Miscellanea
Don’t try and move house on a Friday in August, warn removal firms
Activity really hots up in the removals business around this time of year, says the Master Removers Group, as Spring sales complete and families look to get settled in time for September...
‘The most desirable private polo ground in England’ goes up for sale
Just a few miles north of Guards, the 49-acre Les Lions Farm near Holyport is home to one of Britain's most successful high goal polo teams
Neo Bankside residents appeal Tate Modern privacy ruling
Viewing platform nuisance claim to go back to court next year
The Telegraph: The London film boom and where the Hollywood stars rent, from Tom Cruise’s penthouse to Brad Pitt’s mansion
Zoe Dare Hall takes Telegraph readers on a whistle-stop tour of properties with A-list connections, and goes behind the scenes to explore what's been driving London's luxury short-let boom...
Watch: US design agency ‘reinvents’ the high-end real estate ad
A US design agency has put a new spin on the traditional real estate ad with a set of ultra-cool shorts for a luxury developer in Thailand
Urban commons are under siege in the age of austerity – here’s how to protect them
The UK’s surviving urban commons are precious green spaces, says law professor Christopher Rodgers, but the laws that protect them are confusing, complicated and in some cases outdated...
Guy Meacock on the very real threat to London’s urban villages
London's idiosyncratic 'villages' - from Barnes to Marylebone High Street - contribute a large part to London's international appeal, says Guy Meacock of buying agency Prime Purchase
Ranked: Britain’s ten most ‘in demand’ seaside towns
St Ives is the most popular coastal town in the country, according to property portal Rightmove
NYC apartment owners pay $11m to keep their views
Residents of a high-end block in west Manhattan have managed to prevent a new development from obstructing their views of the Empire State Building - without a court case in sight...
Resurgent British film industry drives luxury short-let boom in London & the Home Counties
Knight Frank reports an 82% boost in film-related enquiries, as tax breaks and currency movements bring increasing numbers of A-list stars and production crews to the UK
Hedgehog Highways & Bird Bricks: Government orders housebuilders to protect more wildlife
MHCLG publishes new guidance for property developers, with instructions on how 'to do more to protect Britain’s cherished wildlife'
Italian government to auction off historic palazzi and villas in €1bn ‘fire sale’
93 buildings - including an 11th Century former convent in Venice, and a 15th Century palazzo in Florence - are being sold off by the populist League and Five Star parties to help trim the country's €2.4