Miscellanea
Inside Ballymore’s East London ‘contemporary exploration of the classic London townhouse’
In Pictures: Ballymore is launching a collection of 13 townhouses at its Goodluck Hope development, which occupies the former East India Company docks site next to the river Thames.
Abrahmsohn: Why the UK housing market is a hot and hideous mess
There must be another way to derive revenue from the property market without these penal transaction taxes, says veteran agent Trevor Abrahmsohn.
Mayfair, Marylebone & Fitzrovia under threat from developer ‘free-for-all’, warns council
Westminster says planning deregulation will have a ‘devastating effect’ on the West End.
‘One of the finest houses and plots to grace the banks of the River Thames’
Edwardian riverside mansion with 100-foot private mooring in West London asks £10mn.
Cadogan teams up with Museum of Architecture to launch a nature-inspired art trail in Chelsea
Five architecture teams have designed 20 "micro-home" art installations that showcase biomimicry, as part of Cadogan's "Nature's Architects" event in Chelsea.
Electricity grid capacity could thwart housebuilding in West London ‘until 2035’
Property developers in three London boroughs have been warned large resi schemes may be put on hold for ten years or more...
In Pictures: GII teams up with Marriott to launch The Lucan in Chelsea
The transformation of the old Chelsea Police Station by Gulf Islamic Investments is Marriott's first Autograph Collection Residence, creating 31 apartments managed by the luxury hotelier.
‘London’s most coveted residences’: Inside Battersea Power Station’s top-end Sky Villas
BPSDC unveils set of 18 ‘truly incomparable’ homes atop the Grade II* listed landmark, as £9bn scheme chalks up another milestone.
Green Shift: Why a home’s sustainability credentials will soon be a deal-breaker
There is a clear shift towards more eco-conscious house-hunting, reports Rightmove - but high costs and confusion are thwarting many people's desire to improve their home's energy efficiency.
Munstead Wood: Lutyens & Jekyll masterpiece available for the first time in over 50 years
Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Grade I listed former home of the great horticulturist and garden designer Gertrude Jekyll is one of the finest examples of early modern English country houses.
A Room of One’s Own: Virginia Woolf’s Richmond townhouse seeks a new owner
The influential Hogarth Press was founded from the dining room table at Hogarth House on Paradise Road in South West London.
In Pictures: Athens’ €8bn seaside regeneration project comes to life
Lamda Development's six million square metre urban regeneration project in Greece, The Ellinikon, promises to become "a new blueprint of modern city living", delivering 10,000 new homes, a new marina …