I'm a local landlord so I keep an eye on property along Dartmouth Road.

I also lived with my family for years above one of my shops along there. For the first few days, I thought I'd made a terrible mistake because of the noise of buses at the front and trains at the back, but after about a week we didn't notice it.

Flats are built along railway lines all the time and people are happily living in them, whether as tenants or homeowners, but I do get the argument that they are less attractive.

I don't have any specific knowledge about Phoenix Works even though I've always been aware of it (I remember it as an old storage yard), but it has always struck me as being surprisingly cheap for the location; and if there aren't any skeletons in its cupboard I'd suggest that flats there are really good value for money.

For comparison, even a 1-bed flat above a shop along Dartmouth Road sold for £370k in January 2024.