How beliefs and superstition can make or break a property sale
When the Norman Foster-designed HSBC building in Hong Kong was completed in December 1985, it was the most expensive building in the world ever to have been constructed.
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Chelsea mansion’s £16.5m price cut does the trick
The “one-off” behemoth on Cresswell Place came to market amid a blaze of publicity last summer at £37.5m, following a full-scale redevelopment programme at the hands of luxury specialist Albyns.
Will redevelopment blunt Kentish Town’s edgy appeal?
Prime property Added Market stalls in London’s Covent Garden Properties around the historic piazza have been upgraded but sales have slowed shops and stalls in Covent Garden market.
Market stalls in London’s Covent Garden
Prime property Added Market stalls in London’s Covent Garden Properties around the historic piazza have been upgraded but sales have slowed shops and stalls in Covent Garden market.
The price is right: a guide to valuation
The old adage goes: “There is no such thing as a bad property, just a bad price.”
A Knightsbridge flat for £10?
Knightsbridge isn’t usually somewhere to shop on a budget but this year one lucky home hunter might pick up a three-bedroom apartment on Walton Street — valued at more than £3m — for £10.
Bag a bargain in Belgravia
Areas of the capital that attract international companies could see distorted price rises Lexington Street in Soho. Google is expanding its presence in nearby King’s Cross, Twitter has established European headquarters in Soho and Instagram has set up shop a short walk away in Covent Garden.
Tech firms buoy up property in Silicon London
Areas of the capital that attract international companies could see distorted price rises Lexington Street in Soho. Google is expanding its presence in nearby King’s Cross, Twitter has established European headquarters in Soho and Instagram has set up shop a short walk away in Covent Garden.
Where to buy for wild swimming, rowing and fishing on your doorstep
Having a home near the water has always been important to Ben Hunt-Davis. The Olympic rowing champion, who won gold at Sydney in 2000, currently lives in a five-bedroom apartment moments from the Thames in Barnes, south-west London, with his wife, Isabella, teenage daughters, Sofia and Julia, and younger son, Luca.
Mum and Dad rent a different class of digs
The average cost of student digs across the country is about £88 a week, although in some areas of London parents are paying almost 100 times that to secure the best luxury accommodation for their offspring.
Four beds good, five beds bad
People swoon when you tell them that you’re selling a five-bedroom house. How lovely, they say. Think of the space for children, the potential for guests. However, Britain’s “ideal home” for buyers now has just 3.5 bedrooms, according to the property website Zoopla. With the market in some areas almost static, sellers are forced to face a counterintuitive fact: abundant bedrooms can be a curse.
Absolutely Chiswick
How much does it really cost to live in London’s residential squares?
We explore the past and future of London’s residential garden squares, how much it costs to live on one and one woman’s campaign to regenerate hers.
