The future of Brighton Marina

Wilko

LUZZING chairs about

Sep 19, 2003

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BN1

• Apr 21, 2016

• #1

Interested to read this report in the Argus but even more interested to read the comments. Is the Marina going to be vastly improved, developed and modernised or destined to fail?

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1443...Brighton_Marina_homes_unveiled/?ref=mrb&lp=13

An ex-girlfriend of mine used to live in the Marina, despite all the criticisms of the place I really liked the flat, always felt chilled out, like you were on holiday and the sounds of the sea and rocking boats were very calming.

Would you buy a place there?

 

Surf's Up

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Jul 17, 2011

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Here

• Apr 21, 2016

• #2

I lived there for 6 months when I came back to Brighton from living abroad. I hated the place - it was soulless and half empty most of the time due to the fact that a lot of the flats/houses are owned by Londoners who only come down for the weekend. It reminded me of this



I half expected to be running down "The Strand" followed by a big balloon whenever I escaped the compound!!

 

Wilko

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Sep 19, 2003

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BN1

• Apr 21, 2016

• Thread starter
• #3

Surf's Up said:

I lived there for 6 months when I came back to Brighton from living abroad. I hated the place - it was soulless and half empty most of the time due to the fact that a lot of the flats/houses are owned by Londoners who only come down for the weekend. It reminded me of this

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I half expected to be running down "The Strand" followed by a big balloon whenever I escaped the compound!!

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I always wondered what it was like on a cold, wet November day! Must be pretty depressing.

 

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius

Jul 21, 2003

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• Apr 21, 2016

• #4

Wilko said:

Would you buy a place there?

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i wouldnt, but DFL, or from anywhere will like the appeal, along with retirees. It makes sense to develop though, cant see any good reason not to build more flat there, may help elsewhere in town where more conventional houses with local amenities are sought by other groups.

 

surrey jim

Not in Surrey

Aug 2, 2005

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Bevendean

• Apr 21, 2016

• #5

Friends have a flat - sorry apartment - there. Every time we are there you seem to be able to hear noise, if from people out on the boardwalk or from the flats next to them.

Also seem to remember the maintenance charges they paid was astronomical.

 

Nixonator

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Feb 8, 2016

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Shoreham Beach

• Apr 21, 2016

• #6

Nice place to live all round really.

 

Norman Potting

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Nov 5, 2006

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Sussex, Sussex not by the sea and actually nearer

• Apr 21, 2016

• #7

I am still waiting for it to be finished.

Visited there with the family a few Sundays ago, had a quick look round the shops and then strolled along to the pier. There seems to be an awful lot of "work in progress" going on both in the Marina and elswhere but as far as I can recall it seems to have all been "in progress" for a while. I recall that there are plans (and lottery money as well) to spruce up the Volks railway depot and have some sort of visitor centre (and about time too) but what else is planned to smarten this stretch up?

 

Cadiz Seagull

Grey bearded old man

Jul 7, 2003

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Between Haywards Heath and Trujillo, Extremadura,

• Apr 21, 2016

• #8

Never lived there but I did moor a boat there for a few years. And the bloody mooring fees were probably higher than a mortgage!

 

bn1&bn3 Albion

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Jan 15, 2011

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Portslade

• Apr 21, 2016

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Loved staying there when we used to visit during the summer, don't think I could live there permanently though..

 

Stumpy Tim

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Jul 6, 2003

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Back in Brighton. Well Hove actually

• Apr 21, 2016

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I owned a place in Neptune Court and lived in it for a year. I quite enjoyed living there. I sold it in 2004 for £221k. I noticed it was back on the market in 2011 - for £222k.

Must be the only place in Brighton with no growth in prices

 

Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005

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Goldstone

• Apr 21, 2016

• #11

Wilko said:

An ex-girlfriend of mine used to live in the Marina, despite all the criticisms of the place I really liked the flat, always felt chilled out, like you were on holiday and the sounds of the sea and rocking boats were very calming.

Would you buy a place there?

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I can picture the benefits you describe, but preferred being in the centre of Hove, for the same price.