Property of the week: Serena Rees Agent Provocateur CEO’s house in Cumberland Terrace, Regent’s Park, goes on sale for £14m December 8, 2017 If you’re running out space in your socks drawer, there’s sure to be plenty of space for your unmentionables in the home of Serena Rees, the co-founder of luxury lingerie brand Agent Provocateur. Cumberland Terrace, Regent’s Park, £13.95m (Click or tap on the images to see them in full screen) The self-contained basement studio The [...]
New homes going on sale in London this weekend in Barnes, Aldgate, Woolwich, Kensington and Balham December 8, 2017 New developments on the market this week Goodman’s Fields, Aldgate From £1.04m Walk to work from these new homes on the edge of the City where the final collection of one and two bedroom apartments has gone on sale. Situated in Cassia House, a 22-storey tower, there’s a two bedroom show apartment designed by Scott [...]
Investors not convinced by Electra Private Equity’s new strategy as the firm releases first results since booting its investment manager December 7, 2017 Listed private equity firm Electra Private Equity said today that it had generated a strong return for shareholders and slashed management fees, in its first year-end results since showing its investment manager the door. Under the leadership of activist investor Edward Bramson earlier this year, Electra tore up its agreement with longstanding investment manager Electra [...]
ost expensive Hermes Birkin Bag ever sold and the history of blockbuster handbag sales December 7, 2017 The Birkin Bag is the stuff of legend. Everything from its creation to its construction is surrounded by myth and mystique. It apparently came about because Jane Birkin was sitting next to Hèrmes’s CEO Jean-Louis Dumas on a flight and complained about her inability to find a receptacle big enough to hold all her things. [...]
The only four watches to give at Christmas December 7, 2017 Buying the perfect gift for the woman in your life can be difficult at the best of times, but what to give the woman who has everything? From the most on-trend pieces to timeless wristwatches browse our picks of the best gifts for her. Wife Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso £5,400 Case size: 20mm x 40mm. Movement: Quartz [...]
East Eight Victorian school conversion in Hackney is on sale with Urban Spaces November 29, 2017 There’s something to be said for going back to school – especially when it’s as architecturally grand as this one in east London. This imposing Victorian establishment in the heart of London Fields was converted into a series of trendy loft apartments nearly 20 years ago called East Eight and they rarely go on sale. [...]
As the first residents move into Television Centre, a new era is beginning for the BBC’s former home in west London November 28, 2017 When BBC Television Centre in White City, west London, was opened by the Queen in 1961, it was described by then director general Gerald Butler as “the largest, best equipped and most carefully planned factory of its kind.” Rather than goods, this building would manufacture culture and, at the time, it was the most ambitious [...]
Property of the Week: One of the only loft-style flats in Westminster with an £11.5m price tag November 25, 2017 Set right in the middle of the Westminster Cathedral Conservation Area, there’s an achingly chic collection of loft apartments that wouldn’t look out of place in New York. Francis St, Westminster, £11.5m (Click or tap on the images to see them in full screen) As incongruent as it seems, this former Royal Mail sorting house [...]
Focus On Pimlico: Twenty per cent cheaper than its neighbours and still central, house prices are increasing in SW1P November 23, 2017 Pimlico must be pretty quiet at the weekends. It’s been London’s pied a terre hotspot since the mid-Noughties, meaning many of its inhabitants escape the area for their country retreats every Friday night. “A third of homes sold in SW1V so far this year have been bought by a second home owner, more than anywhere [...]
New homes: What’s on sale this weekend, in Croydon, Highgate, Ealing and Uxbridge November 23, 2017 New developments on the market this week Westgate House, Ealing From £299,000 New homes are being added to this development in west London due to high demand. Developer Galliard Homes will apply next month to build two more floors on top of its building on Hangar Lane, a “growth zone” in Ealing. This would up [...]