Sentence examples for streets estates from inspiring English sources

Across the evening city home is waking, in semis, terraced streets, estates, in quiet suburbs, silence breaking with TV, kettles, radio,   as one by one the windows light till every tower-block's an Advent calendar, countdown to winter and the longest night.

He urges buyers and sellers to seek their own independent advice, to go to reputable, high street estate agents and avoid websites offering to sell property quickly.

When tenants first took on the management of the Burrowes Street estate in Walsall back in 1994, things were pretty dire.

Most sales begin with a search on the internet and homeowners are even using sites such as Tepilo (which was set up by TV presenter Sarah Beeny) to bypass the high-street estate agents altogether.

I was supposed to meet the Hackney-born actor in east London, to revisit his old stomping ground and reminisce about going from the Holly Street Estate to Hollywood.

McDonald's said the improving economic outlook in the UK in 2014 resulted in increased sales and margins but added that its high street estate continued to be impacted by declining retail footfall.

High street estate agents are desperately trying to cut their overheads to compete with cheaper online rivals, and photography is an easy target, says award-winning photographer Paul Clarke, who despairs at some of the amateurish photos he sees posted online.

According to housing commentator Bill Randall's report for the Building and Social Housing Foundation in 2005, the number of residents worried about antisocial behaviour on the Holly Street estate in Hackney fell from 75%to9%9% after they were given input into the design of the housing that would replace the estate's notorious "snake blocks".

A visitor to the Holly Street estate in east London, quoted by Dominic Sandbrook in State of Emergency, wrote of "dark passages, blind alleys, gloomy staircases", corridors that were a "thieves' highway" and people who would "stick to the lit areas and walk hurriedly".

Where else but London would a high street estate agents have to hire private security?

Where else but London would a high street estate agent have to hire private security?