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Required Reading: Lease extensions and collective enfranchisement
There are plenty of pitfalls in the lease extension process, says Robert Marchbank; if you miss deadlines, it can have a serious financial impact...
What is a lease extension?
The Blue Budget: Prime property’s wants, needs and expectations
There's a palpable sense of positivity in the high-value property industry about this week's "Blue Budget." Well, more so than usual for a Budget week.
Prime Property of the Week: Tregunter Turnkey
Tregunter Road, Chelsea
£25m
The term "turnkey" is surely one of the most overused words in prime property lexicon.
Hammer Time: Previewing auction projects in Marylebone, Knightsbridge & Bayswater
There's some right tasty-looking projects due to go under the hammer this month.
Pick of the bunch has to be this 11,500 square foot scheme in sought-after Marylebone, listed with a guide price of £7.5m+.
The Old Police House: The beating heart of the Hyde Park property market
You may or may not recognise this building, but one Kensington agent reckons it holds the key to determining which properties command the biggest premiums in the Hyde Park area.
Case Study: Identity’s light bulb moment in Wandsworth
Scoopers of the gong for Best Residential Scheme (New Build) at the recent Property Marketing Awards, design and branding agency Identity has been explaining how its strategy helped a new scheme exceed…
Islands In The Scheme: How to transform a kitchen into a social hub
West Country-rooted uber designers Smallbone claim to have pioneered the "island" concept so favoured in today's top-end kitchens, and who are we to argue with that.
Aerial Assault: Drones, private property and the law
Where does the law stand on drones infringing onto private property? Is it trespass? What if you can't identify the owner? Can you take the law into your own hands?
Prime Property of the Week: New Romantic
Penthouse, The Limes, Mortlake
£2.2m
This glorious riverside affair will no doubt be familiar to eagle-eyed property peeps like yourselves.
Making Tracks: How will improving transport links affect the prime country market?
Will the current raft of multimillion pound rail improvement projects result in a cultural shift towards buyers looking further afield?
Case Study: Maximising a modern mews house
Mossop Street-based Wilben Developments has just smashed the price record on Eagle Place (you know, behind the Ferrari showroom on the Old Brompton Road) with the sale of this little beauty for £3.9m.
Pricing the Unpriceable: How to value international trophy homes
Redefining the pinnacle of residential real estate is a lofty task, notes Christie’s International Real Estate.