Will Lewisham Get the Bakerloo Line?
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Wednesday 28 February 2018 All stitched up Homes& From needlepoint to award-winning wood. The best March events Property Page 12 SUPERFAST BROADBAND NEW HOMES P4 LONDON DESIGN WEEK P14 GARDENING P16 SPOTLIGHT: BAYSWATER P24 Will Lewisham get the Bakerloo line? Page 8 ALAMY London’s best property search news: homesandproperty.co.uk 2 WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | News The Help to Buy booster HE Help to Buy special event on March 15 at scheme, stamp duty Grange St Paul’s Hotel in the City, cuts and lower prop- where homes will be on offer at erty prices are tempt- nine locations including Camber- ing first-time buyers well, Stratford, Barking, Acton, Tout of winter hibernation, writes Croydon and Poplar, with prices Trophy David Spittles. starting at £254,995. For details, Research shows four out of 10 email helptobuysales@Bellway. home of new homes are being bought via co.uk or call 0845 548 8025. the week the government-backed Help to Barratt has launched Help to Buy deposit scheme, which was Buy flats at Harrow Square in Take in the boosted by £10 billion in Novem- the north-west London suburb ber’s Budget. It applies to new synonymous with the prestigious sights from homes valued at up to £600,000 boarding school for boys, and at and allows buyers to purchase 842-home Upton Gardens, a your bathtub with just a five per cent deposit. redevelopment of West Ham Hundreds of Help to Buy homes United’s old football stadium in From £404,995: new Help are available across London. east London. Prices from to Buy homes at Bellway’s £4.6 million: you might Developer Bellway is holding a £334,995. Call 0844 811 4321. Lansbury Square in Poplar have partied extremely hard the night before, but no one windows. 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Two sun terraces lead off the bedroom and reception room providing views over historic Childs Hill Park with Green Tube station is just its tennis courts, pavilion, half a mile away. bowling green and paddling Through Hamptons pool. Residents’ parking is International (020 3324 available, while Golders 1600). By Faye Greenslade EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2018 3 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by News | Homes & Property Ramsay rocks locals Woolf makes waves É CHEF Gordon Ramsay has sent in the É ALSO causing a stir in Cornwall is bulldozers to flatten the handsome Twenties Virginia Woolf, An Exhibition Inspired Cornish holiday home, left, that he bought in by her Writings at Tate St Ives, which 2015 for £4.4 million. To the fury of opened to rave reviews. Meanwhile, the REX neighbours he plans to replace the waterside author’s former London home, Hogarth house near Rock, a celeb haunt on the North House, left, is on the market with Cornish Coast, with a “vast” white mansion Featherstone Leigh for £3.25 million. with three bedrooms and two kitchens. It’s also where Woolf and her husband As the fiery host of TV’s Hell’s Kitchen, Leonard established the Hogarth Press Ramsay, inset, is no stranger to publishing house in 1917. The Grade II- confrontation. He also plans a swimming listed Georgian property in Richmond, pool and a wine cellar in his new home. It’s fully restored, has been converted into just 100 yards from the beach, so it should two houses, The Leonard and The SWNS be perfect for summer getaways. Virginia, by Berwick Hill Properties. By Amira Hashish Got some gossip? Tweet @amiranews ZILLOW.COM The rent’s £39k a month? Better Belieb it, Justin COURTESY LIONARD COURTESY É POP STAR Justin Bieber has moved Mystery US tycoon buys Frescobaldi pile into a new rental home, above, in West Hollywood. Estimated to be A PRESTIGIOUS estate in Tuscany, Lionard Luxury Real Estate say this worth £12.8 million, the 6,000sq ft owned by the Italian family behind follows a popular trend for US house is apparently listed for rent at Ristorante Frescobaldi in Mayfair, entrepreneurs who are seeking an eye-watering £39,000 a month. has been purchased by a mystery properties in Italy. Amazingly, this is a downsize from American tycoon. The 940-acre estate includes the the Beverly Hills house the 23-year- The Frescobaldis, Italy’s oldest and spectacular villa with two towers old, inset, was renting previously. His most respected wine dynasty, sold plus a farm with houses, along with new part-time pad has three the majestic Villa Bibbiani, above, for stables, a 19th-century botanical bedrooms, a cinema and an infinity £8.7 million. garden with oriental plants and a pool with views of Los Angeles. The buyer plans to invest the same romantic park. The stunning retreat Perched just above Sunset Strip, it is figure again on renovation and new is also equipped with cellars for olive the stuff of rock’n’roll dreams. GETTY business opportunities. Agents oil and wine production. Bellissimo! 4 WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | New homes ITH most of us now using multiple digital devices and streaming everything from films and music to compu- Wter games and powerpoint presenta- tions, fast internet connectivity is as important to sustaining our lives as running water and electricity.