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Asta House Brochure THE ARCHITECTURE. Asta House provides a new take on urban living, right in the heart of the characterful and well-connected Fitzrovia District with its great history of artists, writers and designers. With a W1 postcode, this is a place close to the bustle of Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, yet tucked away on the quiet corner of Whitfield Street and Chitty Street. Asta House is an airy, wide-windowed brick and Cumbrian slate building – originally for light-industrial use, then offices and studios – dating from the 1950s. Now Derwent London is transforming this very adaptable building into a thoughtfully designed and richly detailed residential enclave with a variety of apartments and two penthouses, all overseen by an on-site concierge. 3. 4. The theme is set from the moment you step through the solid dark wood door at street level. Inside you find an entrance lobby with parquet flooring and light-painted timber panelling, a concierge desk and leather seating for visitors. Classic 1950s Italian light fittings nod to retained aspects of the building’s heritage such as the green and cream Terrazzo staircase with its delicate metal railings. The design is stylish but simple, with luxurious materials throughout. Dark glazed wall tiles lead from the entrance to the lift lobby at the rear. If you take the stairs, you get the benefit of angled views through large windows on every staircase landing. 5. 6. Your own front door – again in dark wood – with a solid brass doorknob. Inside, the palette of materials continues in a lighter tone, with textured sawn wooden floors, white walls and feature Dada kitchens with lacquered and Corian surfaces. New, wide, high-performance metal-framed windows increase the sense of space and light. 7. 8. Many of the spaces open up to each other with sliding, glazed, space-saving doors. Ample built-in storage is provided. 9. 10. The apartments range from one to three bedroom, all benefitting from generous metal-framed windows, textured wooden floors and Molteni&C fitted wardrobes. 11. 12. The bathrooms have bespoke vanity/mirror units in a crisp modern style Luxurious living within a crafted and contemporary boutique building. with porcelain walls and elegant marble effect floor tiling. 13. 14. FITZROVIA. FITZROVIA MAINTAINS PLENTY OF ITS HISTORICALLY BOHEMIAN AND CREATIVE FLAVOUR. Well-provided with excellent restaurants, pubs and cafés, private art galleries and shops, it has long been an independently-minded district that is as much residential, commercial and (with University College London nearby) academic. 17. 18. Its grid of streets, laid out from Georgian times onwards, was a key location for the postwar Avant-Garde art set known as the English Constructionists, but the artistic presence here, including writers and musicians, goes back centuries further. 19. 20. LOCATED IN A TRANQUIL STREET AMIDST THE SOPHISTICATED URBAN VILLAGE OF FITZROVIA. 21. 22. Long known as a centre for creative industries such as advertising, engineering and architecture, Fitzrovia has a youthful population. Well-served by Underground stations, bus routes and (from late 2018) by the new Elizabeth Line at Tottenham Court Road. 23. 24. RE TAIL 1 Agent Provocateur 11 Jo Malone 21 Space NK 2 Apple 12 Lewis Leather 22 T2 3 Aveda 13 Liberty London 23 Topshop 4 Cycle Surgery 14 Mac Cosmetics 24 Waterstones 5 Dwell 15 M&S 25 Zara 6 Evans Cycles 16 Oasis 7 Habitat 17 Oliver Bonas 8 Heal’s 18 Paperchase 9 Hotel Chocolat 19 Pollock’s Toy Museum 10 John Lewis 20 Primark LIFESTYLE. RESTAURANTS 1 100 Wardour St 11 Carluccio’s 21 Gaucho 2 The Attendant 12 Crazy Bear 22 Hakkasan 3 Bao 13 Dean Street Townhouse 23 Honey & Co 4 Barrafina 14 The Detox Kitchen 24 House of Ho 5 Barrica Tapas Bar 15 DF/Mexico 25 Iberica 6 Berners Tavern 16 Ember Yard 26 The Ivy Soho Brasserie 7 Beyond Bread 17 Fabrique Bakery 27 Koba 8 Black Sheep Coffee 18 Fitzroy Tavern 28 Lantana 9 Bubbledogs 19 Foley’s 29 The Larder 10 Byron 20 Gail’s Kitchen 30 Latium 31 Lima 41 Pilau 51 Villandry 32 Lokhandwala 42 Pisque 52 Yauatcha 33 The Lucky Pig 43 Planet Organic 34 Mac and Wild 44 The Red Fort 35 Mere 45 Riding House Café 36 The Ninth 46 Roka 37 Obicà 47 Salt Yard 38 Percy & Founders 48 Shoop Soup 39 Peyton and Byrne 49 Steak & Lobster 40 Pied à Terre 50 Stephen Street Kitchen 25. 26. HUNTLEY STREET HUNTLEY STREET UNIVERSITIES THE ATRE GALLERIES 1 Central Saint Martins 1 Bloomsbury Theatre 1 Alison Jacques Gallery 2 L’ecole Jeannine Manuel 2 Dominion Theatre 2 Lazarides Gallery 3 LSE (London School of 3 London Palladium 3 Caroll/Fletcher Economics & Political Science) 4 New Diorama Theatre 4 Edel Assanti 4 RADA (Royal Academy 5 Regent Street Cinema 5 Getty Images Gallery of Dramatic Art) 6 The Photographers Gallery 5 SOAS University of London 7 Pilar Corrias 6 UCL (University College London) 8 Rebecca Hossack Gallery 7 University of London 9 Rosenfeld Porcini 8 University of Westminster LIFESTYLE 1 The 52 Club 6 Fitness First 11 Psycle 2 Action Pilates For Everybody 7 Good Vibes Fitzrovia 12 PureGym 3 Egoist Body Studios 8 Kundalini Yoga 13 Studio by The Detox Kitchen 4 Energy Base 9 NKD Ambition 14 UCLU Bloomsbury Fitness 5 Epoch fitness 10 PerformancePro 15 YMCA Gym AMENITIES. BARS & HOTELS EXHIBITIONS LIVE MUSIC 1 The Bloomsbury 1 The British Library 1 The 100 Club 2 Bourne & Hollingsworth 2 The British Museum 2 The Albany 3 Charlotte Street Hotel 3 Royal Institute of 3 Bolivar Hall 4 The Langham, London British Architects 4 Gibson Guitars 5 The London Edition 4 UCL Art Museum 5 The King and Queens 6 Milk & Honey 6 Ronnie Scott’s 7 The Nadler 8 Sanderson Hotel 9 The Social 10 The Soho Hotel 11 Soho House 27. 28. HUNTLEY STREET HUNTLEY STREET THE PLANS. FLOORLEVEL 1.1 FLOORLEVEL 2. 2 104 204 102 202 101 201 105 205 NN NN 101 102 201 202 2 BEDROOMS 2 BEDROOMS 2 BEDROOMS 2 BEDROOMS 2 BATHROOMS 2 BATHROOMS 2 BATHROOMS 2 BATHROOMS 81 SQ M 80.4 SQ M 82.5 SQ M 80.3 SQ M (872 SQ FT) (865 SQ FT) (888 SQ FT) (864 SQ FT) 104 105 204 205 1 BEDROOM 3 BEDROOMS 1 BEDROOM 3 BEDROOMS 1 BATHROOM 2 BATHROOMS 1 BATHROOM 2 BATHROOMS 53.4 SQ M 108.7 SQ M 53.5 SQ M 110 SQ M (575 SQ FT) (1,170 SQ FT) (576 SQ FT) (1,184 SQ FT) 31. 32. FLOORLEVEL 3. 3 FLOORLEVEL 4.4 303 304 403 404 302 402 301 401 306 305 406 405 N N NN 301 302 303 401 402 403 2 BEDROOMS 2 BEDROOMS 1 BEDROOM 1 2 BEDROOMS 2 BEDROOMS 1 BEDROOM 2 BATHROOMS 2 BATHROOMS BATHROOM 2 BATHROOMS 2 BATHROOMS 1 BATHROOM 82.9 SQ M 81.5 SQ M 50 SQ M 82.7 SQ M 81.4 SQ M 49.9 SQ M (892 SQ FT) (877 SQ FT) (538 SQ FT) (890 SQ FT) (876 SQ FT) (537 SQ FT) 304 305 306 404 405 406 1 BEDROOM 3 BEDROOMS 2 BEDROOMS 1 BEDROOM 3 BEDROOMS 2 BEDROOMS 1 BATHROOM 2 BATHROOMS 1 BATHROOM 1 BATHROOM 2 BATHROOMS 1 BATHROOM 54.2 SQ M 110.4 SQ M 61.4 SQ M 54.3 SQ M 108.7 SQ M 61.2 SQ M (583 SQ FT) (1,188 SQ FT) (660 SQ FT) (584 SQ FT) (1,170 SQ FT) (659 SQ FT) 33. 34. BUILDING APARTMENT SPECIFICATION SPECIFICATION GENERAL COMMON PARTS DOORS SECONDARY LIGHTING AND • Refurbished building comprising • Access-controlled 13-person • High-performance fire resistant BATHROOMS ELECTRICAL 22 private apartments passenger lift timber entrance doors with • Porcelain wall and marble effect • LED downlights to all living areas • New Grade A office space at ground • Glazed anthracite porcelain wall antique finish brass furniture, floor tiling complemented by some cove lighting and lower ground floor levels tiles and fire rated crittal window ironmongery and applied numbering • Bespoke vanity unit to include • LED pelmet lighting to kitchen • Secure bicycle parking to lift lobby • Triple-point security locking integrated cabinet with built in and lighting above and within • Communal terrace at first floor • Staircase to levels 1-3 with • Apartments are arranged with shelving. Mirror finish behind wall wardrobes level with timber decking, original terrazzo tread and skirting, several sliding doors allowing hung Duravit or Catalano washbasin seating and landscaping and refurbished hand rails. space to flow between rooms with chrome finish Hansgrohe A U D I O - V I S U A L , • BLP warranty (10 years) Levels 3 and above are served • Doors to be timber clad in finish fittings and Dornbracht taps TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS • Tenure: 250 year lease by a new folded metal staircase relative to their location and room • Steel enamelled Bette bath with and extension of the hand rail. Dornbracht fittings and overbath/ • Freeview and satellite television services, AM/FM outlets and BUILDING FAÇADE • Communal corridors have white FINISHES handshower sets fixed telephone lines • Retained brick façade with additional painted wall panelling with groove • Havwood Henley-Oak Marle • Volente wall-mounted WC with new brickwork to the upper levels, profile and Havwood henley-oak character engineered strip plank soft-closing hinges • Cat 6 data cabling star-wired back all painted with a high quality dark marle timber flooring wood flooring throughout • Towel rail by Dornbracht to patch-panel in services cupboard grey paint • Dedicated basement refuse and • White matt emulsion painted • Fibre AV distribution to living • All windows and external doors recycling store walls and white satinwood painted SECONDARY room and master bedroom have enhanced acoustic insulation, timberwork SHOWER ROOMS • High speed broadband via hyperoptic high-performance solar-control ENERGY & • Porcelain wall and marble effect glazing and dark coloured SUSTAINABILITY KITCHENS floor tiling powder-coated aluminium frames • Achieved BREEAM Ecohomes • Fully fitted Dada kitchen units • Bespoke vanity unit to include Excellent rating with a white matt lacquer finish, integrated cabinet with built ENTRANCE • Renewal and low energy systems marble effect porcelain slab in shelving.
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