London Property Review September 2012

REVIEW LONDON PROPERTY

Exclusive London homes for sale & rent SEPTEMBER 2012

Rural pursuits

Riding off into the country

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ÂŁ30m Belgian Embassy pad

Eye on Cheyn Even Noah would envy this Ark

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Cambridge Street, Pimlico SW1 Newly refurbished family home

A fantastic, well proportioned four bedroom house located on one of the most desirable streets in Pimlico. Master bedroom with dressing area and en suite bathroom, 3 further bedrooms (1Â with en suite shower room), further bathroom, reception room, kitchen, dining room, guest cloakroom, utility room, garden, 2 balconies. Approximately 182 sq m (1,965 sq ft)

KnightFrank.co.uk/Belgravia belgravia@knightfrank.com 020 7881 7722

Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ2,350,000

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Catherine Place, Westminster SW1 Westminster five bedroom family home

A well proportioned, double fronted family home located in the heart of the Birdcage Walk Conservation Area. Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, 5 further bedrooms (2 with en suite shower rooms), further bathroom, entrance hall, 2 reception rooms, dining room, kitchen, study, guest cloakroom, garden, terrace. Approximately 377 sq m (4,061 sq ft)

KnightFrank.co.uk/Belgravia belgravia@knightfrank.com 020 7881 7722

Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ4,450,000 (BGV110008)

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67 NEWS AND FEATURES VIEW Welcome to London.

44MARKET Let’s keep the Olympic spirit going to regenerate the East End, urges Robert Bailey.

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Stamp duty slowdown. Sales 44NEWS growth has stalled but London is still leading the way, reports Cheryl Markosky.

Mayfair is reborn. International 45NEWS buyers still dominate in the land where a parking space is selling for £87,500.

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FINANCE Olympic gains. Mortgage rates fall as London returns to normal after golden summer, reports Duncan Farmer.

Twist at Tesco. Superstore’s 46FINANCE mortgage range is now available, and you can earn Clubcard points too.

BUYS Fixed, discount or 46BEST tracker – check out the facts, figures and interest rates from our current top ten mortgages.

HOMES Sports centre.

88COUNTRY There’s riding, swimming, and tennis at a refurbished Grade II listed house in Essex.

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FOR SALE & TO RENT BELGRAVIA, 62MAYFAIR, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, CHELSEA,

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RENTALS Winning approval. Here’s your chance to join the Albany set, as long as you shape up to the committee’s high standards.

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Albion Close, Hyde Park W2 Charming mews house

An elegantly presented end of terace house in a prime position in a pretty gated mews, located moments from Hyde Park and Connaught Village. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, dual aspect reception room, dining room, Smallbone kitchen/breakfast room, guest cloakroom, garage, 2nd parking space. Approximately 170 sq m (1,835 sq ft)

KnightFrank.co.uk/HydePark hydepark@knightfrank.com 020 3544 2487

Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ2,775,000

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Alexander Square, Knightsbridge SW3 Five bedroom Knightsbridge house

A beautifully refurbished freehold house with private rear garden. Master bedroom suite with separate dressing room, guest bedroom suite,2/3 further bedrooms, 2Â further bath/shower rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, 4 reception rooms, family room/ bedroom 5, utility room, cloakroom, rear garden. Approximately 288 sq m (3,109 sq ft)

KnightFrank.co.uk/Knightsbridge knightsbridge@knightfrank.com 020 7591 8600

Freehold (SLA120075)

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Albion Riverside, Battersea Park SW11 Spacious two bedroom apartment

A beautiful and unusually large two bedroom flat in Albion Riverside. The seventh floor aspect affords sweeping views across the river and out over Chelsea from the front and Battersea from behind. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room with balcony, kitchen, utility room, parking space, 24 hour security and concierge. Approximately 136.6 sq m (1,470 sq ft)

KnightFrank.co.uk/Riverside riverside@knightfrank.com 020 3597 7670

Leasehold Guide price: ÂŁ1,550,000

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Montagu Square, Marylebone W1 An elegant four bedroom lateral apartment

A beautiful four bedroom lateral apartment overlooking Montagu Square. Benefitting from its own private entrance, high ceilings, exquisite Georgian period features and access to the square’s private gardens. Master bedroom suite, 3 further bedrooms, 2 further bathrooms, guest cloakroom, reception room, kitchen. Approximately 197 sq m (2,124 sq ft)

KnightFrank.co.uk/Marylebone marylebone@knightfrank.com 020 3641 7939

Share of freehold Guide price: ÂŁ3,300,000 (MRY120113)

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Eagle Place, South Kensington SW7

Three bedroom mews house Presented in good order throughout, this is a well-proportioned and spacious mews house with benefits from an integral garage.

Master bedroom, bedroom 2 with en suite shower room, bathroom, reception room, dining room, kitchen, cloakroom, garage.

Approximately 139 sq m (1,500 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: £2,500,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/South-Kensington southkensington@knightfrank.com 020 7871 4111

Bolton Gardens, Earl’s Court SW5 South facing views

A fantastic two bedroom flat located on the second floor of red brick period building on one of Earl Court’s most sought after streets.

The accommodation is well proportioned throughout and benefits from a wealth of storage space. Master bedroom suite, bedroom 2, bathroom, reception room, kitchen, lift. Approximately 81 sq m (882 sq ft) Share of freehold Guide price: £1,275,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/South-Kensington southkensington@knightfrank.com 020 7871 4111 (STK110047)

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Barkston Gardens, Earl’s Court SW5 Garden views from private balcony

A spacious mansion block apartment which benefits from a wealth of reception space as well as excellent ceiling height throughout and superb views over the communal gardens from a private balcony. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, kitchen, cloakroom, balcony, lift, resident porter, communal gardens. Approximately 238 sq m (2,570 sq ft)

KnightFrank.co.uk/South-Kensington southkensington@knightfrank.com 020 7871 4111

Share of freehold Guide price: ÂŁ3,350,000 (STK120070)

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Beaufort Street, Chelsea SW3 Well proportioned flat

This three bedroom, second floor flat in Chelsea’s Beaufort Mansions benefits from being located off the desirable King’s Road as well as having access to a garden.

3 bedrooms, bathroom, reception room, dining room, kitchen, cloakroom, communal garden. Approximately 101 sq m (1,090 sq ft) Leasehold: approximately 63 years remaining Guide price: £850,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Chelsea chelsea@knightfrank.com 020 7349 4300 (CHL120244)

King’s Road, Chelsea SW10

Parking, porter and balcony A fourth floor two bedroom, two bathroom flat with balcony in Chelsea’s prestigious and secure King’s development. Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, bedroom 2, shower room, reception room, kitchen, balcony, communal garden, parking, porter, swimming pool, tennis court, gym.

Approximately 96 sq m (1,030 sq ft) Leasehold: approximately 987 years remaining Guide price: £1,400,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Chelsea chelsea@knightfrank.com 020 7349 4300 (CHL120189)

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Tregunter Road, Chelsea SW10

Immaculately presented Located on one of Chelsea’s finest streets, this well-maintained two bedroom flat is exceptionally bright with a south facing aspect at the front and open-views over gardens at the back of the property. All the rooms have large windows, excellent ceiling height and plenty of storage space. 2 bedrooms, bathroom, reception room, kitchen. Approximately 70 sq m (755 sq ft) Share of freehold £1,520,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Chelsea chelsea@knightfrank.com 020 7349 4300 (CHL100287)

Redcliffe Place, Chelsea SW10

Stunning freehold maisonette Presented in good condition throughout, this duplex apartment benefits from superb entertaining space and a large roof terrace.

Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, bedroom 2, bathroom, reception room, kitchen/ breakfast room, study area, cloakroom, roof terrace (not demised). Approximately 135 sq m (1,460 sq ft) Share of freehold £1,925,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Chelsea chelsea@knightfrank.com 020 7349 4300 (CHL120197)

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Academy Gardens, Kensington W8 Contemporary apartment

An extremely well presented and spacious one bedroom apartment in this sought after gated development in prime Kensington.

Bedroom, bathroom, reception room, kitchen, cloakroom, secure parking, concierge, communal swimming pool and gym. Approximately 86 sq m (930 sq ft) Share of Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ1,550,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Kensington kens@knightfrank.com 020 7938 4311 (KEN110234)

Iverna Court, Kensington W8

Spacious lateral apartment A beautifully presented spacious family apartment that has been meticulously refurbished to a very high standard by the current owners, located in a popular portered period mansion block. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, entrance hall, porter. Approximately 194 sq m (2,090 sq ft) Share of Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ3,500,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Kensington kens@knightfrank.com 020 7938 4311 (KEN120127)

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Kensington Place, Kensington W8

A spacious Freehold house A spacious home located to the south of Notting Hill Gate in the sought after Hillgate Village benefitting from a south facing garden, roof terrace and an off-street parking space.

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, dining area, kitchen, study/playroom, roof terrace, off street parking, garden. Approximately 145 sq m (1,559 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: £2,500,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Kensington kens@knightfrank.com 020 7938 4311 (KEN120208)

Adam and Eve Mews Kensington W8 A refurbished mews house

The house has been totally refurbished to a high standard providing good accommodation with the added rare benefit of good outside space, including a large roof terrace, and off street parking. Master bedroom suite with dressing area and bathroom, 3 further bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, kitchen, reception room with dining area, media/games room, car port, garden, roof terrace. Approximately 217 sq m (2,336 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: £3,950,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Kensington kens@knightfrank.com 020 7938 4311 (Ken120150)

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Hans Place, Knightsbridge SW1 Garden Square apartment

An immaculate apartment on a long lease situated on the first floor of this sought after portered building in the heart of Knightsbridge. Master bedroom, further double bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, reception room, balcony, porter/concierge, communal garden. Approximately 72 sq m (785 sq ft) Leasehold: approximately 133 years remaining Guide price: ÂŁ1,950,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Knightsbridge knightsbridge@knightfrank.com 020 7591 8600 (SLA120146)

Onslow Square, South Kensington SW7 Two bedroom penthouse

An excellent two bedroom apartment with superb south facing views over this popular garden square. Master bedroom suite, second bedroom suite, reception room with vaulted ceilings, kitchen/breakfast room, terrace, lift, access to communal gardens.

Approximately 127 sq m (1,375 sq ft) Leasehold: approximately 88 years remaining Guide price: ÂŁ3,300,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Knightsbridge knightsbridge@knightfrank.com 020 7591 8600 (SLA090019)

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Victoria Drive, Wimbledon SW19

Light and bright family house This detached house offers great lateral space over two floors and has great views across a large garden. Master bedroom with en suite, 3 further bedrooms (1 en suite), family bathroom, reception room, dining room, study, conservatory, kitchen/ breakfast room, utility, guest annexe with en suite bathroom, garage, garden, off street parking. Approximately 276 sq m (2,978 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ1,995,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Wimbledon wimbledon@knightfrank.com 020 8946 0026 (WMB120166)

Woodhayes Road, Wimbledon SW19 Great house close to park

Light, bright recently modernised and extended, this well-planned, detached house is neutrally decorated and cleverly combines the period features and modern family living. 5 bedrooms (2 en suite), family bathroom, double aspect reception room, study, kitchen/dining room, utility room, cloakroom, garden, off street parking. Approximately 253 sq m (2,733 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ2,275,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Wimbledon wimbledon@knightfrank.com 020 8946 0026 (WMB080227)

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Hay Hill, Mayfair W1 Popular portered building

One bedroom flat within a highly regarded portered building, situated just off Berkeley Square. Surrounded by exclusive restaurants, bars, art galleries and boutiques, this property is perfectly placed to enjoy all that Mayfair has to offer.

Comprising bedroom, bathroom, open plan reception room and kitchen, lift and porter.

Approximately 60 sq m (646 sq ft) Leasehold: approximately 153 years remaining Guide price: ÂŁ1,150,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Mayfair mayfair@knightfrank.com 020 8166 7484

Bourdon Street, Mayfair W1 Top floor apartment

Ideally located in the heart of Mayfair between Bond Street and Berkeley Square; this charming two bedroom apartment is situated on the top floor (with lift) of a smart building. Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, further bedroom, further bathroom, reception room, kitchen, balcony.

Approximately 85 sq m (915 sq ft) Leasehold: approximately 51 years remaining Guide price: ÂŁ1,295,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Mayfair mayfair@knightfrank.com 020 8166 7484

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Savoy Court, Covent Garden WC2 Contemporary apartment

A meticulously refurbished apartment in a secure portered building adjacent to the renowned Savoy Hotel. Optional services provided by the Savoy include housekeeping, concierge services and membership to the Savoy fitness centre. Master bedroom suite, further bedroom, further bathroom, reception room, kitchen, air conditioning. Approximately 111 sq m (1,195 sq ft) Leasehold: approximately 92 years remaining Guide price: ÂŁ2,200,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Mayfair mayfair@knightfrank.com 020 8166 7484

South Audley Street, Mayfair W1 Prime position

A wonderful three bedroom apartment with high ceilings in a prime position on South Audley Street. This charming property is on a corner, benefitting from plenty of natural light and the idyllic Mayfair Village outlook. 2 bedroom suites, further bedroom, further bathroom, reception room, kitchen.

Approximately 124 sq m (1,335 sq ft) Leasehold: approximately 63 years remaining Guide price: ÂŁ3,500,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Mayfair mayfair@knightfrank.com 020 8166 7484

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Mimosa Street, Fulham SW6 Four bedroom house

A lovely four bedroom house situated in a popular street in Parsons Green offering open plan living and a west facing garden.

Master bedroom with en suite shower room, 3 further bedrooms, family bathroom, double reception room, kitchen/breakfast room, garden. Approximately 155 sq m (1,668 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ1,579,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Fulham fulham@knightfrank.com 020 7751 2400 (FLH120029)

Moore Park Road, Fulham SW6 Substantial family home

A substantial family home arranged over five floors. Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, further en suite bedroom, 3 further bedrooms, bathroom, cloakroom, double reception room, family room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, garden.

Approximately 260.4 sq m (2,804 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ2,595,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Fulham fulham@knightfrank.com 020 7751 2400 (FLH110157)

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Campden Hill Gardens, Kensington W8

Winchester Court, Kensington W8

This bright, spacious apartment is presented in excellent condition with a private patio garden and is located in a quiet cul-de-sac in the heart of Kensington. 2 bedrooms, bathroom, reception room, eat-in kitchen, patio garden. Approximately 87sq m (946 sq ft)

An extremely well-presented and bright apartment in a popular portered block with a lift. 2 bedrooms, bathroom, reception room, kitchen, balcony, storage, WC, lift, porter.Approximately 66 sq m (717 sq ft)

Share of Freehold

Leasehold

Guide price: £1,350,000

Guide price: £925,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Kensington 020 7938 4311 kens@knightfrank.com

KnightFrank.co.uk/Kensington 020 7938 4311 kens@knightfrank.com

Lexham Gardens, Kensington W8 An immaculately presented and architecturally designed top floor flat with two double bedrooms and a fantastic double height open plan reception room with access to an attractive private terrace. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, double open plan reception room, kitchen, terrace. Approximately 141 sq m (1,519 sq ft) Leasehold Guide price: £1,750,000 KnightFrank.co.uk/Kensington 020 7938 4311 kens@knightfrank.com

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Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington W8 A quiet, contemporary house set back from the road on this prime on street with a west-facing courtyard garden. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen/breakfast room, balcony, courtyard garden. Approximately 111 sq m (1,193 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: £1,575,000 KnightFrank.co.uk/Kensington 020 7938 4311 kens@knightfrank.com

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Ebury Street, Belgravia SW1

Eaton Place, Belgravia SW1

An attractive newly decorated apartment to rent in Belgravia. Master bedroom with en suite and dressing room, double bedroom with dressing room and further double bedroom, family bathroom, reception room with balcony and kitchen. Approximately 127.28 sq m (1,370 sq ft)

An immaculately presented two double bedroom apartment. Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, further bedroom, shower room, reception room, drawing room, kitchen, 2 balconies, lift access.

102 sq m (1,108 sq ft)

Furnished

Furnished

£895 per week

£1,550 per week

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7881 7730 belgravialettings@knightfrank.com

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7881 7730 belgravialettings@knightfrank.com

Groom Place, Belgravia SW1

Ebury Street, Belgravia SW1

A beautifully presented two bedroom house to rent in Belgravia.

Master bedroom with en suite bathroom, second double bedroom, shower room, reception, kitchen, dining room, parking. Approximately 104 sq m (1,124 sq ft)

A spectacular period property. Master bedroom with en suite bathroom and dressing room, 4 further bedrooms (2 en suite), bathroom, shower room, 2 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, family room, garden, terrace. Approximately 339 sq m (3,648 sq ft)

Furnished

Unfurnished

£995 per week

£3,500 per week

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7881 7730 belgravialettings@knightfrank.com

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7881 7730 belgravialettings@knightfrank.com

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King’s Road, Chelsea SW3

Cadogan Gardens, Knightsbridge SW3

A modern two bedroom flat ideally located on the Kings Road.

2 double bedrooms, en suite bathroom, shower room, open plan reception room/kitchen with wood floor, access to communal courtyard gardens. Approximately 52 sq m (561 sq ft)

Light second floor flat decorated to a high standard. The double aspect reception room has leafy views and lovely wood floors.

3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen and access to square gardens. Approximately 126 sq m (1,351 sq ft)

Furnished

Unfurnished

£625 per week

£1,650 per week

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7591 8601 knightsbridgelettings@knightfrank.com

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7591 8601 knightsbridgelettings@knightfrank.com

Redburn Street, Chelsea SW3 Ground floor maisonette in quiet Chelsea street with wood floors throughout and a patio garden. 2 double bedrooms, bathroom, en suite cloakroom, reception room, eat in kitchen and patio garden.

Furnished £725 per week KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7591 8601 knightsbridgelettings@knightfrank.com

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Oakley Gardens, Chelsea SW3 Newly refurbished house with a south facing roof terrace and good patio garden. 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen/dining room, study, cloakroom, patio garden and roof terrace. Approximately 182 sq m (1,961 sq ft) Unfurnished £1,950 per week KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7591 8601 knightsbridgelettings@knightfrank.com

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Lexham Gardens, Kensington W8

Holland Park, Holland Park W11

This is a large apartment ideally located on the popular Lexham Gardens. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception room, open plan kitchen, lower ground floor, patio, garden.

Approximately 175 sq m (1,884 sq ft)

This apartment is ideally situated on Holland Park and has been refurbished to a very high standard. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen, roof terrace.

Approximately 177 sq m (1,907 sq ft)

Unfurnished

Furnished/unfurnished

£1,350 per week

£2,750 per week

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7937 8203 kens@knightfrank.com

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7937 8203 kens@knightfrank.com

Phillimore Gardens, Kensington W8

Kensington Gate, Kensington W8

This stunning three bedroom apartment is situated on the top two floors of a handsome, stucco-fronted building in prime Kensington.

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen, dining room, study. Approximately 162 sq m (1,748 sq ft)

This beautiful family house is ideally situated on Kensington Gate, a sought after and highly desirable street in Kensington. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 4 reception rooms, kitchen, library, study, utility rooms, conservatory, gardens, patio. Approximately 401 sq m (4,314 sq ft)

Furnished

Unfurnished

£1,950 per week

£4,500 per week

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7937 8203 kens@knightfrank.com

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7937 8203 kens@knightfrank.com

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Bailey House, Chelsea SW10

Redcliffe Gardens, Chelsea SW10

A very well presented apartment in Kings Chelsea. Finished immaculately and furnished in a contemporary style.

Bedroom, bathroom, reception room, kitchen, porter.

Approximately 44.68 sq m (481 sq ft)

This two bedroom lateral flat boasts high ceilings with plenty of natural light, hard wood flooring and a large master bedroom with plenty of built in storage. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen. Approximately 84 sq m (910 sq ft)

Furnished

Furnished or unfurnished

£525 per week

£675 per week

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7349 4300 chelsealettings@knightfrank.com

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 7349 4300 chelsealettings@knightfrank.com

Cranley Gardens, South Kensington SW7

Wetherby Mews, Earls Court SW5

A stunningly refurbished two double bedroom apartment benefitting from high ceilings and a large decked terrace. 2 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen, terrace.

Approximately 80.3 sq m (865 sq ft)

This beautifully decorated and immaculately laid out house benefits from wooden floors and high ceilings. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception room/dining room, kitchen and small terrace.

Approximately 170 sq m (1,825 sq ft)

Furnished

Furnished

£1,250 per week

£1,695 per week

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 8871 4111 southkenlettings@knightfrank.com

KnightFrank.co.uk/Lettings 020 8871 4111 southkenlettings@knightfrank.com

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savills.co.uk

1 IMMACULATE HOUSE IN THIS QUIET BELGRAVIA MEWS grosvenor crescent mews, sw1 Drawing room ø sitting room ø dining area ø bar area ø kitchen ø master bedroom suite ø 2 further bedroom suites ø gym/study with en suite shower room ø cloakroom ø utility area ø 11.1m high atrium ø garage ø 295 sq m (3,177 sq ft)

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Savills Sloane Street

Savills Knightsbridge

Richard Gutteridge rgutteridge@savills.com

Barbara Allen baallen@savills.com

020 7730 0822

020 7581 5234

Guide £8.95 million Freehold

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1 A STUNNING FAMILY HOUSE REFURBISHED TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD belgravia, sw1 Double reception room ø kitchen/breakfast room ø multi-media room ø 4/5 bedrooms (4 en suite) ø further bathroom ø utility room ø swimming pool ø steam room ø gym ø 3 car garage ø porterage ø roof terrace ø 505 sq m (5,434 sq ft) Guide £15.95 million Share of Freehold

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Savills Sloane Street

Ayrton Wylie

Noel De Keyzer ndekeyzer@savills.com

Will Tremlett wtremlett@ayrtonwylie.com

020 7730 0822

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savills.co.uk

1 A CHARMING MEWS HOUSE IN PRIME BELGRAVIA lowndes close, sw1 Drawing room ø dining room ø library ø kitchen ø master bedroom suite ø 3 further bedrooms (2 en suite) ø further shower room ø garage ø 224 sq m (2,408 sq ft)

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Michael Berman & Co

Noel De Keyzer ndekeyzer@savills.com

Martin Berg martin.berg@michaelberman.co.uk

020 7730 0822

020 8346 5100

Guide £6 million Freehold

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savills.co.uk

1 DOUBLE STUDIO HOUSE IN PRIME CHELSEA LOCATION glebe place, sw3 2 reception rooms ø kitchen/breakfast room ø master bedroom suite ø 4 further bedrooms (3 en suite) ø further bath/shower room ø utility room ø swimming pool and Jacuzzi ø courtyard ø roof terrace ø 397 sq m (4,277 sq ft) Guide £10.5 million Freehold

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Savills Sloane Street

Savills Knightsbridge

Richard Gutteridge rgutteridge@savills.com

Barbara Allen baallen@savills.com

020 7730 0822

020 7581 5234 29 22/08/2012 14:49

savills.co.uk

1 BELGRAVIA MEWS HOUSE IN A QUIET, PRIVATE LOCATION eccleston mews, sw1 Reception room ø kitchen ø master bedroom suite ø 2 further bedrooms (1 en suite) ø further shower room ø utility room ø balcony ø 140 sq m (1,503 sq ft)

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Michael Berman & Co

Noel De Keyzer ndekeyzer@savills.com

Martin Berg martin.berg@michaelberman.co.uk

020 7730 0822

020 8346 5100

Guide £3.3 million Freehold

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1 AN IMPRESSIVE APARTMENT OVERLOOKING THE GARDENS OF CADOGAN PLACE cadogan place, sw1 53' double reception room ø kitchen ø master bedroom with en suite bathroom and dressing area ø 2 further double bedrooms ø bathroom ø guest cloakroom ø porter ø underground parking ø air-cooling ø 198 sq m (2,127 sq ft) Guide £5 million Leasehold, approximately 997 years remaining

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Savills Knightsbridge

Christian Warman cgwarman@savills.com

Alex Christian achristian@savills.com

020 7730 0822

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1 A BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED APARTMENT IN THIS QUIET CHELSEA LOCATION embankment gardens, sw3 Entrance hall ø reception room ø kitchen ø master bedroom with en suite bathroom ø 2nd bedroom ø bathroom ø lift ø communal garden ø 79 sq m (850 sq ft)

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Christian Warman cgwarman@savills.com

Katie Rumbellow krumbellow@savills.com

020 7730 0822

020 7581 5234

Guide £1.3 million Leasehold, approximately 124 years remaining

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1 BEAUTIFULLY REFURBISHED APARTMENT ON THIS SOUGHT-AFTER GARDEN SQUARE cadogan place, sw1 70' reception room ø formal sitting area ø media area ø dining area ø kitchen ø master bedroom with en suite bathroom ø 3 further bedrooms with en suite bathrooms ø guest cloakroom ø patio garden ø roof terrace ø air-cooling ø underground parking ø porter ø 276 sq m (2,972 sq ft) Guide £8.75 million Leasehold, approximately 997 years remaining

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Savills Knightsbridge

Christian Warman cgwarman@savills.com

Alex Christian achristian@savills.com

020 7730 0822

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1 SPECTACULAR 14TH FLOOR APARTMENT WITH STUNNING RIVER VIEWS grosvenor road, sw1 Entrance hall ø dual-aspect reception room ø kitchen/breakfast room ø master bedroom with en suite bath/shower room ø guest bedroom ø shower room ø 24hr porter ø gym ø parking ø air conditioning ø lift access ø 135 sq m (1,450 sq ft)

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Christian Warman cgwarman@savills.com

Sarah Gretton sgretton@savills.com

020 7730 0822

020 8877 1222

Guide £1.795 million Leasehold, approximately 112 years remaining

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A SENSATIONAL FAMILY HOUSE WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL SOUTH WEST-FACING GARDEN westover road, sw18 Double reception room ø media room ø dining room ø kitchen/breakfast room ø 5 bedrooms ø 3 bathrooms ø 140 x 59ft landscaped garden ø 291 sq m (3,137 sq ft) Guide £2.4 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth

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Robin Chatwin rchatwin@savills.com

020 8877 1222

A STRIKING FAMILY HOUSE WITH GRAND ENTERTAINING SPACE herondale avenue, sw18 Reception room ø kitchen/family/dining room ø 5 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø large south-facing garden with studio ø off-street parking ø 238 sq m (2,564 sq ft) Guide £1.995 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth Robin Chatwin rchatwin@savills.com

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AN IMMACULATE HOUSE IN THE 'TONSLEY'S' fullerton road, sw18 Double reception room ø kitchen/dining room ø 4 bedrooms ø 2 en suite bathrooms ø patio garden ø 137 sq m (1,477 sq ft) Guide £1.15 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth

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Charlie Williams cwilliams@savills.com

020 8877 1222

A STYLISHLY REFURBISHED FAMILY HOUSE melody road, sw18 Double reception room ø kitchen/dining/family room ø 5 bedrooms ø 3 bathrooms ø utillity room ø garden ø 203 sq m (2,186 sq ft) Guide £1.195 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth Emma Seaton eseaton@savills.com

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A DETACHED FAMILY HOUSE WITH FANTASTIC ENTERTAINING SPACE heslop road, sw12 Drawing room ø sitting room ø kitchen/dining room ø 5/6 bedrooms ø 3 bathrooms ø wine cellar ø west-facing garden ø off-street parking ø 354 sq m (3,815 sq ft) Guide £3.1 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth

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Christopher Lewis cblewis@savills.com

020 8673 4111

A BEAUTIFULLY EXTENDED FAMILY HOUSE jessica road, sw18 Double reception room ø extended kitchen/dining room ø 4 bedrooms ø bathroom ø cloakroom ø cellar ø loft ø patio garden ø 173 sq m (1,858 sq ft) Guide £1.1 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth Emma Seaton eseaton@savills.com

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TANTALLON ROAD, sw12

ROWFANT ROAD, sw12

Kitchen/breakfast room ø double reception room ø 5 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø cellar ø garden ø 211 sq m (2,272 sq ft)

Kitchen/breakfast room ø double reception room ø 4 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø large unconverted loft space ø 30ft south-facing garden ø 184 sq m (1,983 sq ft)

Guide £1.175 million Freehold

Guide £995,000 Freehold

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Savills Clapham adwyer@savills.com 020 8673 4111

Savills Clapham adwyer@savills.com 020 8673 4111

RAMSDEN ROAD, sw12

BUCHAREST ROAD, sw18

Reception room ø kitchen/family room ø 5 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø cellar ø garden ø 209 sq m (2,251 sq ft)

Double reception room ø kitchen/breakfast room ø 4 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø 42ft garden ø 122 sq m (1,316 sq ft)

Guide £1.735 million Freehold

Guide £850,000 Freehold

Savills Clapham cblewis@savills.com 020 8673 4111

Savills Wandsworth eseaton@savills.com 020 8877 1222

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1 A MEWS-STYLE FAMILY HOUSE IN THE HEART OF KENSINGTON phillimore walk, w8 4 bedrooms ø reception room ø kitchen ø 2 bathrooms ø guest cloakroom ø garden ø garage ø Phillimore Estate property ø Managed by Savills ø 166 sq m (1,783 sq ft)

Savills Kensington Matthew Hobbs mhobbs@savills.com

020 7535 3333 £1,850 per week Unfurnished

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BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT IN THE HEART OF MAYFAIR curzon square, w1 2 bedrooms (1 en suite) ø reception room ø kitchen ø bathroom ø lift ø porter ø 100 sq m (1,079 sq ft) £1,650 per week Furnished

Savills Mayfair

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Guy Bradshaw gbradshaw@savills.com

020 7578 5101

IMPRESSIVE DUPLEX PENTHOUSE IN MARYLEBONE nottingham place, w1 3 bedrooms (1 en suite) ø reception room ø kitchen ø bathroom ø guest cloakroom ø direct lift access ø 137 sq m (1,474 sq ft) £1,600 per week Furnished

Savills Mayfair Guy Bradshaw gbradshaw@savills.com

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BEDFORD GARDENS, w8

HOLLAND PARK MEWS, w11

5 bedrooms ø 4 reception rooms ø kitchen ø 2 bathrooms ø 2 guest cloakrooms ø utility room ø patio garden ø 244 sq m (2,626 sq ft)

3 bedrooms ø reception room ø open plan kitchen ø 2 bathrooms ø balcony ø utility room ø garage ø 124 sq m (1,343 sq ft)

£3,500 per week Unfurnished

£1,450 per week Unfurnished

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Savills Kensington mhobbs@savills.com 020 7535 3333

Savills Kensington ndennis@savills.com 020 7535 3333

AUBREY WALK, w8

STAFFORD TERRACE, w8

4 bedrooms ø reception room ø study room ø kitchen/dining room ø 2 bathrooms ø storage ø patio garden ø available for 6 months only ø 154 sq m (1,661 sq ft)

2 bedrooms ø reception room ø eat-in kitchen ø 2 bathrooms ø Phillimore Estate property ø Managed by Savills ø 112 sq m (1,206 sq ft)

£1,750 per week Unfurnished

£1,295 per week Unfurnished

Savills Kensington mkscott@savills.com 020 7535 3333

Savills Kensington ilacey@savills.com 020 7535 3333

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FULHAM ROAD, sw3

ELM PARK GARDENS, sw3

Bedroom ø reception room ø open plan contemporary kitchen ø bathroom ø newly refurbished ø 38 sq m (406 sq ft)

Bedroom ø reception room ø kitchen ø bathroom ø access to communal gardens ø 54 sq m (581 sq ft)

£410 per week Unfurnished

£500 per week Furnished

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Savills Chelsea fvula@savills.com 020 7578 9000

Savills Chelsea cbevans@savills.com 020 7578 9000

CULFORD MANSIONS, sw3

STANLEY MANSIONS, sw10

3 bedrooms (1 en suite) ø reception room ø eat-in kitchen ø bathroom ø lift ø 99 sq m (1,066 sq ft)

2 double bedrooms (1 en suite) ø 2 reception rooms ø open plan kitchen ø bathroom ø communal patio and roof terrace ø 101 sq m (1,096 sq ft)

£950 per week Unfurnished

£1,150 per week Flexible furnishings

Savills Chelsea omellotte@savills.com 020 7578 9000

Savills Chelsea fvula@savills.com 020 7578 9000

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LENNOX GARDENS, sw1

PRINCES GATE, sw7

Double bedroom ø reception room ø dining room ø kitchen ø 2 bathrooms ø gardens access ø 73 sq m (796 sq ft)

2 double bedrooms (1 en suite) ø reception room ø kitchen ø bathroom ø lift ø roof terrace ø 132 sq m (1,424 sq ft)

£825 per week Furnished

£1,375 per week Furnished

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Savills Knightsbridge cjalexander@savills.com 020 7584 8585

Savills Knightsbridge swalmesley@savills.com 020 7584 8585

CLABON MEWS, sw1

TREVOR PLACE, sw7

3 double bedrooms (all en suite) ø reception room ø eat-in kitchen ø guest cloakroom ø garage ø gardens access ø 159 sq m (1,716 sq ft)

4 bedrooms (2 en suite) ø double reception room ø dining room ø kitchen ø bathroom ø 2 terraces ø 222 sq m (2,396 sq ft)

£1,700 per week Unfurnished

£3,250 per week Furnished

Savills Knightsbridge cjalexander@savills.com 020 7584 8585

Savills Knightsbridge swalmesley@savills.com 020 7584 8585

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LONDON PROPERTY

REVIEW

Market view The Olympics were amazing, but now we must carry on breathing life into the East End, argues property-finder Robert Bailey The Olympics made me proud. It wasn’t just the incredible opening ceremony or the haul of Team GB medals, but how welcoming London became during the Games. I saw complete strangers chatting about events they’d seen and busy commuters taking time to help lost tourists. While I can only hope this sense of community continues, the Olympics must also provide for another legacy in the East End. East London has always been the poor relation. In times gone by, the East End stank of abattoirs, tanneries and other noxious trades that sprang up around the docks.

Anyone who could moved west to escape. Soon, East London became synonymous with poverty, squalor and disease. No self-respecting person would step foot in the East End lest they were robbed or worse. More recently, the area was crime-ridden and a hotspot for gang warfare.

Former mayor Ken Livingstone said that while many were against London’s Olympic bid, he knew there was no other way to fund the badly needed regeneration of East London.

It lacked employment opportunities, decent transport and housing. What was there was often rundown.

The Olympics has not only provided first-class sporting facilities and a new park, but also all those needs Livingstone identified. The East London Line has been expanded, overground system modernised, and Stratford station now welcomes the Eurostar. The government is providing tax breaks for companies basing themselves in Tech City – a stretch of London from Old Street roundabout to the new Olympic Park. New developments abound, and outside old Georgian and Victorian terraces are a plentiful array of skips, as young couples transform tired period places into smart homes.

I never thought I’d live to see the day when I’d be asked to search for a house in East London – but it happened when the son of a client asked me to find a house in Hackney. Housing stock there surprised me: well-proportioned Victorian terraces near trendy shops and green spaces. Not only that, but the transaction was a pleasure. Several people were bidding for this home, but the vendor wasn’t greedy. Instead, he asked for best and final offers by a certain date. Fortunately, I was able to help my client post the winning bid. And the vendor insisted on cleaning the house from top to bottom, and even left a welcome pack.

I truly hope east London will continue to improve. It’s very hip these days, yet is still rough around the edges in places. I think the best legacy the Olympics could give is a revitalised East End that’s a congenial place to live and work. www.robertbaileyproperty.com 020 7352 0899

Stamp duty slowdown Cheryl Markosky brings you the latest word on the streets With the country’s housing market struggling (transactions in England and Wales have fallen to 50,000 a month from around 100,000 a month between 2000 and 20007) and average house prices dipping by 0.7 per cent in July, prime central London values rose by 0.5 per cent and are up 10.3 per cent year-on-year.

However, Grainne Gilmore, head of Knight Frank’s UK residential research, warns that additional stamp duty taxes for homes worth £2 million-plus are beginning to weigh on the market.

“Sales have slowed since the proposed annual charge and levy of capital gains tax were announced in the Budget,” she says.

The slowdown is definitely reaching the capital, concedes Richard Donnell, director of research at Hometrack.

Although his latest figures reveal a small rise in values of 0.1 per cent over

July, the rate of growth has slowed as demand weakens, supply rises and “the seasonal slowdown starting earlier and developing more rapidly than in previous years. London also registered an above average fall (2.4 per cent) in new-buy registrations.”

Yet with more new homes on their way, a plethora of supply will hit the market over the next three years, says Oliver Gibson, director of developments for WA Ellis. Keep an eye out for Capital & Countries’ Earls Court project, 69 apartments at Holland Park School, 54 units in De Vere Gardens, 325 at Chelsea Barracks, as well as new homes in Fitzroy Place and St James’s Gateway on Jermyn Street.

“We’ll also be launching another development at Picton Place on behalf of mixed-use developer Great Portland Estates,” he adds. “We’re confident that the 11 units will be in high demand, with long-term investors having the option of purchasing in a rare freehold building.”

Finches in fizzy Fitzrovia Tucked away on the edge of a hidden communal garden in Fitzrovia, Crabtree Fields is a new home set-up offering an unusual blend of city living with peace and tranquility. This modern development, in a gated private mews just off Whitfield Street, still has three triplex townhouses available, each at a guide price of £2,795,000.

Selling agent Laurence Glynne of LDG comments: “Crabtree Place is the perfect example of a quality environmentally friendly development. Each property has two balconies overlooking Crabtree Fields, as well as leafy aspects of the BT Tower – a reminder of the property’s central location. The garden, which is only really known by local residents and office workers, has a variety of trees and is full of wildlife – you can even hear the chorus of blackbirds and greenfinches.

There’s also a fantastic children’s adventure playground in the back corner, making the properties an ideal choice for families. Finding a home next door to a wildlife haven, as well as being only minutes from Tottenham Court Road and Charlotte Street is a real rarity.”

For those naysayers suggesting modern homes are ticky-tacky boxes, each townhouse has three double bedrooms, with twin dressing rooms in the master bedroom suite. A wealth of natural light pours through large skylights and glass doors that lead onto balconies, mood lighting creates atmospheric settings and there’s also an integrated audio-visual system.

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LONDON PROPERTY

REVIEW

Mayfair is reborn The final leg of the journey to breathe life back into Mayfair is under way, according to Peter Wetherell of Wetherell, who recounts the history of residential property in this choice London district.

“After the First World War, a number of period buildings were pulled own, as no one wanted grand mansions. Many of the remaining buildings were preserved as offices after the Second World War, and by the Nineties, I argued that the Grosvenor Estate should let us sell them as homes again.”

Arm-twisting Grosvenor officials paid off, with Wetherell selling over 100 buildings for residential use since the Nineties. With the economic worth of residential property now double that of offices, Wetherell believes this was the right call.

To show how far we’ve come, he’s selling a Grade-II listed redbrick mansion with its own library and cigar room in ultra-chic Mount Street for £18 million. “Two years ago, we marketed the same house at £12.5 million with the intention of turning it into flats. But now it’s to be one house and the focus of a bidding war likely to surpass £20 million,” explains Wetherell.

There’s great demand from early-nesters and couples with small children; and further up the scale, company directors with grown-up offspring who want to live centrally so they can walk everywhere, Wetherell adds. It’s indicative of the area that smart shops and restaurants (three latest gems are 34 in South Audley Street, Barca in North Audley Street and Cut on Park Lane) have arrived, and Wetherell’s selling a parking space for £87,500 with service charges of £550 a year.

“If you pay millions for a property, you won’t fret over spending money for somewhere to park the car. And two things never go down in value – cigars and parking.”

International buyers desiring secure properties, ideally with a lift and porter, still dominate the flats market, suggests Charles Lloyd of Savills. “Housebuyers want lateral space, outside space and parking, although this is hard to find,” he says, adding weight to Wetherell’s pricing of a parking space equivalent to a two-bedroom house in Bolton.

Overseas buyers on the hunt for a luxury pied-a-terre could consider Oakmayne Bespoke’s Verge Mayfair on Oxford Street, with 10 apartments and two penthouses starting at £950,000. Selling agent Simon Barry (Knight Frank, 020 7861 5489) says: “The benefit of having Selfridges, Bond Street and South Molton Street on the doorstep is a big magnet for those who like luxury brand names.”

Mansion on Mount Street: £18m complete with library and cigar room

On the Verge: apartments overlooking Oxford Street start at £950,000

Parking and no cigar: £87,500 plus £550 annual service charge for a space in Mayfair

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LONDON PROPERTY

REVIEW

Crucial credit vote delays regulation

MONEY

Olympic gains

A crucial vote that may determine the final shape of the proposed European directive on credit agreements relating to residential property (CARRP) has been delayed for three months. An updated timetable on European Parliament’s website says that the indicative date for a plenary sitting – at which a vote could take place – is now scheduled for 10 December. It was originally due to take place on 10 September.

The revised timetable means that the vote on the proposed European directive may now take place after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published the policy statement and final rules for mortgage regulation in the UK, as it moves towards completion of the mortgage market review. The FSA’s policy statement is expected in the autumn.

The delay means that it is still not clear that the timing of proposals for mortgage regulation in the UK and Europe will be closely aligned.

Rates fall as London returns to normal, reports Duncan Farmer Mortgage lending fell again this summer as a result of economic worries, the bad weather and even the Diamond Jubilee.

The housing market was equally quiet, and when next month’s figures appear they are likely to show yet another fall, and the Olympics will probably take the blame for that.

However, it is by no means all doom and gloom in the mortgage market, and when the dust settles on the hugely successful Games and London returns to normal, borrowers will see some welcome news on rates.

Libor, the rate at which banks borrow from each other - and which has attracted unwelcome negative headlines for rate fixing, has been falling, and that is excellent news for house hunters.

“Swap rates and three-month Libor have both fallen by around a quarter of a percentage point since the Mansion House Banquet speeches from the governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor,” says Ray Boulger of mortgage broker John Charcol. “The three-month Libor rate, which is currently 0.74 per cent, is still falling. This combination, plus the Funding for Lending Scheme, has produced record low five-year fixed rates, with three lenders

TWIST AT TESCO The Tesco Bank mortgage range is now available to customers. Its range includes flexible, fixed-rate and tracker products with a twist – mortgage holders will be able to collect Clubcard points as they repay the loan.

Launching the new mortgage range, the chief executive of Tesco Bank, Benny Higgins, said: “Entering the mortgage market is a significant step in broadening the products we offer to Tesco customers. With a focus on serving Tesco customers for the long term, we will take responsible lending decisions and have developed a mortgage business to meet our customers’ needs, now and into the future.”

offering a sub-three per cent rate for borrowers with deposits of 40 per cent or more. Apart from Nationwide’s 3.39 per cent rate up to 30 per cent deposits, other lenders, especially at the higher loan-tovalue level, need to play catch up.”

Boulger’s sentiments are echoed by Mark Harris of SPF Private Clients, who believes borrowers will see far cheaper rates in autumn.

“The mortgage price war is already well under way,” he says. “Money market rates have fallen to their lowest levels ever in recent weeks and this is filtering through into pricing, with cheaper fixed rates being launched. For those who don’t need the certainty of a fixed rate, there are some competitive base-rate trackers to choose from.”

Whatever happens, the feelgood – or bad – factor is crucial to economic sentiment. In the first week of Olympic competition, retailers, restaurateurs and theatres were reporting a dramatic fall in takings. By the second week, however, that appeared to have changed and according to a report by business group Heart of London, the number of shoppers in the West End was up 16.2 per cent on a year ago. If that trend continues, the housing market could well be looking at a very golden autumn.

Current Best Buy Mortgages

Fixed Rates

Source: Charcol Ltd 0800 718191 www.charcol.co.uk

LENDER

CURRENT RATE

UNTIL

GO TO RATE

THE OVERALL COST FOR COMPARISON IS

MAX ADV

HIGHER LENDING CHARGE

EARLY REPAYMENT CHARGE (ERC)

LENDER FEE

LENDER EXIT FEE

NOTES

Nationwide

2.99%

2 years

3.99%

4.0% APR

60%

None

3% to last day of month after 2 yrs.

Can repay up to £500p.m. ERC free.

£999*

£90

On remortgages free valuation and free legal fees. Flexible. *Fee reduced to £499 for FTBs.

Monmouthshire

3.49%

3 years

4.99%

4.9% APR

80%

None

3% for 3 years. Can repay up to 10% p.a. ERC free.

£599

£125

Purchase only

NatWest

2.95%

31/10/17

4.00%

3.8% APR

60%

None

5/4/3/2/1% to 31/10/17. Can repay up to 10% p.a. ERC free.

£2,495

Nil

On remortgages free valuation and free legal fees.

Nationwide

3.39%

5 years

3.99%

3.9% APR

70%

None

5% to last day of month after 5 yrs.

Can repay up to £500p.m. ERC free.

£999*

£90

On remortgages free valuation and free legal fees. Flexible. *Fee reduced to £499 for movers and £299 for FTBs.

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LONDON PROPERTY

REVIEW

Remortgages rise

Sale and rent back

John Charcol, the mortgage adviser, has revealed signs of new life in the remortgage market, with the proportion of its clients remortgaging having increased from 32.1 per cent in May to 39.2 per cent by July.

The remortgage market is now looking increasingly appealing to borrowers and John Charcol expects the remortgage trend within the residential market to increase in August and remain high over the next few months as the fixed rate price war takes shape. As well as an increase in remortgages, John Charcol expects the proportion of borrowers taking fixed rates to increase in the coming months.

The general feeling is that the bank rate will not rise for some years to come – in fact it may even go down later this year – making trackers are the natural choice in this market. “Many borrowers who are coming to the end of their current deal can remortgage onto a five-year fixed rate that’s cheaper than their current lender’s standard variable rate,” says Simon Collins, John Charcol’s technical manager.

Publication by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of the findings of its review of the sale-and-rent-back market have reinforced the view of the Council of Mortgage Lenders that there are potentially significant risks for consumers considering this type of product.

The findings reinforce our belief that these and similar products should be properly regulated. Sale-and-rent-back emerged a few years ago as an option for borrowers who were finding it difficult to maintain their mortgage payments. Under the schemes on offer, providers agreed to buy the home from the borrower, with an agreement that the customer could continue to live in the property as a tenant.

The clampdown on sale-and-rent-back has led to the emergence of similar products or agreements, which also appear to enable borrowers to stay in their former properties and pay rent to prospective buyers. The terms of some agreements also appear to put borrowers in breach of their existing mortgage contracts.

Variable Rates (Tracker & Discount Off SVR) LENDER

CURRENT RATE

DISCOUNT AND TERM

GO TO RATE

THE OVERALL COST FOR COMPARISON IS

MAX ADV

HIGHER LENDING CHARGE

EARLY REPAYMENT CHARGE (ERC)

LENDER FEE

LENDER EXIT FEE

NOTES

Woolwich

3.69%

Bank Rate + 3.19% term

N/A

3.7% APR

70%

None

£1,499

£275

Offset. On remortgages free valuation and free legal fees.

Droplock facility.

Mansfield

3.18%

2.41% discount off SVR for 3 years

1% to 30/9/15 on full repayment.

Unlimited ERC free part redemptions allowed.

5.59%

5.3% APR

80%

None

3% for 3 years. Can repay up to 10% p.a. ERC free

£999

£150

Valuation fee refund up to £400

£1,245*

£95

On remortgages free legal fees. *Up to £500,000. For loans up to £1m: £2,495: up to £1.5m: 0.5%; above £1.5m: 1%.

£1,090

£150

Offset. Free valuation.

On remortgages free legal fees

Bank of China (UK)

3.18%

Bank Rate + 2.68% for term

N/A

3.3% APR

80%

None

1% in 1 year on full repayment.

Unlimited ERC free part redemptions allowed.

Hinckley & Rugby

3.79%

1.85% discount off SVR for term

N/A

3.8% APR

85%

None

Nil

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propertyreview ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE

The heart of the home The importance of the kitchen, long known as the heart of the home, has been confirmed by a new report from Hamptons International, which reveals that it is the most influential room in the house for property buyers.

The report, commissioned to mark a partnership between Hamptons International and AGA, reveals that half of (50%) of respondents said that the kitchen is the one room that would make or break a decision to buy a property. There is a distinct gender divide with 47 per cent of women defining the kitchen as the most important room upon which to base a property purchase decision, compared with 33 per cent of men.

Marc Goldberg, Head of Sales at Hamptons International, commented on the report “It’s often said that meals and memories are made in kitchens and given that new homes are often bought with the heart rather than the head, it is no surprise to see kitchens top the list as the most influential room of the house.

“The kitchen is known as the heart of the home for a reason; this is where families spend a lot of their time together, cooking, eating and catching up after a day at work and school. It is therefore a room which holds a huge amount of value both from a property Most Important Room to Make a Property Decision Kitchen Living room Bedroom Bathroom Dining room Utility room Games room

perspective and an emotional perspective.”

When asked about aspirational kitchen appliances, almost a quarter of (24%) Britons said that an AGA cooker would be their ultimate possession. This compares with 40 per cent of respondents who dream of owning a designer fridge, 16 per cent who dream of owning a coffee machine, 13 per cent a food mixer.

One in eight (14%) said a drop down television in their kitchen would be their dream appliance and one in 10 (9%) said they would love a high-end wine cooler.

John Denney, Head of Country House at Hamptons International says: “An AGA cooker has long been a key feature of the traditional country kitchen and ensures that a kitchen forms the heart of the home.

Country House buyers – and increasingly London buyers - will often view an AGA as a real selling point.”

Hamptons International is a leading residential property company operating in UK and has teamed up with luxury cooker brand AGA to offer exclusive benefits to their clients. For more information about Hamptons International, please visit www.hamptons. co.uk or AGA, please visit www.agaliving.com.

Respondents 50% 37% 6% 4% 1% 1% 1%

Dream appliance Designer fridge freezer AGA cooker Coffee machine Drop down TV Food mixer Wine rack cooler

Respondents 40% 24% 16% 14% 13% 9%

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Hamptons Sloane Square 020 7717 5481 sloanesquare@hamptons-int.com

Smith Street, SW3 ÂŁ825,000

A charming one bedroom flat situated on the second floor of a handsome flat fronted period brick building. The apartment would make an ideal pied-a-terre or first time purchase and benefits from a long lease and access to the amenities of Burton Court.

Wilbraham Mansions, SW1X ÂŁ2,495,000 An immaculately presented lower ground floor three bedroom flat which benefits from generous reception space, beautiful parquet flooring throughout and a long lease. The apartment is situated moments from Sloane Square.

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Knightsbridge Sales 020 7717 5461 knightsbridge@hamptons-int.com

Brompton Square, SW3 ÂŁ995,000 Share of Freehold Offering stunning views of Brompton Square and Holy Trinity Brompton, this convenient and yet quietly located one bedroom flat is very well presented and has direct lift access.

The property features wood flooring in the reception room, a well proportioned bedroom and a modern kitchen and shower room.

Pavilion Road, SW1X ÂŁ6,000,000 Leasehold

An outstanding three bedroom mews house presented in a stunning contemporary style featuring exclusive Italian design. The house is arranged over three floors, with accommodation comprising of a generous first floor reception room, kitchen with ample dining space, second floor master bedroom with luxurious en suite bathroom, two additional bedrooms, shower room, utility room and garage.

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Notting Hill 020 7717 5469 nottinghillsales@hamptons-int.com

Aldridge Road Villas, W11 £4,100,000 Freehold

Kensington Gardens Square, W2 £960,000 Share of Freehold

Linden Gardens, W2 £599,950 Leasehold A contemporary apartment on the raised ground floor of a period conversion benefiting from a stylish galleried bedroom with access via an ornate spiral staircase.

Westbourne Grove, W11 £450,000 Leasehold

A substantial and tastefully decorated semi-detached, four bedroom family home with large east facing garden close to Portobello Road & Westbourne Grove.

A smart spacious flat with fantastic living space, a contemporary finish and use of the beautifully maintained communal garden.

A bright one bedroom, purpose built flat which has been tastefully refurbished with direct access to communal gardens just off Portobello Road.

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Hamptons Kensington 020 7717 5457 kensington@hamptons-int.com

Consort Court W8 £1,650,000 Leasehold

Adam and Eve Mews W8 £2,950,000 Freehold A superb fully modernised three bedroom mews house (approx. 1,905 sq. ft) with integral garage located in the heart of Kensington. This excellent property offers modern lifestyle living and has been finished to the most exacting of standards throughout.

Observatory Gardens W8 £1,750,000 Leasehold

Church Close W8 £1,300,000 Leasehold A well presented two bedroom, second floor apartment (1162sqft) in this wonderful gated development just off Kensington Church Street. The property has views over the court yard, two double bedrooms, 2 ensuites and is located in the heart of Kensington.

A bright first floor two bedroom apartment (1087 sqft) on the rear elevation of this much sought after purpose built development in the heart of Kensington. Consort Court offers excellent portage facilities, gymnasium and underground parking.

A wonderful two bedroom second floor apartment, (861 sqft) with a lovely south facing reception room with parquet flooring and good ceiling height. Observatory gardens is a small award winning development with 24 hour porterage and secure underground parking.

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Chelsea Sales 020 7717 5431 chelsea@hamptons-int.com

Redcliffe Gardens, SW10 £950,000 Share of Freehold

Billing Street, SW10 £1,399,995 Freehold

Grove Cottages, SW3 £2,850,000 Freehold

Roland Way, SW7 £5,650,000 Freehold

A two bedroom raised ground floor apartment, forming part of this attractive Victorian building on this popular tree lined street.

A newly built four bedroom classic townhouse, offering high specification and beautifully designed accommodation.

A beautiful freehold cottage tucked away in this unique private enclave just off the Fulham Road.

An impressive freehold house set over four floors and forming part of this popular private mews.

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Hamptons Paddington 020 7717 5473 paddington@hamptons-int.com

Hyde Park Street, W2 £3,500,000 Leasehold A simply wonderful duplex apartment occupying the top two floors of this attractive blue plaque building. With extremely bright and well proportioned rooms throughout the property comprises a spacious kitchen/breakfast room, fantastic double aspect reception room, three generous sized bedrooms (two en-suite). In addition a guest cloakroom and generous storage space.

Leinster Mews, W2 £3,500,000 Freehold

Cleveland Square, W2 £1,295,000 Share of Freehold Accessed via a private entrance and presented in immaculate condition a stunning two bedroom garden apartment located on arguably the most desirable residential garden square in W2. With well proportioned rooms throughout this apartment features two luxurious double bedrooms (both en-suite), a fantastic living room with generous dining space and access onto the private patio.

Craven Hill Gardens, W2 £1,350,000 Share of Freehold

Moments from Hyde Park, a truly stunning house that has been designed and refurbished to exacting standards. Boasting impressive rooms throughout, this property comprises a fantastic bespoke kitchen/dining room, a top floor reception room with access onto a private terrace. Three generous bedrooms including a luxurious en-suite bathroom and dressing room to the master bedroom. In addition two guest shower rooms. This contemporary home also features a cinema room, a gym and an internal garage.

A well proportioned two bedroom apartment situated on the raised ground floor of this white stucco fronted building. Featuring a private entrance this property comprises a bright south facing reception room, fitted kitchen/breakfast room, two good sized double bedrooms including an en-suite bathroom to the master bedroom.

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Eagle Wharf, SW1V £695,000 Leasehold

A fabulous one bedroom apartment with exceptional south facing views onto the river.

Eagle Wharf has its own Gym facilities and is a portered building.

The Panoramic, SW1V £535,000 Leasehold This stunning third floor one bedroom apartment is beautifully presented throughout and extends to over 700 square feet, offering 24 hour security and underground parking.

Warwick Way, SW1V £925,000 Share of Freehold

Westminster Palace Gardens, SW1P £1,275,000 Leasehold

Westminster Palace Gardens, SW1P £840,000 Leasehold

Gloucester Street, SW1V £620,000 Share of Freehold

The apartment has super entertaining space with natural light and a fabulous roof terrace off the reception room.

Stunning high specification 5th floor apartment in the heart of Westminster. The level of quality and detail is well above the average and we highly recommend a viewing.

A fantastic two bedroom period mansion flat in the heart of Westminster. The apartment has been refurbished to an extremely high specification.

A beautifully presented two bedroom apartment on the second floor with a lift in the heart of Pimlico. Sold chain free and also enjoys a share of freehold title with a long lease.

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Gordon Place W8 ÂŁ3,850,000 Guide price This charming family house is arranged over four floors, comprising a kitchen leading through to a conservatory and out to a private west facing garden, a separate dining room, two reception rooms, a study, a master bedroom with a walk-in dressing room, balcony and en suite bathroom, three further bedrooms and a family bathroom. Located close the excellent local amenities provided by Kensington High Street and Notting Hill Gate. Freehold. Sole Agents.

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Bramerton Street SW3 £3,150,000

Holland Park W11 £2,350,000

Arranged over three floors, this property features a large double reception room that leads out to a small terrace and down to a pretty patio garden below, a fabulous dining room, kitchen, three double bedrooms, two bathrooms and a stunning roof top terrace. Freehold. Sole Agents.

Located in the heart of Holland Park, this truly unique property boasts an atrium that operates as a dining hall, a grand, beautifully proportioned drawing room, kitchen, guest cloakroom, a fabulous master suite, a further double bedroom and an additional bathroom. Share of Freehold. Sole Agents.

CHELSEA: 020 7591 5570 sales.chs@marshandparsons.co.uk

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Addison Crescent W14 £1,950,000

Buckingham Gate SW1 £1,650,000

Interior designed by Nikki Atkinson, this property boasts an imposing 40ft entrance hallway, a double reception room, an open plan kitchen, a large dining area, a master bedroom with luxurious en suite bathroom, two further bedrooms and a family bathroom. Share of Freehold. Joint Sole Agent: Clabon Estates.

This beautifully refurbished, portered apartment comprises a large 24ft reception room, a modern kitchen, a superb master bedroom with built-in wardrobes and a beautiful en suite bathroom, a further double bedroom and a shower room. Share of Freehold. Sole Agents.

HOLLAND PARK: 020 7605 6890 sales.hol@marshandparsons.co.uk

PIMLICO: 020 7828 8100 sales.pim@marshandparsons.co.uk

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Evelyn Gardens SW7 £3,250 per week This exceptional property is presented in immaculate condition, boasting a vast reception room flooded with natural lighte, a separate study area, a large eat-in kitchen, a spacious master bedroom with en suite bathroom, two further double bedrooms, a family bathroom and a separate cloakroom. The property further benefits from an abundance of fitted storage and access to communal gardens.

Located close to the amenities of the Old Brompton Road and the Fulham Road in Chelsea.

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Shrewsbury Road W2 £795 per week

Blenheim Crescent W11 £625 per week

This exceptionally bright and well presented flat occupies the second and third floors of a period building. The accommodation comprises a double aspect reception with open plan kitchen and dining area, two well proportioned double bedrooms, a contemporary bathroom and excellent storage throughout.

This stunning apartment is flooded with natural light and offers excellent living space comprising a light reception room with wood floors, a fully equipped modern kitchen, a stylish bathroom and a well proportioned double bedroom with fitted storage. The property also benefits from access to a private patio garden.

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Lexham Gardens W8 £425 per week

Charlwood Street SW1 £395 per week

This modern apartment is flooded with natural light and offers excellent accommodation comprising an open plan kitchen/reception room, a large double bedroom with built-in storage and a contemporary bathroom.

Located moments from Kensington High Street.

A charming apartment offering superb living space in the heart of Pimlico.

The apartment is well presented throughout comprising a spacious reception room with wooden floors and high ceilings, a well presented kitchen, a lovely double bedroom and a bathroom.

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Into Cheyne’s Ark No need to call Noah. All geared up for the next big floods, or British summer, your very own Ark is already built and moored on the Thames at exclusive Cheyne Walk in Chelsea.

Guests will be queuing up to march two-by-two to be entertained at this captivating houseboat home, complete with a south-facing deck looking out across the river to St Mary’s Church Battersea and Montevetro glass mountain.

Its large open plan reception has crisp white wooden cladding covering the walls and ceiling. A smartly fitted kitchen has all the mod cons you’d expect on dry land, such as a large fridge freezer for the champagne, a

dishwasher, oven and microwave for easy living and entertaining.

Wooden flooring links the dining, living and entertaining areas, and the room is finished with quaint glasspanelled doors that open out onto the decking area, where you can sip your morning coffee and take in the river view.

Below deck is a double bedroom and bathroom, and there’s room for a study and second bedroom or reception.

Noah would have been very envious.

The Ark, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea SW10, £1.25m, Knight Frank Riverside 020 3597 7670

At last, the children have moved out of Markham Street The owner first contemplated refurbishing a period house in Markham Street, Chelsea, five years ago but could not persuade her children to move out. The kids finally left home six months ago, and the total renovation programme has now been completed.

Just off the King’s Road, the three-bedroom home has four floors of space and an adaptable layout. There are wide-plank wooden floors in the reception areas, which include a lower ground floor dining room and a raised ground floor reception with a Juliet balcony overlooking the decked garden. A study or playroom opens out into the garden.

Markham Street, Chelsea SW3, £3.25m, Kaye & Carey 020 7590 0066

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Eaton Square residence is totally ambassadorial This grand and elegant building on Eaton Square was previously the home of the Belgian Embassy before it moved down the road to its current address in Grosvenor Crescent. The Bolivian Embassy is still one of its neighbours.

On the corner with Belgrave Place, the property was developed by the Grosvenor Estate in 2008 and a magnificent air-cooled lateral apartment is currently for sale on the first and second floors.

Three interconnecting drawing rooms combine with an impressive dining room to present some of the finest living and entertaining space on this exclusive square. Many of the tall windows have views across the square and two sets of manicured gardens, and there are balconies from each of these rooms. The living room leads to a large decked terrace.

On the second floor are four en suite bedrooms – including the master with two dressing rooms – plus a study or fifth bedroom. The maid’s bedroom is on the first floor, next to the family kitchen and breakfast room. The property has a porter, and access to the communal gardens is available separately.

Among the former residents of this imposing property are two distinguished Victorian businessmen: Londoner George Moffatt, tea broker and politician, who bought the house in 1845, and German-born international sugar trader ‘Julius’ Caesar Czarnikow, who died here in 1909.

By Bob Stonebridge Eaton Square, Belgravia SW1, £30m, Savills 020 7581 5234

“This exceptional first and second floor lateral apartment offers volume of space and accommodation on the very grandest scale” Ben Morris, Savills

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Look back in peace Netherton Grove is a quiet Chelsea culde-sac that runs south off the Fulham Road, so you’ll find plenty of shops, bars and restaurants just around the corner.

A four-bedroom family house for sale at this address has 2620 sq ft of inside living space on four floors, together with a 33ft west-facing rear garden and offstreet parking for two cars at the front.

The ground floor has an entrance hall with double doors to the double reception room. The lower ground floor features an open plan kitchen and breakfast room leading to the conservatory and garden, plus a separate family room. There’s also a laundry room on this level.

Master bedroom and en suite bathroom are on the first floor, which also has a study, and there are three more bedrooms and a family bathroom on the top floor.

Among notable former residents of Netherton Grove are arts administrator Grevill Poke (1912-2000), born at No 6. The son of a Fleet Street magazine owner, he first staged John Osborne’s Look Back In Anger with the English Stage Company. Australian-born political cartoonist William Dyson (18801938) lived at No 8.

Netherton Grove, Chelsea SW10, £3.75m, Farrar 020 7244 4466

On top of the Upper The Upper Maisonette on Redcliffe Road is topped by a huge paved roof terrace covering almost the entire footprint of the property, and delivering 360-degree Chelsea views.

Enter at first floor level and take the steps to second floor space featuring a drawing and dining room, master bedroom with en suite shower room, second bedroom and family bathroom. The kitchen is above on the third floor, together with the roof terrace.

Total inside space is 975 sq ft and there’s another 483 sq ft outside on the terrace. Redcliffe Road is lined with cherry trees and runs north of the Fulham Road.

Redcliffe Road, Chelsea SW10, £1,695,000, Farrar 020 7244 4444

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House of natural light Natural light cascades down from the glass roof of the triple-storey atrium into a newly refurbished, architectdesigned house close to the Thames in Chelsea.

This central atrium also provides the perfect wall space for putting your treasured artwork on display at the four-storey contemporary home in Dilke Street, which runs between Tite Street and Swan Walk, close to Chelsea Physic Garden.

On the ground floor, a newly fitted bespoke McCarron kitchen and dining room opens out onto a wide patio with water feature, and there’s an integral garage at the front. The first floor includes a galleried reception room and a bedroom – divided by the atrium – and the top floor contains the master suite and third

bedroom or dressing room. The lower ground floor features a home cinema and media room, wine cellar and storage, laundry room and plant room.

Offering total living space of 2710 sq ft, the property is part air-conditioned and also includes Lutron lighting, LED ceiling lighting, underfloor heating, multi-room music and media system, and security system with video intercom.

Dilke Street takes its name from the Dilke family and in particular Sir Charles Dilke, MP for Chelsea from 1868 to 1886.

Dilke Street, Chelsea SW3, £4.75m, Daniel Corbett & Co 020 7225 1500

Chelsea office is a first for interior services The new Savills Chelsea office is the estate agency’s first in London to feature a retail outlet with a showroom for Savills Interior Services.

Headed by Charlie Bubear, the office on the corner of Redcliffe Road and Fulham Road will provide the link between the Savills Knightsbridge, Kensington, Sloane Street and Fulham offices. Savills Interior Services, headed by Simon Buhl Davis, offers a complete turnkey service from consultancy to refurbishment works.

Savills Knightsbridge and Sloane Street flats departments have merged to work as one from the two offices, sharing all their instructions. The strengthened teams have a combined 70 years of market knowledge and experience.

(Above) Knightsbridge and Sloane Street flat teams merge (Far left) Chelsea showroom for Savills Interior Services (Left) Charlie Bubear

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North Londoner Nick Bishop has always loved the river. After meeting his girlfriend (now wife) 15 years ago and joining her in a rented flat in Regent on the River in Fulham, he bought two apartments in the same complex.

“We rented out the smaller two-bed place and lived in the four-bedroom penthouse. Then we moved to a fourbedroom townhouse next to the rowing clubs in Putney,” he explains.

Bishop also purchased three more apartments, which Savills Waterfront rents and manages. “From an investment point of view, there will always be only a certain amount of riverside property. Foreigners – French, Italians and Russians – are magnetised by the river, just like me.”

Bishop’s tips to successful riverside living include checking out older developments that could provide better value than new schemes, taking a Savills river cruise to examine different neighbourhoods along the Thames, and being aware that some roads flood at certain times of the year.

And although the Bishops fancy a new home with a large garden, if it means giving up their river view they would politely decline. As Bishop’s six-year-old son Charlie says: “Why do we need a big garden when we’ve got the river and our own beach?”

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Everyone loves riverside living. The twisting Thames has always fascinated Londoners and visitors to the capital with its history, literary connections and eclectic architecture.

Grappling with where to buy on one of the world’s most famous rivers can be a problem for some, however, particularly international purchasers with little knowledge of the areas along this varied watery stretch.

A sound solution is to contact a specialist waterside team such as Savills Waterfront, working with 11 offices on the north and south banks of the Thames. “We cover over 40 miles of riverside property in 158 developments, as well as one-off resale homes,” explains associate director Sarah Gretton, who heads up this Savills property sector.

With a decade of waterfront experience, Gretton says she issues a map of London’s riverside to new applicants to open their minds to interesting places where they can rent or buy. “Maybe someone wants a portfolio of investment property in Canary Wharf, for instance, but we ask if he’d consider looking at other places too.”

Attractions of residing cheek-by-jowl to the river are many, adds Gretton, from easy-care lock-up-and-leave apartments, underground parking, and 24/7 concierges providing a ‘Hong Kong-style’ serviced lifestyle.

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Crystal Palace

shui associated with water,” says Gretton – and vast expanses of space and light blow everyone’s minds away.

Along with being on top of the latest homes coming on-stream – such as 17,000 units over four phases at Nine Elms, where the new American Embassy will be sited – Savills Waterfront also offers management and rentals assistance, after-sales renovation through Savills Interior Services, and insider knowledge from its offices along the river route.

Christopher Bramwell of Savills Chiswick sells Regency and Georgian properties, a contrast to mainly modern homes on other parts of the Thames. “You get chunky-sized property with wonderful river views.

Reflections of light on water playing on ceilings and passing rowing boats all add to a tranquil atmosphere.”

At the other end of the watercourse, City workers and retirees snap up smart pied-a-terres, says Lauren Ireland from Savills Wapping and Canary Wharf. “The closer you get to St Katharine Docks and Wapping, the more you pay. A two-bedroom flat in Narrow Street is around £650,000, while one at St Katharine Docks could cost more than £1 million.”

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Mallord Street, SW3 A wide and immaculately presented six bedroom family house situated in this quiet and popular street moments from the Kings Road. Extending to approximately 4580 sq ft (426 sq m), the property has been recently refurbished by the current owner and is therefore ready for immediate occupation.

Freehold

Price on Application

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Glebe Place, SW3

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A light and immaculately presented 5 bedroom family house of 3098 sq ft (287 sq m) approximately, situated in this highly sought after, wide and tranquil street just south of the King’s Road.

Freehold

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Smith Terrace, SW3 A charming period cottage located on the south side of this highly desirable and quiet street close to the Kings Road.

Extending to approximately 1670 sq ft (155 sq m), this 3 bedroom house is presented in good condition and has the added benefit of a south facing roof terrace.

Freehold

Price on application

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Manresa Road, SW3 An exceptional duplex apartment designed by Finchatton comprising approx 6,800 sq ft, benefiting from a large terraced garden as well as an internal private lift, a double integral garage and 24hr porter.

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020 7244 4444

IFIELD ROAD, SW10 This 2 double bedroom flat benefits from a good sized conservatory, and a substantial west facing garden.

FULHAM ROAD, SW10

£475,000

This 1 bedroom flat, approached via Seymour Walk is a perfect contemporary pied à terre or rental investment.

Leasehold

717 sq ft / 66.61 sq m

Share of Freehold

DRAYTON GARDENS, SW10

£725,000

CAVAYE PLACE, SW10

£645,000

Share of Freehold

This 2 double bedroom flat enjoys wonderful far reaching views over Milbourne Grove and Gilston Road, and has been an excellent home for our client.

Leasehold

This 2 bedroom lower ground floor flat receives good natural light, with access off the master bedroom to a west facing patio.

721 sq ft / 66.98 sq m

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£695,000

442 sq ft / 41.06 sq m

788 sq ft / 73.21 sq m

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FULHAM LETTINGS

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CATHCART ROAD, SW10 A beautifully presented 2 bedroom flat, benefiting from a spacious master bedroom and stripped wood flooring to the reception room.

805 sq ft / 74.78 sq m

BEAUFORT STREET, SW3 A unique, long leasehold 4 bedroom maisonette with the advantage of its’ own street entrance and approached via a beautifully landscaped garden.

1,549 sq ft / 144 sq m

EARLS COURT LETTINGS

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£995,000 Share of Freehold

BEAUFORT STREET, SW3

£850,000

A beautifully presented 2 double bedroom flat entered via its’ own street entrance, with a private garden.

Leasehold

823 sq ft / 76.46 sq m

£2,295,000

REDCLIFFE ROAD, SW10

£1,775,000

Leasehold

A beautifully presented 2 double bedroom upper maisonette, with a lovely west facing roof terrace.

Leasehold

1,117 sq ft / 104 sq m

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Appreciate, a friendly, and experienced service where you will be treated as an individual and not as an item on a form.

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DILKE STREET, CHELSEA, SW3 New to the market and refurbished throughout to the highest standards, an architect designed house (2,710 sq ft/252 sq m) with a first floor galleried reception room.

The house is extraordinarily light, benefitting from a triple storey central atrium. This beautifully presented property benefits from the facilities expected in an up to the minute contemporary property, including a home cinema, part air conditioning, a patio and garage, along with extensive storage space.

Dilke Street is quietly located between Tite Street and Swan Walk in close proximity to the River Thames, the Chelsea Physic Garden and the gardens of the Royal Hospital.

ENTRANCE HALL : 3 STOREY CENTRAL ATRIUM : FIRST FLOOR RECEPTION ROOM : DINING AREA : KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM CLOAKROOM : 2 DOUBLE BEDROOMS : BEDROOM 3/DRESSING ROOM : 2 BATHROOMS (EN SUITE) : SHOWER ROOM (EN SUITE) HOME CINEMA/MEDIA ROOM : UTILITY ROOM : WINE CELLAR/storage : INTEGRAL GARAGE : PATIO

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Freehold Guide Price: ÂŁ4,750,000

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Markham Street, Chelsea SW3 An immaculate, newly refurbished period house situated on the eastern side of this popular street just off Kings Road and within easy reach of Sloane Square.

Freehold Price: £3,250,000

n 3/4 bedrooms n 2 bathrooms (1 en suite) n Reception room n Dining room n Kitchen n Study/bedroom 4 n Guest cloakroom n Patio garden

Call or visit: 4 Yeoman’s Row Brompton Road London SW3 2AH 020 7590 0066 www.kayeandcarey.co.uk Matthew Kaye

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LONDON PROPERTY

REVIEW It was love at first sight when the eyes of the current owner were first drawn to the charms of a mews house in cobbled Albion Close.

She spotted the house one day as she walked past the entrance to the secluded gated mews. It looked so pretty that she wanted to buy it without even seeing inside. Her husband rushed round so they could view the house and they decided to buy immediately.

Now on the market once more, ready to catch the eye of another unsuspecting passer-by, the end-of-terrace property is one of only 12 houses in the private close off Bayswater Road, at the northern edge of Hyde Park.

Enjoying the standout position in the mews, the three-bedroom home features a dual-aspect reception with three large sash windows, and a marble-floored dining room. But the owner’s favourite space is the Smallbone kitchen, which contains allmatching implements and accessories and was created especially for her.

The master bedroom has a luxury en suite bathroom, and an integral garage and second private parking space are included.

Albion Close, Hyde Park W2, £2,775,000, Knight Frank 020 7871 5060

On top of West Ken TWO TERRACES Offering great investment potential, a two-bedroom maisonette in Munster Road, Fulham, has two decked roof terraces.

A half landing to the two bedrooms on the second floor leads to a roof terrace with open blue-sky views of the neighbourhood. The fully fitted kitchen and dining room on the first floor leads to the second terrace.

The first floor contains a reception room at the front and the smaller of the two double bedrooms. This level also has a utility room. The master bedroom on the second floor has fitted wardrobes down the length of one wall.

Munster Road, Fulham SW6, £495,000, Douglas & Gordon 020 7731 4391

The Grange is a former council block in West Kensington and a two-bedroom maisonette is now for sale on the top two floors – the third and fourth.

With wooden flooring throughout, the apartment in Lisgar Terrace offers 710 sq ft of living space. The lower floor includes a modern kitchen with integrated oven and hob and fridge freezer, and the reception has glass doors leading to a balcony with impressive southerly views.

Two double bedrooms with wardrobes and a family bathroom are on the top floor. Lisgar Terrace is handy for West Kensington tube station, Earls Court and Kensington High Street.

The Grange, Lisgar Terrace, West Kensington W14, £375,000, Tates 020 7602 6020

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Always safe and secure in Thornwood Gardens When you’re away from home you’ll know your home is always safe and well protected, thanks to 24-hour security and porterage at the exclusive Thornwood Gardens in Kensington.

A townhouse currently for sale here is one of only eight at this select and secure development next to Holland Park, and contains a host of highspec attractions such as an internal lift, swimming pool and gym, and a bespoke media room.

Inside living space extends to 6775 sq ft, including five bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, enhanced by a roof terrace with panoramic views, a westfacing garden, and private underground parking for three cars.

“The house was designed to maximise the use of light by crafting open spaces and permeability between floors and rooms,” said Roddy Craggs

of estate agent Knight Frank. “On entering you get a real feel for the time and money that has been invested in the property. Contemporary meets conventional styling in an extremely high specification.”

Sophisticated entertainment, communication and security systems are installed, and an automatic lighting control system offers varying degrees of mood lighting at the touch of a button.

Thornwood Gardens is close to Academy Gardens at the north of the Phillimore Estate, where notable residents have included Ford Madox Ford, Herbert Hoover, Kenneth Graham and Freddie Mercury.

Thornwood Gardens, Kensington W8, £20.5m, Knight Frank, 020 7938 4311

“Peace of mind when you are at home, peace of mind when you are away” Roddy Craggs, Knight Frank

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138 SHEPHERDS BUSH ROAD LONDON W6 7PB Telephone: 020 7371 4171 • Facsimile: 020 7371 4166 Email: sales@finlaybrewer.co.uk • Web: www.finlaybrewer.co.uk

APPLEGARTH ROAD W14 4 DOUBLE BEDROOMS • FULL WIDTH KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM DOUBLE RECEPTION • SPACIOUS BATHROOM • SHOWER/STEAM ROOM GUEST CLOAKROOM • 35’ APX GARDEN WITH SIDE ACCESS • LARGE UTILITY/CELLAR

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CAITHNESS ROAD W14 5/6 DOUBLE BEDROOMS • FULL WIDTH KITCHEN/BREAKFAST ROOM DOUBLE RECEPTION • PLAYROOM/BEDROOM 6 • 2 BATHROOMS (1 EN SUITE) 2 SHOWER ROOMS (1 EN SUITE) • 38’ SOUTH EAST FACING GARDEN • 14’3 STORAGE ROOM

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Kensington West, Blythe Road W14

ÂŁ1,150,000

This beautifully presented two double bedroom flat is located on the 5th floor of Kensington West, a very well maintained modern block of flats, a short distance from Kensington High Street. Within this impressive development there are on site leisure facilities which include a swimming pool, multi station gym, squash courts and a sauna. Kensington West also benefits from 24 hour concierge and porterage service, security entrance systems and video surveillance. This flat has a balcony off the spacious reception room and both the double bedrooms are en-suite.

There is an underground parking space allocated to this flat.

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North End House, W14

ÂŁ625 Per Week

A bright and spacious three double bedroom furnished flat in this well maintained portered block. The development has a large immaculate central communal garden, porter and lift. The flat further comprises large bright reception room, two bathrooms and spacious hall with ample space for a dining area. One allocated parking space included. Available now.

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Chevers Hall for riding, swimming and tennis There’s plenty to keep any active family entertained at Chevers Hall, set in its own 7.6 acres of grounds with an outdoor swimming pool, modern tennis and netball court, and equestrian facilities. A detached bungalow annexe can accommodate extended family or staff.

A long tree-lined avenue takes you to this Grade II listed, seven-bedroom country home in High Ongar, Essex.

Automatic entry gates and a sweeping gravel drive are flanked by the property’s own lawns, paddocks and a fenced natural duck pond.

With high ceilings, the house has been extensively restored. Typical of a hall house, most rooms are dual aspect and overlook the grounds. Many have period beams, fireplaces and woodburners.

Among numerous rural attractions is a 33ft air-conditioned family and entertaining room with space for gaming tables and a banqueting table, and seating by the woodburner in the

exposed-brick chimneybreast.

A 25ft country kitchen and breakfast room, designed and created by Felsted Joinery, features a traditional Aga oven and base units of solid oak. Mighty timbers are on display in the ceiling, and there’s a walk-in pantry – complete with automatic sensor light.

Grounds and meadows can comfortably meet the needs of two horses, supported by a pair of newly constructed stables on skids. Norton Heath Equestrian Centre is two-anda-half miles up the road. Chevers Hall is set back and screened 820ft from the A414, and Brentwood, Epping and Ongar are all within nine miles. Epping has an underground station (Central Line).

London 30 miles Chevers Hall, Chelmsford Road, High Ongar, Essex, £1.75m, Zoe Napier 01621 840333

“This is an outstanding Grade II listed country home, having been beautifully refurbished, set back down a long entrance avenue” Zoe Napier

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Ladybird, Ladybird STONE BARN

A Grade II listed stone barn conversion in the Oxfordshire village of Little Milton, near Thame, has flexible living space on two floors.

The three-bedroom home has walled and landscaped gardens at the front and rear, and plenty of off-road parking. Inside space includes an entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast room, and study.

There are three bathrooms as well as a cloakroom and utility room. Little Milton is two-and-a-half miles south of the M40, Junction 7.

London 49 miles Little Milton, Thame, Oxfordshire, guide price £550,000, Reaston Brown 01844 260626 or 020 7079 1589

Ladybird Cottage is a redbrick thatched property that stands in a secluded spot in the Wiltshire hamlet of West Stowell, a few miles south of the well-heeled market town of Marlborough.

Offering four or five bedrooms and two or three reception rooms, the cottage now available to let has far-reaching views across the neighbouring open countryside. Wonderful walking and riding and scenery is on your doorstep, and the home in the Vale of Pewsey is close to Wiltshire’s highest point, Milk Hill, location of the Alton Barnes white horse.

Gabby Walker, residential lettings director at estate agent Manningford Croft Maclaine, said: “The house has a great feeling about it. The layout is well planned, with large rooms, plenty of bathrooms, particularly lovely gardens opening onto countryside and ideal space for a young family.”

London 80 miles Ladybird Cottage, West Stowell, Marlborough, Wiltshire, £2350 per month, Manningford Croft Maclaine 01672 564555

Cider with Briar Dating back to the 19th century, Briar Cottage stands on the sunny side of the Cotswold village of Sheepscombe in Cider With Rosie country. The book’s author Laurie Lee lived in the nearby village of Slad and was a regular at Sheepscombe’s Butchers Arms.

The cottage enjoys a south-facing aspect and farreaching elevated views. An entrance hall with a slatetiled floor leads to a large sitting and dining room featuring a pair of stone-mullioned windows at the front and an inglenook fireplace with a woodburner.

The study also has a pair of front windows.

Fitted with a range of shaker units, the kitchen and breakfast room leads to a recent addition to the fourbedroom cottage: an open plan conservatory that looks out towards the private gardens and village.

There’s easy parking behind the property.

Sheepscombe Valley was once part of a royal deer park for Henry VIII. The village is handy for Stroud, Cirencester or Cheltenham.

London 111 miles Briar Cottage, Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire, £650,000, Perry Bishop 01285 655355

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High-spec refurbishment has been completed at Loke Barn, a contemporary four-bedroom conversion in Suffolk that can offer low-cost, ground-source heating.

Standing just outside the village of Wissett, three miles from Halesworth, the property also has underfloor heating and is double-glazed throughout. A stable door from the front patio garden opens into an entrance hall with travertine floor tiling.

The fully fitted contemporary cook’s kitchen and dining room was designed

by Mulberry and includes two Siemens ovens and two sets of folding doors to the front terrace. The impressive

reception room features a vaulted ceiling, woodburner, oak flooring and exposed timbers, as well as full-height windows and doors to the rear garden.

A curved staircase rises from the entrance hall to a galleried sitting room overlooking the reception. The downstairs master bedroom has French windows to the garden, solid oak flooring and exposed timbers, and an en suite dressing room and tiled wet room.

London 112 miles Loke Barn, Wissett, Suffolk, guide price £499,999, Musker McIntyre 01986 888205

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Banking on rural living Detached and Grade II listed Pump Green Cottage stands in grounds of a third of an acre in a Suffolk conservation area overflowing with wildlife and rural walks.

Dating back to the 17th century, the property in the village of Fakenham Magna, near Bury St Edmunds, has modern-day such as include a heated outdoor swimming pool. A former forge outbuilding now serves as a garage or workshop.

The four to five-bedroom cottage is timber-frame construction beneath a reed-thatched roof. Generous ground floor ceiling heights pose no risk to taller members of the family, and the sitting room has a redbrick inglenook fireplace.

It has a front garden, and a rear garden with several terraces and lawned areas. A grass bank at the top is surrounded by open countryside and fallow farmland.

London 87 miles Pump Green Cottage, Fakenham Magna, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, offers above £350,000, Robinson’s Portfolio 01284 769694

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1 COUNTRY HOME IN ENCHANTING WOODED GROUNDS east grinstead, west sussex 4 reception rooms ø 7 bedrooms ø 5 bathrooms ø Minstrel's gallery ø integral annexe ø 2 bedroom lodge ø 2 bedroom cottage ø 3 bedroom gardener's cottage ø garaging and stores ø tennis court ø mature parkland, woodland and paddocks ø in all about 48.2 acres

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1 IMPRESSIVE FAMILY HOME IN BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS lindfield, west sussex Main house: 5 reception rooms ø 7 bedrooms ø 5 bathrooms ø including self-contained 2 bedroom apartment ø pool ø tennis court ø extensive garaging with wine cellar ø formal and informal gardens ø paddocks ø woodland and ponds ø detached 3 bedroom Lodge House ø in all about 20 acres Guide £3.95 million

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01249 701900

7 High Street, Corsham Wiltshire SN13 0ES e corsham@david-ingram.co.uk www.david-ingram.co.uk

The Old Coach House, Kington St Michael, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Guide price £945,000 An outstanding conversion of a former Coach House providing stylish and versatile accommodation retaining immense charm and character.

Magnificent central spiral staircase, bespoke kitchen units and complimented by delightful, private gardens, garaging and sweeping driveway with ample parking. Quietly situated at the end of a private driveway to Kington Manor. Thriving village community with local amenities including church, school, village stores and two public houses. M4 motorway junction 17 within 3 miles and Chippenham 3 miles with high speed rail service to London (Paddington).

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Woodbridge 01394 380330 Country Homes 01728 622330

www.gkl.co.uk St Johns Street, Woodbridge

£495,000

A MUST SEE IDEAL WEEKEND HOME! This beautifully presented Stylish 4 bedroom Town House is located in the heart of Woodbridge, just a stones throw away from the river, railway station, shops, restaurants and amenities. A fantastic opportunity for a weekend home for commuters with a travel time by train of approx 1 hour 30 Minutes to London Liverpool Street. The property is believed to date back to 1840 and has recently undergone a major renovation project that included a rear extension providing additional living space, a new stylish fitted kitchen with granite work surfaces, two new bathroom suites, a shower room, argon filled timber framed double glazed windows and additional insulation to the walls and attic room ceilings for efficiency, a new gas fired boiler and pressurized water system.

Cumberland Street, Woodbridge

£199,950

IDEAL WEEKEND/INVESTMENT HOME Situated in the heart of Woodbridge in one of its most sought after Street’s. Number 16, is an attractive Grade II listed end of terrace cottage that has had considerable renovation works carried out over recent years. Retaining much of the original character, the accommodation comprises sitting room with open red brick fire place and original antique pine corner unit, kitchen, first floor double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and second floor attic bedroom. The property is further enhanced by gas fired central heating, exterior utility and attractive courtyard garden with side pedestrian access. The property is being offered with no onward chain. Due to location, the multiple shopping, recreational and transport facilities of Woodbridge are immediately to hand, as is the River Deben and Heritage Coastline.

Scott Lane, Melton Park, Woodbridge

EXCLUSIVE PROEPRTY In a tucked away position, this outstanding detached Georgian styled property, is perhaps one of the best presented and positioned on the whole Melton Park development. Overlooking a central lowered green with wooded backdrop, the beautifully presented accommodation comprises entrance hallway with solid oak flooring, guest cloakroom, study with solid oak flooring, sitting room with living flame gas fire, dining room with American Blonde solid wood birch flooring, Countryside hardwood conservatory, generous kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, Master bedroom with fully refitted Woodbridge Interiors ensuite, guest room with ensuite, two further bedrooms and family bathroom. With high ceilings both upstairs and downstairs, the property has a light and bright feel throughout.

Seckford Street, Woodbridge

£279,950

GREAT WEEKEND GETAWAY Situated in a highly popular location this Grade II Listed town house, a former public house named The Garland sits a few hundred yards from the Market Square. This property offers retained character and charm comprising sitting room with a wood burner, dining room, kitchen, double bedroom with ensuite toilet, a further double bedroom and a landing room, plus a bathroom. Further benefits include gas fired central heating by radiator, and an attractive mature garden with a patio and outbuilding. Also throughout the property there is wooden floors and beams. Seckford Street is walking distance to Fenn Meadow an area of open space, the River Deben is close by, the railway runs from the town to Ipswich and there frequent connections that run to Liverpool Street.

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A beautifully presented detached home occupying a spectacular waterfront location adjoining a brook and mill race with open country views beyond. Close to the market town of Devizes which caters for most everyday leisure and shopping needs, there are country walks in abundance, with a public house and primary school in the village close by..

Central Wiltshire

Guide Price: ÂŁ450,000

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Links Farmhouse, Thurlton, Norfolk

£400,000

Boasting a wealth of warmth and character, this attractive Tudor Long House enjoys a pleasant aspect on the fringes of the popular village of Thurlton; in a plot of approx. 0.32 ACRES (sts).

Entrance Hall • Kitchen/Dining Room • Cloakroom • Utility Room • Wet Room • Drawing Room • Three Double Bedrooms • Fourth Bedroom/Study • Family Bathroom • Garage & Outbuildings • Mature Gardens of approx. 0.32 acres (sts) Loddon Office 01508 521110 info@muskermcintyre.co.uk

Chedgrave, Nr Loddon, Norfolk

£575,000

An impressive detached Arts & Craft’s house presented in excellent condition with many original features and spacious accommodation. Five bedrooms, four bathrooms (two en-suite) and the additional benefit of a separate apartment/annex with its own single garage.

Entrance Hall • Drawing Room • Second Reception Room • Utility Room • Kitchen/Breakfast room • Two Cloakrooms • Master Bedroom with En-suite Bathroom • Four further Double Bedrooms • Three further Bathrooms (1 En-suite) • Double Garage • Landscaped Gardens • Driveway • Plot of approx. 0.44 Acres (sts) Loddon Office 01508 521110 info@muskermcintyre.co.uk

Simon McIntyre Bungay Office Tel. 01986 888160

Joanna McIntyre Loddon Office Tel. 01508 521110

Richard Clarke Beccles Office Tel. 01502 710180

Will Sadler Diss Office Tel. 01379 644822

Andrew Neil Halesworth Office Tel. 01986 888205

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LITTLE MILTON

Guide Price £550,000

A most attractive, stone character cottage set in a quiet no through road in the sought after village of Little Milton.

Within walking distance of village shop and school.

Sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room with Aga, utility room, cloakroom, master bedroom with en suite bathroom, two further double bedrooms, shower room, walled courtyard and mature garden, ample parking.

GREAT MILTON

Guide Price £650,000

A delightful spacious five bedroom Victorian cottage situated in an idyllic location within the Conservation Area of this popular village. Early inspection advised. Perfect for the Oxford and Abingdon schools.

Sitting room, reception room, study, kitchen/breakfast room with Aga, garden room, utility room, cloakroom, five bedrooms, two bathrooms, garage, garden.

GARSINGTON

Guide Price £585,000

A delightful spacious stone period house, with original parts dating back to c.1617 and formerly the village bakery, retaining a wealth of character and many original features, providing versatile accommodation in this sought after village location.

Entrance hall, cloakroom, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, four double bedrooms (all en suite), bedroom five/dressing room, studio, loft room, cellar, garage, gardens.

GARSINGTON

Guide Price £585,000

A delightful Grade II attached period stone cottage dating back to c.1690 with a stunning vaulted dining room, together wtih a converted barn providing an annexe. Walled courtyard garden.

Sitting room with inglenook fireplace, kitchen/breakfast room, dining room with vaulted ceiling, study, four bedrooms, family bathroom, cloakroom. Barn with kitchenette, shower room, cloakroom, and mezzanine floor. Stable. Off road parking.

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Inkpen – West Berkshire Price Guide: £2,350,000 Subject to Contract – Freehold A comprehensively renovated and substantially extended country house set in mature, private gardens and grounds approaching 3 acres in a lovely woodland setting. The property offers both formal and informal living space ideal for modern family life. There is a good two bedroom cottage set within the grounds ideal for guest or ancillary accommodation. There is a tennis court and ample space for a swimming pool if required.

Kintbury 2 miles (London, Paddington about 1 hour). Hungerford 5 miles. Newbury 8 miles. M4 (J13) 10 miles and (J14) 9 miles. Oxford 32 miles. London 65 miles.

Entrance Hall 46’ Kitchen/Family Room Drawing Room Dining Room Sitting Room Laundry Room Boot Room Larder Cloakroom Master Bedroom with Dressing Room and En Suite Bathroom Five/Six Further Bedrooms (one En Suite) Two Bathrooms Detached two Bedroom Cottage with Double Garage Triple Open Bay Timber Garage Extensive Gardens Tennis Court

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WANGFORD VILLAGE STORE £895,000

Porch Entrance Hall Sitting Room Dining Room Kitchen Rear Hall Utility Room Cellar Self Contained Annexe comprising: Sitting Room Bedroom Wet Room Kitchen/Diner 6 First Floor Bedrooms (3 En-suite) Family Bathroom Shower Room Study Grade II Listed Georgian Grounds of Approx 2 Acres

Ground Floor: Entrance Hall TV Lounge Dining Room Kitchen/Breakfast Room Sitting Room Cellar First Floor: 4 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms Second Kitchen Drawing Room Office Area Games Room Village Store with floor area including store room of approximately 1990 square feet Landscaped Gardens of 0.65 Acres (s.t.s.)

WRENTHAM £395,000

SOUTHWOLD £595,000

Sitting Room Drawing Room/Study Kitchen/Diner Utility/Shower Room/Cloakroom 3 Useful Outbuildings Courtyard Garden 3 First Floor bedrooms Family Bathroom Gardens Extending to 0.3 Acre sts Charming Period Property

Entrance Hall Sitting Room Kitchen/Diner Cloakroom 2 First Floor Bedrooms Bathroom Courtyard Garden Centrally Located Yards from the High Street, the Seafront and South Green

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35 Brock Street, The Circus, Bath BA1 2LN T: 01225 333332

Bradford on Avon Office

37 Market Street, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1LJ T: 01225 866111

cobbfarr.com

Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath

ÂŁ2,400,000

An impressive seven bedroom detached Edwardian villa set in magnificent grounds and enjoying stunning elevated panoramic views over the city of Bath.

Situated in a highly sought after, quiet residential location just off Bathwick Hill, close to many amenities and within a 10 minute walk of the city centre.

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country & equestrian reassuringly unique Essex, Nr Wickham Bishops Wickham Bishops 1.5 miles, Maldon 4 miles, Witham 4 miles.

Stunning small country estate with premium equestrian facilities with options to purchase a pair of adjacent coach house cottages and additional land, if required.

Well-appointed 7 bedroom Grade II Listed main house with a 0.25 mile private access road with automatic entry gates. Pair of semi-detached cottages. Fabulous stable complex to include horse walker, stocks, solariums and rest room. 60 x 20m floodlit manege with training mirrors. South facing manicured gardens.

£1,750,000 to £2,500,000 15.5 acres to 70.3 acres (sts)

Essex, High Ongar Chipping Ongar 2.5 miles, Ingatestone 7.3 miles, Chelmsford 9 miles.

A beautifully refurbished and substantial seven bedroom country house set well back from the road in a highly desirable location with both leisure and equestrian facilities.

Three storey Listed property, well designed main house with bespoke kitchen/breakfast room and 5 reception rooms. Large 33 x 20ft games room ideal for entertaining and south west facing gardens with pool and tennis court. Adjoining paddock land with stables and bridleway access. Private sweeping drive with auto entry gates.

Guide Price £1,750,000

7.6 acres (sts)

Essex, Stisted Braintree 2 miles, Kelvedon & Witham 6.8 miles, Colchester 15 miles.

A substantial and stunning three storey four/five bedroom family home nestled back within its own grounds offering excellent leisure and lifestyle facilities.

Beautifully presented with an original solid oak theme to include historic carvings. Well-proportioned rooms and top floor teenage suite. Equestrian facilities, tennis court, plans passed for substantial extensions and a detached indoor pool complex. Triple garaging, established gardens and auto gated entrance drive.

Guide Price £925,000

4.5 acre (sts)

Essex, Radley Green Writtle 3.5 miles, Chelmsford 5.5 miles, Ingatestone 6 miles.

A superb Grade II listed four bedroom equestrian property at ‘entry level’ with the rare benefit of an indoor 40 x 20 m riding school and detached annexe.

Former granary conversion with magnificent heavy oak frame, vaulted ceilings and immense character. Landscaped gardens which adjoins own grazing. 8 full size stables, large heated tack room. Immediate network of bridleways and excellent one bedroom self-contained annexe. All tucked away in a very private farm yard style position.

Guide Price £835,000

3.25 acre (sts)

www.inthecountryside.com 01621 840333 The Toll House, Maldon, Essex CM9 4LE Offices at Maldon, Ingatestone (p/t) & Mayfair, London

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£795,000

Peterborough (King’s Cross 50 mins) 12 miles | Stamford 14 miles | Cambridge 32 miles A truly stunning, Grade II* Listed property, dating from 1641, offering beautiful, three storey accommodation with up to five bedrooms, garden and garaging, set within a few yards of the Market Place and enjoying un-rivalled views of St Peter’s Church.

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Tring, Hertfordshire

Guide Price £650,000

A beautiful and elegant four bedroom Victorian house, situated in one of the most sought-after locations in the Conservation Area and with stunning views over open fields. ◆◆ Tring town centre - 0.3 mile

◆◆ Living Room

◆◆ Tring station (Euston apx 40 mins) - 2 miles ◆◆ Kitchen/family room

◆◆ Well presented throughout

◆◆ Side passage/store

◆◆ Mature gardens to front & rear

◆◆ Berkhamsted - 5 miles

◆◆ Utility room

◆◆ Four bedrooms

◆◆ Views over open fields

◆◆ Entrance hall

◆◆ Shower room

◆◆ Bathroom

◆◆ Period features

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Chilton Hills, Nr Thame, Oxfordshire

Guide Price £999,950

A Well Presented Modern Detached Family Home, Benefiting From A Larger Than Average Bespoke Conservatory, Garage And Ample Off Road Parking, With No Onward Chain Reception Hall • Drawing Room • Dining Room • Study • Conservatory • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Utility Room • Cloakroom • Master Bedroom With EnSuite • Guest Bedroom With En-Suite • Three Further Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • Integral Double Garage • Detached Single Garage • Carport/Wood Store • Set in Approximately 1.6 Acres

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire

Guide Price £450,000

A Charming Detached Cottage Situated On The Edge Of This Sought After Town Centre, Benefiting From Three Double Bedrooms And Characterful Accommodation Entrance Hall • Sitting Room Open Plan To Dining Room • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Rear Lobby • Split Level Landing • Three Double Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • Garage • Off Road Parking • Front & Rear Gardens • Gas Fired Central Heating • Mainly Double Glazed Windows

THAME OFFICE Belmont House, 13 Upper High Street, Thame OX9 3ER Tel: 01844 260626 thame@reastonbrown.co.uk

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Chedworth • Gloucestershire Beautifully situated enjoying an elevated yet secluded location with far reaching views.

Minchinhampton • Gloucestershire Beautiful 1934 late Arts & Crafts style property, substantially renovated and extended yet retaining the original character.

An impressive period style home with Cotswold stone elevations providing a well proportioned 4/5 bedroom family home. This includes a most impressive kitchen/dining/ family room with circa 1.7 acres of formal gardens and paddocks plus outbuildings.

A wonderfully comfortable 4 double bedroom family home plus detached studio annex above the double garage. Approximately 1/4 acre plot with large gardens to the side and rear, opposite the National Trustʼs common land.

Guide price £725,000

Guide price £900,000

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Longcot • Oxfordshire A stunning family home situated in 2 acres of land, renovated to a very high standard.

Painswick • Gloucestershire A fully renovated detached period cottage offering a quality character home in the heart of the Cotswolds.

Guide price £3,500 pcm

Guide price £235,000

2 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, utility, study, large master bedroom with dressing room and en suite, guest bedroom with en suite, 2 further bedrooms. Beautiful gardens and paddock. Ideally located for the M4 and 2 main train stations.

This two bedroom accommodation enjoys a blend of contemporary and traditional touches with the semi open plan kitchen and living space. With its private classic cottage garden, the property is perfect for those seeking an individual or holiday home in the heart of Painswick.

Faringdon Lettings office 01367 244063

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Cirencester

Faringdon

Marble Arch, London

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Hawstead (3 miles south of Bury St Edmunds), 17 miles main line Stowmarket/Liverpool Street Guide ÂŁ995,000 Handsome Georgian influenced modern house standing in 4 acres of beautiful private grounds with stunning far reaching views.

Located in one of the areas most sought after villages within easy access of the A14/M11 and glorious countryside.

Large reception hall, three reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast, utility, conservatory. Master bedroom suite, three further bedrooms, (two en-suite) bathroom.

Separate snooker room complex, store, summerhouse, lodge accommodation, hard tennis court, double garage, small barn.Viewing strongly recommended.

Pakenham (5 miles north east of Bury St Edmunds), 11.5 miles main line Stowmarket/Liverpool Street

Guide ÂŁ875,000

Impressive former farmhouse with flexible annexe wing. Occupying a secluded yet convenient location along a quiet lane on the edge of this popular and picturesque village.

Stunning A.G.A. kitchen / breakfast / family room with open plan vaulted garden room, formal dining room, drawing room, sitting room. Master bedroom with dressing area, five further bedrooms, shower room, bathroom. Annexe wing, large study, shower room, utility room, boot room, stairs to landing room, two bedrooms, study area, shower room. Wealth of architectural features, broad open fireplaces, double-glazing, oil central heating. Well maintained encompassing gardens, double garage. Highly recommended.

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citydirectory Savills Islington 94-96 Upper Street, London N1 0NP

Islington Cluttons Islington 6 Camden Walk N1 8DY

 020 7226 1313  islington@savills.com

www.savills.com  020 7354 6666  islington@cluttons.com

www.cluttons.com

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Currell Islington 321 Upper Street Islington N1 2XQ 020 7226 4200 islington@currell.com www.currell.com 

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Currell New Homes Islington House, 313 Upper Street, Islington N1 2XQ  020 7226 6611  newhomes@currell.com

Bloomsbury Property 98 Gray’s Inn Road WC1X 8AJ

callum roberts

Callum Roberts 40 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8NW  020 7242 9977  info@callumroberts.com

www.callumroberts.com

Chesterton Humberts 327-329 Upper Street Islington N1 2XQ

Currell Clerkenwell 122/124 St John Street Clerkenwell EC1V 4JS

 020 7359 9777  sales.islington@chestertonhumberts.com

 020 7226 6611  clerkenwell@currell.com

www.chestertonhumberts.com

www.currell.com

Hamptons Islington 97-99 Upper Street Islington N1 0NP

Currell Hackney Quebec Wharf, 311-313 Kingsland Road, Hackney E8 4DL

 020 7717 5103  islington@hamptons-int.com

 020 7241 4111  hackney@currell.com

www.hamptons.co.uk

www.currell.com

Hugh Grover Associates 325 Upper Street Islington N1 2XQ

Currell Victoria Park 81 Lauriston Road Victoria Park E9 7HJ

 020 3435 4656  sales@hughgrover.co.uk

 020 3222 5555  victoriapark@currell.com

www.hughgrover.co.uk

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REVIEW Visit these agents for properties in the City, Islington and Docklands Hamptons City Aldermary House, 15 Queen Street, London EC4N 1TX

Knight Frank 1 Wapping High Street, London E1W 1BH

 020 7717 5293  city@hamptons-int.com

 020 7480 6848  wapping@knightfrank.com

www.hamptons.co.uk

www.knightfrank.co.uk

Knight Frank 18-19 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QW

Docklands Bushells Docklands 7 Wapping High Street Wapping, London E1W 1LS

 020 7512 9966  cwharf@knightfrank.com

www.knightfrank.co.uk

 020 3515 0011  docklands@bushells.com

www.bushells.com

Dawn Sandoval Residential Ltd Dawn Sandoval Residential Sales - Lettings - Property Management

 020 7093 1702  dawn@dawnsandovalresidential.co.uk

Landmark 264 Westferry Road, London E14 3AG  020 7515 0800  info@lmlondon.com

www.lmlondon.com

www.dawnsandovalresidential.co.uk

FJ Lord 4 Copper Row, Tower Bridge Piazza, Shad Thames SE1 2LH  020 7089 6490  shad.thames@fjlord.co.uk

Savills Canary Wharf 4 Westferry Circus, London  020 7531 2500  canarywharf@savills.com

www.savills.com

www.fjlord.co.uk Henry Wiltshire 2 Laybourne House, Admirals Way london E14 9UH  020 7001 9160  kelly@henrywiltshire.co.uk

www.henrywiltshire.co.uk

Savills Docklands 80 Wapping High Street, London  020 7456 6800  docklands@savills.com

www.savills.com

Hamptons Tower Bridge 41 Shad Thames London SE1 2NJ

Winkworth Surrey Quays Surrey Quays Shopping Centre SE16 7LL

 020 77175124  towerbridge@hamptons-int.com

 020 7237 9119  surreyquays@winkworth.co.uk

www.hamptons.co.uk

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Flying out the door Report by Cheryl Markosky Nick Hubbard from Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings Knightsbridge reports a record-breaking second quarter this year, concluding with the highest number of tenancies ever in a single quarter.

“We expect this to continue into the autumn, as demand has spanned the market, from one-bed apartments to larger luxury high-end properties,” he said.

Hubbard notes that recently launched apartments in west London have “flown out the door, with tenants happy to take on a short commute in exchange for great facilities and value for money. We’re finding most of the landlords at these developments are from Hong Kong and Singapore.”

With new developments in central London in short supply, newly refurbished properties are becoming increasingly popular. “We’ve just let a newly redecorated three-bed, three-bath apartment off Brompton Road for the full asking rental of £1300 per week.”

Seasonality has all but disappeared from the market, argues Matthew Hobbs of Savills Kensington. After a relatively steady first quarter, followed by a quiet Easter,

DESIGNED BY FINCHATTON the second half of May and June were terrific, with family houses leading the field. “The market cooled as we hit the summer holidays and the Olympics, and stock that had been earmarked for Olympic lets is now filtering through without the over-hyped pricing.”

Hobbs says we’re yet to see the return of the ‘accidental landlord’, and private applicants are displacing corporate relocation applicants. “In particular, we’re seeing more Brits renting to facilitate bigger, longer-term moves.”

Lucy Morton from WA Ellis is also witnessing a strong family house market – the sector where rent increases are occurring. “We’ve seen bidding wars due to the ongoing shortage of quality family homes to rent.

A five-bedroom property in Knightsbridge attracted competitive bids from three parties on the first day it came onto the market, and it’s been let close to the asking price of £2950 a week.”

But it’s not just family homes that are attracting all the attention. It appears that quality outs at just about any level. “We’ve also had competitive bidding on a two-bedroom flat in Cadogan Square, as well as on a four-bedroom flat in Pont Street,” she adds.

A two-bedroom lateral apartment on Eaton Place, Belgravia, was extensively rebuilt by specialist property design company Finchatton in 2006.

Set on the second floor of a white stucco-fronted period building, the living space was designed to create two high-spec en suite bedrooms, a full-width reception room leading to a decked balcony, and a dining room open to a fully integrated kitchen with Miele appliances. Total inside space is 1522 sq ft.

Eaton Place, Belgravia SW1, £2350 per week furnished, Kaye & Carey 020 7590 0060

“Demand has spanned the market, from one-bed apartments to larger luxury high-end properties” Nick Hubbard, Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings

You need Hans for luxury A refurbished ground floor apartment is hidden behind an original stone gabled façade in an elegant Edwardian building close to Harrods and the boutiques of Knightsbridge.

The apartment in Hans Crescent offers contemporary living with period features and includes a large reception and dining area with bay windows and a high-spec kitchen. A master bedroom with fitted wardrobes is served by a luxury bathroom, and another double bedroom also has a smart en suite. The home includes a lift and concierge service.

Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge SW1, £1250 per week furnished, Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings 020 7581 2112

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London’s Letting Agency www.brlets.co.uk

Imperial Wharf

£375 pw Furnished

Knightsbridge

£430 pw Furnished

Knightsbridge

£530 pw Furnished

Studio/Living Space | 1 Bathroom Lift | 24hr Concierge | Balcony | Parking

1 Bedroom | 1 Reception | 1 Bathroom 24hr Porter | Gym | Sauna | Parking

1 Bedroom | 1 Reception | 1 Bathroom Parking | Porter | Near Harrods

Imperial Wharf 020 7348 7620 imperialwharf@brlets.co.uk

Knightsbridge 020 7581 2112

Knightsbridge 020 7581 2112

Knightsbridge

Kensington

£600 pw Furn/Unfurnished

knight@brlets.co.uk

£670 pw Furnished

Kensington

knight@brlets.co.uk

£800 pw Furnished

2 Bedrooms | 1 Reception | 2 Bathrooms Porter | Terrace | Parking | Close To Tube

2 Bedrooms | 1 Reception | 2 Bathrooms Lift | Parking | Close To Amenities & Tube

2 Bedrooms | 1 Reception | 2 Bathrooms Communal Garden | Lift | Amenities Nearby

Knightsbridge 020 7581 2112

Kensington 020 7938 3522

Kensington 020 7938 3522

Hyde Park

knight@brlets.co.uk

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Knightsbridge

kens@brlets.co.uk

£1,300 pw Unfurnished

Kensington

kens@brlets.co.uk

£4,700 pw Unfurnished

3 Bedrooms | 1 Reception | 2 Bathrooms Patio | Close to Hyde Park | Tube Nearby

3 Bedrooms | 1 Reception | 3 Bathrooms Parking | Lift | Porter| Balcony | Near To Tube

4 Bedrooms | 1 Reception | 4 Bathrooms Patio | Terrace | Amenities Nearby

Hyde Park 020 7402 9866

Knightsbridge 020 7581 2112

Kensington 020 7938 3522

Nine offices open six days a week: Beaufort Park 020 8732 7980 Canary Wharf 020 7517 6088 City 020 7213 9700

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Hampstead Highgate Hyde Park

020 7435 9681 020 8341 2335 020 7402 9866

Imperial Wharf Kensington Knightsbridge

knight@brlets.co.uk

020 7348 7620 020 7938 3522 020 7581 2112

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Association of Residential Letting Agents

Nine offices open six days a week: Beaufort Park | Canary Wharf | City | Hampstead | Highgate Hyde Park | Imperial Wharf | Kensington | Knightsbridge

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Devonshire Place, Kensington Green W8 Charmingly refurbished 1900 sq ft FOUR Bedroom Owner’s Home with divine garden and two underground parking spaces in this sought after gated development in the Heart of Kensington. Email for a brochure with floor plan.

Available end September for Long Let

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Cornwall Gardens, SW7 A fabulous newly refurbished 2140 sq ft three bedroom house incorporating a high level of technology with generous entertaining space and occupying a coveted corner position on the quiet westerly terrace of this sought after garden square.

Email for a brochure with floor plan.

Available end September for Long Let Unfurnished ÂŁ2600 per week

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A chance to join the Albany set Once described by Country Life as ‘London’s most exclusive address’, Albany is a 19th century mansion off Piccadilly with a list of illustrious past residents that reads like an A-Z of English society over the past 250 years.

A two-bedroom apartment for rental presents a rare chance to join the cast of inhabitants past and present – assuming you meet the approval of the committee of trustees which has presided over new residents since the building’s conversion from a private house into apartments (termed ‘sets’ to those in the know) in 1803.

The set now to let for a minimum seven-year term is in the part of the building where the poet Lord Byron once stayed. While living here, his mistress Lady Caroline Lamb infamously stole into his set by dressing as a pageboy to evade the (thankfully now-extinct) ban

on women entering the building.

Literati such as J B Priestley, Terence Rattigan, Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley and Georgette Heyer have all called the building home, as have diarist and politician Alan Clark, and Prime Ministers Ted Heath, William Gladstone and Lord Melbourne, son of the building’s original owner.

Albany, Piccadilly W1, £1400 per week for minimum of seven years, Knight Frank 020 7647 6611

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CRANLEY GARDENS, SW7

HARRINGTON GARDENS, SW7

A stunning, interior designed, two bedroom flat [3rd floor with lift] in wellmaintained period building with caretaker.

A stunning three bedroom, first floor lateral (with lift), extending over two south facing period buildings. Particularly light and spacious throughout with high ceilings, wood floors, and private balcony.

2 double bedrooms. 2 bathrooms. Reception room with dining area.

Modern, fully-fitted kitchen. Use of communal gardens. Approximately 1,049 sq/ft.

3 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms. Reception room. Spacious entrance / dining hall.

Modern fully-fitted kitchen with utility room. Balcony. Access to communal gardens. Approximately 1,165 sq/ft.

£1,100 per week - Furnished

£1,150 per week - Unfurnished

PHILLIMORE GARDENS, W8

MONTPELIER SQUARE, SW7

An exceptional four bedroom maisonette on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors of a well-maintained period building on the northern side of Kensington High Street.

An impressive double fronted house that has been extensively renovated throughout to provide excellent accommodation and living space.

4 bedrooms. 3 bathrooms. Reception room. Kitchen / breakfast room. Westfacing roof terrace. Cloakroom. Off-street parking for 1 car. Approximately 2,154 sq/ft. £2,400 per week - Unfurnished

5 double bedrooms [1 staff]. 4 bathrooms. 28’ first floor reception room.

Study. Family / Media room. Kitchen / breakfast room.

Utility room. 40’ x 16’ roof terrace. High specification AV system throughout. Air conditioning throughout. Approximately 3,378 sq/ft. £4,250 per week - Unfurnished

Lettings • Property Management • Refurbishment • Property Acquisition 1 Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London SW7 1EX

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Victoria SW1 Asking price £1,425 per week An immaculate contemporary apartment on the 11th floor of a modern building adjacent to the Cardinal Place shopping complex close to Victoria station. Featuring a reception with large balcony offering fabulous views of the city skyline, three double bedrooms, dining room, stylish kitchen, two bathrooms (one en-suite) and guest WC. Also included are wood floors, comfort cooling and heating, 24hr concierge, an underground parking bay, and an allocated storage space. Furnished.

Westminster SW1 Asking price £895 per week A beautifully presented 7th floor apartment with a distinctly contemporary feel located only moments away from St. James’s Park and Westminster’s most iconic attractions.

Featuring a living and dining area with wood flooring, integrated kitchen, three double bedrooms and two bathrooms (one en-suite), lift and 24hr concierge. Ideally situated for Westminster LU station and its links to the city and the Docklands. The surrounding area offers a variety of top restaurants and retail outlets. Furnished.

Bloomsbury WC1 Asking price £550 per week A well presented 1st floor apartment in a small modern block conveniently situated near to the British Museum and London Universities with Holborn underground station only a short walk away. Featuring a spacious dual-aspect reception with adjoining study/single bedroom, double bedroom with fitted storage, semi-open plan kitchen and bathroom. The property also benefits from under floor heating, wood floors and good natural light throughout. Unfurnished.

Paddington W2

Asking price £690 per week An excellent two bedroom apartment set in the popular canalside development of Sheldon Square close to Paddington station. Situated on the 5th floor the property comprises of a reception with open plan kitchen, adjoining dining room or single bedroom, double bedroom, two bathrooms (one en-suite), and the bonus of an unusual decked conservatory offering views of the canal and surrounding cityscape. Additional features include wood floors throughout and comfort cooling.

Furnished.

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Sloane Court West SW3 ÂŁ6,950,000 Leasehold A fabulous four bedroom ground floor flat with direct access to extensive communal gardens in a very well-run red brick portered block close to Sloane Square.

3 bedrooms, Bedroom 4/studio room, Bathroom, 2 shower rooms (1 en-suite), Reception room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Study/dining room, Utility room, Direct access to communal gardens, Lift, Porter.

Chelsea Sales 020 7225 1225 chelseasales@dng.co.uk

JSA: Faron Sutaria 020 7730 8762

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East Putney West Putney Southfields & Earlsfield

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Chapter Street SW1 £2,395,000 Freehold At 2,141sq.ft. this superbly refurbished 3 double bedroom house is the largest of the exclusive Chapter House development.

3 double bedrooms, Bathroom, Shower room, Reception room, Kitchen/dining room, Cloakroom, Garage.

Pimlico Sales 020 7931 8200 pimlicosales@dng.co.uk

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71% of 300 people surveyed would pay extra for a flat with a share of freehold as opposed to a long lease.

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Weltje Road W6 £1,495,000 Freehold Located within a stone’s throw of the River, this four/five bedroom house offers an amazing amount of living and entertaining space spread across four floors.

4/5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms, Kitchen/breakfast room, Cloakroom, Utility, Garden.

Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush Sales 020 8563 7100 hammsales@dng.co.uk

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Kensington South Kensington Notting Hill Pimlico & Westminster

South Balham Battersea Battersea Park Clapham Southside

East Putney West Putney Southfields & Earlsfield

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Prince of Wales Terrace W8 ÂŁ1,180,000 Share of Freehold A spacious and bright two bedroom flat located just moments from Kensington High Street and Kensington Gardens.

2 bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen.

Kensington Gate Sales 020 7581 1152 kengatesales@dng.co.uk

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Avalon Road SW6 ÂŁ950,000 Freehold A fantastic three bedroom terraced house in a very desirable area of Fulham.

3 bedrooms, Bathroom, Double reception room, Dining room with open-plan kitchen, Cloakroom, Garden.

Fulham Sales 020 7731 4391 fulhamsales@dng.co.uk

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Kensington South Kensington Notting Hill Pimlico & Westminster

South Balham Battersea Battersea Park Clapham Southside

East Putney West Putney Southfields & Earlsfield

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Bassett Road W10 £925,000 Share of Freehold A charming raised ground floor apartment in this wonderful bustling location in North Kensington.

2 double bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen.

Notting Hill Sales 020 7727 7777 nhsales@dng.co.uk

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Campden Hill Road W8 £2,500,000 Freehold

Egerton Gardens SW3 £1,300,000 Leasehold – approximately 42 years unexpired

A smart and elegant house which has been beautifully refurbished throughout in a contemporary style.

3 bedrooms, Bathroom, Shower room, Double reception room, Kitchen/dining room, Garden, Utility room.

A well-maintained two bed two bath lower ground floor flat with direct access to the communal gardens via steps up from its own private patio.

Kensington Sales 020 7792 1881 kensales@dng.co.uk

Chelsea Sales 020 7225 1225 chelseasales@dng.co.uk

Campden Hill Gardens W8 £1,295,000 Leasehold

Dalling Road W6 £895,000 Freehold

A fabulous maisonette of this detached period property arranged over the ground and lower ground floors. Flat is shown as previously furnished.

3 bedrooms, En-suite shower room, Bathroom, Reception room, Dining room, Kitchen, Patio.

This wonderfully light three bedroom house offers an excellent balance of space.

Kensington Sales 020 7792 1881 kensales@dng.co.uk

Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush Sales 020 8563 7100 hammsales@dng.co.uk

2 bedrooms either en-suite bathrooms, Reception room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Cloakroom, Patio, Direct access to communal gardens.

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 en-suite), Reception room, Kitchen, Dining room, Utility room, Garden.

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Kensington South Kensington Notting Hill Pimlico & Westminster

South Balham Battersea Battersea Park Clapham Southside

East Putney West Putney Southfields & Earlsfield

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Alderney Street SW1 £895,000 Leasehold

Lupus Street SW1 £865,000 Leasehold

A fabulous maisonette located in the highly sought after ‘Pimlico Grid’.

2 double bedrooms, 2 en-suite bathrooms, Reception room, Eat-in kitchen, Cloakroom, Roof terrace.

A delightful maisonette on the third and fourth floors of this stucco fronted building.

3 bedrooms, Reception Room, Bathroom, Kitchen/breakfast room, Roof terrace.

Pimlico Sales 020 7931 8200 pimlicosales@dng.co.uk

Pimlico Sales 020 7931 8200 pimlicosales@dng.co.uk

Vauxhall Bridge Road SW1 £799,950 Leasehold

Ashburn Gardens SW7 £795,000 Leasehold

A great opportunity to purchase this naturally light three bedroom penthousestyle apartment in this modern, purpose built block.

3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Reception room, Kitchen, Balcony, Porter, Parking, Lift.

Measuring just under 800sq.ft., Ashburn Gardens is a delightful and spacious two double bedroom flat located on the second floor.

Pimlico Sales 020 7931 8200 pimlicosales@dng.co.uk

Kensington Gate Sales 020 7581 1152 kengatesales@dng.co.uk

2 bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen.

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Edith Grove SW10 £795,000 Leasehold

Kensington Park Road W11 £735,000 Share of freehold

A raised ground floor two bed two bath flat in this handsome villa style period building close to the corner of Edith Terrace.

2 bedrooms, Bathroom, En-suite shower room, Reception room, Kitchen/ breakfast room, Direct access to communal gardens.

A fabulous ground floor apartment in this popular portered building on Kensington Park Road.

Double bedroom, Bathroom, Reception room, Eat-in kitchen, Porter, Access to communal gardens.

Chelsea Sales 020 7225 1225 chelseasales@dng.co.uk

Notting Hill Sales 020 7727 7777 nhsales@dng.co.uk

Mirabel Road SW6 £525,000 Share of Freehold

Hurlingham Road SW6 £500,000 Leasehold

A lovely two double bedroom garden flat located on this popular road close to all the amenities of Fulham Broadway.

A charming two double bedroom flat in one of Fulham’s most desirable areas.

2 double bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room with open-plan kitchen, Garden.

Two double bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen.

Fulham Sales 020 7731 4391 fulhamsales@dng.co.uk

Fulham Sales 020 7731 4391 fulhamsales@dng.co.uk

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North Chelsea Fulham Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush

Kensington South Kensington Notting Hill Pimlico & Westminster

South Balham Battersea Battersea Park Clapham Southside

East Putney West Putney Southfields & Earlsfield

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Rosary Gardens SW7 £395,000 Share of Freehold

Pembridge Square W2 £365,000 Leasehold

A well proportioned studio flat with the benefit of a separate kitchen and private garden.

A charming studio flat located on this highly sort after square in Notting Hill.

Studio room, Bathroom, Kitchen, Private garden.

Studio room, Kitchen, Shower room.

Kensington Gate Sales 020 7581 1152 kengatesales@dng.co.uk

Notting Hill Sales 020 7727 7777 nhsales@dng.co.uk

Aldensley Road W6 £350,000 Leasehold

Palace Gardens Terrace W8 £325,000 Leasehold

Located absolutely in the heart of Brackenbury Village - a fantastic purchase for a first time buyer or rental investor.

A superb studio apartment in this Art Deco style portered building with separate kitchen and bathroom, along with ample storage.

Studio room, Kitchen, Bathroom, Porter.

2 bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen, Second floor, Long lease.

Hammersmith & Shepherd’s Bush Sales 020 8563 7100 hammsales@dng.co.uk

Kensington Sales 020 7792 1881 kensales@dng.co.uk

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