If it’s broke, then buy it and fix it up for a tidy return November 10, 2011 Q.Why should someone consider an unmodernised property? A.Unmodernised property provides the opportunity to buy at a lower price than a recently modernised equivalent, and the chance to create one’s own home to one’s own taste and standards. People also enjoy the experience of renovating a property; it’s creative and fun. Q.What are the biggest upsides? [...]
THE LONDON BAROMETER November 10, 2011 DIRECTOR OF DOUGLAS & GORDON BY any measure October has been an extraordinarily good month for sales at Douglas & Gordon, with the under offer pot at close to a four year high, and agreed offers 65 per cent up on the same period last year. The figures clearly show the increasing appetite that both [...]
CROUCH END November 10, 2011 CECILE PARK Price: £1,499,950 This four bedroomed maisonette is located close to Crouch End Broadway. The property is entered through a private entrance from the street and has a bright reception room, generous eat-in kitchen, four double bedrooms, bathroom and a shower room. Contact: Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward on 020 8222 7200 or go to [...]
IMPROVE November 10, 2011 CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT DESIGN CONSULTANCY APD INTERIORS Q.We have just moved from a house with high ceilings to a new home with low ceilings. How can we make the rooms appear taller? A.High ceilings are a feature of many period properties but unfortunately newer properties often lack ceiling height. But fear not, by following a [...]
PROPERTY NEWS November 10, 2011 BABY NUMBER TWO IS VERY EXPENSIVE A new HSBC survey found that London is the most expensive place to house a second child. The average additional cost of baby number two nears £60,000. The average property upgrade typically needed to house a second child is 38 per cent, 1.6 times the UK’s annual household income. [...]
How to lock into a new market November 10, 2011 GETTING a property with top quality security is now more important than ever. Not only for safety, insurance and peace of mind, but because it is really important to the wealthy international buyers coming in from abroad. So if you intend on selling your home to one of these security-conscious foreigners or simply like to [...]
Hamlet has a brand new Sheen November 10, 2011 Theatre HAMLET YOUNG VIC No play can bore or tire the viewer more if produced unoriginally or acted weakly, and none can engage, emote nor enthral more if done well, than Hamlet. This Hamlet, starring Michael Sheen and directed by Ian Rickson (director of smash hit Jerusalem, playing across town), is the enthralling kind. Every [...]
Invest in the chino for 2012’s mankle revival November 10, 2011 APEEK into spring/summer trends has revealed that mankles will be all the rage again next year (are you ready to show off your ankles?), as will espadrilles, and hawaiian shirts. But with the promise of snow and sub-zero temperatures this winter, the sight of a goose-pimpled lower leg might put many off their porridge. So, [...]
HOW TO GET DRESSED November 10, 2011 FOUNDERS OF ROUS ILAND MEMBERS’ BOUTIQUE Q.I head up a team at work. I like wearing pencil skirts but how can I be sure to avoid the “sexy secretary” look? A.In less emancipated times, when women were restricted to purely junior support roles, the pencil skirt was a woman’s key work-wear piece. In the 80s [...]
Skyscraper put on ice November 9, 2011 LONDON property developer Great Portland Estates said it is unlikely to secure a major letting to begin construction of its planned 100 Bishopsgate skyscraper in the City for at least six months. The group has a joint venture with Canadian property firm Brookfield to build the proposed office tower in London’s financial district, but pre-lets [...]
