I disagree that I’ve wasted my time posting this, although I admit that is a little outdated. I’m not currently in Leeds and was not aware that it had become a shop. However, I assume that the shop doesn’t take up the entire two properties and also do not believe that the presence of shop rules out my ideas of development. I also wrote this article several months ago, so hadn’t taken into consideration the market crash that is now hitting investors (particularly London) very hard.

I would also defend my issue of getting money from London, however, on the basis that they are much more willing to take a gamble with their money. The comment wasn’t supposed to suggest that London is simply richer. Investment for large businesses comes from a national stage and all that I’m suggesting from this comment is that small projects ought to too, rather than locally where small investors often find it difficult to put in money if it might not pay off for a while. Ideally, I would get American investors, since they are the best at taking on long-term investments that don’t pay off quickly, but no American investor would take on a small project in Leeds, UK without a vested interest, and that’s why a London student parent would be the best type of investor for this kind of project.