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Wednesday 21 June 2017 Perfect for Homes& outdoors Fabrics Property Page 12 COMMUTING: SPORTY SUMMERS P8 AMSTERDAM P14 TOP DESIGN GRADUATES P18 SPOTLIGHT ON EAST FINCHLEY P30 Goodluck Hope Leamouth Peninsula is back on the map in this booming part of east London: Page 6 4 WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE 2017 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | News More bad news from Battersea Trophy home of UNDREDS of first-time buyers promised cut-price the week homes at Battersea Power Station will no longer be all in the best able to buy into London’s Hmost-hyped regeneration zone. possible taste Originally, 636 homes were ear- marked by the Battersea Power Station at Park Gate Development Company for first time- buyers and renters unable to afford the £4 million: show you are mega prices asked for the 4,239 luxury one of the deserving rich by homes on the site. moving to Park Gate, a Now the development company says beautifully proportioned the entire project may become “finan- Grade II-listed eight- cially unviable” if it is forced to stick to bedroom Georgian country room with French windows Gate was built in 1807 in the 2011 promise to include so many pile set in 27 acres just that open to a York stone classic period country house affordable homes. It says it made the outside Lewes in East Sussex, terrace and walled garden. style. Outside has barn undertaking when London’s new-build a short drive from the opera The house and estate, part stabling, a tennis court, a market was booming and construction at Glyndebourne. of a former deer park, were pretty pond, woodland, costs were lower. The house contains a bought by William Green in pasture and sweeping lawns Instead it wants to offer 386 afford- vaulted library, a large dining 1785, according to an looking out towards the able homes — or nine per cent of the room with space for 12, and a inscribed brick in the boot South Downs. Through total. The remaining 250 affordable bespoke kitchen/breakfast room, though in fact Park Savills (01444 704140). Editor: Disappointment: homes would only be provided follow- Lifechanger Janice the Battersea ing an “end of scheme review” of the of the week Morley Power Station profits the company will make. Development Exactly how much profit the develop- settle in Settle Company wants ment needs to be deemed “viable” has VISIT homesandproperty.co.uk/ to offer 250 yet to be decided, but a report by coun- in the divine rules for details of our usual fewer affordable cil planning officer Dan Taylor, to be promotion rules. When you homes than considered by Wandsworth’s planning Dales and run respond to promotions, offers or originally committee, suggests 15 to 20 per cent. competitions, the London Evening proposed The proposals are expected to be rubber a grand B&B Standard and its sister companies stamped by the council tomorrow. may contact you with relevant Wandsworth council flagged up the £1.25 million: how about a offers and services that may be of move to the Greater London Authority, new life in 10 country acres interest. Please give your mobile which decided not to intervene. just outside the Yorkshire number and/or email address if “The applicant considers that the Dales National Park, close to you would like to receive such introduction of a review mechanism the market town of Settle? beautiful kitchen that’s fully alfresco dining space and offers by text or email. would ensure that the maximum reason- Littlebank runs as a equipped for cooking up all stunning views. With stables Editorial: 020 3615 2650 able amount of affordable housing is successful, rather grand those full English breakfasts. and grazing land there’s Advertisement manager: determined at a point in the project B&B, with eight guest There’s a detached barn with space for an equestrian Ann Finan when actual costs and values are known, bedrooms, opulent reception planning permission to business or smallholding, Advertising: 020 3615 0266 and many of the uncertainties currently rooms, a large games room, create a holiday cottage, and too. It’s on the market with Homes & Property, Northcliffe facing the project have been settled,” a beamed sun room and a three-acre gardens offering Hunters (01756 535000). House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, explains Taylor. London W8 5TT. O Find Ruth Bloomfield’s full story at homesandproperty.co.uk London buy of the week a gorgeous, glossy balcony flat in a connected new quarter in NW6 £499,950: Kilburn Quarter’s latest phase, Park Terrace, a collection of 52 new homes, is well worth venturing to NW6 for this Saturday, for the launch of this gorgeous new show apartment. The first floor, one- bedroom flat showcases a bright, roomy open-plan space, great for entertaining in the living/dining area while you cook up a storm in the high-spec glossy kitchen, all lit by wall-to-wall glass doors to a large decked balcony overlooking landscaped communal gardens. The bedroom also enjoys a stretch of balcony, while the bathroom is very spa-chic. Nearby Kilburn Park Tube gets you to Paddington in under five and what will be a children’s play minutes, while green space area and new park. Through includes leafy boulevards Hamptons (020 2451 1544). By Faye Greenslade EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE 2017 5 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by News | Homes & Property Brand Beckham This is the hits Covent Garden headline that É DAVID BECKHAM and his business partner Daniel Kearns, right, are goes like this leasing a unit in Floral Street, Covent Garden, for their Kent & Curwen British heritage sportswear flagship store. The soccer superstar and the designer have agreed terms with property giant Capco to rent the 1,800sq ft space and are expected to Peace has its price in Hampstead open their doors in September. Designed by Paris-based Architecture + É LIAM GALLAGHER’S old cottage, Associés, the concept is inspired by a above and above right, is for sale in skylit vintage gym and features a Vale of Health bordering Hampstead central box in aged metal and hand- Village. The rocker and his girlfriend blown green glass. Debbie Gwyther, right, now live in an Beckham and Kearns are in good apartment in the next-door north company, with Paul Smith at one end of London village of Highgate. the street and Petersham Nurseries at The ex-Oasis singer lived in the the other in Capco’s new Floral Court two-bedroom cottage from 2006 to redevelopment. GETTY 2010, selling to the current owners in GETTY 2014, the year after the collapse of his marriage to All Saints singer When Meg met Nicole Appleton. Across the ground floor is a bright, spacious open-plan Justin and Harry reception room with wooden floors and a fireplace, leading out to a patio É MEG RYAN has bought a flat in terrace. Upstairs is the master en- New York’s fashionable Tribeca suite bedroom, plus the second district. The star of When Harry Met bedroom and separate bathroom. Sally splashed out £7.02 million on a If you fancy a summer cottage in a three-bedroom, three-bathroom flat quiet spot, the property is listed for in the same building as singers Justin sale with Savills at £1.65 million. Timberlake and Harry Styles. By Amira Hashish The actress, above, has sold her O For more celebrity gossip, visit SoHo loft conversion, which was on Got some gossip? Tweet @amiranews homesandproperty.co.uk/gossip the market for £8.5 million, in order REX to move into the glittering new build, below, where communal facilities include a 71ft indoor swimming pool, Haslam knows how Haslam’s stamp: a wine cellar and a rooftop terrace. interior designer A self-confessed interior design to spoil a celeb Nicky Haslam, addict, Ryan has renovated 10 homes left, designed this in recent years. Her new place will be ÉNICKY HASLAM, interior Knightsbridge kitted out with all mod cons but she designer to celebrities including house, right and will be able to put her spin on it with Mick Jagger, Roman Abramovich, below, with vintage furniture and statement art. Bryan Ferry and Rod Stewart, customary created a glam Knightsbridge home luxurious flair that’s now on the market for £16.95 million with Rokstone. The five-bedroom house, opposite Hyde Park and with Harrods and Harvey Nichols on the doorstep, is pure Haslam luxury, with a spa floor including gym, Jacuzzi, steam room and rainshower room. There’s a cinema that converts into a bar, and a swimming pool with latest triple- jet tech. There is even a rising floor for when you require a stage. MCFADDEN DAMIEN 6 WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE 2017 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | New homes homesandproperty.co.uk powered by Thinking of moving? Start your search on Your luck’s in Goodluck Hope launches this week, part of a new district with thousands of homes, a riverbus service to the City and a true Docklands cultural vibe. By David Spittles OODLUCK HOPE, a new Docklands neighbour- hood, is unveiled this week, one of the last ele- ments of an ambitious Gregeneration programme at Leamouth Peninsula, formed by a bend in the River Lea before it drops into the Thames just east of Canary Wharf. In this booming part of east London, a community with 800 homes and a riverside cultural centre is being cre- ated. A riverbus pier is being built to connect this new address to the City and central London, adding a tradi- tional mode of transport to the area’s fast-improving rail links.