Sydenham Town Forum

Brilliant news! Thanks for the reply...if (when...hopefully) I move to the area I will definately join the sydenham society.

Are there any good pubs we can approach like the owners of the dartmouth arms in forest hill (who dramatically transformed the dolphin) to see if they might be interested, then the sydenham society could offer their full backing to them and let them know results of surveys and what people really wan...

Buses are difficult to take off with a jerk since they are deliberately made to take off smoothly through the gears and as for braking sharply maybe this was necessary to avoid an accident. This was the case with the routemasters, but not the new buses whose brakes 'grab' a lot (they are air brakes...

I'd have to agree with the review, it's a GREAT pub to be in and drink, the back garden is a great asset to Sydenham, but the food is too fancy for its own good...just good quality food is enough rather than the usual pies in a put with exploding pastry lids that normally get bought en-mass frozen a...

Unfortunately Sydenham house prices have goneup so much it seems I cant afford it any more. Places are sellign before I can even get into see them or are going for more than the asking price. Above 300,000 some places are struggling. Below they are flying off the shelves. I need to win the lottery. ...

Does anyone know of the attempts to build on the palace site since it burnt down?

I am facinated by the place!

Any pictures?

I went to the Dolphin for the first time last Saturday. It's great inside and I loved the garden and it has a nice relaxed atmophere. I wasn't impressed by the menu or the food. It was all a bit too fancy, and lacked real variety, perhaps it wasn't the full menu on Saturday lunchtime. The ratatoille...

House prices are slowing. If you want your house to be an investment only and want to sell in one months time then you are right. If you want your house to be a home, and will live in it for a number of years, then it's much better than renting AND you will make money from it later as in the long te...

Good post about the flower seller. I dont know who owns most of the empty shps along the high street, but if they are owned by Lewisham council, why don't they open them up at peppercorn short lets to a selection of pre-determined 'shops sydenham wants and needs' with the view that, if they are a su...

That sounds great. But as you said they are spread out. That's why supermarkets do well, they are a high street under one roof. I have been to a lot of houses and flats in the area recently (I'm looking to move here from Brockley), most people selling have been in the area a long time and are moving...

Property snake lists property that i on the market and isnt selling. having been lookin for a number of weeks, period houses in Sydenham up to 300,000 sell within a week or two for VERY close to the asking price. My flat in Brockley sold in 2 hours, it had 10 viewings on the first day, I get letter ...

^^^^ Exactly. Some people are mixing gentrification up with 'making something grotty and infriendly and substandard nice'. Gentrificatoin woudl mean that a sunday lunch in one of these places woudl cost £15. Get behind the change for better, stop talking it down. Sydenham is for everyone. I think it...

Global Thinker. The high streets that are thriving don't have the regulation butcher, baker, tinker, tailor that they used to in yesteryear. They have moved on and supply goods that aren't available in the out of town establishments. Check out the organic butcher (William Rose) on Lordship Lane as ...

There is room for both styles of pubs.

Like thereis room for a kebab shop in the high street, a traditional chippie, a local cafe, a pizza express, a decent bistro, an indian and a greasy spoon.

That's the charm of Sydenham...community and hopefully in the future, a CHOICE.

I'm looking for somewhere in Sydenham and thereis very little on the market below 300,000. Unless your house is near Bell Green or past Kent House and in a very poor state and needs £30-40,000spending on it you WILL NOT get a house below 300,000. I have been tracking prices in the area. Lots of plac...

I agree with places that sell their stuff on eths street, and cafes with chairs outside would be nice. CAn someone buy the oldHSBC nearthe station and turn it into a really really great restaurant/bistro thatlooks greatthateveryone talks about...and then someone can buy the old chemists next door an...

Whyhavethey made it look so bad? I have been to Mexico and Latin American a number of times, whatthey have on the menu thereisn't anywhere near Authentic 'Mexican'. Mexican and latin american food done well is incredible.

I'm thinking of buying aplace there too. Anything I should know, any structural problems, has anyone converted the loft, who lives there? Is it rented accomodation? Families etc? Are there any neighbourhood associations, if not, would anyone be interested in starting one? I'm all for a sense of comm...

I hope that the greyhound could be saved and actually made into something people woudl like to venture into. I also hope it doesn't 'accidentially' catch fire. Infact I would keep an eye on it (I have seen this type of thing happen so often it's untrue). When the Greyhounds gone, it's gone. You wont...

In reply to Dutch Cow (I'mnot being nasty, this is your name!) I meant the developers, rather than changing a local landmark and asset like the Greyhound, change somethign thatis perhaps rundown and deveop old ugly council buildings, make part of it low cost housing like they HAVE to do these days a...