Sovereign Harbour Life - A great Place to live
Nearly eight years ago, me and my wife, by chance, came to know of Sovereign Harbour.
We were on cruise when sitting next to my wife round the swimming pool, was this lady from Eastbourne chatting about how nice to be living in this part of the world.
On our return, we decided to drive down from London for the day and have a look ourselves.
On reaching the outskirts of Eastbourne, we noticed a sign which say Sovereign Harbour.
Out of curiosity we drove in that direction and arrived, then at ASDA Store to our right then we saw another sign which direct us to the North Harbour which is the beginning of Pacific Drive.
It was a great Building Sites everywhere with few buildings completed round the North Marina.
Where now is full up with estates next to the beach they was no buildings at all.
Then, we turned back and entered the Car Park of Sovereign Harbour proper where the North Bridge ( we have three ), devide the North Marina from the Central Marina.
We walked into Sovereign Harbour Waterfront - It has not changed since then and we had lunch at the Harbour Harvester, thinking what a nice place it was.
My wife misconception about Eastbourne was - This is a place for Oldies, a waiting transit for life ends.
Her thought couldn't be more to the point when we drove along Eastbourne Seafront and saw all those people in wheelchairs and crutches.
Then we stop by the railway station and had a look in the shop window of an estate agent who was about to lock up the front door. He asked us can I interested in anything. We told him about Sovereign Harbour. He told us that he received the same morning a New instruction to sell a just finished property which the client baught for his daughter attending local University but his daughter did not want to live in Sovereign Harbour.
The next Sunday, we made an arrangement to see the property and within one month - we completed the deal and moved in.
Since then - life was great.
We made New Friends and our fear that all our neighbours are old Old - was not true.
Younger and younger couples have moved into the harbour.
You see a lot of young mums rolling prams and buggies.
You see a lot of young boys and girls going to schools located outside the Harbour.
we do have the young retired professionals Ladies and Gents but you see nothing like the age group you see around in Eastbourne.
As a Seaside Resort, we do have a lot of property owners having Sovereign Harbour as a second home.
Time in the past, we saw a lot of rented accomodation allocated to Council Tenants - this braught with it, undesired crowd. However, and I am glad to testify, many of those properties are sold to owners occupiers and the crime rate went considerably down.
If you are looking for a place by the Sea, come and join our Community.
Welcome to Sovereign Harbour.
Sam Sweiry
We were on cruise when sitting next to my wife round the swimming pool, was this lady from Eastbourne chatting about how nice to be living in this part of the world.
On our return, we decided to drive down from London for the day and have a look ourselves.
On reaching the outskirts of Eastbourne, we noticed a sign which say Sovereign Harbour.
Out of curiosity we drove in that direction and arrived, then at ASDA Store to our right then we saw another sign which direct us to the North Harbour which is the beginning of Pacific Drive.
It was a great Building Sites everywhere with few buildings completed round the North Marina.
Where now is full up with estates next to the beach they was no buildings at all.
Then, we turned back and entered the Car Park of Sovereign Harbour proper where the North Bridge ( we have three ), devide the North Marina from the Central Marina.
We walked into Sovereign Harbour Waterfront - It has not changed since then and we had lunch at the Harbour Harvester, thinking what a nice place it was.
My wife misconception about Eastbourne was - This is a place for Oldies, a waiting transit for life ends.
Her thought couldn't be more to the point when we drove along Eastbourne Seafront and saw all those people in wheelchairs and crutches.
Then we stop by the railway station and had a look in the shop window of an estate agent who was about to lock up the front door. He asked us can I interested in anything. We told him about Sovereign Harbour. He told us that he received the same morning a New instruction to sell a just finished property which the client baught for his daughter attending local University but his daughter did not want to live in Sovereign Harbour.
The next Sunday, we made an arrangement to see the property and within one month - we completed the deal and moved in.
Since then - life was great.
We made New Friends and our fear that all our neighbours are old Old - was not true.
Younger and younger couples have moved into the harbour.
You see a lot of young mums rolling prams and buggies.
You see a lot of young boys and girls going to schools located outside the Harbour.
we do have the young retired professionals Ladies and Gents but you see nothing like the age group you see around in Eastbourne.
As a Seaside Resort, we do have a lot of property owners having Sovereign Harbour as a second home.
Time in the past, we saw a lot of rented accomodation allocated to Council Tenants - this braught with it, undesired crowd. However, and I am glad to testify, many of those properties are sold to owners occupiers and the crime rate went considerably down.
If you are looking for a place by the Sea, come and join our Community.
Welcome to Sovereign Harbour.
Sam Sweiry
WEDNESDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2010
ReplyDeleteSovereign Harbour Activities - Never a Dull Day !!
You think of a New Community without any Social Infrastructure, raised from nowhere in the last 10 years or so ago to now, thanks to the resillience of its residents boast so many local activities.
Thanks to Sovereign Harbour Residents Association - SHRA who established early on a powerful media to keep all the residents informed through the bi-monthly publication Waterline which is dropped in every home in the Harbour and the latest strong voice of SHRA Website www.shra.co.uk a well managed Web-media to keep all the residents well informed up to date.
Over the last few years many social groups were formed.
to mention but few...
Sovereign Harbour Social Club. Members meet every Wed. at 10am at Seamor Wine Bar at the Waterfront.
The Harbour Women Institute meet every 2nd Monday of the month at the Yacht Club.
Sovereign Harbour Art Group with weekly Art Classes.
Sovereign Harbour Digital Camera Club meet every Tuesday evening.
Sovereign Harbour Rotary Club meet every Tuesday Evening at 7pm at Simply Italian Restaurant.
Sovereign Harbour Bridge Club meet twice a week in the Harbour.
Harbour Friends meet every Sunday evening at the Yacht Club.
and the latest addition is the formation of The Harbour Community Association with its own activities program located at present time at the Haven School every Friday Evening.
You can see by now, Sovereign Harbour, with all its problems, have a very active social life.
As the say goes - Never a Dull Day !!!
Sam Sweiry