r/croydon 1d ago

Whitgift Closing Down?

Is it true that the Whitgift will be closing down? Is so sad if this is the truth 😞. I have been visiting it for the past month or so as I heard these rumours but got told they might not be true??? Is it not going to close down after all?

Many thanks

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u/hyperdistortion 20h ago

When we bought our flat in 2013, one of the sales pitches was “and soon you’ll have a Westfield, so your property value will go through the roof!” Well…

Alas, the only thing that’s gone through the roof since 2013 are my bills. And thanks to the cladding nonsense, amongst other factors, the value of our flat has gone down if anything over the past five years.

You’ve gotta laugh, eh?