Miscellanea
The Telegraph: Tech billionaires are making battlefields of their English country estates by alienating the locals
In this entertaining piece for the Telegraph, Helen Kirwan-Taylor reports on rising tensions between local residents and wealthy buyers snapping up the UK’s finest country estates.
One in ten British homes could be at risk of flooding within 30 years
The proportion of homes and properties at risk of flooding in Kensington & Chelsea is likely to rise from 4% now to 13% within our lifetimes, warns a new report.
Over a third of people avoid negotiating on property prices due to anxiety, claims estate agency
"36% of people typically avoid negotiating due to anxiety", says Douglas & Gordon after polling almost 700 property buyers, renters, landlords and sellers.
Agency sends touting letter to the Tower of London
We know stock levels are short, but this was never going to fly…
Improving home energy efficiency is at the heart of Britain’s new ‘green industrial revolution’
The Government has finally published its Net Zero Strategy, along with an in-depth Heat & Building Strategy.
Home-owners to be offered £5k grants to install electric heat pumps
The Government's new three-year Boiler Upgrade Scheme will launch in April, offering subsidies to help replace gas boilers with more environmentally-friendly heat pumps.
Knight Frank beats Mercedes Benz, O2 & HSBC to win top CX award
The agency’s resi business was praised for its approach to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Infography: How far will £1m stretch in & out of London?
London's average £1m home is only a third (36%) bigger than the overall average-sized home in the capital, says Savills. Buyers would get an average of 70% more space if they looked beyond the M25.
‘Heritage forest’ planned for Knightsbridge
Cadogan, Louis Vuitton & Sugi team up for an innovative rewilding project on Pont Street.
Four British enclaves make it into Time Out’s top 49 ‘coolest neighbourhoods’ list for 2021
Nightlife/travel guide Time Out has published its list of the world's "coolest neighbourhoods" in 2021, highlighting four UK enclaves as being the right mix of mainstream fun and artisanal hipster for…
Millionaires’ Rows: Britain’s most expensive streets in 2021
There are now 11,673 streets in Britain where the average property value is over £1m, says Zoopla, which has crowned Kensington Palace Gardens as the UK's priciest address for the thirteenth year in a…
Valuation Viewpoint: Winter is coming
Over-valued markets will eventually over-correct, says James Wyatt...