The Gate Debate ; Uk Propertythey Offer Security and Plenty of Peace and Quiet but Are Gated Estates Just Too Exclusive, Asks Graham Norwood
Daily Mail › September 28, 2007
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COULD it be a scene from the golden olden days? Foxes and squirrels running through gardens; neighbours on first name terms; people popping into each other's homes on a whim for a drink and a chat.
Is this Britain as it used to be? No this is London in September 2007, according to people living in one of the capital's growing number of gated estates.See the full content of this document
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The Gate Debate ; Uk Propertythey Offer Security and Plenty of Peace and Quiet but Are Gated Estates Just Too Exclusive, Asks Graham Norwood
The developments are controversial. Some delight in the secure, quiet life they offer; others brand them socially divisive.
'I've lived in areas across London and I've honestly never even known my neighbours, let alone been on speaking terms with them. But moving to a gated estate has changed all that,' says Rupert Jermyn, a film producer and gated community fan. He lives in a two-bed...See the full content of this document
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