The great spring clean of luxury furnishings April 24, 2014 High-end interiors firm Carden Cunietti to sell off 20 years’ worth of treasures WANT to get your hands on a lamp destined for the home of an A-lister? Ever wondered what a rock star’s rug would look like? Now’s your chance as Carden Cunietti, an interior design firm to the stars, is offloading two decades’ [...]
Work in Progress: Five stars and fluffy foxes at The Shard’s Shangri-La Hotel April 24, 2014 SOMETIMES I find myself coughing on sawdust on building sites. This – along with hard hats and hi-vis jackets made for adult-sized humans (not five foot nothing ones that still get given Velcro shoes in bowling alleys) – is an unfortunate by-product of touring London’s most exclusive addresses and landmarks before they’re built. Apart from [...]
Q & A April 24, 2014 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOUGLAS & GORDON Q I have been renting out my flat but the letting agent looking after the property never seems to be available when I want to contact them. What can I do to make them return my calls? A It doesn’t sound like you’re off to the best start with your [...]
Inside the £12m penthouse April 10, 2014 Take a tour of one of the City’s most exclusive new addresses HIGH atop the City of London, towering over Moorgate station, neighbouring Linklaters, London Wall and The Barbican, sits the first major residential development to be built in the City of London for three decades. As such, the developer behind The Heron – not [...]
Focus on… Putney: Great pubs and riverside blues April 10, 2014 EVERY year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race serves as a useful reminder that London riverside living isn’t all about steel, glass and gleaming tower blocks. The race takes the rowers on a tour of some of the most coveted residential areas in London, from the picturesque riverside pubs of Fulham to the bijou balconied [...]
Buy a family home in seclusion next to Richmond Park April 10, 2014 Find out why creative types are leaving central London for new leafy townhouses PRIVACY is becoming the new buzzword in high-end property. As London’s population grows and house-building becomes a top political priority, homeowners are becoming increasingly reluctant to live on top of their neighbours. In search of a room of their own, away from [...]
It’s high time you bought a plot in paradise April 10, 2014 Daniel O’Mahoney plays prospective buyer (and golf) at the resort THE sun-kissed Algarve region is hardly Portugal’s best-kept secret, and certainly not among British holidaymakers. It shows as soon as you step off the plane – plastered around Faro airport are loud English adverts for Marmite and ketchup. But only a 20 minute drive after [...]
Celebrating the art of living March 28, 2014 Here are some of the public artworks commissioned by property developers to inspire Londoners at home THE TOWER AT SAFFRON SQUARE, CROYDONThis 43-storey skyscraper in Croydon is set to grace London’s skyline in 2016. Residents can expect “five-star hotel living” set against arty interior design. The architecture of the building is inspired by the iconic [...]
Property prices set to rise by a third at tech hub March 28, 2014 Melissa York introduces the high-concept tower capitalising on Tech City’s success THE thriving tech industry clustered around Silicon Roundabout hasn’t just attracted investment from the Treasury in recent years. It’s now starting to attract the gaze of premium property developers who plan to modernise the landscape around Old Street to persuade people to live where [...]
Q & A March 28, 2014 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOUGLAS & GORDON Q I have a house that I’m renting out and I’m worried about changing capital gains tax rules. Should I stay or sell? A From next year, capital gains tax relief will be limited to 18 months of capital growth, as opposed to 36 months previously. This means that you’ll [...]