Roland Perry wrote:
In message , Phil Cook
writes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...7650538846330/

There's a for sale sign on a house in that bottom picture. Thats what I
call wishful thinking even in London!

It has a boarded-up downstairs window, and its front door is inside the
work area. Network Rail will have bought that house along with the one
they've demolished, and when they've finished patching up the 'join'
will make it available for occupation.

It was previously advertised on the rental market at £949 pcm.

In 2010.

That was number 27, which has been demolished. So quite likely no owner
occupier lost their home. Last "recorded"[1] as sold in 2004 for £152k
and currently valued by Zoopla - despite being a pile of rubble, at £260k.

No sales/rental history available for number 25 (the one currently being
used as a NR portaloo) since 1995. Suggests it was a compulsory purchase
from a long term owner occupier.

No. 23 next door was recently sold for £265,000

August 2014. And has clearly fed into the value of number 27 (had it been still standing).

[1] But that's not unexpected because they only publish sales on the open
market, not stuff like compulsory purchases.

Presumably these properties were blighted many years ago, once the
Crossrail plans were known? So number 23 might have been worth rather more
without the project.