FOCUS ON: TOOTING, SW17 January 28, 2010 FOXBOURNE ROAD, SW17 8EW Price: £750,000 This spacious Victorian house in a popular area in Tooting needs complete modernisation inside, so it would suit a buyer not needing to move urgently. Set over three floors, the property has four bedrooms, three reception rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. But the buyer could remodel the inside [...]
Q&A: RENTING January 28, 2010 James Davis MANAGING DIRECTOR OF UPAD.CO.UK Q.Dear James, my tenants will be moving out in two months, and I want to ensure the property remains full. What advice do you have for me? A.We call this “avoiding the voids”, and it’s one of the most important issues of being a landlord. You have to be [...]
Suits with the kecks factor January 28, 2010 FOR all its strengths, the trouser suit does not have the glamorous reputation of its older but sexier sister, the skirt suit. But if you’re the sort of woman who prefers to have her legs warmly encased in fabric during the winter months, and who wants to cross her pins without worrying about exposing any [...]
Shared ownership suits City workers, not just teachers January 28, 2010 LONDON house prices might have risen some 5 per cent since last January but as any first-time buyer will tell you, it is tougher than ever to get on the property ladder. With mortgage approvals still below their long-term average and deposits often as high as 40 per cent, even young professionals earning a decent [...]
GET MOISTURE IN THAT SKIN January 28, 2010 Sara Hollamby Style Counsel I’M so pleased the snow is finally on its way out, not because of the commuting chaos it caused, or because I’m bored with my “really warm” clothes. No, it’s because the cold weather played havoc with my skin, which has definitely got the winter blues. It’s dry and dull despite [...]
OUT OF OFFICE January 28, 2010 MOHI MATAL’S SPICE MASTERCLASS Learn to know your cumin from your garam masala at Holborn restaurant Moti Mahal’s spice-blending masterclasses, where you will be taught by head chef Anirudh Arora how to mix Indian spices. Afterwards, you get a three-course lunch and your own spice-blending starter kit. Courses are running on the last Saturday of [...]
Will the iPad become the latest must-have device? January 27, 2010 APPLE’S product launches are legendary, but the hype that surrounded the unveiling of its iPad yesterday was without precedent. At first glance, the device looks like an iPhone on steroids. Its ambitions are even bigger: it is supposed to revolutionise the way we surf the internet, watch television and movies, and read books and newspapers. [...]
Apps that can keep you connected when you’re travelling for business January 27, 2010 THEY may not be able to check your luggage in for you, but there’s a growing number of apps designed to help take the stress out of travel. One of the most comprehensive is Flight Update (£2.99), which allows you to enter the details of pretty much any flight, track its status and glean lots [...]
BUSINESS TRAVEL TIPS | HOW TO GET AN UPGRADE January 27, 2010 WHEN you’ve been on the road for a while, the worst thing in the world is clambering on to an aeroplane where you will sit breathing in recycled air and getting kicked in the back for five hours by the child in the seat behind you (when he’s not crying, that is). The best thing [...]
BUSINESS TRAVEL TREND | PREMIUM ECONOMY January 27, 2010 THIS week, Air New Zealand announced that it is to beef up the premium economy seating in its forthcoming fleet of B777-300ERs, by adding a “lie-flat” bed that will means passengers will not have to sleep sitting up. They are also adding new conventional convection ovens, so that staff will be able to whip up [...]