Apart from being astonished at the price of flats in Clapton (when did Clapton become fashionable?) it is a sad sign of the times that being adjacent to a park is seen as a mugger's charter, not a green asset.
All I could see was dollar signs. How much were those 'ordinary' flats? They could get so much more for their money in other parts of the country but of course its the working in London / lifestyle thing. But the prices were really scary!
Isn't it the 1st time that someone has bought an ex-LA property on Lx3? The flat seems nice & I hope they get some uPVC double glazing in it as those metal frames let in the cold in winter. Brrrr! As long as they can sell it before the London Olympics, they should be quids in!
Originally posted by cakehead: ...Apart from being astonished at the price of flats in Clapton (when did Clapton become fashionable?)...
Difficult to qualify "fashionable", but over the last few years prices have shot up, which probably indicates a rise in the popularity of Clapton. This has not so much to do with the forthcoming Olympics, rather with the 'ripple effect' from Stoke Newington and southern Hackney.
