Wapping

[IR35 Avoider]

Then surley you can afford better than Wapping ffs?

Where else within walking distance of most of the City is better than Wapping?

A visitor to my flat commented that it was like living in the country, as you look out the windows you are almost unaware there are any buildings in the vicinity, as they are screened by the trees in the landscaped gardens...

Of course this only describes the experience of certain flats in my development - not true of Wapping as a whole.

There's a three bedroom flat in my development on the market for £500,000 at the moment. As I reckon my similar one is only worth £400,000 I think they are taking the p*ss, even so the prices say something about the desirability of the area. (And I live in a middle-of-the-range modern development, the expensive properties are the warehouse conversions with views of the river and Tower Bridge.)

[NoddY]

It's actually a very interesting part of London:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapping

Reminds me of Dickensian London/Conan Doyle.

[pickle]

I only ever work in the Square Mile or Canary Wharf

Then surley you can afford better than Wapping ffs?

[Buffoon]

Houses are a bit short on the supply side in Wapping, but plenty of flats.

If you want a house with easy access to both City and Isle Of Dogs have you considered Bow?

[Lockhouse]

Have you got a BMV opportunity or something? Strikes me as odd that you'd opt to buy somewhere that you have no idea about...

I'm moving back to the City with my wife as the kids are all growed up and are just about to leave home. We want to buy a house (or a large apartment, but more probably a house as we have cats) in either Wapping, Limehouse or on the Isle Of Dogs and we are just looking at which area would be best for us.

I only ever work in the Square Mile or Canary Wharf, that's why I'm considering those areas.

[chicane]

Prior to opening the thread, I wasn't sure if the title was referring to a verb or noun

[larry]

Wapping

I lived there for four years. I lived in the posh part but it was formerly council so not pretty to look at. Secure entrance, caretaker and all that....

In those four years there were about four burglaries - nothing else.

There are two parts - the 'white' part and the 'non-white-mainly Bangladeshi part'. For the most part people tolerate each other. The white part was the richer part.

Some Bangladeshi boys hanging around but just spending time out of the house as apposed to planning to do anything bad. Recently, though, drug dealing is present but not enough to cause the police to have an 'Operation Trident' sort of deal in the area!

High St Wapping, Garnet St...those areas OK.

It was a bit souless. But the west end was only a cab ride away and it's always good to come home to an area where nothing's been going on. Clean streets, high-end cars, estate agents, coffee shops.....

I can't stand London anymore but if I did, I'd definitely buy in Wapping!

[freakydancer]

It's in East London.

I rest my case.

[Vito]

Why would you even think about moving to a place that sounds like something you do on a Mobile Phone...

Don't do it...

Also, the women are pig ugly

[Ruprect]

Not bad, v close to city so good for resale value, a little soulless for going out, but London Bridge and shoreditch are close enough.

Have you got a BMV opportunity or something? Strikes me as odd that you'd opt to buy somewhere that you have no idea about...

[Lockhouse]

Anyone live there? What's it like? I'm thinking of buying a house in the area.

Sensible answers appreciated!