“Home-ageddon” hits London
Sent in by reader and photographer John Stoddart, our Picture of the Week is of a page from the Evening Standard. It sums up what’s become of Central London perfectly.
Taken from an article by Rosamund Urwin, the feature states: “Just walk around the back streets of Knightsbridge or Kensington at night; the lights aren’t on and no one’s home”.
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Urwin is sadly bang on the nail. The foreign investors who have forced up the price of basement flats in Lennox Gardens to £2 million, for example, do not live here. Central London homes, in fact, have just become places to park money.
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True – same can be said for much of the office space in and around london. Who is buying all this?
It’s so true. London is not the lovely place I remember anymore. No soul. Just £££
So true and so sad , those areas are losing any sense of community or characters, and it is expanding fast beyond Knightsbvridge , Belgravia and Mayfair, like a dark shadow descending. .
I wish the Gov had or finally will tackle this issue of vast money being aired in London to dry.. and all non residents should pay a hefty tax , just as in the US or more to compensate with the lax controls .