Ellingworth on new-builds: A tale of two cities
The new-build market is like any other market, says buying agent Charlie Ellingworth - there are the excellent, the good, the indifferent, and stuff that you wouldn’t want to touch with the proverbial barge pole...

Charlie Ellingworth started acquisition firm Property Vision over thirty years ago. He is on the board of the Cadogan Estate and a trustee there, as well as a director of other smaller property companies. He writes novels, plays and regular articles for the FT and other magazines.
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