Brookside Close For Sale ( Again )

[sootycat]

From DS



The group of houses used to film Brookside are to go on the market, a report suggests.

According to The Sun, the 13 properties in Brookside Close are being prepared for sale after lying empty since the Liverpool-based soap was axed in 2003.

The cul-de-sac of homes was sold to an anonymous buyer for £735,000 at an auction last December. The successful bidder is now expected to sell each individual residence for around £200,000.

Brookside's Merseyside estate made it the only UK soap to use real-life houses for filming rather than sets. The decision was made in order to provide a realistic setting.

The drama launched on Channel 4 in 1982, but was eventually dropped from the schedules due to poor ratings following a run of 21 years.

I hope they have been keeping these houses maintained since 2003, otherwise I hate to think what state they are in.
I hope this time they are sold and occupied, it seems such a waste otherwise

[Nick]

When we went there in June 2008 all the interiors had been stripped out..there were no kitchen units or anything and all the gardens were overgrown and the road was full of weeds

[RitaLittlewood]

There was a pic in yesterday's Sun of it now (or whenever thay had snow).

Patsy

[sootycat]

From DS

The cul-de-sac of houses used to film Brookside is ready to be rented by real-life tenants following extensive refurbishments.

An anonymous buyer snapped up the 13 properties in West Derby, Liverpool in December 2008 and they have since been restored in a major redevelopment project.

Brookside Close was left derelict for years after Channel 4 axed the long-running soap in 2003. However, all of the houses are now ready to be lived in.

Carol Corran, from Sutton Kersh Lettings, told the Liverpool Echo: "This is an incredibly rare and unique opportunity. Brookside Close is one of the most well-known cul-de-sacs in the country.

"The houses have been finished to a high specification and provide good value given the space and history that exists with each one. We are already receiving a high level of enquiries and expect to let the properties quickly so anyone genuinely interested in living there is advised to register their interest early to avoid disappointment."

Her colleague Ria Font added: "People like the idea of living on a famous television set - Brookside was such a popular series and there are still many fans.

"The interest has been amazing. The most common question is, 'In which house is Trevor Jordache buried under the patio?' and 'Which house was Jimmy Corkhill's?'"

Brookside's Merseyside estate made it the only UK soap to use real-life houses for filming rather than sets.

Finally, it was a crying shame these houses were left to nature.
I hope they have done a good job.
I would love to see what they look like.

[RitaLittlewood]

There was a pic in the Daily Mail yesterday.

Patsy

[sootycat]

I found these in The Liverpool Echo.

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/multimedia/news/latest-news/images/2011/02/15/houses-in-liverpool-s-brookside-close-to-be-redeveloped-100252-28175589/

They really are decent houses aren't they.

[RitaLittlewood]

They are. Ours is like number 5 but 3 bed and separate bathroom and toilet. Hope they've got plumbing now! LOL!

Patsy

[Nick]

Don't be fooled by the pics..the camera CAN lie..when we were there the houses were tiny and the close was even tinier lol