Friday 6 February 2015

No let?

The flats mentioned at reference 1 are still to let this morning; certainly one and perhaps two. At around £1,000 a month for an upstairs two bedroom flat, convenient to shops, public house and recreation ground - and just a ten minute walk to the well connected Epsom Station. Golf course with jungle attachment just up the other road. See http://hortonparkgolf.com/.

According to wikipedia the average wage in London in 2011 was around £500 a week, presumably before tax. No idea how good these figures are, beyond wikipedia being a respectable brand, but on such an wage, with a wife at home with two small children, these flats might not be the answer to your prayers.

Furthermore, while the central section, the one with boarding and pointy roof, serves to break up what would otherwise be a rather long block, is too high and too wide. Whoever did the design did not have much of an eye for such things. Perhaps it would have been better a little lower, a little narrower and slightly poking out from the face of the rest of the building. Perhaps a little decorative brick work, such as can be seen in at least one new build house in the neighbourhood and was normal in houses built around 100 years ago.

Reference 1: http://psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/what-is-going-on.html.

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