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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
I beg to differ - Middlesex does exist. And secondly, l live on the border of Twickenham and Hounslow.
The A316 runs between us. Near Twickenham rugby ground. Just to prove how posh it is in Twickenham and how snooty they are.
The Tesco store just across the road from me - the name is Tesco Twickenham - but it is in Isleworth. And they didn't want the store under the Isleworth banner.
Whitton now comes under RICHMOND Borough, despite it being in HOUNSLOW, as resident's complained about being under the HOUNSLOW title.
Anyway a house in TWICKENHAM recently sold for 2.5 million
And to finish - it is an ex council house, as l live a couple of doors away. And its price is £400.000
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This is the part where I point out that I lived in Twickenham for 4 years, including one address in Whitton, TW2, and as far as I know Whitton was part of the ancient parish of Twickenham and only the very northern part of the area is in Hounslow.
At least, I am pretty sure I was in Richmond upon Thames. I was paying them council tax and as far as I know boundaries weren't changed at any point.
You are I imagine referring to
this. Those people live in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, their complaint is that their postcode is TW3 and they are as a result considered part of Hounslow, pushing insurance premiums up, amongst other things.
I'm aware of how 'posh' Twickenham is. I was one of the posh, snooty residents of it. Lived in St Margarets for over 2 years and in the centre of Twickenham, Church Street, for close to 2 more. The yummy mummy force is indeed strong there, though I didn't find most people snooty. Compared with Richmond, Barnes and Mortlake Twickenham is common.
I'm aware of how expensive property is there: the minimum wage, before tax, wouldn't have covered my rent, and I moved 200 miles north before I could own property.
The new build flats in Brewery Wharf cost £500k+. That's the smallest 1 bedroom studios. When you think about that £400k for a decent house not much more than a mile up the road, regardless of whether it's ex-council or not, isn't actually that expensive in the grand scheme.
A house being ex-council doesn't mean it's cheaper and can mean the opposite, councils built some fine houses with large gardens.
As far is who's getting richer out of it? For the most part that'll be the largely baby boomer generation who purchased a while back before London prices went nuts, and some investors.