In message
, at
11:26:15 on Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Mizter T remarked:
I note that the houses assessed "had to be within half a mile of the
station" - factor in a mere 10 minutes walk and the overall picture
could be quite different.

When I lived near a commuter station, just outside the M25, my rule of
thumb for house prices (of otherwise similar properties) was 2% per
minute's walk from the station. [Actually it was £1,000, but the average
prices for say a three bed semi were about £50k; probably about £300k
now].
--
Roland Perry

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 11:26:15AM -0800, Mizter T wrote:

I note that the houses assessed "had to be within half a mile of the
station" - factor in a mere 10 minutes walk and the overall picture
could be quite different.

Half a mile *is* about ten minutes walk.

--
David Cantrell | A machine for turning tea into grumpiness

Anyone willing to give up a little fun for tolerance deserves neither

On 17 Jan, 13:02, David Cantrell wrote:
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 11:26:15AM -0800, Mizter T wrote:
I note that the houses assessed "had to be within half a mile of the
station" - factor in a mere 10 minutes walk and the overall picture
could be quite different.

Half a mile *is* about ten minutes walk.


Hmm... you make a fair point, I guess it's just that walking fairly
briskly I cover (substantially?) more distance than that in 10 minutes
(and I'm not particularly lanky or anything!).

In fact I don't know what my walking speed is in mph, so perhaps I'll
determine it by doing an experiment or two.

In message , at 18:49:47 on
Wed, 16 Jan 2008, remarked:
I dont normally read the London Lite but an article caught my eye. There was
on an article on the average house prices around each station. The houses
had to be within half a mile of the station. Apperently Hatton Cross has the
cheapest house prices. I forget which station has the most expensive. It
would be nice to see the full list of stations and their house prices rather
than the limited ones the London Lite printed. The East London Line is the
cheapest for house prices followed by the Central Line.

LUL stations only? If all stations then Esher would probably win,
although Barbican might give it a good run for its money.

I'm surprised anyone lives within half a mile of Hatton Cross. You'd
have to be either a plane spotter or deaf!!
--
Roland Perry

On 16 Jan, 21:13, Roland Perry wrote:
I dont normally read the London Lite but an article caught my eye. There was
on an article on the average house prices around each station. The houses
had to be within half a mile of the station. Apperently Hatton Cross has the
cheapest house prices. I forget which station has the most expensive.

I'm surprised anyone lives within half a mile of Hatton Cross. You'd
have to be either a plane spotter or deaf!!

Isn't Hatton Cross also within the Heathrow perimeter? In which case,
with the exception of security guards and possibly the occasional long-
term Travelodge-dweller, you wouldn't really expect there to be any
houses even for deaf plane-spotters...

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

On 17 Jan, 00:09, John B wrote:
On 16 Jan, 21:13, Roland Perry wrote:

I dont normally read the London Lite but an article caught my eye. There was
on an article on the average house prices around each station. The houses
had to be within half a mile of the station. Apperently Hatton Cross has the
cheapest house prices. I forget which station has the most expensive.

I'm surprised anyone lives within half a mile of Hatton Cross. You'd
have to be either a plane spotter or deaf!!

Isn't Hatton Cross also within the Heathrow perimeter? In which case,
with the exception of security guards and possibly the occasional long-
term Travelodge-dweller, you wouldn't really expect there to be any
houses even for deaf plane-spotters...



There are several clusters of houses in Hatton within half a mile of
the station - e.g. on Hatton Road, Myrtle Avenue, Fagg's Road, Green
Man Lane, Dockwell Close...

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=509615&y=175403

Hatton Cross station might well be within the perimeter of the airport
(however that is defined), but the above mentioned streets are not -
and some properties on these streets do fall within the half mile mark.

In message
, at
16:09:59 on Wed, 16 Jan 2008, John B remarked:
I dont normally read the London Lite but an article caught my eye. There was
on an article on the average house prices around each station. The houses
had to be within half a mile of the station. Apperently Hatton Cross has the
cheapest house prices. I forget which station has the most expensive.

I'm surprised anyone lives within half a mile of Hatton Cross. You'd
have to be either a plane spotter or deaf!!

Isn't Hatton Cross also within the Heathrow perimeter? In which case,
with the exception of security guards and possibly the occasional long-
term Travelodge-dweller, you wouldn't really expect there to be any
houses even for deaf plane-spotters...

I wonder what house prices they discovered half a mile from Heathrow
Central (and whatever that station "for the Dome" is called - does half
a mile get you across to the north bank of the river?)
--
Roland Perry

On 17 Jan, 06:26, Roland Perry wrote:
and whatever that station "for the Dome" is called

There's an isolated terrace of houses that survived demolition of
everything else, complete with pub:
http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub136.html

Just over half a mile away there's Greenwich Millennium Village, which
is a load of fancy flats.

does half a mile get you across to the north bank of the river?

Very nearly.

U

--
http://londonconnections.blogspot.com/
A blog about transport projects in London

"Mr Thant" wrote in message
...
On 17 Jan, 06:26, Roland Perry wrote:
and whatever that station "for the Dome" is called

There's an isolated terrace of houses that survived demolition of
everything else, complete with pub:
http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub136.html

Just over half a mile away there's Greenwich Millennium Village, which
is a load of fancy flats.

does half a mile get you across to the north bank of the river?

Very nearly.

U

--
http://londonconnections.blogspot.com/
A blog about transport projects in London

Hattton Cross - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatton_Cross

From reading I'm suprised passenger numbers for the station are relatively
high.