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Beckham
Southend house prices up 15% in the last year, the highest rise in the UK. Would anyone with estate agent knowledge like to comment if such rise could be accredited to the airport expansion, putting Southend on the map etc? Certainly goes agaisnt what alot of the NIMBY brigade were claiming. To me seems like a good return for a bit of extra noise a day...
BBC News - House prices: Southend sees biggest house rise, at 15%
BBC News - House prices: Southend sees biggest house rise, at 15%
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Top three risers and fallers
Southend: up 14.8%
Basingstoke: up 14.7%
Rochester: up 13.3%
Southend: up 14.8%
Basingstoke: up 14.7%
Rochester: up 13.3%
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Re house prices
I would say yes, the airport has probably helped a bit with house prices.
The airport has, without doubt brought jobs, whether it be directly or otherwise - such as the hotels, car hire etc.
People who are earning are likely to be spending too...
The airport has, without doubt brought jobs, whether it be directly or otherwise - such as the hotels, car hire etc.
People who are earning are likely to be spending too...
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I doubt an airport has anything to do with a 15% rise in house prices. Maybe a little with the boost (mainly summer) to the local economy..
I wonder if hose prices At Bournemoth, Blackpool or Aberdeen have seen such price boosts to property?..
Southend must be a nice place to live and retire to, a bit like St Annes Nr Blackpool.
I wonder if hose prices At Bournemoth, Blackpool or Aberdeen have seen such price boosts to property?..
Southend must be a nice place to live and retire to, a bit like St Annes Nr Blackpool.
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You obviously have never visited Southend! I'm not knocking the town of my birth, but there aren't many areas within the Borough that would put it at the top of your list for retirement.
I agree though that the SEN transformation will probably have had only a small positive effect on house prices this year. The objectors such as SAEN had claimed, of course, that prices would plummet over vast swathes of the town and that certainly doesn't seem to be the case.
You obviously have never visited Southend! I'm not knocking the town of my birth, but there aren't many areas within the Borough that would put it at the top of your list for retirement.
I agree though that the SEN transformation will probably have had only a small positive effect on house prices this year. The objectors such as SAEN had claimed, of course, that prices would plummet over vast swathes of the town and that certainly doesn't seem to be the case.
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Don't knock yourselves! Southend was one of the few places in the UK I hadn't visited so far so I went in May and found the shopping centre normal/above average, but the prom area and the pier excellent. May have helped sun shining and tide in. Only 50 mins from London, no wonder prices have risen. It's probably a bit too soon to see if the airport expansion has had any positive or negative effect, especially on those houses nearest the flightpath.
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Quote: "Don't knock yourselves! Southend was one of the few places in the UK I hadn't visited so far so I went in May and found the shopping centre normal/above average, but the prom area and the pier excellent. May have helped sun shining and tide in. Only 50 mins from London, no wonder prices have risen. It's probably a bit too soon to see if the airport expansion has had any positive or negative effect, especially on those houses nearest the flightpath."
There is no evidence that the presence of a flightpath adversely affects house prices. LHR's flightpath has some of the highest house prices in the UK, (certainly high enough to get some local MPs panicky about Vince Cable's proposed "mansion tax"!). Doubt if it's different at SEN.
There is no evidence that the presence of a flightpath adversely affects house prices. LHR's flightpath has some of the highest house prices in the UK, (certainly high enough to get some local MPs panicky about Vince Cable's proposed "mansion tax"!). Doubt if it's different at SEN.
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but there aren't many areas within the Borough that would put it at the top of your list for retirement.
Southend-on-Sea 'best place to retire' | Mail Online
.... and Southend has got better since then. The seafront regeneration is impressive and the Roslin Beach Hotel first class; the Palace Hotel which dominates the Pier Head cliff is being well renovated. The largest Waitrose in the UK. And now an airport which can fly you to your 3 month winter hibernation in Benidorm. What more can a retiree want....? I assume you'll be moving back in a few years time to put your feet up and bask in that view of the Isle of Grain, Expressflight?
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I had a look on Google images at Southend, looks a decent place..
We are coming to Southend in late May, (English weather permitting)..I want to see the long pier and the airport...I had though of using SEN is the summer, but could not resists jet2s new Dalaman route from BLK..I will use the airport though at some stage..
I had a look on Google images at Southend, looks a decent place..
We are coming to Southend in late May, (English weather permitting)..I want to see the long pier and the airport...I had though of using SEN is the summer, but could not resists jet2s new Dalaman route from BLK..I will use the airport though at some stage..
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OLT-EXPRESS
Saw a red and white B717 on the new terminal stands from across the airfield today. Does this mean the OLT-EXPRESS service has started again or is this still part of the advertised Xmas rotations?
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OLT Express Germany
I was plane spotting at Southend today and saw the Fokker 100 land and depart. Tomorrow is the last day it is coming to Southend. They have stopped the route to due competition from City airport and low payloads. Today, the plane stopped almost instantly, a sign of a light load.
Nice plane though, and captured some footage of it.
Nice plane though, and captured some footage of it.
