FOCUS ON: HAMMERSMITH September 16, 2010 OVERSTONE RD Price: £264,950 A one-bedroom flat on the raised ground floor of a mid-terrace Victorian house. It is situated between Hammersmith and Brackenbury Village. It also has a reception room, a kitchen and a shower room. The property does lack outside space but it is close to Ravenscourt Park. Contact: Winkworth on 020 7371 [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 16, 2010 FOODIE BRITS FORK OUT FOR KITCHEN UPGRADES A poor economic climate combined with the popularity of television cookery shows has encouraged homeowners to fork out almost twice as much on their kitchens than on any other part of the home, property website Rightmove said earlier this week. Its survey found that over the past year [...]
BUYING September 16, 2010 MANAGING PARTNER AT BLACK BRICK Q.Dear Camilla, there has been a fair amount of negative news in the papers relating to property prices. Do you think prices are going to crash again like they did in 2008? A.With so much conflicting data and house price indices, trying to determine what is happening with house prices [...]
Girl power: what makes the perfect bachelorette pad September 16, 2010 AS the number of high-earning single women purchasing property steadily rises, it’s fair to say we’ve entered the age of the bachelorette pad. “There has been a 15 per cent increase in the number of girls buying property alone in London over the last five years,” says George Franks, sales director of Douglas & Gordon [...]
What to wear on a shoot September 16, 2010 CITY FASHION NEWS hackett comes to canary wharf There was a time when Hackett seemed to be chiefly the preserve of rugby types – Johnny Wilkinson was the face of its marketing, after all. Right now, though, it’s a brand with some debonair zip in its step, thanks to the popularity of old-fashioned tailoring and [...]
STYLE COUNCIL September 16, 2010 WITH eight trade shows a year, there are no equivalents to the fashion industry. I can hardly believe it’s time again for London to be invaded by the world’s fashionistas; it feels like two seconds ago that I was bashing my way through the crowds in February to see quilted jackets, gothic flowers and zebra [...]
Ferrell and Wahlberg buddy up September 16, 2010 Film THE OTHER GUYS Cert: 12A THOUGH Will Ferrell has yet to better 2004’s spoof comedy Anchorman in terms of the goofy humour with which he’s most associated, it’s fair to say that few others have succeeded in that task either. Since then, Ferrell has seemed content subscribing to the “stick to what you’re good [...]
United to end difficult week with vital victory September 16, 2010 MANCHESTER UNITED vs LIVERPOOL Sunday – 1.30pm Sky Sports 1 IT hasn’t been a dream start for Roy Hodgson on Merseyside and in truth, his side were fortunate to leave St Andrews with a point on Sunday. That said there probably isn’t a better time to be visiting Manchester United at Old Trafford after what [...]
In-form Jarvis yard to land across-the- card double September 16, 2010 NEWBURY stages a cracking looking card this afternoon and even though the Dubai Duty Free Cup may only be a Listed contest by name, it looks far more like a Group 1 affair. Delegator reappears for the first time since last November, but at the prices I’d far rather take a chance on Finjaan bouncing [...]
the INSIDER September 16, 2010 What a weekend of action. But where will it rain and what will the going be come race time right across the British Isles? It’s Ayr, Newmarket and Newbury today, they all have great racing but I’m a little concerned that what I’m about to tip now may have little chance by the off. So [...]
