Only Fools & Horses Estate sells for over 1m - South Acton Estate
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/house-on-only-fools-and-horses-estate-sells-for-over-1m-a3401466.htmlA house on the South Acton estate where Only Fools and Horses was filmed has sold for £1.1mA house on the London council estate where Only Fools and Horses was filmed has broken through the seven-figure barrier for the first time.London’s remorselessly rising house prices made the house on the same estate as Britain's best-loved wheeler dealer Del Boy worth £1.1m.Unlike the Trotter residence, famed for its garish wallpaper and swirly carpets, the house, on the South Acton estate which stood in for Peckham in the BBC sitcom, is a model of good taste with “walnut finish” doors, stone worktops and two roof terraces.ADVERTISINGinRead invented by TeadsIts sale is the latest landmark in one of the most ambitious regeneration programmes in London, with all 50 blocks set to be demolished by 2024 and replaced by a mix of private and affordable housing. The estate was built between the late Fifties and mid-Seventies. One building scheduled for demolition is Harlech Tower, better known as Nelson Mandela House in the sitcom.onlyfoolsflat2211b.jpgDel Boy and Rodney in their flat with Raquel and Cassandra (BBC)In total, 2,500 new homes are being built. Roughly half will be sold to private buyers and the rest earmarked for affordable housing for the estate’s 5,000 existing residents.The homes are being built “tenure blind” with new private owners living next to council tenants. When it is completed in the mid-2020s, the housing will be worth about £1 billion.It is a far cry from the Nineties and Noughties when the estate gained a grim reputation for crime and anti-social behaviour. It became so run-down it was used as a location for the 1997 film Welcome To Sarajevo, about war-torn Bosnia.READ MOREAirbnb boss: we are solving London's housing crisisIt was also seen in cinemas in the 2010 film version of Brighton Rock, starring Dame Helen Mirren, and the BBC returned to film a prequel to Only Fools And Horses — set in 1960 and featuring Del Boy aged 16.Scenes from The Bill, Minder and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries have also been shot there. Now, it has been rebranded Acton Gardens and is being seen as a model of inner-city renewal.Eighty per cent of residents are choosing to stay, according to independent research commissioned by housebuilders Countryside Properties and social housing specialist L&Q, which are working in partnership with Ealing council on the regeneration.Mike Woolliscroft, a director at Countryside, said: “We now look forward to building on the success achieved so far by continuing to engage with the community in the remainder of the regeneration programme.”
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