Property News · May 20, 2016

Let’s move to Leigh-on-Sea: ‘What a difference 15 years makes’


It was Let’s move to’s first visit, in 2001, and it was to be the Next Big Thing – or so I thoughtWhat’s going for it? It’s not quite time for my carriage clock. A cake with candles, perhaps. For you, dear reader, have been watching me tapping away at my computer on these pages since 2001. When I began Let’s Move To… George Bush was in his first year as president, S Club 7 and Destiny’s Child were riding high in the charts. Leigh-on-Sea, our first visit, was the Next Big Thing, or so I thought. What a difference 15 years makes. Leigh was almost the Next Big Thing. It has an artisan gelato house nowadays, and if someone had told us in 2001 that there would be a £1.2m penthouse for sale on Broadway in 2016 I’d have choked on my Starbucks (still exotic back then). Leigh has an authentic Ealing Comedy feel, all stripy awnings and butchers that look like Terry-Thomas. And, I noted in 2001, it might usefully serve as an escape from the Smoke, because “London house prices are criminal”. Some things never change.The case against One can tire of the racks of 1920s semis. The old town is sweet as a cockle, but marred by the train line. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
Read more…Let’s move to Leigh-on-Sea: ‘What a difference 15 years makes’

You may also like...