what does it all mean!?!

uh oh. that's what i means...

The new owners said it would undergo ''significant changes'' once the lease ran out.

the tote closing would be devasting for melbourne

but great for the old bar!!

so there's two years left for the tote as we know it?

After they just put new carpet on the stage? That was significant change enough for my liking. What do they think this is, Crown Fucking Casino?

and this weekend sees the end of the robroy

droppin' like flies...

Excellent! Liam's plan to take over Fitzroy is working out well....

Nah, seriously...this sucks pus!

melbourne is a very small place guys. but its always had its charms.

take away the tote and melbourne starts looking like a barren country town. if i were you i'd start doing whatever it took to ensure this doesn't happen.

This might sound dumb, but what is a freehold?

willus-good point but what are you gunna do?

sit on ya fat arse!?!

as i understand it andy, it's the real ownership of the land, as opposed to, say, a leasehold.

i don't like the sound of this. we fear change.

the landlord sold the building.

This is genuinely frightening. I really can't imagine Melbourne without the Tote - it's always been there!

I fucken deposited most of my cash and braincells at The Tote. I reckon I could half own that pub by now if I'd payed it all in a lump sum.

i'm gonna cry if i never get to pass out on the sticky carpets of the tote again.

i reckon you'd have a bit of trouble making a profitable start-up hospo business on that site if you had the regular tote patrons off-side. new businesses in this area always struggle to get a foothold.

so, the options are, either keep it as it is with minor changes, or bulldoze for flats or whatever.

cheezel - not much, sorry, i live in london

I dunno.

Considering the current owners had no plans at all to keep the Tote open beyond the end of their lease, and now it's up for sale to a buyer who can potentially see the benefits of keeping it as is (or even improving it), I don't see what the fuss is about.

We've gone from being pretty positive it was closing in October, to not knowing at all.

My post no show up....

in summary:

Current owners: Tote is closed in 8 months

New owners: ???????????

Danny: Fix this fucken shit.

hmm, its not on the website of the agent.

Maybe the whole internet is broken, nony.

maths is usually my strong point. i'm a retard today. 4 hours sleep will do that to a girl.

anyways, global financial crisis = not a lot of spare money for redevelopments = investors desperate for an ongoing income from rents?

That and the cost of fixing all that's wrong with the actual building, de.foxus

Why don't you all pitch in and buy the tote and have little m+n babies.

The new owners should return it back into a hay and corn store, like it was originally 150 years ago.

I'd be in for that... minus the babies part.. :/

Why don't you all pitch in and buy the tote and have little m+n babies.

I bags living in the secret tunnel.

Why don't you all pitch in and buy the tote and have little m+n babies.

I bags the secret tunnel.

What happened to the posts in this thread. The good posts are gone!

I bags the babies...for my secret experiments.

hessian or plastic bags?

THINK OF THE FOOTPRINT!

Bah. These randomly timed posts are confusing. Fuck this shit!

All the good fucken posts have gone forever, haven't they? Fucken.

you just need a bonus post after your real post to make it happen

nah, i reckon its just a indexing issue, all the 1's and 0's will be there

and hoik.

I predict that Liam, Joel and Singa will buy The Tote and turn it into The Old Bar v.2