{"id":24208,"date":"2015-01-09T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-folkestone-kent-tom-dyckhoff\/"},"modified":"2016-08-28T12:08:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T05:08:53","slug":"lets-move-to-folkestone-kent-tom-dyckhoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-folkestone-kent-tom-dyckhoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to\u2026 Folkestone, Kent | Tom Dyckhoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not the new Hastings. It\u2019s the new and, indeed, the old Folkestone \u2013 and all the better for itWhat\u2019s going for it? We\u2019ve been to Folkestone before, in distant, heady times before iPhones and credit crunches, when I probably said it was the new Hastings or something. In fact, Folkestone is the new and, indeed, the old Folkestone. I visit often, always agog at how much more like itself it\u2019s become, more Folkestoney, more magnificent. Grand plans have been around for a decade, but star architects have come, gone and left precious little. And in their stead the town has rallied with its own brand of regeneration. There\u2019s something of Detroit about it \u2013 only Detroit with saveloys, crabstix and, er, no Motown. The Triennial has left an accumulation of art hither and thither, some good, some middling. \u201cCreative\u201d businesses occupy once empty niches in the old town, some more \u201ccreative\u201d than others, but you can\u2019t deny the collective chutzpah. I love the new Payers Park, a playground built on a patch in the heart of town that lesser towns might have flogged to purveyors of luxury apartments. An air of occasional dereliction still hangs over the town, but some might see that as potential.The case against Don\u2019t come expecting Southwold, Brighton or even Margate (which may be a good thing). A whiff of melancholy and assorted socio-economic problems are standard by the seaside. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2015\/jan\/09\/lets-move-to-folkestone-property-review\" target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s move to\u2026 Folkestone, Kent | Tom Dyckhoff<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; It\u2019s not the new Hastings. It\u2019s the new and, indeed, the old Folkestone \u2013 and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-6is","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112406,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-flat-was-161950-in-2007-now-im-offered-just-28000\/","url_meta":{"origin":24208,"position":0},"title":"&#039;My flat was \u00a3161,950 in 2007 \u2013 now I&#039;m offered just \u00a328,000&#039;","date":"November 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Some apartments from Britain\u2019s biggest retirement builder have dived in value due to hefty chargesWhen Tony Cross\u2019s father was the first buyer at a McCarthy & Stone retirement development in Folkestone, Kent, he thought he was getting a bargain. 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