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New developments spring up all the time, but its not often that you witness a community being built. Ballymore & Ecoworld’s London City Island is just that – a new community. Comprising 1,706 apartments, completing from mid 2016 all the way through to 2019, the scheme will also result in a new home for English National Ballet, 1,801 sqm of leisure space, 4,502 sqm for offices, 1,852 sqm of retail and 2,714 for the creative industry.
London City Island, or LCI for short, is designed around a mini-Manhattan concept according to the developer’s brochure, and having visited, both internally and externally, we believe that this concept has been executed. Although the buildings are undoubtedly ‘new’, there are nods to that warehouse-loft feel. Flat-fronted buildings with large windows, much higher-than-average ceiling height, strip wood flooring, Victorian-style radiators and butler sinks all combine to give a rather rustic impression.
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We thought you might be interested to know that we recently let a three bedroom apartment. We completely appreciate that’s perhaps not that interesting in itself (it is what estate agents do!), but we did manage to make some people happy in the process.
Our landlord was happy because we let the property very quickly and charged him a fixed fee. He saved hundreds of pounds compared to the fees that he would have paid to the other agents who were marketing the property. He also thought our communication throughout the process was “great”, and even said that we provided the “best service I have ever received from an estate agency”.
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Hi there, Frank here… I’m back!
I’ve been off-grid for a couple of weeks because I got myself into a little bit of trouble.
I’ll tell you what happened in a bit.
Because I was naughty you might have noticed that my owners replaced me on the blog with some graffiti of another dog, which isn’t particularly nice for me, but hey-ho. That graffiti is actually quite famous and its on the side of a building near Chrisp Street Market in Poplar. It was painted by artists Irony & Boe who have also painted other animals across London.
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It’s no secret that I love East London. And my adoration doesn’t just involve writing about the breath-taking views. A little bit of country is good for the soul … and that’s what (surprisingly) you’ll be in the middle of if you visit Mudchute Park & Farm on the Isle of Dogs.
If you’re looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon, like me last Sunday, get your wellies on head down to Mudchute - it is honestly a fantastic place to visit.
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Frank was a very naughty boy, so we replaced him (temporarily...)
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Hi there, Frank here.
Last week I was on the beach on the Isle of Dogs. This week I’m in Ropemaker’s Fields in Limehouse.
Ropemaker’s Fields has only been here since 1994. They made it because it was just wasteland before and the people from the Docklands Development Corporation decided that grass would be nicer. It is called Ropemaker’s Fields because in the old days it was where they made rope for marine anchors, rigging and mining.
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Hi there, it's Frank... I'm back!
Last week I got properly stuck at home, but today I'm out and about again.
As you can see I'm on the beach today, but I'm not at Brighton or Southend... I'm on the Isle of Dogs.
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Hi there, Frank here...
Last week I was in one of my favourite places, Mudchute Park & Farm.
Today I'm going nowhere... beacuse I am stuck. Properly stuck.
See you next week.
Hopefully...
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I think its fair to say that people do have a mistrust of estate agents in general, so is Proper Local in any way different?
Well, obviously, we’d like to think so, but we also have a way of proving that.
From the outset at Proper Local we’ve been using the review site Feefo to gain feedback from our landlords, tenants, buyers and sellers and our rolling 12 month average review score is 4.9 out of 5. Not bad.
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Hi there, it's Frank.
Last week I was at Millwall Park and today I'm at Mudchute Park & Farm, and I really reallly love it here.
At the farm you can meet goats, sheep, cows, turkeys, chickens, geese, horses and whatever this is behind me (I think we might have the same hairdresser though).
