On 2 Jun 2018 at 9:28pm Tim wrote:
10 mins up the road and you could have this.....
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On 2 Jun 2018 at 10:08pm Davejavu wrote:
Do you like what I dine with da place.
On 2 Jun 2018 at 10:15pm Pf wrote:
No thanks.
On 2 Jun 2018 at 10:16pm Pf wrote:
No thanks
On 2 Jun 2018 at 10:23pm Gravel wrote:
A 4 bedroom detached double fronted Victorian property along a lane, priced at less than £400,000, set within the beautiful East Sussex countryside that we all know and love?
What the heck am I doing in a 3 bed terraced house with a small back yard that cost more than this?
I must need my head seeing to.
On 2 Jun 2018 at 10:35pm Loois wrote:
Hempstead Lane is anything but 'a lane' it is the main route in and out of Hailsham and is on the edge of a huge and seemingly never ending housing development. I suspect it is priced this low because of the traffic outside your front room and the sheer amount of new builds that are competing to be bought, I guess if you are clever you might get away with using Upper Horsebridge as your address which at least means you are not labelled with Hailsham.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 6:34am Mark wrote:
All that this proves is that nobody wants to live in Hailsham.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 8:55am I know that house wrote:
It had 4 -5 new ones built in it's back garden, and as said it's not a lane by any stretch of the imagination. The £ is well optimistic.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 9:39am Deja Vu wrote:
Well that wraps that up then, it turns out idiots will pay a premium to lives in the below average town of Lewes.
It’s all good as it meant I could sell my decidedly average shoe box in Lewes and purchase a much bigger and nicer housei in upper horse bridge. Not only did I upgrade my town/road/house, I also had a rather nice balance left in my bank.
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On 3 Jun 2018 at 9:49am Can anyone play? wrote:
Yeah Hailsham is a rip off.
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On 3 Jun 2018 at 10:09am Observation wrote:
£579k being asked for terrace in the Paddock... heady days Lewes
On 3 Jun 2018 at 11:06am House Hunter wrote:
@Dejavu - Well done on such a positive move. I live in Lewes under duress, but I did get my house as a re-posession, before it went to auction, at almost 50% below market 4 years ago, that enabled me to buy 2 BTL which I rent out at 25% below market to friends who otherwise couldn't afford to live in Lewes. Win, Win......
I would love to be out in the countryside rather than stuck in the horrid Lewes, but while I am tied there I can only dream......
On 3 Jun 2018 at 11:18am Staying in wrote:
Hailsham is not the country side! Is is rained full of various estates fed by fast roads with no views due to all the rubbish new builds. The town center is made up of charity shops and dodgy fast food outlets. It also has people like dejavu whinging all the time. Apples and oranges.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 11:35am Casual Observer wrote:
Such lack of class and quality showing folk up for what they are right in front of your very eyes.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 11:52am The Great Escape wrote:
I have recently swapped my old tiny terraced home in Lewes for a detached, four-bedroom house in Ringmer. My only regret is that I didn't do it earlier. People ask me if I miss Lewes, but it's only minutes away by car and a quarter of an hour away by bike, so I'm doing all the stuff I used to do.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 12:39pm Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:
Lewes has 2 big advantages over Hailsham.
Development opportunities in and around Lewes are limited because most of the town is a conservation area and it is almost surrounded by the national park. Consequently, Lewes is unlikely to suffer new building on the scale seen in and around Halisham.
The other is that it has a station, which gives it a considerably bigger travel to work area than Hailsham.
Both of those things are of great value to many, and they are prepared to pay for the privilege.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 1:36pm Deja Vu wrote:
Yes the station is a real boon to Lewes...
1. You can’t rely on it
2. The beggars find it handy as they can commute in
Personally the lack of a station is one of the plus points for me, it’s only 2 miles away hardly the drama.
Construction of the extra homes isn’t near me, so not fussed. I think it’s going to come as a real shock to Lewes that sdnp or not, you will be building many thousands of extra homes.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 2:28pm Ex Pat wrote:
I visit friends in Lewes every few years and have done since I moved to Australia in the 80's. Every time I visit I am shocked at the state of what was once my home town. Dirty. Litter strewn. Beggars. Yobs. Empty shops. Defunct businesses. Dreadful developments. The list goes on. Such a shame that the town has deteriorated from what it was.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 4:57pm Jude wrote:
Lewesians are not being rip off they are just being priced out
On 3 Jun 2018 at 5:03pm @ex pat wrote:
I recognise your description of the beggars but there are hardly any empty shops and there’s been very little development compared with most towns. Are you sure you didn’t get lost and visit Hailsham by mistake?
On 3 Jun 2018 at 5:16pm @@ex pat wrote:
No empty shops, ha ha are you for real?
On 3 Jun 2018 at 8:09pm @@@ex pat wrote:
One empty shop under the premier Inn. None that I can think of in the cliffe. Cheese Please is empty further up the high street and there’s a recently vacated shop by the station. Hardly an empty high street.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 8:53pm Eyes open wrote:
Prezzo that was.
Lewesiana that was.
PJs that was.
Fisher Street frames that was.
Fisher St fabric shop that was.
Oyster Lingerie that was.
Bored now...
On 3 Jun 2018 at 9:10pm Shopper wrote:
Last time I walked past Lewesiana there was a new shop in there and hasn’t PJs opened again? Is Oyster Lingerie the one in North Court? That’s hasn’t even closed yet. Prezzo have closed shops nationwide but has only been closed a few weeks. There’s always going to be some shops opening and closing. The UK high street is dying a slow death. We’re very lucky that Lewes has suffered very little - especially as we’ve had very little additional housing in the town. Other towns have had massive growth in housing and the high streets are still struggling.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 9:52pm Eric wrote:
I think there are six empty shops in the bottleneck alone.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 10:23pm Jennifer wrote:
There is no more charming and sweet place to shop than Lewes for everything individual and stylish I needed to redesign my home six years ago. Chain stores lower the tone and they are not at all the standard I expect, so I am one who is happy to keep them all out except for Waitrose. I don't really think anyone wants a premium move-to destination like Lewes to be like other towns, anyway. Argos, for example, attracts a completely inappropriate class of single mothers compared to, say, my friends who are all so comfortable about recognising an out-of-town branch of Bill's.
On 3 Jun 2018 at 10:54pm Pedro wrote:
@ jennifer, "the bucket residenceeeee, lady of the house speaking".
On 3 Jun 2018 at 11:55pm @Jennifer wrote:
It’s just a shame the Lewes Waitrose is such a dump, it’s much nicer in Hailsham.
On 4 Jun 2018 at 7:09am Family man wrote:
All single mothers are inappropriate, including Jennifer's snobby friends.
On 4 Jun 2018 at 10:21am Inappropriate dad wrote:
I don't care - I scatter my seed far and wide
On 4 Jun 2018 at 10:43am Snob wrote:
Jennifer is not Jennifer at all. She is Sharon, lives on Landport and only goes into Waitrose to shoplift. You will recognise her because she stinks of stale cigarettes and fried chicken fat and she has 'mild' and 'bitter' tattooed on her saggy fun bags. She also wears over stretched leggings with holes in, meaning she doesn't have to take them down when she's peeing in the Volunteer.
On 4 Jun 2018 at 11:01am Observer wrote:
"Consequently, Lewes is unlikely to suffer new building on the scale seen in and around Halisham" - terrible isn't it, building places for young people and families to live in. Just shocking.
As for the station though, I've been commuting up to a pretty serious job in London for ten years, and it's pretty reliable. Southern are not great, but there is so many urban myths in Lewes about how bad it is. I'm very, very rarely late for work, and if I am it's minutes not hours. It's perfectly workable and takes me about 80-90 minutes door to door, walking either end, and I spend most of the time reading or watching TV. I'd imagine it would be much more of a hassle from Hailsham.
On 9 Jun 2018 at 2:54am Skaghead begger wrote:
Why don't you stay in hailsham, as for it being better that's bull, if you blink you,d miss it. Stay away if you don't like our town.