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‘Japanese knotweed is no more of a threat to buildings than other plants’, claim academics
'Our study found no support for the commonly suggested ideas that Japanese knotweed routinely damages buildings ...
‘A long-term rental is unthinkable’ for many tenants in London
A top London letting agent questions the government's push to establish three-year tenancies for private tenants.
Design Of The Times: Why exceptional quality has never been more important
The joint MD of one of London's most successful design practices, Studio Indigo, gives us his take on the current situation at the top end of the market, explaining how developers and private clients…
Anyone For Tennis? HNWs would rather play inside…
As the superstars of tennis prepare to serve up the action in SW19, Trevor Abrahmsohn explains how tastes have changed amongst his sportier clients
Leave it to the professionals: Why it’s time to stop self-diagnosing property values
A seller dead-set on the self-diagnosis of his property's value gets Giles Barrett asking whether we should still be Googling our symptoms...
Why are asking prices so critical in the current market?
Greed can often result in desperation under these kind of conditions, says veteran agent Trevor Abrahmsohn, and starting off the marketing process at the right level has never been more important -…
What happens when you build without planning permission?
A recent case in north London saw a property barrister get to keep his new rear extension, despite having no planning consent to speak of;
Mega-basements of the super rich are a good reminder of the city London has become
The recent epidemic of “luxified troglodytism” is emblematic of how the UK capital is changing, says Roger Burrows...
Five reasons why you should commission a British interior designer
As big-spending international studios increasingly look to make their mark on the UK scene, Oliver Burns MD Alex Holden explains why British design - and designers - will always be in fashion...
International buyers are looking to England’s more rural enclaves
Affluent international buyers are shunning areas like Wentworth and St Georges Hill in favour of more rural countryside, observes top buying agent Jess Simpson - but the most-wanted locations are still…
Kanye West’s new housing project, reviewed by a professor of urban design
In a sign that he may have been spending a little too much time with Donald Trump, the hip hop mogul recently announced his intention to become "one of the biggest real-estate developers of all time";
Is compliance strangling commerce?
After a tortuous experience trying to do business with the private wealth department of a well-known clearing bank, agency boss Trevor Abrahmsohn has had it up to here with suffocating regulatory restrictions...