Location: London
Growing Plains: Creating the ultimate family-friendly outside space
Finding the sweet spot between stuffy formal arrangements and cluttered chaos, Barry Burrows explains how clever landscape design can help attract family buyers with a combination of style, vision and…
Former Slovenian Embassy in Westminster up for £5m
The former Slovenian Embassy in Westminster has come up for sale, complete with planning for a resi rejig.
Built between 1899-1900 to a design by by F.
Prime regional cities outperform as urban living trumps rural appeal
Prime country house prices increased by 2.7% in the year to September, says Knight Frank. That's quite the chunk down on last year's high point of +5.
Conveyancer jailed for £350k stamp duty swindle
A conveyancer from north west London has been jailed for three years and four months after being found guilty of "swindling" his clients and HMRC out of £352,500 in stamp duty.
50% Off: Knightsbridge agency plans Black Friday fee slash
Beauchamp Place-based Patterson Bowe will be offering a 50% fee discount
Patient Capital: The rise of the Prime Private Rented Sector
Commentary on the private rented sector often fails to acknowledge that there has long been a thriving rental market at the very top end of prime residential property, says Olivia Tassell...
£19.95m (including Stamp Duty): The priciest property so far to be launched online-only
An online estate agent has pocketed £899 as sole agent on a £19.95m (£17.9m ex-SDLT) house on Phillimore Gardens.
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Asking prices get smallest November trim since 2011
At -1.3%, the traditional pre-Christmas dip in asking prices has turned out to be the smallest since 2011, says Rightmove, which is "indicative of even higher prices next year".
Mall Change: Plans go in for Whiteleys’ £1bn resi-led transformation
The £1 billion redevelopment of the former Whiteleys department store in Bayswater is moving along nicely, with plans now submitted to Westminster City Council after two years on the drawing board.
Film Stock: Curzon Mayfair penthouse asks £15.5m
Formerly the home of legendary beat pop purveyor Dave Clark
Screen Idylls: How to design a showstopping home cinema
Home cinemas have come a long way in recent years and an oversized telly and a couple of beanbags simply won't cut it with today's top-end buyers.
The correction in prime central London ‘has already happened’ – W.A.Ellis
The bubble may have burst in PCL but the effect is not as decimating as recent reports from UBS and Deutsche bank might suggest, says W.A.Ellis' Richard Barber...