Forty years ago, I was doing my first design job; I was sixteen and designing the kitchen of one of my father's friends, but it was horrible because he was a complete alcoholic, and so was the builder. Everything ended up being hung upside-down! It didn't put me off, though: next came the house of a racing driver, and it grew from there.
Month: June 2015
Big Hitters Charity Cricket Day
First up, on the diary front, and a must attend event for those who follow our Property Index, is the "Big Hitters" Charity Property Cricket event on 30th June 2016 at London's Hurlingham Club in aid of Bowel Cancer UK, run by Imperial Blue Finance. Imperial Blue - run by Tom Harries and his brother Jamie from Upper Brook Street (just by Le Gavroche) - are one of the fastest emerging boutique 'alternative property finance' bridging outfits.
Porto Heli is a bright spot in Greece’s troubled future
Greece may be in the midst of one of the most cataclysmic economic crises for decades, but as the helicopters and blacked-out Mercedes wafted along the winding roads and open blue skies from Athens to what is known as the ‘Greek Hamptons’, I began to realise there was an exciting, extravagant project underway, one which could finally give the embattled European nation a shard of good news.