How do I deal with the super-basement ruining my life?
The very public objection of Brian May, the Queen guitarist, last week to the trend for basement extensions in Kensington…
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How to avoid ending up in jail when doing up your listed building
When considering making changes to a listed building, whether medieval castle or Victorian terrace, it is imperative that you are…
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People in glass houses should not complain about invasions of privacy (or walk around naked)
WINDOW PAINS An Englishman’s home is his castle. Unless, that is, he lives in a new apartment in Central London…
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What form could the proposed Mansion Tax take?
Discussion of a so called mansion or wealth tax is a hot topic among private wealth practitioners at present. The…
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Worker killed on multi million pound Grosvenor Square construction site
A tragic death occurred yesterday on the construction site of a £250 million mansion at 20 Grosvenor Square. According to…
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The tale of an SAS hero, a wealthy landowner and a Lib Dem peer
‘There was a decorated SAS hero, a wealthy landowner and a Liberal Democrat peer.’ This sounds like the start of…
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Battersea Power Station may struggle to deliver promises of community engagement
‘Well, in all my trips to London I’ve seen it and thought: what the hell are they going to do…
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Property Vision celebrates 30 years at the top of London’s prime property market
To stay atop London’s prime property market for thirty years requires a certain tenacity and success – and a vacuum-cleaner-like…
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British mansion builder Walter Lilly is still in its prime
In 1924, Cumberland House on Pall Mall had been destroyed, Devonshire House on Piccadilly was being destroyed and Grosvenor House…
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Save the Land Registry, one of England’s glories!
Imagine the surprise and dismay of Mr X, a client with a wonderful £15 million house in one of London’s…
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Anyone who has ever bought, sold or had any other dealings with land will appreciate the essential role that the…
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Property clubs let HNWs share in golden bricks
CLUB SCOUTS Do you want to buy a house? Well, not so much a house as a mortgage. Well, not…
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John Humphrys puts his finger on the London property problem
High up on the fourth floor of the Club at the Ivy on Tuesday morning, the talk was of London’s…
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England won’t build enough houses in the next five years
A substantial increase in housebuilding over the next five years will not meet demand and push up land prices according…
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Savills says that the gap between houses built and houses needed won’t be closed. By Alex Matchett A substantial increase…
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Why 21st century landed estates must move from cherished monuments to modern businesses
UPSTAIRS DOWNFALL Britain’s stately estates have proved, over the centuries, as much millstones as treasures. They have been granted by…
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Now even bankers and lawyers can’t afford London houses
If bankers and lawyers are having to slum it in bedsits in Ealing as well, it will evoke a certain…
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King of Bishops Avenue speaks out over prime property row
Increasing taxes on empty luxury properties won’t solve the UK’s housing crisis, but removing politicians’ influence over planning applications could…
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Buying a chalet in Switzerland, Austria or France isn’t as easy as one, two, ski
Returning to our (rented) chalet after our usual après-ski glass of vin chaud, much to my husband’s annoyance, I loiter…
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If, like me, you dream of owning a ski chalet in Val d’Is’re or maybe Verbier, what practicalities should we…
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