Properties of the Week
Derelict £15m Billionaires’ Row mansion finally finds a buyer
After lying empty and neglected for 15 years, Kenmore House on The Bishops Avenue is set to return as either a trophy home or super-prime apartment scheme following a deal at 'just under £20m'
Crest Nicholson pulls out of South Coast regen scheme; Council hunts for a ‘viable alternative’
"Uncertain times" prompt housebuilder to withdraw from a major 565-home seaside development in Hove
‘Billionaire’s Strip’: £1.3bn building boom underway on Belgravia’s ‘undervalued’ eastern flank
Some of the world's richest individuals have been finding value in East Belgravia of late, notes Beauchamp Estates, triggering a wave of super-prime development that's likely to elevate the area in years…
EcoWorld Ballymore’s botanical-themed London towers top out
The Glenn Howells-designed Wardian London near Canary Wharf has reached full height
St William unveils plans for 1,800-home ‘King’s Road Park’ scheme in Fulham
The Berkeley Group arm is working with EPR, Gillespies and Johnson Naylor on its vision for the last major development project in the Fulham regeneration area...
Student digs to super-home: Historic former Rectory at Lambeth Palace resurrected as an ultra-prime mansion
Dating from the 1700s and set in half an acre of grounds backing onto Archbishop's Park, one of London's most important Georgian gems has been undergoing an ultra-prime resi conversion since being sold…
‘Too easy for planners to say no’: Top architect calls for a change to the Country House Clause
John Pardey says the NPPF's coveted Paragraph 79 should be cut or reformed, after losing an appeal for a modern mansion in the Kent countryside
Caudwell relaunches luxury Riviera sales with social media drive
Mobile phone magnate and luxury property baron John Caudwell has kicked off a renewed push to drive sales at his Parc du Cap development on the French Riviera
Half-acre plot in Hampstead comes with its own enclave
Unique package of four properties and two garages on a huge plot off Frognal has come up for sale for the first time in 45 years...
NCA urged to investigate Kensington mansion purchase
RBKC planning approval leads campaign groups to question a 2007 acquisition made by an African autocrat's daughter...
Property developer teams up with bookseller Foyles to create residents’ libraries
Retirement home developer Elysian Residences has partnered with bookshop Foyles to create and manage libraries in top-end later living schemes across London and the South East
The 20-bedroom castle that went on the market for £500,000 — and what happened to the men who bought it
Toby Keel reports for Country Life on the two brothers who've taken on the daunting task of restoring the Grade II* Ribbesford House in Worcestershire, after picking it up at auction last year...