Lifestyle
Trendwatch: Residents-only bars
It's always worth keeping an eye on what's going on across the pond, so here's an interesting evolution in residents' amenities.
Pygmalion mansion in Marylebone offered for £14.95m
A grand Marylebone mansion, formerly owned by George Bernard Shaw's inspiration for Professor Henry Higgins in Pygmalion (and My Fair Lady), has been put up for sale with a £14.95m asking price.
Auriens acquires in Chelsea for prime central ‘later lux life’ scheme
Retirement living operator is more private members' club than care home
Qatari Diar outlines plan to double the size of Grosvenor Square’s US Embassy building
Qatari Diar has even bigger plans for the US Embassy building on Grosvenor Square than we originally thought..
Errors of Margins: The top five mistakes made by HNW investors
The number one investment mistake made by high net worth investors is, according to a poll of 652 just such people, not hedging bets enough
The Smart Home: Agency creates an ‘official definition’ to standardise property descriptions
Coldwell Banker - which brands itself as "the original Silicon Valley real estate start-up” - has teamed up with high-profile consumer tech website CNET to come up with an “official" definition for the…
Honourable Mansions: Exploring London’s Blue Plaque scene
Over 900 buildings in London sport English Heritage Blue Plaques, with Hampstead accruing more than any other area.
Top artists line up for £1m public art display at Sager’s Islington Square
Futurity, one of the UK's top cultural and placemaking agencies, has been brought in to curate and deliver £1m-worth of new public artworks at Sager Group's Islington Square development.
Rubies & Rusticarians: The five tribes revolutionising English village life
"The 21st-century village is not the quaint place of yesterday" says Strutt & Parker, as it analyses the evolution of the English idyll from twee Cranford to a dynamic mini-hub populated by Rusticarians, …
How the London Marathon maps the changing face of the capital
The route of this weekend's race takes in some of the capital's biggest property stories, says buying agent James Watts...
Mayfair’s Original Village: Exploring the charms and values of Shepherd Market
Mayfair's "original village" - a former red light district that's now home to probably London's most exclusive private members' club, 5 Hertford Street - Shepherd Market is still a refreshing enclave o…
Escape to the Country: The Doer Upper retreats to Somerset
Priced out and fed up of London's "out of kilter" property scene, our resident doer upper Alan Page has retreated to Somerset for his development and renovation fix...
I love doing up properties.