Green light for record-breaking Knightsbridge mansion remodelling
2-8 Rutland Gate is set to become the >60,000 sq ft family home of a Chinese billionaire, following an epic nine-figure refurbishment by Squire & Partners and CC Land.
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World house prices are ‘overvalued by around 10%’, warn economists
We’re in one of the biggest global property booms since 1900, says Oxford Economics, as it warns that “the longer a housing boom continues, the bigger the risk of a large reversal”.
Supply Pain: Who is responsible for delays on luxury resi projects?
With many super-prime schemes being thrown into chaos by supply chain problems, construction lawyer Alexander Jullienne looks at where the responsibility for delay rests, and what contractors charged with sourcing bespoke materials should be factoring into their agreements…
On the rise of the Eastern city & the Western suburb
Mike Staver explains the sociological factors influencing where people choose to live – and the impact of the unprecedented events of 2020…
Interview: Graham Harris of SHH on inspirations, innovations & interpreting aspirations
The co-founder & MD of influential London-based design practice SHH talks us through the firm’s formative years and remarkable journey – from being known as ‘the mews kids of Knightsbridge’ to working on some of the world’s most high profile projects – and explains how HNW tastes have changes over the last three decades…
PCL agency boss calls for industry-wide task force to tackle racism in property
Rokstone’s Becky Fatemi is calling for a “cross-company, industry-wide task force” to address racism and sexism in property. “Over my 25 years in the sector I have experienced racism and sexism first hand,” she says, “and it still happens to me today on a regular basis.”
Building Safety Bill: A new landscape for claims under the Defective Premises Act 1972?
Required Reading: “Building owners, developers, contractors and consultants need to be aware of the changes intended” by the new Building Safety Bill, say Joanna Lewis and Sophie-Rose Bowen of Beale & Co.
Interview: Daniel McPeake of Nest Seekers on ‘rock star real estate’ & the importance of having skin in the game
Estate agency “is not broken but it smells like yesterday”, says Daniel McPeake, European Managing Director of American “rock star real estate brokerage” Nest Seekers International.
How London’s top design studios are finding the right work-life balance for a post-Covid world
With input from some PCL’s best-known super-prime designers, recruitment specialist Jason Bailey looks at how studios are managing the balance of working from home and the return to office life…
New planning apps aim to make home extensions easier
The RIPA (Reducing Invalid Planning Application) and BoPS (Back office Planning System) web apps represent “a step towards a fully digital planning system,” says Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.