Boostin' Kev Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 There's a proposed development planned for the sandstone building between Stead's Place and Jane Street for student flats. There's a lot of strong feeling in the area against this and Leith losing a lot of what makes the area so good. Regardless of your football team please lend a bit of support to the cause against it. This is a welcoming area of the capital city and no matter what team you support you'll always meet a friend here. https://www.facebook.com/saveleithwalk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im_Rodger Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Always meet a friend here. Except students. They can f**k off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbermoresaint Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Self-indulgent NIMBY nonsense. The idea that Leith Walk needs saved is laughable. It's a far better street than it was 20 or even 5 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC Mitchy Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Football rivalries aside, Leith walk is a shitehole. The building looks like it's not far from condemned. Think of the foreign bursd student potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbermoresaint Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, HMFC Mitchy said: Football rivalries aside, Leith walk is a shitehole. The building looks like it's not far from condemned. Think of the foreign bursd student potential. Football rivalries aside, you're a cretin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 There's a proposed development planned for the sandstone building between Stead's Place and Jane Street for student flats. There's a lot of strong feeling in the area against this and Leith losing a lot of what makes the area so good. Regardless of your football team please lend a bit of support to the cause against it. This is a welcoming area of the capital city and no matter what team you support you'll always meet a friend here.https://www.facebook.com/saveleithwalk/ Is that the block where the Leith Depot is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbermoresaint Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: Is that the block where the Leith Depot is? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC Mitchy Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, Tibbermoresaint said: Football rivalries aside, you're a cretin. Bit harsh. I think people love the idea of Leith Walk, and see it as some glamorous part of the city when in all honesty most people will be passing through it looking at phones, waiting for buses etc. Apart from the (falsely imho kwam) romanticised notion that it's one of the last bastions of cultural significance in Edinburgh, there isn't anything genuinely enthralling about the area. A trinket shop you may use once every two years pales in significance to the housing need of students, young families etc. Leith is shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcor Roar Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I was just thinking the other month when I was down the walk for the first time in ages that Leith is fucked when the gentrification gets to the bed shop. It's great when you have a mix of the old shops, crazy locals and auld man boozers with the new cafes, restaurants and bars but it goes past a tipping point and the sense of place just becomes generic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Unfortunately due to the tax breaks that are now in place for building students accommodation we are going to see more and more of them being built. The walk used to be great in the 70’s and early 80’s. Had a lot of great clothes shops and Indian material shops for people who used to make their own clothes. Mind you, that is a dying art now. Years back there used to be loads of places that sold designs for clothes. When I got married, we bought the material and then had the bridesmaids dresses hand made for a fraction of the cost of buying them ready made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbermoresaint Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, supermik said: Unfortunately due to the tax breaks that are now in place for building students accommodation we are going to see more and more of them being built. What tax breaks are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Boostin' Kev said: There's a proposed development planned for the sandstone building between Stead's Place and Jane Street for student flats. Excellent. Hope all goes well with the development. Certainly when we lived in Edinburgh there was no point in going beyond Valvona and Crolla. Trust that this will now change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, Tibbermoresaint said: What tax breaks are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbermoresaint Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 1 minute ago, supermik said: Sorry, can't open or download that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Google is your friend. Search for tax breaks on purpose built student accommodation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Student b*****ds, learning stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbermoresaint Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 26 minutes ago, supermik said: Google is your friend. Search for tax breaks on purpose built student accommodation Cheers, but I didn't see anything that wouldn't apply to any other commercial properties. Are there specific tax breaks for purpose built student accommodation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 The last thing Edinburgh and Leith needs is more student flats. Get some affordable housing built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, Tibbermoresaint said: Cheers, but I didn't see anything that wouldn't apply to any other commercial properties. Are there specific tax breaks for purpose built student accommodation? Maybe you have answered your own questions. Do private property builders get the same breaks as commercial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.