{"id":66274,"date":"2011-08-04T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-shanklin-isle-of-wight\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T03:09:29","slug":"lets-move-to-shanklin-isle-of-wight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-shanklin-isle-of-wight\/","title":{"rendered":"Let's move to Shanklin, Isle of Wight"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBeneath the un-ironic lounge bars, Double Diamond signs and usual seaside faded gentility you’ll find beautiful propertyWhat’s going for it? I’d read so many articles telling me R-Patz and Beyonc\u00e9 were hanging out on Ryde Pier that I was expecting the Isle of Wight to be cool as Dalston. It isn’t. The Isle of Wight is not really very cool. There’s a Michelin-starred restaurant, Bestival and that lovely caravan park. That’s it. In fact, most of the Isle of Wight is as it’s always been: a place that rarely edges past 1974, a place determinedly and most wonderfully uncool. A place like Shanklin. There are teashops in Shanklin with horse brasses on the (fake) beams. Splendid. Though there’s an advantage to old-skool naffness. Swiftly rebranded, it becomes “vintage”. And Shanklin is most definitely vintage. Look beneath the un-ironic lounge bars, Double Diamond signs and usual seaside faded gentility and you’ll find beautiful property (genuine thatched cottages, Victorian villas, Regency town houses) cheaper than newly lauded Ventnor to the south, lush vegetation and a rather nice shop selling cider. I think Shanklin might be The New Ventnor! Now there’s an accolade.The case against Roads. The Isle of\u00a0Wight has about three \u2013 and everyone’s driving at the same time. Mostly through Shanklin. The\u00a0shabbiness of the seafront. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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