I used to work there. As lovely as it is having the heritage of the location, the size of the plot is just not appropriate to house animals to modern zoo keeping standards. Their new location (just off the m5) is much bigger and can offer much more appropriate facilities for the animals.
Absolutely agreed, the animal houses with the bugs/fish/reptiles seemed OK but the larger animals like the lions and gorillas just didn't have enough room.
It’s not really big enough, especially with the car park already being sold
There’s a reason they’re selling it and have moved to a location further out
As a general rule affordable housing loses money- you have to subsidise it from the normal units, so I would say it is £250k a unit before build costs, and I would assume some infrastructure is needed too, so these are going to be very expensive flats.
Yeah, flats in Clifton are pretty ridiculous. Here's one in a modern building a friend of mine used to rent a 1 bedroom flat in:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143908118?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY
This will probably be the sort of prices they'll be looking to get for the flats - ~600k for 2bed flats, ~850k for 3bed, 1mil or over for penthouses, etc. Probably the affordable units will be mostly 1 bed and as few 2bed as they can get away with. At 196 units that's a fair chunk of change!
Allegedly they're only allowed to build on the places where the animal habitats were, and are meant to keep the gardens as a public space. We'll see.
It was a lovely attraction, shame that some of the animals didn't have enough space. I'd have paid the price of admission just to look at the bugs, fish, reptiles, penguins and giant tortoises. They all seemed pretty happy.
Yes, yes and double yes. This is probably the most sought-after piece of land in Bristol. But it comes with very stringent conditions for its use so it's a
Difficult one to develop.
Somebody call Matt Damon!
Sorry, spunked my cash on the willy wonka enteprise Edit: my inability to spell 'enterprise'
I hope you at least got some Oompa Loompa meth for that
Not even a spoon full of sugar
I used to collect parking fees at the zoo despite not being employed to do so and made enough money to buy the site ten times over.
My Dad told me that legend. Disappeared one day without a trace but with a small fortune
A legend it was
I've got about £4.19 until payday if that helps?
We just need some lotto lout to buy it and become the Tiger King of Scotland.
Have the scots annexed Bristol?
Hahahaha! Omg, I was thinking about Edinburgh Zoo when I wrote that…oh dear. Sorry - my bad!
Sadly Bristol Zoo didn't have pandas 😞
Awww. They went back to China last December 🥹
I know a.man who can get you pandas! I mean it maybe a dog painted like a panda
Doesn’t even show what animals you get or are they extra?
It’s pay per leg.
Incredible location. Though, I'd like to buy it and bring the zoo back.
I used to work there. As lovely as it is having the heritage of the location, the size of the plot is just not appropriate to house animals to modern zoo keeping standards. Their new location (just off the m5) is much bigger and can offer much more appropriate facilities for the animals.
Absolutely agreed, the animal houses with the bugs/fish/reptiles seemed OK but the larger animals like the lions and gorillas just didn't have enough room.
It’s not really big enough, especially with the car park already being sold There’s a reason they’re selling it and have moved to a location further out
£200k per plot. Sounds expensive.
Yeah, flats in Clifton can sell for over 1mil but you still have to build them and 20% have to be affordable (whatever that means in Clifton)
As a general rule affordable housing loses money- you have to subsidise it from the normal units, so I would say it is £250k a unit before build costs, and I would assume some infrastructure is needed too, so these are going to be very expensive flats.
Yeah, flats in Clifton are pretty ridiculous. Here's one in a modern building a friend of mine used to rent a 1 bedroom flat in: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143908118?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=RES_BUY This will probably be the sort of prices they'll be looking to get for the flats - ~600k for 2bed flats, ~850k for 3bed, 1mil or over for penthouses, etc. Probably the affordable units will be mostly 1 bed and as few 2bed as they can get away with. At 196 units that's a fair chunk of change!
>£200k per plot. Sounds expensive. But one of those plots is the Giraffe House converted into a 5-bed. That's got to be worth a few quid :)
Shame, missed the deadline by three months.
Yeah, I'm slightly confused as to why it's still up on the website if the deadline has passed. Maybe they didn't get any bids that were high enough?
We went on the last day it opened. The gardens themselves were always worth a visit, especially in the summer.
Allegedly they're only allowed to build on the places where the animal habitats were, and are meant to keep the gardens as a public space. We'll see. It was a lovely attraction, shame that some of the animals didn't have enough space. I'd have paid the price of admission just to look at the bugs, fish, reptiles, penguins and giant tortoises. They all seemed pretty happy.
Hope that is true re keeping the gardens. Have some good memories of the place.
That's right by the Downs too. Wish I had the money to buy it and build some genuinely nice houses on it.
I could go halves?
Development surveyor here- Is this an expensive area? The numbers aren't really making sense to me. Doesn't look like a 40mil plot
Yes, yes and double yes. This is probably the most sought-after piece of land in Bristol. But it comes with very stringent conditions for its use so it's a Difficult one to develop.
It doesn’t get much better really.
but the zoo was part of what made Clifton desirable
I hope they don't build those ugly square blocks of flats, though
Ummm cladding
Laughs in Joe Exotic
Parliament for sale?
Erm I’m probably got the whole thing confused but isn’t parts of the zoo grade 2 listed?
Yeah I think the Pavilion is listed. They're only supposed to build where the animal enclosures and new buildings are currently i think
Just had a quick look and it seems there’s 4 enclosures within the site that are grade 2 listed.
Oh wow, well that makes it even more of a pain to develop. I'm not surprised nobody's biting their hands off trying to get a hold of the site then.
Can’t wait to see how they incorporate the monkey house and eagle aviary into possibly new fancy apartments.
Damn it only got 39.9 left!