Property focus on Kentish Town November 29, 2012 LAWFORD ROAD, NW5 Price: £515,000 This two bedroom first floor apartment stretches over 700 sq. ft. in a semi-detached Victorian house. There are sash windows, a fully fitted kitchen, private loft access, oak flooring and a shared garden. Contact Faron Sutaria on www.faronsutaria.co.uk or 020 7267 7074. RAGLAN STREET, NW5 Price: £399,000 Spread across the [...]
UK guarantors for offshore properties November 29, 2012 Q I’m based in Jersey and am buying a property under £2m in an offshore name. The landlord is asking for a UK based guarantor and wants bank references for them. Is this normal? A Buying top end property in London means dealing with the big landed estates. They often have arcane rules meaning they’ll [...]
It’s all about the great outdoors at Durrington House November 29, 2012 THIS GRADE II listed country house is situated near the Essex/Hertfordshire border, outside the rural villages of Sheering, Lower Sheering and Sawbridgeworth. With four reception rooms, 10 principal bedrooms and five bathrooms, plus seven further rooms on the second floor and substantial cellars, this £4.65m property is ideal for private and guest accommodation. The 46-acre [...]
London Barometer November 29, 2012 October proved that the appetite for London properties continue to increase, with 10 per cent more offers received last month than the same time last year and the same increase in buyers year on year. Vendors remain precariously bullish in some cases, citing Christmas, lack of stock, expectations of price rises in London and falls [...]
This adaptation is far from great November 29, 2012 FILM GREAT EXPECTATIONS Cert 12A ** THERE HAVE been fourteen big and small screen adaptations of Great Expectations – only something great or unexpected could justify a fifteenth. Four Weddings and a Funeral director Mike Newell’s version is neither. Despite a few good performances, it is a safe, flat and ultimately pointless adaptation. Great Expectations [...]
Go and see this great British comedy November 29, 2012 FILM SIGHTSEERS Cert 15 **** SITCOM STALWARTS Alice Lowe and Steve Oram star in Sightseers, the new comedy from feted indie director, Ben Wheatley. The pair play fledgling lovebirds Chris and Tina, who desert Tina’s vindictive mother Carol and set out on a road trip across England’s green and pleasant land in their treasured Abbey [...]
The Hunt is an art-house classic; Rise of The Guardians falls flat November 29, 2012 FILM THE HUNT Cert 15 By Charlie Lyne ***** FIFTEEN YEARS since his breakthrough film Festen garnered a host of international awards, The Hunt looks set to re-establish Danish director Thomas Vinterberg as an art house force to be reckoned with. Mads Mikkelson plays Lucas, a nursery school teacher in a small Danish village who [...]
Profits fall at B&Q owner November 29, 2012 Profits at DIY group Kingfisher fell by six per cent in the third quarter to £257m, due to a tough sales environment in the UK and France. The owner of the B&Q chain saw UK and Ireland sales fall by 3.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis. The firm is badly affected by the stagnating [...]
Dixons losses narrow November 29, 2012 Electrical retailer Dixons today announced that it has slightly reduced its pre-tax losses for the first six months of the year. The firm said it lost £22.2m for the 24 weeks to October 13, down from £25.3m for the same period last year. But the UK business, which largely operates under the Currys and PC [...]
UK house prices stagnating November 29, 2012 UK house prices were flat during November, according to figures released by the Nationwide building society. Its survey said the average house price remained at £164,000 this month, the same as in October but 1.2 per cent lower than at the same point last year. Nationwide’s chief economist Robert Gardner said: “The resilience of employment [...]
