Vacant property: the Andrews estate agents’ shop, now empty awaiting new tenants
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Things are getting so tough in Purley, even long-established estate agents are selling up and moving out. iC’s loyal reader CHRIS MYERS outlines his concerns
To let: business has been slowing even for Purley estate agents
Just noticed the Purley branch of Andrews has closed.
I phoned them up and the guy said, “We decided not to renew the lease and share the business between our Wallington and Sutton branches.”
It’s a big place with frontages on the Brighton Road and High Street.
It looks like it’s up to rent for £35,000 per year, so I guess we can expect south London’s biggest chicken business to move in. Or a nail bar. Or another barbers.
If Andrews think locals will travel to a neighbouring borough to find a home, they are mistaken.
Space to fill: what business will move in next?
It’s a bit sad, because we bought our first Purley house through them a million years ago.
Yes, I know progressives sneer at estate agents but here in Purley it seems that barbers, chicken takeaways, bookmakers, charity shops and estate agents are all we have left.
I blame the Perry-Negrini-Newman axis, but the problems are a bit more existential than that…
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