Lifestyle
Pets in Properties: Shaggy dog stories & rental reform
Following the White Paper for the Renters Reform Bill, and the proposed new rules for tenants being allowed to keep pets in rental properties, law firm Boyes Turner has had a look into the current position…
Evening Standard: Ultra high-end new homes across London are kitted out for the super wealthy
Ruth Bloomfield has looked into super-prime property trends for the Evening Standard’s New Homes Awards 2022.
FT: Is owning a second home unethical? A philosopher reflects
"Bait was filmed in black and white but the real issues are anything but."
In Pictures: Boutique Berkshire development offers homes on a polo ground opposite a school for Royalty
"Parents often pay over the odds to be within close proximity of highly regarded schools," says Savills, as the firm markets 15 new homes on a polo ground directly opposite Lambrook School - where the …
Summer heat drives searches for air conditioned homes
The number of house-hunters searching Rightmove for homes with air con has nearly quadrupled in the last year.
Does adding space always add value to a home?
Research by Hamptons has found that 28% of homes sold in the UK had been extended by their owners, rising to more than a one in three in London.
Ranked: The world’s most liveable cities in 2022, as standards ‘return to pre-pandemic heights’
The world is getting back to something like its pre-Covid self, according to researchers at the Economist Intelligence Unit
Home offices are in; dining rooms are out: How the popularity of home features has shifted
Garden offices and orangeries are hot right now, says Rightmove, but dining rooms and conservatories have fallen out of favour over the last ten years.
Waterfront price premiums rise around the world as demand surges
The average international premium for a waterfront property compared with a non-waterfront home has climbed to 40%, according to Knight Frank.
New Statesman: One Hyde Park, the building that remade London
Journalist Emma Haslett has written a brilliant piece for The New Statesman about Candy & Candy's flagship super-prime development in Knightsbridge.
Watch: Fire-gutted stately home to be reinvented as ‘an x-ray of a great house’
A fire-ravaged historic mansion in Surrey is to be reinvented as an ambitious "x-ray" of a Georgian stately home by the National Trust.
Star footballer launches charity pop-up at Knightsbridge agency
Mason Mount took over Knight Frank’s branch on Sloane Avenue for his new initiative in aid of children’s charity Together for Short Lives.