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DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good shop with helpful staff. Well at least they > will still be in ED. > > The 'Pessimistic' ?? Fox has been predicting the > demise of Lordship Lane for some time now. > > Well the likes of those Favouring the ?12.00 > burger and ?12.00 bottle of Craft beer only have > themselves to blame. > > The Snob Element has helped to establish a > situation where only those places charging such > prices can afford > the rent and rates. > > Well now the Greedy Landlords or raising the bar. > Even those places can no longer compete. > > The Bubble has Burst. > > So more generic stores , estate agents.. or > indeed Closed down Shops. > > Not the first time in the History of Lordship > Lane / North Cross Road. > > DulwichFox I really doubt that it will be another estate agent. Surely they are all represented on LL already and in any event they will work out soon that, since the emergence of the internet and the likes of Zoopla/Rightmove, they are wasting their (or indeed our) money with high street offices - the tide is already turning in ED with companies like No Flies and Fish Need Water (although I note the latter have succumbed to an office recently).

I recently had some keys cut by Callows and saw, from a flyer in the shop, that they are moving to Melbourne Grove. Their rent has been hiked up enormously on the LL property apparently. Who is going to be able to afford rent on somewhere like that?

rbrtdngl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi StraferJack, while I agree with the majority of > what you say, I am not sure I completely agree > with you point about estate agents not pushing > prices. While it is true that something is only > worth the price someone else is prepared to pay > for it, I do have first hand experience of estate > agents 'testing' the market and advertising > properties above the limit of what has been > achieve historically within a particular area or > street. Perhaps it is incorrect to suggest that > estate agents push prices up, but maybe through > thgeir behaviour it is fair to say that this is > something estate agents contribute to. It is, of course, always open to a home owner to insist their property is marketed at the same price at which a similar property was sold, say, 12 months earlier, if they have an altruistic concern about rising house prises in an area. Estate agents cannot force you to market at a higher price - they are merely giving you a view of what they believe is an achievable price which (given supply and demand) may indeed be higher than similar properties have sold for previously . Blaming estate agents for the escalating prices around here just doesn't hold water - the market determines the price of properties and if the estate agents get the market wrong they are (or should be) left with egg on their faces. It is equally as logical (i.e. not very) to blame the buyers who are prepared to pay ever increasing prices.

There are cougars I bet (avoids reference to wood).

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Most of those bikers were my mates. And I am sure they were charming people - my point was more directed at the conservative nature of the Dulwich Estate ...

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Used to be a Bikers Pub in the 70's.. > > At one time there was a small middle bar for men. > No women allowed. > > Foxy. Blimey - what were the Dulwich Estate up to allowing a Bikers pub into the village - they won't even allow cashpoints!

Very well done to both of you!

Really?!?!?!?

The local foxes seem to visit my pond for an evening snack of frog - very brazen and they rarely eat the whole thing - strangely the legs do not appear to be to their taste!

I am in favour of the idea and have signed the petition

Hardly had any wait at all when I went - which was late morning as I recall. It only takes about 2 mins so they do rattle through them.

I also agree that more B&B is a good idea but share the concerns about the waste. I don't pass by often but when I do it is invariably a mess - EDT need to keep more on top of it, particularly if they are expanding their operation.

Do specialist ice cream shops in areas like ED really make enough over the winter months to survive?!? Must be damn fine ice cream or damn big margins!