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Minutes it will take residents to walk to London Bridge station from London Square Bermondsey

Animal-print wallpaper in the baby’s bedroom

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new duplex, two-bedroom show home has been unveiled at London Square Bermondsey.

The property is part of a collection of two and three-bedroom apartments at the development, intended to look and feel more like houses, with features including their own front doors and private outdoor terraces.

Styled by Muchmore Design, the show home boasts a living area extending to nearly 30ft in length with glass doors that open onto a walled terrace that boasts a fibre cement table with a red concrete finish.

Muchmore project manager, James Woolford, said: “We have focused on space, family, greenery and luxury, styled to create a lived-in feeling to make buyers feel at home, with a light, soft and earthy colour palette to give a fresh and airy feel. This connects the property with the landscaped communal gardens and the outside.”

Styling touches inside include a metal-finished, four-door sideboard alongside a drinks cabinet, a bespoke linen sofa and a buttonback armchair.

The property’s kitchen has been designed by SieMatic and features glazed brick tiles, Siemens appliances and a smart island with a breakfast bar. The living space also includes a quiet corner with a study area and a large dining space for entertaining.

Muchmore has used Farrow And Ball paint and feature wallpaper in the home with the aim of creating a tranquil feel.

Upstairs, the firm has also employed Andrew Martin animal print wallpaper to create a backdrop for the baby’s bedroom.

The master bedroom features neutral colours and a statement velvet fluted headboard along the length of one wall. The property is completed by an en suite bathroom

and a family bathroom.

The collection of duplexes is located within The Tannery, which along with The Crosse – where all apartments have sold out – and The Pickle Factory, makes up London Square Bermondsey.

The development has already welcomed its first residents, with The Tannery ready to move into this autumn and The Pickle Factory from early 2022.

Facilities include a landscaped residents’ square, a gym, a concierge service and private underground parking.

Located close to the attractions of Bermondsey Street, it’s a 12-minute walk to London Bridge station for Tube and national rail services. The Thames path is a further three minutes for Uber Boat By Thames Clippers services along the river.

London Square sales and marketing director Jo McDonagh, said: “Our fabulous range of duplex homes is perfect for buyers who are returning to the office and looking for a beautifully designed, spacious home with a private outdoor terrace.

“London Square Bermondsey offers the opportunity to make the most of the lifestyle for downtime after work and at weekends in the great bars and restaurants.

“There are good cycling routes to the City – 11 minutes to Bank station – and to the West End, as well as the ability to walk to work and avoid the tube.”

For those commuting to Canary Wharf, the development is about 25 minutes from the estate via the Jubilee line. Prices for the two and three-bedroom duplex collection at London Square Bermondsey start at £1,140,000.

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The master bedroom at the show home features a velvet headboard in green that stretches the whole length of the room, while neutral colours are aimed at creating a feeling of calm

tranquil creating those spaces

The duplex property comes with a private courtyard

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Above, the kitchen boasts a smart island unit with breakfast bar Left, the property has its own private front door

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Student bedrooms will fill the towers, which are being built to house those studying at UCL

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orget property for a minute – this part of east London is set to get its McDonald’s back. Located just off the Canary Wharf estate, plans recently approved by Tower Hamlets Council for Two Trafalgar way – an unloved plot of land off the roundabout by Billingsgate Market – include provision for a branch of the fast food giant which closed its outlet on the site in 2014 for redevelopment.

Back then, the expectation was that a pair of residential towers called the Helix would be built there by 2016 with a Drive Thru for burgers on the ground floor and 414 flats above. But, despite having planning permission, the scheme never came to fruition.

Now student accommodation specialist Urbanest has taken over the plot with plans for three, rather than two, towers rising to 28, 36 and 48 storeys respectively with an elevated bridge between the two tallest.

Designed by architectural firm Apt, the difference with this development is really what those structures will house.

Apt project leader James Ewen said: “Our vision for Two Trafalgar Way was to create a vertical campus, where living, studying, and working successfully co-exist, serving to create an enriching environment that will extend into the ground-floor public realm and beyond.”

Rather than being stuffed with properties for private sale, the buildings will be filled with 672 student bedrooms and

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developer Urbanest wins planning permission for a scheme that will see housing built for UCL students and the return of fast food The rounded appearance of the towers was agreed with Tower Hamlets planners to differentiate the buildings from the Canary Wharf estate

41,000sq ft of office space, including a cafe and a branch of McDonald’s. They will also contain 80 residential apartments intended for university staff.

Urbanest said the scheme had the support of University College London, which intends to expand its School Of Management in Canary Wharf and has plans for a new campus – UCL East in Stratford.

Work is expected to start on the site in the first three months of 2022, with completion expected in time for the start of the academic year in 2025.

The developer is aiming for top-level BREEAM Outstanding in terms of sustainability as well as Passivhaus certification – a German standard developed to minimise the amount of energy used to heat and cool buildings.

If successful in the latter, Two Trafalgar

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contact Alex Neil on 020 7537 9859 or email canarywharf@alexneil.com for more about this property or similar homes on the agency’s books

The property features a large wraparound balcony with views over the London skyline

Way would become the largest development to get such accreditation in Europe.

The plans also include provision for 1,500 cycle spaces across the site, which is well located for the DLR at Blackwall or Poplar and Crossrail and the Jubilee line at Canary Wharf.

With the regeneration of the Robin Hood Gardens estate to the north well under way as Blackwall Reach continues to emerge, the three towers are joining a clutch of projects in the area.

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lso recently approved is Blackwall Yard, a 900-home development on a 1.7-hectare site on the Thames off Baffin Way. Developer Hadley Property Group has permission to build five blocks ranging from nine to 35 storeys in height around a listed dry dock, which will become part swimming venue, part park.

In total 35% of the properties will be designated as affordable housing and a primary school and a community centre will also be built.

The plans also include more than 16,000sq ft of commercial space intended for retail and business use spread over the buildings’ lower levels.

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Above and left, an artist’s impression of how Two Trafalgar Way will look when work is complete – the towers are expected to open in time for the 2025 academic year

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Hobart Building, The Wardian, E14 Offers above £1,200,000 Located on the 27th floor of The Wardian development – just across the water from Canary Wharf on the Isle Of Dogs – this two-bedroom apartment is available for sale.

The property boasts floor-to-ceiling windows and offers panoramic views across the London skyline.

The apartment comprises a large living area with open-plan, island-style kitchen and access to a wraparound garden balcony, two large bedrooms – the master with an en suite and a walk-in wardrobe – and a family bathroom as well as storage throughout.

Residents’ facilities at The Wardian include a 24-hour concierge service,

a gym, a private cinema, a spa and a swimming pool.

Less than five minutes’ walk to the centre of Canary Wharf, it’s within easy reach of the vast selection of restaurants, shops and bars on the estate as well as its transport links including the DLR, Jubilee line and Crossrail, when services start running.

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The apartment is located on the 27th floor of the Hobart Building at The Wardian

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Homes built at Barchester Street as part of Canary Wharf Group’s commitment to provide social housing linked to its Newfoundland tower

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Canary Wharf Group chief executive officer Shobi Khan, right, and Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs survey the council properties at the Barchester Street development

Canary Wharf Group marks handover of Barchester Street affordable properties to Tower Hamlets council

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e are proud to have met our commitment to deliver social housing on schedule, providing these 115 new apartments for local families,” said Canary Wharf Group chief executive officer Shobi Khan.

The developer is celebrating the completion of its Barchester Street scheme – three buildings ranging up to six storeys housing one, two, three and four-bedroom council homes – that have been handed over to Tower Hamlets Council.

It is one of three developments built in the borough to deliver affordable housing as part of the planning agreement for Newfoundland – the striking 58-storey tower at the western end of the Canary Wharf estate that provides apartments for private rent through Vertus.

“At Barchester Street, we have designed and built exceptional buildings for the London Borough Of Tower Hamlets and this has been a good example of the borough and a developer working together to deliver a great project,” added Shobi. “It is particularly good to be able to offer large apartments including ground floor wheelchair accessible units, and beautiful architecture which celebrates the history of the site.

“In total, of Mayor John Biggs’ commitment to build 2,000 new council homes in the borough, Canary Wharf Group has now delivered 476 units for social or affordable rent – nearly a quarter of all the new affordable housing.”

The development, designed by architecture firm Metropolitan Workshop, has been built on the site of a factory building dating from 1939 and a warehouse from 1956 – both last used for document storage.

The three new buildings have preserved some of the features of the original structures with the history of the site echoed in

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At Barchester Street we have designed and built exceptional buildings for the London Borough Of Tower Hamlets Shobi Khan, Canary Wharf Group

the saw-tooth profile of the new blocks.

Built with accessibility in mind, the scheme includes 10 wheelchair adaptable flats funded by the council, four disabled parking spaces and a landscaped central courtyard with cycle storage and a communal garden for residents.

Many of the properties also feature balconies.

Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs said: “The completion of the Barchester Street development provides more high-quality social housing to people who are currently in overcrowded or unsuitable accommodation and will transform residents’ lives.

“These 115 flats at genuinely affordable council rents bring us another step closer to reaching our commitment to deliver 2,000 council homes in Tower Hamlets.”

The council’s cabinet member for housing, Cllr Danny Hassell, said: “I’m delighted we’ve delivered these new council homes which will provide much needed housing to people on our waiting list.

“The inclusion of 10 wheelchair adaptable units will be welcomed to the area and will allow our residents to have homes suitable to their needs.”

The scheme has been shortlisted for the Inside Housing awards in the Best Affordable Housing category.

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contact My London Home on 020 7227 0044 or email steve.sellek@mylondonhome.com for more about this property or similar homes on the agency’s books Many of the homes have outdoor space in the form of balconies

The property features a 340sq ft roof terrace that enjoys sunshine all day

The buildings are arranged around a central, communal courtyard

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Barrier Point, E16 Guide: £600,000 This Art Deco-style two-bedroom apartment boasts views overlooking the Thames Barrier and Barrier Park.

Located on the fourth-floor, the property’s interior extends to 894sq ft and benefits from a beautifully landscaped, low maintenance roof terrace of about 340sq ft, that receives sunshine all day.

This award-winning development was one of the first residential schemes in Royal Docks and was subsequently voted London’s best place to live.

Designed by Goddard Manton Architects, it takes the form of a strip of cascading terraced apartment blocks leading down to the park.

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Inside the apartment extends to around 894sq ft of space

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Docklands Buy-to-Let Landlords Owed £5,390,753 in Unpaid Rent. Rogues or Saviours?

Hello

I started my property career working for an independent estate agent in the Wapping area. Since 1994 I have been based in and around East London. I started my own company in 1995 and it has grown from humble beginnings to become a well respected sales, lettings and property management agency operating in the Docklands and East London areas. Then in 2007, I opened my first branch in the Medway area. I am proud that we now have three branches in Kent.

My operation is set to expand in 2020 and beyond.

I am a long term member of both the NAEA and ARLA and a former Regional Representative for the latter. As the owner of a growing residential and commercial property portfolio, I understand well the trials and tribulations that property owners go through. I have well over 20 years experience of regenerative Dock’s areas and specialise in new development reporting.

I am happy to advise you on all aspects of property. So, if you are looking at your first buy-to-let (even if it is with another agency), or have trouble with a tenant, feel free to contact me. I offer honest and impartial advice.

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here is no getting away from the fact that the rise in the number of buy-to-let properties in Docklands has been nothing short of astonishing over the last twenty years. As a result, many in the press have said Britain is a broken nation, with many twenty and thirty-somethings unable to buy their first home. The press has named this group ‘Generation Rent.’

Docklands landlords have been accused of scooping up all the smaller Docklands properties for their buy-to-let property empires. Others blamed the Government (of both persuasions) for pouring petrol on the buy-to-let fire for giving landlords an unfair advantage with the way buy-to-let has been taxed in the past. Many have said these landlords have priced out Docklands’ ‘Generation Rent’. Many say they are rogues, and you can see why there is little sympathy for landlords, especially as…

Docklands (E14) landlords receive £292,710,564 a year in rent – easy money or what?

So, as we come out of lockdown, I want to make a stand for Docklands landlords and talk about the great work they have been doing during the pandemic.

Since lockdown, it has been (almost) illegal to evict a tenant from private rented property. Yet, in the last few weeks, this ‘ban on evictions’ has begun to be eased, making some commentators forecast a ‘tsunami of homelessness’ as landlords ready themselves to kick out the tenants who cannot pay their rent.

You might say they can afford it, yet I need to highlight an often-untold story in the massive numbers of Docklands landlords who have co-operated with their Docklands tenants to evade eviction.

The personal finances of some Docklands landlords and tenants have been ruthlessly strained during the last 16 months — something that is going to have ramifications on the back pockets of both landlords and tenants, as well as the attraction of being a buy-to-let landlord (more of that later).

1,131 Docklands tenants are in arrears with their rent to the tune of £5,390,753.

That’s money these landlords need to pay their mortgages with and even to live off themselves.

The eviction ban was imposed in March 2020 and the Government has expected private landlords to stand the cost of their tenant’s rent if they could no longer pay.

It was estimated over 1 in 5 landlords with mortgages had requested a mortgage payment holiday in 2020. Thankfully, that now stands at 1 in 100 as most Docklands landlords with shortfalls in rent have been using their own personal savings to cover the mortgage payments.

I have seen so many landlords giving their Docklands tenants rent breaks and discounts to help them through these times. However, most landlords I talk to acknowledge that it is better to have a tenant paying something rather than a tenant paying nothing, hoping that total Continued on page 2

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Continued from page 1 rent will start flowing as the economy recovers.

Going into the pandemic, 1 in 25 Docklands tenants were in arrears, yet that now stands at 1 in 11.

So, are we going to see lots of evictions? I would go as far as to rebuff the idea that we will see a rush to the courts of landlords to obtain possession orders now the eviction ban has been lifted. I have always viewed evictions as a last resort.

Before the pandemic, it took about 12 months for courts to hear rental repossession cases, so this backlog will be nearer two years (if not more). Nonetheless, the threat of a County Court Judgement (CCJ) often makes tenants pay up as it will demolish their credit rating, making it very challenging for them to rent another home.

I feel for those Docklands tenants under furlough or reduced hours as they have the quandary of wanting to reduce their outgoings by moving to a cheaper rental property, yet whose rental deposits will be sacrificed to cover their rent arrears.

However, some have said that because house prices have exploded during the last 16 months, Docklands landlords should write off their tenants’ arrears as a goodwill gesture.

The issue is, 2,015 Docklands landlords only have a single property for rent, so the arrears would have to be funded by their personal savings.

For them, the pandemic experience could be the incentive to sell up for good.

A National Residential Landlords Association survey found around a third of all landlords were now more likely to sell their buy-to-let properties altogether or sell some of them.

This would mean fewer properties for tenants to rent, thus driving up the rent.

According to government and industry data, evidence suggests that a tenant who rents a property directly through a landlord and not through a letting agent is between two and three times more likely to go into arrears of 2 months or more.

Is this because tenants know that private landlords who advertise directly for tenants on Gumtree and other platforms don’t carry out the checks letting agents do on them?

Many of those landlords are switching the management of their property to an agent, and for those landlords sticking with self-management of their property, there is circumstantial evidence they are starting to become a lot pickier when starting new tenancies. Even though illegal, spurning tenants on benefits is woefully all too common. I also worry there could be a stigma about renting properties to self-employed people because of the erratic nature of their income.

Looking into the future, I envisage a growth in the use of ‘rent guarantor contracts’, whereby the tenant is called upon to provide a 3rd party person to pay the rent if the tenant doesn’t. These are pretty common for student lets and those on certain benefits, and it wouldn’t surprise me if these are used more often for self-employed tenants and regular professional lets.

That is why I believe Docklands landlords should be celebrated ... most of them have been saviours. These are my thoughts what are yours?

One place for more information is my Docklands Property Market blog. If you are a landlord or thinking of becoming one for the first time, and you want to read more articles like this about the Docklands property market together with regular postings on what I consider the best buy to let deals in the Docklands area, then it is well worth reading. You can also email via spencer@lmlondon.com If you are in the area feel free to pop into the office which is based at Landmark Estates, 264 Westferry Road, London, E14 3AG

How Eco-friendly are Docklands Homes?

It’s Not Easy Being Green’, was the song that Kermit sang on Sesame Street.

Yet now being green is a normal way of life for most of us.

Walking or cycling places instead of taking the car, recycling and even shunning meat are some of the things most Docklands households are trying to do their ‘bit’ for going green.

Our conduct may have improved but when it comes to our Docklands homes, there is still a long way to go. It is estimated around a fifth of carbon emissions come from home energy usage (nearly three quarters from heating and lighting). The country is releasing 37% less carbon into the atmosphere than in 1990, yet we have legally binding targets to hit 100% by 2050 — and the Committee on Climate Change has stated the UK will need to eradicate greenhouse gas emissions from homes to...

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