Might be moving to Brixton...

[chegrimandi]

Oh poor little you!!

Not allowed to be a tedious, unfunny twat! Outrageous! And you a brand new poster and all!

It's been done by sad little trolls a zillion times before, to the extreme boredom of all observers.

Chegrimandi: piss off.

err I wasn't being serious when I said I was scared off. It was a joke. I feel my criticisms of the pub and the unwelcoming posting styles of some brixton posters are valid. So I won't be pissing off. Cheers.

 

[IntoStella]

Show me an example of somebody curently posting on this forum who has been unwelcoming to anyone thinking of moving into the area.

Show me one.

You can't, can you, because like all trolls, you are relying on myths and obsolete 'facts' to stir the shit.

If you are going to be obnoxious at least get your facts right.

 

[treefrog]

Never mind, I'm off looking at a flat in Archway tonight.

 

[IntoStella]

Never mind, I'm off looking at a flat in Archway tonight.

Now I'll be accused of scaring you off.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Never mind, I'm off looking at a flat in Archway tonight.

You don't want to live "North of the River"?

There's dragons, ogres and all sorts of unsavoury creatures over there (and the Houses of Parliament)!

 

[IntoStella]

You don't want to live "North of the River"?

There's dragons, ogres and all sorts of unsavoury creatures over there (and the Houses of Parliament)!

*Shudder*

 

[treefrog]

You're absolutely right, it was terrifying

Looking at a place in Coldharbour Lane tomorrow! Wish me luck!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Good Luck! You might be a near neighbour soon then...

 

[Bob]

Good Luck! You might be a near neighbour soon then...

Snap! Coldharbour lane is great... though somebody seems to have nicked part of the front wall of the houses my flat is in - I swear it was there a couple of days ago. What somebody's going to do with about five bricks I shudder to think.

 

[gaijingirl]

oooh.. good luck... you'll be right in the action!! I think Innit lives on CHL too...

 

[IntoStella]

You're absolutely right, it was terrifying

Looking at a place in Coldharbour Lane tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Good good. Hope it's OK. What section of CHL -- central Brixton, between Brixton and Loughborough Junction or between LJ and Camberwell?

 

[Streathamite]

Never mind, I'm off looking at a flat in Archway tonight.

HUH? noooooo...
north of the river sucks, big time. full of Islington wannabes and Hackney tryhards

 

[treefrog]

closer to LJ I think. It's £400 pcm inc. Council tax though. Is that obscenely expensive or about right for the area? I'm guessing about right, but info appreciated...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Snap! Coldharbour lane is great... though somebody seems to have nicked part of the front wall of the houses my flat is in - I swear it was there a couple of days ago. What somebody's going to do with about five bricks I shudder to think.

Sorry

 

[gaijingirl]

That's not bad.

My first rented Brixton room was £425 inc of everything inc things like household cleaning items/washing powder, liquid, full use of everything in kitchen such as milk etc etc. If I bought anything it was fair game too.... basically I paid my rent, but apart from that we lived as a family. The landlord dropped it to £400 when the market became overcrowded. But that was a very special household.

Next one was a 2 bed flat for me and my boyfriend at £680 inc of heating and hot water.. we paid everything else on top.

Now we've bought somewhere and it's bloody expensive!!

I think £400 inc of council tax is about average. You could get cheaper... but you need to take into account the size of your room/location/housemates etc etc (as I'm sure you know)

 

[Ms T]

closer to LJ I think. It's £400 pcm inc. Council tax though. Is that obscenely expensive or about right for the area? I'm guessing about right, but info appreciated...

That sounds quite good to me. Depends on the size of the room though I suppose, and the communal living areas. But given the extortionate cost of council tax in Lambeth and indeed London I'd say it wasn't bad at all. (Ours is £120 a month for a three-bedroom house, just to give you some idea).

 

[IntoStella]

Ah, such a cynic. Maybe they were going to make a bookshelf, build a barbecue or prop up their windowboxes.

 

[Bob]

Sorry

Clearly a one brick job. Maybe they had to stand on the other bricks to get to the window though?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ah, such a cynic. Maybe they were going to make a bookshelf, build a barbecue or prop up their windowboxes.

Of course dear. a barbecue made out of SIX bricks. Not possible. I should know, b/f's a brickie

 

[ViolentPanda]

Of course dear. a barbecue made out of SIX bricks. Not possible. I should know, b/f's a brickie

Maybe the five bricks were for a Dali-esque barbecue?

 

[treefrog]

So, anyway, the flat was ace! Will know tomorrow if I'm in, and if I am then I could be moving my stuff as early as Saturday! Wish me luck everyone!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

 

[Bob]

So, anyway, the flat was ace! Will know tomorrow if I'm in, and if I am then I could be moving my stuff as early as Saturday! Wish me luck everyone!

Good luck! Maybe an appropriate moving in drinks would be a pub crawl from one end of Coldharbour lane to your place.

 

[gaijingirl]

ooooh...good luck future neighbour!!!

Hurrah!!

 

[IntoStella]

So, anyway, the flat was ace! Will know tomorrow if I'm in, and if I am then I could be moving my stuff as early as Saturday! Wish me luck everyone!

Everything crossed. (Though that may be because I have been following Mrs M's exhortation to drink more water. )

 

[han]

You're absolutely right, it was terrifying

You're absolutely right, it was terrifying

Looking at a place in Coldharbour Lane tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Oh no!
I live just round the corner from the Richard Atkins school and it really nice (honest!)!

Anyway - that's brill about the Coldharbour flat - fingers crossed!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Oh no!
I live just round the corner from the Richard Atkins school and it really nice (honest!)!

Anyway - that's brill about the Coldharbour flat - fingers crossed!

S'alright, han. I think Rozi was talking about North London when making the "it was terrifying " comment, rather than dissing your "manor".

 

[treefrog]

went to someone else.

 

[maes]

Sorry to hear it

Stay positive though - plenty more flats in the sea

 

[Red Faction]

Looking a flat tomorrow in SW2, next to the Richard Atkins school. Does anybody live round there/know what it's like? Forewarned is forearmed and all that...

yeh i live there (when im not in whitechapel)- i used to go to that school
there are a couple of nice places on the market
its a nice enough area
go for it