Moderators Carlos Posted September 22, 2017 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2017 No sympathy for anyone who has bought just to make a profit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 Mate sold his house on Chorley New Rd opposite Bolton School the other month. Got just less than he paid for it 10 years earlier. That's a joke! House round corner from us in Flixton, virtually same size as ours is being listed at £150K more than we paid for ours 4 years ago and I believe its less developed than ours. Prices gone crazy recently in Trafford. Been plenty of development in Urmston town centre. New bars, restaurants, etc. 10 mins on the train into centre of Manchester. Talk that they are going to replicate the food hall that Altrincham has (which attracts many folk from the NW). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Mate sold his house on Chorley New Rd opposite Bolton School the other month. Got just less than he paid for it 10 years earlier. That's a joke! House round corner from us in Flixton, virtually same size as ours is being listed at £150K more than we paid for ours 4 years ago and I believe its less developed than ours. Prices gone crazy recently in Trafford. Been plenty of development in Urmston town centre. New bars, restaurants, etc. 10 mins on the train into centre of Manchester. Talk that they are going to replicate the food hall that Altrincham has (which attracts many folk from the NW). For a small suburb, Urmston has plenty going for it. Loads of investment has finally borne fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted September 22, 2017 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2017 For a small suburb, Urmston has plenty going for it. Loads of investment has finally borne fruit. todmorden is what 25 minutes from manc if only it wasnt populated by inbreds and didnt flood it would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/article-3515454/The-worst-place-buy-house-Britain-century.html There you go. Look at prices on Zoopla for the old fire station flats, folk have paid £140k for those and you could pick them up for £40k now. My take is that there are other areas that will be gentrified before that particular wave hits Bolton. Aye potentially I lived in Monton back in 2012, completely different place now and prices have soared Also surprised to see Liverpool city centre on your link, they have literally gone bonkers building there, somebody must be snapping them up, perhaps they just aren't increasing in value though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Also surprised to see Liverpool city centre on your link, they have literally gone bonkers building there, somebody must be snapping them up Big E is there, the prices will soon start to soar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted September 22, 2017 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2017 Aye potentially I lived in Monton back in 2012, completely different place now and prices have soared Also surprised to see Liverpool city centre on your link, they have literally gone bonkers building there, somebody must be snapping them up, perhaps they just aren't increasing in value though didnt fowler own hundreds of houses in liverpool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted September 22, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2017 Urmston is often downwind of the sewage works at Barton Bridge and smells of a million day old turds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted September 22, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) didnt fowler own hundreds of houses in liverpool? I saw one documentary where he'd bought a full street of terraced houses and turned in into a gated community. Edit: Found this from 2015 Edited September 22, 2017 by MickyD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Rumours abound he visits late night for 'payment in kind' from single mother scousewife tenants...He allegedly wears a red silk lined cape and rides in a Hansom cab for these shenanigans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrotter Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Top 10 Places to work and live for all you doom-mongers. Premier League. http://news.sky.com/story/the-office-or-not-slough-is-the-best-town-for-jobs-in-the-uk-11046985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 didnt fowler own hundreds of houses in liverpool? Salford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted September 22, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2017 Top 10 Places to work and live for all you doom-mongers. Premier League. http://news.sky.com/story/the-office-or-not-slough-is-the-best-town-for-jobs-in-the-uk-11046985 Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 For a small suburb, Urmston has plenty going for it. Loads of investment has finally borne fruit. Sure has. Since I moved to the area, we've had 4 new bars open in the centre. One very shoddy bar get a total refurb and rebrand (Champs sports bar - rarely go in). 4 new restaurants. This in turn has meant the existing bars and restaurants have had to up their game. All good for the consumer. The downside will be what becomes of the William Wroe golf course. I'm hoping for a boating lake, apartments, walking & running tracks and maybe a smaller pitch and putt. The Tory council want 750 "affordable" houses. Urmston is often downwind of the sewage works at Barton Bridge and smells of a million day old turds. Davyhulme gets the brunt of it. Urmston does occasionally. Flixton very rarely reaches. Though we do sometimes get the stench from the farmers fields when they spread muck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted September 22, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2017 Sure has. Since I moved to the area, we've had 4 new bars open in the centre. One very shoddy bar get a total refurb and rebrand (Champs sports bar - rarely go in). 4 new restaurants. This in turn has meant the existing bars and restaurants have had to up their game. All good for the consumer. The downside will be what becomes of the William Wroe golf course. I'm hoping for a boating lake, apartments, walking & running tracks and maybe a smaller pitch and putt. The Tory council want 750 "affordable" houses. Davyhulme gets the brunt of it. Urmston does occasionally. Flixton very rarely reaches. Though we do sometimes get the stench from the farmers fields when they spread muck! The thing is that the 'treated' sewage is allowed to seep into the fields and irrigation channels either side of the M62 half way to Warrington, so when the weather conditions are right, the stench is fetid. But they could probably grow 12 ft tall carrots in those fields if they wanted to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Trafford council are bob on They've restricted and denied some developments in their "posh" areas eg Hale, invested massively in areas that they realised were worth it (Altrincham - Goose Green as well as the market), and are now spreading to areas like Urmston. 2 years ago that was not a nice place for a night out but it's starting to look good now Cliff could do with having a chat with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) didnt fowler own hundreds of houses in liverpool? Oldham - 84 of em - quite a few near me http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/city-striker-aims-to-get-result-with-oldham-1153477 But this is the best bit of the article....... Oldham Athletic and Liverpool FC fan Derek Hewitt, 44, who lives in a house owned by the footballer in Burder Street, Hollinwood, said: "Not many people know this - but it's true. Robbie Fowler's our landlord. Edited September 22, 2017 by MancWanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 what happened to the Restaurant they had planned in the Town Hall with outside seating faceing on too the fountins more pie in the sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted September 22, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2017 what happened to the Restaurant they had planned in the Town Hall with outside seating faceing on too the fountins more pie in the sky I think someone pointed out that a Grade II listed building wouldn't be enhanced much with a restaurant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 The problem is lack of footfall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted September 22, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2017 put a five a side pitch in then, oh sorry, footFall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted September 22, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2017 On a serious note though, all these ambitious attempts at rejuvenating the town centre will come up against this problem. How to increase it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DazBob Posted September 22, 2017 Members Share Posted September 22, 2017 Get more shops filled then it means more shoppers ... which will mean more folk staying around later and using restaurants. The same works in reverse too, get more nice eating and drinking places and folk are more likely to go in earlier and do a bit of shopping. It's all about having the right set up with everything within a couple of minutes walk. Massive fuck up years ago with the satellite shopping areas but hopefully lessons have been learned and it's back on the right track now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Have the food & drinks festival on for 52 weeks of the year. That'd work for starters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Is there a "Sports Bar" in Bolton town centre? Again, sorry for harping on about Urmston, but they have "Champs". Full of screens everywhere. And a huge wall screen that splits into around 9 smaller screens. All sports memorabilia here and there. Attracts some knobheads, but good for the main sporting events. Always seems busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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