Talking Heads: Chinese buyers have turned to the Home Counties
Before the pandemic, only around one in 20 Chinese and Hong Kong home-buyers used to look for a home in England’s Home Counties; now it’s nearer one in five, according to a new study.
In Surrey
Millionaires’ Rows: Britain’s most expensive streets in 2021
There are now 11,673 streets in Britain where the average property value is over £1m, says Zoopla, which has crowned Kensington Palace Gardens as the UK’s priciest address for the thirteenth year in a row.
‘Like stepping into a museum’: Important Arts & Crafts mansion offered for £8m
Norney Grange was designed by celebrated Arts & Crafts architect Charles Voysey, and has been featured in film and TV productions including Netflix’s BAFTA-nominated The Dig and 2004 romcom Wimbledon.
Interior designer sells historic Surrey development opp
Richard Angel, co-founder of Angel O’Donnell, has secured a buyer for a high-end mixed-use scheme in Haslemere.
‘Architecturally brilliant’ Crown Estate grand design pitched at £12.5m
12,000 square foot residence designed by Theis & Khan and Octipi Studio will centre around a Grade II listed timber barn once owned by Prince Leopold I of Belgium.
£25m Surrey mansion sparks off-market bidding war
Knight Frank has tucked away £100m worth of property on the Wentworth Estate so far this year, including the spectacular Villa Oman.
Surrey planners approve a new ‘Para 80’ country house clause project
Manser Medal-winning architecture practice Eldridge has secured approval for a contemporary country mansion in the Surrey Hills, under the newly-updated Paragraph 80 of the NPPF (formerly Para 79).
Mystery buyer lands D’Oyly Carte Island
Famed 1.9-acre private island in the Thames came with an abandoned Victorian mansion.
Octagon tees up new ‘supermansion’ project in Surrey
The 14,000 sq ft Hillside Manor has been designed ‘with indulgent living in mind’
Grand Registry: Surveying last month’s biggest registered deals
Latest tranche of Land Registry data details significant sales in Holland Park, Surrey and Sandbanks.
Knight Frank trumpets record results in regional hubs; plots big expansion for the regional Resi Development business
“Regional property and development is going to drive the UK’s post-Covid-19 recovery over the coming years,” says Knight Frank, as the firm reveals plans to grow its regional Residential Development business by 50% over the next five years “to keep up with demand”.
Redrow launches southern division
Former Taylor Wimpey director Rod Martin has been brought in to establish a new Surrey and Sussex division for the housebuilder.