Topic ID 1489
Hi guys! my first post...... Does anyone remember The phone shop opposite the Duncombe arms? Also I noticed that the apartment above Gravesons has been sitting on the market for months - thought this would have sold straight away!
Reply ID 18392
quote:Isn't the phone shop now 'Retail Therapy'.
Originally posted by Mr_Consistent
Hi guys! my first post...... Does anyone remember The phone shop opposite the Duncombe arms? Also I noticed that the apartment above Gravesons has been sitting on the market for months - thought this would have sold straight away!
Reply ID 18393
Yes, think it is another clothes shop. I worked in the town a few years back and have just moved back into the area. Keep spotting things that have changed! I used to buy all my music from Tracks, and spent most lunch hours in the Greenhouse Cafe.
Reply ID 18394
As soon as they started selling the apartments above Gravesons the complaints started raining in about late noise from the White Hart. Now if i was going to spend upwwards of 250000 on a property I would check it out a bit better. When the fire started last year the tenants hurriedly evacuating the building did not remind me of well heeled upwardly mobile executives renting a quality town centre flat. More like squatters with a basic command of the English language. And yes, the phone shop after transmorgrifying into many electronic ventures is now Retail Therapy; Tracks of course is now Simply Pink and Blue. Another boutique.
Reply ID 18396
anyone been into/bot something from Pink & Blue, i havent heard anyone talk of it. Forgotten it was there !
Reply ID 18398
quote:Yes. Why?
Originally posted by Mr_Consistent
Does anyone remember The phone shop opposite the Duncombe arms?
Reply ID 18399
Welcome to the forum. For future reference, it's best not to mix two separate topics in the same thread. I'd suggest that this particular thread be concerned with the flats above Gravesons (I've taken the liberty of moving it to the housing forum).
Reply ID 18718
Has anybody actually seen the flats above Gravesons? From the inside I mean because I've already seen the bit holding the roof up. I always liked the idea of living above a place that could only describe itself as a semi-haberdasher/mini cutlery-set monger. What price progress eh... Still we've always Tesco's and I know that they understand my shopping habits (apart from the things I stuff into my y-fronts). And they say that Persil makes your clothes comfortable....
Reply ID 18750
quote:We had a look 2 years ago when we were looking to buy in Hertford and seem to remember that they were fairly pleasant inside (IIRC, white walls, wooden floors). They were certainly not crossed off our list once we'd been like some flats were!
Originally posted by Herbert Lemons
Has anybody actually seen the flats above Gravesons? From the inside I mean
Reply ID 18751
I live in those flats ! (squatters with a basic command of the English language) admin how can you alow this ! The one below me is for rent, [url]http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-6694741.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=rent[/url]
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Originally posted by sloopjohnb
As soon as they started selling the apartments above Gravesons the complaints started raining in about late noise from the White Hart. Now if i was going to spend upwwards of 250000 on a property I would check it out a bit better. When the fire started last year the tenants hurriedly evacuating the building did not remind me of well heeled upwardly mobile executives renting a quality town centre flat. More like squatters with a basic command of the English language. And yes, the phone shop after transmorgrifying into many electronic ventures is now Retail Therapy; Tracks of course is now Simply Pink and Blue. Another boutique.
Reply ID 18769
quote:Oh Thanks very much Sloop!![:(!] Like anywhere Gravesons has its share of the different strata of the public. How about I come around your street and tar you with the same brush as your nastiest neighbour??? Could it be that you were not seeing us at our best as we were dealing with the very real chance that our abodes were going to go up in flames??? Plus, I don't speak for all, but I usually don't wear my office clothes on Saturday afternoon.[xx(]
Originally posted by sloopjohnb When the fire started last year the tenants hurriedly evacuating the building did not remind me of well heeled upwardly mobile executives renting a quality town centre flat. More like squatters with a basic command of the English language.
Reply ID 18772
I've obviously caused offence for which I apologise - not intended. It was from comments made to/by me at the time by the Fire crew and other observers. Teach me to mind my own business.
Reply ID 18774
I will check with the Fire crew and get back to you !
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Originally posted by sloopjohnb
I've obviously caused offence for which I apologise - not intended. It was from comments made to/by me at the time by the Fire crew and other observers. Teach me to mind my own business.
Reply ID 18775
When I bought in Hertford (18 months ago) I looked around a flat here and it was ok inside. It was on the top floor (I think) and the estate agent had measured some of the room dimensions only at the base the base of the wall (as you would normally) however some rooms had walls that tapered in making them very difficult to put furniture in to and have a smaller overall volume of space. One room also had a view a foot in front of it of a brick wall. It was circa £200K-ish. The main things that put me off was that it had no parking space for my car and it was just too near a pub that was obviously going to be quite noisy.
Reply ID 18778
quote:No REAL offence taken Sloop, It was really only 'mock outrage'. I wouldn't use smileys if I was REALLY annoyed![:D] Regarding Gravesons and living in the centre of town; The noise is an issue (especially in that location between White Hart and The Stonehouse) but you get use to it. I'm now quite able to sleep through the Saturday morning calls of Fruit/Toilet Roll sellers, as well as the Drunken Shouting that occurs at 2am every Fri/Sat night. (It is amazing how similar the drunken arguments are week upon week, maybe I should document the exchanges as some kind of sociological research)[:)] I find the biggest issue for living in the centre of town is the old enemy....PARKING.[:(!]
Originally posted by sloopjohnb
I've obviously caused offence for which I apologise - not intended. It was from comments made to/by me at the time by the Fire crew and other observers. Teach me to mind my own business.