Independent traders in Turnham Green Terrace have complained their street will turn into a ‘dead zone’ because of the growing number of estate agents.
The traders have launched a campaign on
local news website ChiswickW4.com to highlight the need to protect the ‘traditional’ shopping character of the street. Hounslow Council planners are to blame for approving so many applications for a change of use from retail say the traders.
Turnham Green Terrace
The independent traders’ campaign is supported by Chiswick estate agent Christian Harper of
OliverFinn, which is not based on Turnham Green Terrace: “It is time for estate agents to realise that buyers rarely find a house in Chiswick by going into an agent's office first and most were using the internet”.
It has been suggested that 97% of all buyers and tenants begin their search for a property on the internet using sites such as Google, Primelocation or Rightmove, he said. "Estate agents shopfronts are a thing of the past and its about time they gave up their £60k per annum shopfronts and left the pretty shopping streets to the butcher, baker and candlestick maker.”
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