - the outrageous social cleansing is ignored. The fact it is a private development is the problem; as a ex-Southwark officer admitted, "unaspirational" working class folk are an obstacle to private investment.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
maybes, but this is not a ferris wheel. this is a shite tower whcih spoils my view
I've been trying to remember whether you used to be able to see the Gherkin looking down Brixton Hill in which case this has blocked that view.
Or maybe it's Stockwell road I'm thinking of?
The Gherkin is visible along the line of a suspiciously large number of streets in London.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I've been trying to remember whether you used to be able to see the Gherkin looking down Brixton Hill in which case this has blocked that view.
Or maybe it's Stockwell road I'm thinking of?
The Gherkin is visible along the line of a suspiciously large number of streets in London.
I can see Gherkin from b/f's flat still
see Post No. 8
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Ah OK. Then it can't be blocking the view down the hill.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
The River bends, it makes everything most confusing and seem like it's in the wrong place.
In that picture, the three biggest buildings you can see are the Strata, the Natwest and then the Gherkin
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Maybe if Editor took a photo from his vantage point, the buildings would look in a totally different position
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Seems like you can but it's not directly in line with the road, so the new tower can't be blocking it.
Was that you that took that with your fancy camera? I remember when someone posted that I thought they had some enormous zoom
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Am I sure about what?
I have pointed out the Gherkin to people whilst on the bus down brixton hill.
It is you who says it is not visible now. I was informing you that it used to be.
It's quite possible that from the Hill itself, it's being hidden by the new Tower whereas from the flat you're a bit further over so maybe getting a different.... erm, I'm rambling
Please ignore
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Was that you that took that with your fancy camera? I remember when someone posted that I thought they had some enormous zoom
No, that's just stolen off Flickr.
I don't have a fancy camera.
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
The Gherkin is visible along the line of a suspiciously large number of streets in London.
i can see the gherkin from my kitchen window. i like that view, i dont mind being able to see the gherkin
for the record, i can see the wheel, st pauls, tate modern and bt tower, along with various other big buildings, from various windows in my abode. winner!
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
yes, but I think it was someone on here who took it. Or they took a similar one when the road was closed temporarily (maybe because of tyre centre fire or an accident on the Hill).
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
i can see the gherkin from my kitchen window. i like that view, i dont mind being able to see the gherkin
for the record, i can see the wheel, st pauls, tate modern and bt tower, along with various other big buildings, from various windows in my abode. winner!
I can see from Battersea to Canary Wharf. Bigger winner
teuchter
je suis teuchter
It's quite possible that from the Hill itself, it's being hidden by the new Tower whereas from the flat you're a bit further over so maybe getting a different.... erm, I'm rambling
Please ignore
Nah that could only be the case if the elephant tower was to the right of the gherkin when seen from your penthouse. Because your penthouse is to the best of my knowledge to the left of Brixton Hill.
Minnie_the_Minx
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