Properties
Prime Property of the Week: The Moat That Rocked
Caverswall Castle, Staffordshire
£3m
Security systems, panic rooms and motion sensors are all very good, but if your client needs real security, you can't beat a good moat.
G&T tees up Bloomsbury project with £13.6m refinancing deal
Top end developer G&T has secured a £13.6m senior refinancing loan for its John Street scheme in the middle of Bloomsbury.
Civvy Streets: Green light for £1.5bn St John’s Wood Barracks resi development
A Malaysian billionaire’s controversial proposals to develop St John’s Wood Barracks in NW London have bagged a thumbs-up from Westminster planners.
‘Britain’s most expensive one-bed’ asks £9.9m
Thought to be Britain's most expensive one-bed flat, this 1571 square foot apartment has just hit the market in One Hyde Park for £9.9m.
$100m One57 penthouse sets new Manhattan price record
An 11,000 square foot apartment on the 89th and 90th floors of the One57 development on 57th Street has been crowned "Manhattan's Most Expensive Condo" after officially closing for $100.5m.
Unlawful renovations land Hampstead homeowner with massive fine
The owner of a £4m house in Hampstead Garden Suburb has been hit with one of the biggest fines ever handed out for unlawful renovations to a listed building.
Fashion tycoon’s new mansion ruffles feathers in Wiltshire
The construction of a new nine bedroom mansion has caused a right old fuss in sleepy Ramsbury, with two tycoons seemingly at war over scuppered pheasant shoots and plots to pop off some "monotonous" poplars.
Attack the Block: Planners turn off Kensington Odeon scheme
There's been a big twist in the ongoing plot to redevelop Kensington High Street's Odeon cinema.
RBKC Basement Ban claims ‘key’ scalp in Holland Park
CPC Group's proposed 24 unit scheme on Holland Park has been turned down by the Royal Borough's planners on architectural grounds due, in part at least, to the council's mega-basement ban policy.
Murray Birrell recruits building conservation specialist
London-based Chartered Surveyors Murray Birrell has appointed an historic buildings guru as Associate Director to bump the firm's listed building expertise.
Prime Property of the Week: King George III’s Banquet Hall
King George III Suite, Albury Park, Surrey
£6m
As far as reception rooms go, this 42-foot marvel, the actual venue for King George III's Coronation Banquet in 1761, is hard to beat.
Savills partners up in Paris
Savills has announced a tie-up with top-end Parisian firm Agence Varenne.