Miscellanea
Chestertons inks Central Saint Martins tie-up
London-based agency is framing itself as an 'advocate of arts and culture'
‘Transformer’ rooms & robo-furniture are set to remake our homes – and lives – before our eyes
As the global urban population continues to soar, the increasing need to use space more efficiently means adaptive and responsive domestic micro-environments will replace the old concept of static rooms…
Westminster crowned London’s ‘best performing’ borough for property in 2019
From house price growth to sustainability, rental value to construction activity, CBRE has totted-up the property performance of each London borough in 2019 - coming up with a series of top ten "winners"...
Industry agrees new process for valuing tall buildings
Surveyors, builders and lenders agree a new industry-wide process for the valuation of homes in 18+ metre buildings.
Ranked: The happiest places to live in Britain
Hexham, Harrogate and Richmond-upon-Thames are the happiest locations in the UK, according to a poll by Rightmove
Savills expands on the South Coast with new Brighton office
International property advisor "kick starts" new South Coast operation with flexible desk space
RBKC looks to extend board ban
Council keen to keep streets free from 'advertisement clutter'
Westminster Council defends ‘gifting’ policy
Council fends off new questions over conflicts of interest after staff receive 240 individual gifts in a two-year period
How England’s broken planning system has created (not reduced) the risk of floods
"Urban areas have been creating flood risk," writes Lee Bosher. "And this is largely due to the government’s focus on making land – low cost, flood prone land – available for development."
Ranked: 2019’s most popular property search terms
Zoopla reveals househunters' most-used search keywords from the last 12 months
Insider: Inside London’s derelict ‘Billionaires Row’ — a mile-long street of mystery, murder, and tax avoidance
American news website Insider has profiled 19 mansions on The Bishops Avenue, in a series of salacious articles on North London's “Billionaires’ Row”.
Positive reaction for Chelsea apartment with air quality ‘similar to the open countryside’
RBKC architect Philip Challinor reports successful result after coating a mansion flat on Park Walk with a colourless and odourless solution of titanium dioxide