Private View: On the market in Bermondsey this week April 9, 2015 FORT ROAD From £750,000 This three bedroom period house has character in abundance, with original features such as the newly-sanded wooden flooring throughout. The terraced house also features wooden decking in its south-facing garden. It’s available freehold and close to local shopping hotspots Bermondsey Street and Maltby Street Market. Contact Kinleigh, Folkard & Hayward’s London [...]
Forget Shoreditch: How to turn an industrial relic into a home in shabby chic Archway April 9, 2015 As residential values in London have sky-rocketed, more disused commercial buildings are being converted into homes. A few years ago, it would have been unheard of for apartments to be more profitable than office space but there are a few boroughs in London where this is increasingly true. And there are no spaces more suited [...]
A taste of Swiss Army life: New homes mark fresh chapter for Switzerland’s Grand Hotel April 9, 2015 Ski resorts in Switzerland can get a little too cosy during peak season, but a traditional village high up in the Alps is re-inventing itself as the perfect destination to enjoy some picturesque privacy. Andermatt is a short train ride away from Zurich airport and only a couple of hours away from the lakes of [...]
These priceless Henry Moore sculptures are all free to view in and around London March 26, 2015 When Henry Moore’s eight-foot bronze Reclining Figure: Festival sold at a New York auction house for £19.1m in 2012, it made him the second most expensive British artist of the 20th century, ahead of Lucian Freud and Damien Hirst. With this fact in mind, it’s amazing that so many of his sculptures are still freely [...]
Regency Mews: Filling in the spaces in Camden Town March 26, 2015 As space becomes increasingly scarce in sought-after parts of central London, Britain’s biggest housebuilders are looking to literally fill the gaps with innovative architecture. This space in the heart of Camden Town was transformed from a makeshift factory site office into two contemporary London homes. The project was taken on by Taylor Wimpey Central London, [...]
The best warehouse living: Why these factories are the place to be March 26, 2015 As residential values in London have sky-rocketed, more disused commercial buildings are being converted into homes. A few years ago, it would have been unheard of for apartments to be more profitable than office space but there are a few boroughs in London where this is increasingly the case. And there are no spaces more [...]
London barometer: How General Election uncertainty is influencing home buyers and sellers March 26, 2015 Politics continues to shape the property market as demand falls and supply increases ahead of one of the most divisive elections in generations. The outcome is causing uncertainty in the sales market and a general mood of caution, with some buyers and vendors hedging their bets before committing to selling or buying. Valuations remain consistent [...]
Why Canning Town’s Rathbone Market is the perfect first-time purchase March 26, 2015 The Rathbone Market development near Canning Town is releasing a collection of new contemporary Shared Ownership homes. The two-bed flats will be on the market for £345,000, with Notting Hill Housing Group offering to sell a share of 40 per cent (£138,000), making it affordable for anyone with a household income of £49,000 or higher. [...]
Focus On Highgate: Why this north west suburb has been the garden of London for 300 years March 26, 2015 Most areas in London have been through good times and bad times. But the gentrification cycle seems to have completely passed Highgate by. The extraordinarily green suburb of north west London has remained a constant spot of affluence in the capital and it remains for many the epitome of the desirable London village. How has [...]
Private View: On the market in Highgate March 26, 2015 HURSTBOURNE, BISHOPSGATE ROAD £13.55m Due to be completed this month, this red-brick six-storey house was the former home of Nobel Prize-winning doctor Archibald Vivian Hill. Developer Atelier has devoted an entire floor to leisure, with a pool and bar, and this six-bedroom property comes with a grand landscaped garden.. Call Savills’ Hampstead office on 020 [...]