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At least that was the asking price at Dabora Conway, who are now saying the very rundown property on Grosvenor Road is sold subject to contract. And as they pointed out in their details, this was an “extremely rare opportunity to acquire one of the last remaining mid-Victorian character townhouses in Wanstead”.

Showing that estate agent-speak is alive and well, they added that the property “requires an extensive programme of refurbishment”, (bits are liable to fall off),  and said that it retains much of the “delightful character of the period”.

It does have five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a 120-foot garden. Congratulations to its new owners. When your work is done this should be a beauty.

Wansteadium reader Maya asked on Wanstead Talk earlier this week:

I was wondering, as you do, the tube tunnel between Wanstead and Leytonstone, what’s its route? Which bit of Wanstead does it go under? How deep is it? That sort of idle, staring out of the window thoughts one has occasionally. Thought somebody might know.

This is a partial answer, as supplied by ArcGIS.

It does not, however answer Maya’s question about depth. Any further intelligence is welcome.

And incidentally, any Tubegeeks who aren’t already aware of a change on the new TfL map might be interested to know that Wanstead Park and Forest Gate will now appear as linked stations. Ubertubegeek Geoff Marshall has more info.

First came the saga of the missing Christmas Tree, so Wanstead folk raised the money. Next came the need for renovations of the playground on Christ Church Green – and, again, the target has been reached. Campaigners are celebrating hitting their crowfunding target of £25k, and are now getting ready for a volunteer clean-up day (see above).

One of the more novel contributions to the fund came from the firm which issues and collects parking tickets on behalf of Redbridge Council. Optimists (such as Wansteadium) will welcome the contribution to the community on behalf of anyone ever caught parking wrongly. Cynics will no doubt claim that a better playground will mean more people wanting to visit and thus park, but that kind of conspiracy thinking REALLY HELPS NO ONE, cynics.

Incidentally, happily the Scout Hut which now has its roof in place has also made it to the final six in the same vote, but in a different category. Potentially both efforts will get a funding injection.

The volunteer day on Wednesday will be organised by Amey, the firm which collects waste for Redbridge, which is sending a team of workers down to help paint fence posts and bins and generally tidy up. More volunteers are welcome too. Refreshments are being donated by the estimable Luppolo.

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Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “Remember where the antique shop was in the High Street? Well as you probably know it’s gone, and the building has a ‘for sale’ sign on it. Anyway along the side of the main building I found this delightful shiplap timber shed complete with peeling paint. It looks as if it has some age, I hope when the new owners take over they keep this little beauty…”

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