Chelsea look at Battersea power station

[Yozza]

Strange, I know the practice that I work for has produced a detailed scheme for a site in Earls Court & the Chavs have practically bought all the land they need - apart from a few CPO's that are going through the system

Smokescreen....

[dom9]

Pics?

[Yozza]

Pics?

The Chavs are not worth losing my job over mate - sorry!

[Tee]

Battersea would be an awesome site for their stadium. Gutted, seeing how we should have nearly finished work on ours by now.

[dom9]

The Chavs are not worth losing my job over mate - sorry!

I'm a bit of stadium geek tbh, so was being a little cheeky.

Are you an architect?

[Vermilion]

Their stadium **** has been going on almost as long as ours! Sounds like this will drag and drag aswell.

Bet it doesn't take them long once they decide on and secure an appropriate site though.

[Yozza]

I'm a bit of stadium geek tbh, so was being a little cheeky.

Are you an architect?

Yeah - worst career decision I ever made!

[Chris]

Bet it doesn't take them long once they decide on and secure an appropriate site though.

I dunno, this sounds like theres a million problems, even Chelsea's statement isnt that optimistic.

[dom9]

Yeah - worst career decision I ever made!

How come? I'd love to have been an architect. Couldn't commit to the academic side though. Not a great fan of maths.

[dom9]

I dunno, this sounds like theres a million problems, even Chelsea's statement isnt that optimistic.

I can't imagine how Battersea Power Station could ever be cost effective. If nobody has been able to make the site viable in 40 odd years, I can't see how making it fit for a football stadium could work. Sounds enormously complex. A vanity project rather than an economic one.

Then again, capital expediture does not count towards FPP, so if the Russian finances it, 100% of their other revenue could go into the team.

It's too far fetched.

[lickedlollipop]

why do we care about Chelsea new stadium?

[Yozza]

How come? I'd love to have been an architect. Couldn't commit to the academic side though. Not a great fan of maths.

Whenever we go into recession the construction industry is the worst hit; I've been made redundant a few times, the money is **** now & above all else you spend more time dealing with legalities, administration & paperwork than actually designing anything (the reason why I wanted to become an architect)

Plus 7 years of studying left an awful lot of debt - 30k in my case

Should have studied to be a doctor instead as my dad told me to!

[dom9]

That's a big shame. Hope the boom times return.

[Tribute]

why do we care about Chelsea new stadium?

...because it's been empty for 2 decades. Apparently, so has Battersea Power Station.

[Yozza]

That's a big shame. Hope the boom times return.

Cheers man hope they return for us all but aint gonna happen any time soon... things could be worse; I could be in Greece or Spain!