22/05/2014 BBC London News


22/05/2014

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Good evening. First`time buyers about to get a foot on the property

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ladder claim they've effectively been gazumped by a housing

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association ` which put up the price of its homes by as much as ?150,000

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without warning. BBC London has discovered that around 30 people

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were due to move in to the flats in Lambeth ` but just this week

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received a letter informing them of price hikes. Wandle Housing

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Association has issued an apology. Warren Nettleford reports.

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Richard and Marina are both self`employed. They decided to buy a

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two`bedroomed flat here from the Wandle Housing Association using a

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shared ownership scheme. It's been a struggle. We didn't think we could

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get anywhere but when we found this property and more importantly we

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could afford it, we were so delighted. Last December using the

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scheme they agreed to buy a 25% share of a flat. They paid the ?500

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deposit, along with 30 others. After some building delays they expected

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to move in at the end of this month, but on Monday morning Richard and

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Marina received a letter from Wandle Housing which completely changed

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their plans. You thought you were going to pay how much? 267,000. How

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much now? 417,000. So in six months, a huge increase? 56% increase. This

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is my first home. I'm so excited and I was hoping to move in at the end

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of the month. A few weeks, anyway. For this to happen where we

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definitely can't afford it and we've been priced out of anything as well.

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But despite paying a ?500 holding deposit Wandle Housing are within

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their legal rights to increase the price of these properties before

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contracts have been exchanged. In general terms if you are property

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owner until you exchange contracts you can do what you like. But given

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the stories about the London property market getting very hot,

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you don't expect to be treated like this by a housing association. And

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that's the reason why many people have contacted us. They feel that

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this not` for`profit housing association is exploiting London's

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booming housing market. Wandle decided not to do an interview with

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BBC London today, but in a statement said Wandle would like to offer our

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sincere apologies to the prospective buyers. During the period following

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reservation and holding deposits being received, there were

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significant changes in the London property market. Unfortunately this

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external market movement has resulted in substantial increases to

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the values of these homes. On their website Wandle say their mission is

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to have customers who understand what they do and who are happy with

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their service. That seems a long way from reality for these would`be home

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owners. As we've been hearing the polls

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closed in the last 30 minutes. It will be a while before we get any

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results but our political editor Tim Donovan is in Croydon, a

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Conservative borough being targeted by Labour. Tim ` it's expected to be

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a tight race? It is expected to be very, very close indeed, one of the

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closest in London overnight, or shall I say over the morning, which

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is when we will get the result here. They have not started counting

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yet and will not do for a couple of hours. A straight Tory `Labour`macro

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fight here and Labour need three seats. It is a classic Borough,

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split. The south part is traditionally Conservative, the

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North is Labour and in the middle, the marginal wards which is the key

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battle grounds that labour need to win if they take control of the

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council. It is just one of 32 battles happening either tonight, or

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20 of them happening tomorrow. It will tell us a lot about the state

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of the parties at the moment. The Conservatives looking to cement

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control arguably of Hammersmith and Fulham and Barnet. They will be good

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results if they get that. The Liberal Democrats struggling.

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Everyone is saying. People will be looking in particular to see whether

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they can hang onto Kingston. There is a question about how the Greens

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are doing, but also UKIP. After all the publicity about them over the

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last few weeks, they are expected to pick up some seats. Council seats on

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the fringes of London. They are standing more candidates than they

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have before. Perhaps they will do damage by splitting the vote and

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taking the vote from other parties. Tributes have been paid to Fusilier

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Lee Rigby on the first anniversary of the soldier's brutal murder.

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Thousands of bikers were among those who came to Woolwich barracks to pay

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their respects to the 25`year`old. There are calls for a permanent

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memorial to the soldier, but not everyone is in agreement. Marc

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Ashdown reports. They came from far and wide.

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Thousands of bikers from across the country. A very special ride past at

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Woolwich Barracks. Amongst it all, a single wreath of poppies in tribute

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to a fallen soldier. Let this commemorate and commend to the

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loving mercy... Lee Rigby's family might not have been here personally

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but their thoughts were. This poem written by his mother. Good night,

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my soldier friend, good night, our peaceful warrior. In the aftermath

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of the killing tensions ran high, with fears of retribution or further

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attacks. One year on and at this local mosque there is a sense that

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far from being ripped apart SE18 has been brought closer together. The

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director here is thankful that so far the extremists have failed to do

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divide the community. Somebody said the Muslims have committed this

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crime ` let's go after them. They chose not to do so, because they

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knew that the crime wasn't committed by the entire Muslim community. You

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have to move on in the right way and that is getting a memorial for Lee.

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So what effect would a permanent memorial have? Laura Taylor's son

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served alongside Lee. She has been fighting for one. Come on, give him

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what he deserves. But the local MP and council are far from convinced.

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I have to say being around here today listening to debates and

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arguments, this does appear to be dividing opinion. Boris Johnson

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backs the idea. So as Woolwich pays its respects one year on, the

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campaign for a more permanent memorial gathers pace.

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That is it from me, but we will be back with all the election results

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overnight and on breakfast. Now, here is Sarah with the weather.

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There has been wild weather today, the shard was hit by lightning. They

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could be thunderstorms over the next 24 hours. Tomorrow, some scattered,

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heavy showers. Some spells of sunshine. Through the overnight

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period, a few showers especially towards the west of London. Drier

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towards the Thames Estuary. Temperatures on Friday in double

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figures with a breeze. A lot of dry weather. A chance of a shower in the

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West. Sunshine in between. By the afternoon, warm or two isolated

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showers. Highs of about 19 Celsius on Friday. The weekend starts with a

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damp note. Great for Saturday morning. Clearing to showers in the

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afternoon. Feeling cool. I leave you with an outlook for the next few

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days and Peter Gibbs will afternoon. Feeling cool. I leave you

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with afternoon. Feeling cool. I leave you

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through the bank holiday weekend. Hello again. The atmosphere

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through the bank holiday weekend. torrential downpours and an area of

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thunderstorms worked northwards across many

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thunderstorms worked northwards is going out of things now. More

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showers spiralling in around an area of low pressure. Many places

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showers spiralling in around an area see further rain at times

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showers spiralling in around an area tonight. The rain

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showers spiralling in around an area Ireland, fairly patchy hair. A chill

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in air here, potential for snow across

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the tops of

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