{"id":56466,"date":"2017-05-31T13:15:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-new-hipsters-londons-exclusive-downsizer-homes-for-the-over-55s\/"},"modified":"2017-05-31T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:20:42","slug":"the-new-hipsters-londons-exclusive-downsizer-homes-for-the-over-55s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-new-hipsters-londons-exclusive-downsizer-homes-for-the-over-55s\/","title":{"rendered":"The new hipsters? London's exclusive 'downsizer' homes for the over-55s"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhy are flats in London\u2019s hippest neighbourhoods being sold exclusively to over-55s, even as the young people who hang out there struggle to afford housing?As the weekends warm up, east Londoners are descending in their masses on London Fields, a park that has earned a reputation as the epicentre of gentrification in the borough of Hackney. The barbecues, daytime drinking and marijuana haze are as predictable as the media sniffing over the \u201cdrunken hipsters and thoughtless brats\u201d who take over the park in droves.But if that\u2019s all standard operating procedure for the beginning of summer in the city\u2019s hippest neighbourhood, something altogether newer has arrived on the park\u2019s western edge. It\u2019s called Quadra, and it\u2019s a housing development available exclusively to residents aged 55 and over. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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