1.45m for this....

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www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129985136

I am always by people who ask for huge amounts of money but can't be bothered to tidy up. Or cover a hole in the ceiling.

Things can change fast in London if the basic property stock in an area is good (decent sized period properties). My brother was shocked when I moved to Herne Hill ten years ago because when he left London fifteen years before, Herne Hill was still rough as a badgers. There are quite a few areas of Southeast and East London which have rapidly gentrified due to middle-class professionals buying up period housing stock for family homes.

There are quite a few areas of Southeast and East London which have rapidly gentrified due to middle-class professionals buying up period housing stock for family homes.

this is true but I think its going to slow down a lot due to the cost of renovations, energy & so many professionals leaving London or moving further out due to hybrid work model.

I know all about rapid gentrification@astronewt having lived in SE22 since 1996. My point is just about this house and Clapton! I don't think a house like that refurbished would sell for £2 million in Herne Hill - or would it??

In Herne Hill proper, it definitely would.

I too remember when Clapton was the fucking pits, which was only about five minutes ago, but things really have changed fast in some areas.

I don't think it would sell for 2m in HH proper ie not Dulwich. It's still a terrace.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129012947#/?channel=RES_BUY
I think it would! The terraced thing is a total red herring in London.

lol I'm a born & raised S Londoner & terraces are still generally cheaper than semis.

Plus you linked to a property closer to N Dulwich....

close to Herne Hill 2m would get you a good sized period semi/double fronted & a bigger garden than the Clapton house.

And also in need of refurbishment.

Interesting as a Londoner that you would be hung up on the terrace thing. It’s never been a thing for anyone I know.

I still maintain that North Dulwich is an ‘estate agent’ area as opposed to an actual place😂

why would you think I'm hung up terraces? I live in one! But semi detached houses in the same areas tend to be more expensive ime. Same if you have off street parking.

Sorry, think I misunderstood your post 😊

And also in need of refurbishment.

And I reckon it has sold for less then asking

That would literally have been 100k twenty years ago

yep parts of E London were not expensive at all back then.

Tell me about it. I almost bought a massive loft apartment near broadway market for £75000 back in the late nineties. And I didn't because I lived about ten minutes walk away just off Hackney Road, near Haggerston Park, which I felt was much safer and nicer, especially after dark walking home from a bus stop. Clapton was in another league and nicknamed murder mile back then.

I had no idea houses went for that much there... every day is a school day.

I loved living in Hackney though. I went into E.Pelicci's a few years ago which used to be my local and they remembered me even though I'm much older, fatter and way less cool than when I lived there.