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‘New homes at football grounds — it’s a win-win’ Lifechanger of Janice the week Spoilt Morley for choice in your lovely Essex barn Trophy home of the week the talent to a mews EDITOR

£1 million: in the pretty south £3.15 million: with both Hyde Park and London’s oldest horse riding school on the doorstep, AS ONE football fan and home buyer said Essex village of East Hanningfield, Bathhurst Mews, Baywater, is definitely hot to trot. A complete refit and extension to the house, this Victorian barn conversion in along with restoration to the original façade, has resulted in a roomy, modern mews that when he heard League One’s AFC Wimbledon five acres of glorious gardens also showcases innovative space-saving ideas and a host of luxe details, including a home is building a new stadium on 12 acres along has space for an equestrian centre. entertainment, lighting and heating/air-conditioning system controlled at the touch of a button. with 604 homes for sale: “Buying a home built A careful conversion has created Each of the three bedrooms has private outdoor terrace space, there’s a plush cinema room, a into the ground? It doesn’t come much better a versatile, bright home with four bespoke kitchen laid with walnut floors and a first-floor, open-plan reception room lit by large bedrooms, a huge glass-lit dining skylights. Through Residential Land (020 7408 5155). than this.” The latest idea to tackle the housing hall, a farmhouse kitchen/ supply crisis by building homes into football breakfast room with Aga, plus By grounds is a win-win, especially when we read living/dining and garden rooms, Faye Greenslade alll enjoying garden views. A three- that at Wimbledon, 30 per cent will be car garage has a studio room above affordable with full-priced homes starting from that you could work from or let out, London buy of the week Best of two eras… a luxe £425k. New exclusive research for Homes & while a pond and Oriental-style pagoda, animal coops plus a fruit flat with all mod cons inside a fine Georgian house Property reveals that 3,600 homes will be orchard feature outside. Through delivered by five clubs in the capital through Fenn Wright (01245 930127). stadium-to-residential conversions. Arsenal, £499,950: this compact one-bedroom Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, AFC beauty in leafy Twickenham is just a Wimbledon and West Ham United account for short walk away from the railway this jump in housing stock. Sport just got a station, glorious riverside strolls and Championship medal from young Londoners. green open spaces. It’s part of Neville House, a fine Georgian property that commands a prime spot in London VISIT homesandproperty.co.uk/rules for details of our Road. usual promotion rules. When you respond to promotions, Set on the ground floor, the flat offers or competitions, the Evening Standard and its enjoys high ceilings, original exposed sister companies may contact you with relevant offers floorboards, panelling and an imposing and services that may be of interest. Please give your open fireplace in a bright and airy 24ft mobile number and/or email address if you would like to reception room with ample space for receive such offers by text or email. dining. Floor-to-ceiling sash windows smart instant boiling water tap, while open out to secluded communal the bathroom has a newly fitted Editorial: 020 3615 2650 gardens. shower and the bedroom takes care of Advertisement manager: Ann Finan The kitchen is full of bespoke details storage with fitted wardrobes. Through Advertising: 020 3615 0538 including underfloor heating and a Savills (020 8012 7018). Homes & Property, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, London W8 5TT. EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018  3 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by News | Homes Property DAVE BENETT DAVE Would David’s place get a yes from you?

BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT judge David Gallagher in the Walliams has listed his three-bedroom Nineties, it was

home in Belsize Park, north-west known then as IMAGES BARNCROFT London, for £5.35 million with Marcus Supernova Heights Parfitt. Walliams, inset, bought the and was the scene five-storey house, above, 13 years ago of many rock’n’roll Lock-up king’s on the lookout for a garage for £3.25 million. Owned by Noel parties. Walliams created double- Homes and triple- storey SELF-STORAGE magnate Rodger Hayward, the savvy entrepreneur has spaces and Dudding, above, Britain’s biggest just exchanged on an exquisite restored the gossip owner of lock-up garages with more mansion opposite Hyde Park that is façade. than 12,000, can well afford a home one of only a handful of fully detached Amira Hashish where storage really isn’t an issue. houses in W2. By He’s just bought a huge £5 million However, there is one tiny drawback. Got some gossip? home in Bayswater, a purchase that The integral double garage falls rather would barely make a dent in his short of the space Dudding requires for Tweet @amiranews estimated £162 million fortune. his 420 cars — thought to be Europe’s Through Kinleigh Folkard & grandest collection of motors.

Neighbours can’t hear Gordon’s F Word

DESPITE being in the centre of town at Lancaster Gate in Bayswater, you can hear a pin drop in this six- bedroom home, right. Indeed, the acoustics are so great that the house is regularly let to film production companies, including the makers of the Offer £2 million for this LA cottage and it Harry Potter franchise. Several episodes of Gordon will be music to pop princess Selena’s ears Ramsay’s television series prettiest mews streets, the The F Word were also house has a magnificent SELENA GOMEZ, left, is selling her and comes with a library and cinema. made there. Art Deco staircase home in Studio City, Los Angeles. The Outside there are lavender gardens, a The potty- and the new owner on/off girlfriend of fellow pop pool and a renovated guesthouse. mouthed celebrity will have access to superstar Justin Bieber has listed the Fitness fanatic Gomez has also chef, inset, was Sussex Square cottage-style property with an East installed her very own yoga studio. particularly taken Gardens for an Coast vibe, above, for just over This is not the only place the by the state-of- additional annual £2 million. American singer and actress has on the-art Zeyko nominal fee. It’s She bought the three-bedroom the market at the moment. She is also kitchen. In on the market home for £1.6 million last May. It is selling a Texas house that she bought Bathurst Street, for £5,695,000

GETTY set behind a gated circular drive in 2015, for £2.24 million. one of London’s with Lurot Brand. 4  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | New homes homesandproperty.co.uk powered by GETTY Return fixture: AFC Wimbledon fans hope to be watching matches at their new ground in from the start of the 2019/2020 football season Football’s coming home

As the World Cup kicks off tomorrow, London football fans get a unique chance to buy a new home at their favourite club, says Anna White

EAGUE ONE football club 30 per cent of the site will be classed LONDON CLUBS TACKLING AFC Wimbledon is the latest as “affordable”. Visit galliardhomes. THE HOUSING CRISIS London team to get a new com/stadia-three or call 020 7620 The AFC Wimbledon stadium is not stadium that will incorporate 1500 for more details. the only such scheme under way in hundreds of homes in the Sales director David Galman, of London that will bring much-needed Ldevelopment. developer Galliard Homes, says: homes. New research exclusive to The 12-acre site became available “We’re proud to be part of bringing Homes & Property reveals 3,600 last year when Wimbledon AFC Wimbledon back to its home.” homes will be delivered by five clubs Greyhound Stadium closed. It sits Galliard is building the flats plus in the capital through stadium-to- between the triangle of Garratt Lane, retail units and a fitness centre, and residential conversions. Plough Lane and the River Wandle contributed £14 million towards the The study by property consultancy and is already in the early stages of construction of the stadium. The dog JLL shows that Arsenal, Tottenham conversion into London’s newest track site is 250 yards from the Hotspur, Brentford, AFC Wimbledon football stadium — along with 604 football side’s old home ground at and West Ham United account for new homes. Plough Lane, long turned over to flats. this jump in housing stock. Last AFC Wimbledon, born 17 years ago Galman expects these new autumn, London Mayor Sadiq Khan after the original Wimbledon FC apartments to go to first-time buyers upped the build rate in the capital to moved to Milton Keynes and and local parents who want a buy-to- 66,000 new homes per year. morphed in MK Dons, has been let investment that will later house Arsenal moved out of its original sharing a home ground in Kingston their grown-up children. However, ground to the bigger Emirates but should move into its new 10,000- some AFC Wimbledon fans have Stadium, freeing up Highbury to be seater ground in 2020, just as new signed up, too. Lifelong Wimbledon turned into Highbury Square where homeowners are unpacking. FC/AFC Wimbledon supporters Best seats in the ground: there’s a two-bedroom apartment on From £349,990: new David Kenwery and Liam Nolan, both fan Liam Nolan, in his AFC sale in the old East Stand for £575,000 homes in the latest phase of GREAT FOR FIRST TIMERS in their fifties, have bought a two- Wimbledon shirt, has bought a through Portico. Call 020 7288 9440. Upton Gardens E13, above — AND FOR THE FANS bedroom, two-bathroom flat. flat at the team’s new Merton The current trend, however, is for and top, the conversion of The first 114 homes, at Stadia Three, Offshore wind farm site manager ground in Plough Lane, where clubs to build new stadiums with West Ham’s old Boleyn Wimbledon Grounds are now on sale Kenwery is based in Hull but regularly 604 homes will be part of the dwellings in the development, Ground into 842 new homes in three seven-storey brick apartment travels down to London to watch AFC development explains JLL analyst Nick Whitten, buildings with shop space beneath. Wimbledon in Kingston. Nolan, an IT reflecting the UK’s critical housing Prices for a one-bedroom flat of consultant, grew up in Merton and is shortage. nearly 600sq ft in this initial phase now working in Australia. He plans to “The need for new homes in the UK start from £425,000. There’s a muted come back to the UK and live in the will continue to influence stadium grey palette in the kitchens, marble flat. “I usually come down to London developments. Although the majority bathrooms and dark wooden floors. and stay in a hotel so it’s going to be of clubs that needed to expand have Each flat will have its own balcony. fantastic to come and stay right at the already done so, there are still some While 400 homes will be for private ground,” says Kenwery. “For a football who are planning to build modern fit- sale, the remaining 204 can be bought fan, homes built into a ground is for-purpose stadiums, such as through shared ownership, meaning about as good as it gets.” Chelsea,” he says. EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018  5 New homes | Homes Property

From £435,000: 114 apartments at Stadia Three, the first phase of development at AFC Wimbledon’s new ground in SW17 GETTY

LIFE AFTER THE HAMMERS The action’s KICK-OFF IN BRENTFORD AT UPTON GARDENS started: work on When West Ham moved to the AFC Wimbledon’s Make west London your goal Stadium — now known as new ground at the London Stadium — a five-year Plough Lane, project was set in train to convert the SW17, above, has club’s historic Boleyn Ground into begun. New flats Upton Gardens E13, with 842 new built as part of the one-bedroom to four-bedroom scheme should be homes. There will be communal move-in ready gardens, an underground car park during 2020 and bike storage and a 12-hour concierge service. Prices in the latest phase start from £349,990 with a rental yield of 3.9 per cent to four per cent (barratthomes. co.uk; 0844 811 4334). Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur played at White Hart Lane From £270,000: flats at Apt Living’s scheme, above and top, for almost 130 years, but it’s time to overlook near Brentford FC’s stadium site upgrade and increase capacity. The Northumberland Development Project being built on 20 acres right BRENTFORD FC is building a new 17,250-seater next door will include a £430 million, stadium near Kew Bridge as part of a wider 56,250-seater stadium with 585 on- regeneration programme. The new ground will site flats and a new college include 910 homes on a 10-acre site just five minutes specialising in sports science. away from Kew Bridge station and the M4. Housebuilding partners are being Developer EcoWorld London started construction sought for the project. on the Brentford Community Stadium in April and 10 Next to the site and as part of the new residential buildings will follow. Known as the wider sports-led regeneration for Bees, Brentford FC is expected to relocate from Griffin Tottenham, Newlon Housing Trust Park during the 2019/20 season, when homes should has an affordable homes scheme also be finished. For those who want to buy in called Rivers Apartments with one-, Brentford now, Apt Living has launched Apt Living at two- and three-bedroom shared- Gunnersbury Park, above, a new scheme close to ownership flats and other the stadium site and overlooking the 180-acre park. homes for intermediate rent being The project offers 213 studio, one- and two-bedroom made available to key workers flats, with prices from £270,000 (apt-living.co.uk). (newlon.org.uk). 6  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | London life

IG-NAME aristocratic families own and manage large swathes of central London — but smaller private estates are also striving to hold together Bcommunities within the capital. The Queen, the Church and five families — the Dukes of Westminster and Bedford, Earl Cadogan, Viscount Portman and the descendants of the sixth Lord Howard de Walden — together own about 1,000 acres of central London’s super-prime real estate. Until the Nineties, most of these estates were run in a broadly similar way: residential properties were let on long leases and commercial spaces rented out to the highest bidder. Details such as distinctive street furniture, perhaps elegant lamp posts or cobbled paving stones, were often overlooked, while efforts to engage the local community were patchy. However, thanks to soaring London house prices, many landowners have set about transforming their assets, creating destination streets, investing millions in “streetscaping”, and adding the suffix “village” wherever possible. But there are smaller, less well- known estates that are also eager to make an impact, often offering property to newcomers on short leases, sometimes even with the chance to buy freehold. HYDE PARK ESTATE, W2 Where is it? In the triangle formed by Edgware Road, Marble Arch and Lancaster Gate Tube stations. Who lives there? Rich bankers and established professionals. A spotlight London’s was turned on this previously little- known area north of Hyde Park when Tony and Cherie Blair bought their terrace house there for a reported

£3.65 million in 2004. TV presenter Claudia Winkleman is a neighbour. village people History: owned by the Church Commissioners, the estate was developed from the early 19th century onwards and now consists of The capital is full of little-known 1,700 residential, commercial and retail properties. Like many estates, historic private estates keen to keep the properties fell into disrepair after the Second World War, and many their communities together. Arabella were requisitioned by Paddington borough council. However, since the Youens finds opportunities for buyers Fifties there has been focus on investment and development. Heart: Connaught Street and its neighbouring streets, dubbed village setting,” says Joanna Love of Connaught Square by renting a newly Connaught Village. It’s home to a mix the Church Commissioners for refurbished six-bedroom house for of women’s fashion boutiques, England. The estate has the ambition £3,250 per week. Both available vintage couture, restaurants and to be the greenest in London and through Knight Frank (020 7871 5070) shops including a cheesemonger, current initiatives include the To buy: a one-bedroom, fifth-floor flat wine shop and art galleries, as well as improvement of green spaces in portered block Coniston Court is two riding stables. through revamping many of the £495,000 through Chestertons (020 Vision: “Our focus is on building an gardens and introducing native 7298 5900). environment and community with species and wildlife. high-quality amenities within a Why live there? It’s on the doorstep of THE BENYON ESTATE, N1 the West End and also Hyde Park, so Where is it? De Beauvoir Town, it’s perfect for dog owners. The estate Hackney has a pet-friendly lettings policy. Who lives there? Radio 4 newsreader Tenant privileges? Freeholders who Zeb Soanes and a mix of old-timer live within six defined areas of the residents, professionals with families estate have access to communal and a smattering of Hackney hipsters. gardens but they pay a fixed charge History: first developed in the 1830s, towards the upkeep of the area as well the estate is owned by the Benyon as an annual “garden charge” family whose ancestor came from covering the cost of the maintenance. Guernsey in 1640 and bought what Owners need to apply for consent was then a farm in Hackney. Having from the Church Commissioners for been established for middle-class any external alterations to property. merchants, the area became much Transport: if you can’t walk where more mixed last century. The council you need to go, there are three Tube took a third of it for Sixties social stations, all in Zone 1. housing. The estate now owns about Hyde Park Estate: this swathe of west To rent: a light-filled, two-bedroom 300 properties, all with front doors London is served by three Zone 1 Tube apartment with balcony in Connaught painted in the house colour, Benyon stations and encompasses 1,700 retail, Street is available for £765 per week. Blue. Management was brought back residential and commercial properties Alternatively, join the Blairs in into the family in 2007 and is headed EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018  7 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by London life | Homes Property

£350 a week: a one-bedroom flat on the first floor of this handsome period property, right, in De Beauvoir Road on the Benyon Estate. Call 020 7249 3690

Christmas tea party and all new Green is good: tenants receive a welcome gift box. Hyde Park Estate, Transport: like much of Hackney, above, has many residents cycle and many ambitions to be streets are closed to vehicular traffic. London’s greenest Otherwise, there’s Haggerston or and is improving Dalston Junction Overground, Zone 2. open spaces by To rent: refurbished one-bedroom introducing native flats in a mid-Victorian building with species and period details in Hertford Road are wildlife £350 per week through the Benyon Estate (020 7249 3690). To buy: a two-bedroom maisonette in Cleveland Road, with a private patio garden, is £700,000 through Hamptons (020 3369 4378).

ALAMY THE ESTATE, SE21 Where is it? The estate takes in 1,500 acres of , West Sought-after south London village: Dulwich, parts of and The Dulwich Estate offers all that an Sydenham. affluent suburb should, from attractive Who lives there? Comfortably off leafy streets to a regular farmers’ market professional families who like being in walking distance of some of south London’s sought-after private schools. up by Edward Benyon, brother of History: about to celebrate its 400th Newbury Tory MP Richard Benyon. anniversary, the estate is a charitable Heart: Southgate Road, the eclectic foundation, set up by the Elizabethan high street, has been turned into an actor Edward Alleyn who left it as an independent foodie destination endowment for a school. Today, there thanks to the Benyon team hand- are seven that benefit from his picking tenants including the De largesse: Dulwich College, James Beauvoir Deli and Sweet Thursday Allen’s Girls’ School and Alleyn’s pizzeria. De Beauvoir Square hosts an School as well as four state schools. annual party in July, sponsored by the Many of the 5,000 properties are now estate. owned freehold, with 208 still in the Vision: keen to underpin the portfolio but all owners have to seek economic structure of the area, The approval for alterations to the Benyon Estate has converted an external appearance of their property. Edwardian warehouse into a trendy, Heart: it’s a proper village, complete agile workplace called the De with finger signposts, post-and-chain Beauvoir Block, with a selection of fences and a mix of workmen’s commercial leases let deliberately cottages, fine Georgian villas and below market value to allow small post-war buildings. It offers pretty businesses to grow. It is also building much every affluent suburb must- a new primary school which opens in have: deli, farmers’ market, bookshop, September. “We aren’t just passing cafés and a local annual festival. through here,” says Edward Benyon. Vision: “The Dulwich Estate has led “Our commitment comes with the the development of a vibrant responsibility to make sure that we neighbourhood,” says chief executive, are doing what we can to sustain and Simone Crofton. “I want to bring in support our characterful local the best independent shops, cafés community.” and retailers across the estate and Why live there? A low-density green ensure we continue to inspire visitors oasis sandwiched between Islington and residents alike with a distinct and Dalston, much of the estate lies experience.” within a conservation area. The lack Why live there? It’s exceptionally of a Tube station means it is more off- green, with 40 acres of allotments, 12 radar than other areas but also more playing fields and 69 acres of ancient of a community. The estate has a dog- woodland, as well as the Herne Hill friendly lettings policy and there are Velodrome, a former Olympic venue, two Ofsted-rated “outstanding” which now has a new pavilion. primary schools. Transport: North Dulwich station in Tenant privileges? With an on-site Zone 2 or West Dulwich and maintenance team, the estate aims to in Zone 3. have any problems, such as iffy To rent: new two- and three-bedroom boilers or broken appliances, resolved flats in Croxted Road in West Dulwich within 24 hours. All front gardens are are available through Pedder (020 maintained by the estate gardeners 8702 8111). and lawnmowers are supplied for To buy: a five-bedroom family house those with big back gardens. Older with a large garden is £2,595,000 tenants are invited to an annual through KFH (020 8012 2748). 8  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | First-time buyers Twickenham for £101k? Scrummy

Young Londoners will score a winner with a shared-ownership flat in the affluent riverside home of English rugby, says Ruth Bloomfield ALAMY Popular and pretty: the Thames at Twickenham, where a former office block is now So Resi homes, below

ITH its great commuter links, riverside location and affluent market town vibe, the home of English rugby might well be the ideal location for a first-time Wbuy. Initial impressions of Twickenham aren’t brilliant. The office blocks and flats flanking the station are dreary, while match days can be chaos. However, King Street and York Road have a full complement of useful chain stores, and independent pubs, restaurants and cafés make Church Street a jewel. Waterfront pubs such as The White Swan are ideal for spending a sunny afternoon, the gardens of historic Marble Hill House are splendid and the shops, restaurants and open spaces of Richmond are a couple of miles away. Twickenham is an affluent area, and the average price of a flat in the TW1 postcode stands at just over £460,000 according to the latest data from Rightmove, which puts it beyond most first-time buyers. But a new launch of apartments in a smartly converted post-war office building will allow first timers to buy into the area for just over £100,000. £101,250: 25 per cent of a one-bedroom So Resi ONLY MOMENTS FROM THE Twickenham flat, through Thames Valley Housing HIGH STREET AND THE STATION One-bedroom flats at So Resi Twickenham (soresi.co.uk), part of Thames Valley Housing, WHAT ELSE CAN I BUY? start at £101,250 for a 25 per cent share in a home with a full price of £405,000. Buyers will THE best flats in TW1, particularly those with need to budget just over £1,135 a month, views of the river, are often priced above the including rental payments of £442.97, service £1 million mark, but first-time buyers can find charge of £160 and mortgage repayments better value at St Margarets just 10 minutes’ estimated at £532.18. walk away to the east, with its own train A 30 per cent share of a two-bedroom flat with station. A budget of about £400,000 could a full price of £500,000 comes in at £150,000. get you on to the property ladder in some Buyers of these larger homes will pay rent of style. Snellers estate agents is selling a two- £729.17 a month and service charge of £160. bedroom flat in an Art-Deco block in The Mortgage repayments are estimated at £788.41, Grove, priced at £415,000. A two-bedroom bringing the monthly total to £1,677.58. flat in St Margarets Road is listed with “So Resi Twickenham is in an enviable Snellers for £370,000. location, just minutes from the high street with its abundance of shops and restaurants as well as the mainline station,” says Esaiyas Mollallegn, head of marketing at Thames Valley Housing. A selling point of the development is its landscaped roof terrace, which will be shared by residents. The flats have large windows, integrated kitchens and, in some cases, views towards Richmond Hill and , as well as Twickenham Stadium. It is also great for commuters, being a five- £279,950: a one-bedroom period conversion minute walk from Twickenham station, where flat with communal garden and freehold share in services take just over 20 minutes to reach Wellington Road. Call Snellers (020 8783 0083). Waterloo. 10 WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD  Homes Property | Auctions

Heed the voice of experience: Sara Yates with husband Sam Horowitz, son Reuben Horowitz- Yates and Fluffbert the dog JULIET MURPHY JULIET Bidding to win It is possible to buy at auction with a mortgage. Sara Yates offers some valuable advice

ONDON properties took nearly 30 per If in doubt consult your solicitor. Things to look cent longer to sell this spring than they out for include: any outstanding bills you may did two years ago, according to inherit — I’ve seen an £80,000 liability in one Rightmove’s House Price Index. Buying legal pack; if major works are planned (detailed at auction allows you to buy or sell and in section 20 notices), and any extra buying Lhave keys exchanged in 28 days. You can save costs. Factor all these costs into your bid. yourself a packet, too, if you choose right. Get it If you are buying with a mortgage, make sure wrong, however, and it will cost you dear. Here the lease is longer than 80 years, that the seller are my top tips on a successful buy: has owned the property longer than six months and that you have at least 28 days to complete. 1 VISIT THE PROPERTY Attend one of the viewings. I didn’t. When I 5 HAVE A PLAN FOR THE AUCTION bought my second auction property, I’d read Auctions are exhilarating. It’s easy to bid more the legal pack, seen a floor plan and some old than you can afford. Take my advice and ignore pictures on a website. And the place was the first few properties. They are there to get tenanted, so how bad could it be if someone bums on seats and always sail well over the was living there? But it was bad. Water damage, guide price, so leave them to buyers with deep dodgy electrics and dilapidated décor greeted pockets. Be prepared to go home empty- me. The renovations swallowed a whole year’s handed. There are plenty of auction houses in rental income. Had it not been for modest London. If you’re outbid today there will be house price growth I’d have ended up with a another chance soon. Lastly, write down your loss. You may not be as lucky. maximum bid for each property before you go in. Stick to it. If you don’t feel you can, take 2 KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING someone with you or consider asking someone If a bedroom looks really poky or doesn’t have else to bid on your behalf. any external windows, a room has likely been split to create more sleeping space. If the 6 DON’T FORGET YOUR BANK CARD conversion was done without the freeholder’s If you succeed, you must pay a 10 per cent permission, you will need to pay to convert it deposit and some auction costs immediately, back. Factor these costs into your bid. so make sure you have the funds and means. You also need to complete a raft of paperwork. 3 DISCUSS THE PROPERTY WITH Check the auction catalogue for the list of what YOUR MORTGAGE BROKER documents they require. If you are buying with You don’t have to be a cash buyer at auction. someone else, or on their behalf, take their I’ve funded all my hammer purchases with documents, too. mortgages. But you do need a good broker. I video a property when I view it and show this to 7 USE A SOLICITOR WHO IS the broker. Together you will agree how much FAMILIAR WITH AUCTIONS you can borrow and how much it’s likely to be A lot needs to happen between exchange and worth. The broker should also visit the property completion. You require a solicitor who can act and get your mortgage agreed in principle. You for you promptly and efficiently and chivvy the also agree a cast-iron limit that you will not bid other side along, too. Speak to the auction above. Arrange a valuation immediately after a house if you need a recommendation. You also successful bid. You usually have 28 days to need to be on the ball yourself. Send the sale complete. You will lose your deposit if you fail documents to your solicitor as soon as the to get the mortgage, or if it takes too long. hammer falls, respond to their enquiries at once and call them and your mortgage broker 4 READ THE LEGAL PACK regularly to ensure everything stays on track. I am always stunned by the number of people bidding who haven’t bothered to read the legal ⬤ The next London Savills auction is on June 18 pack. Start with the special conditions and read at The Marriott, Grosvenor Square, W1, starting them carefully, as this is where nasties can lurk. at 9.30am.  EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 11 Homes abroad | Homes Property GETTY Cool, young vibe: Edgewater, Miami, where new one-bedroom flats at Hyde Midtown start from £360,000 The stars head for Miami Florida is attracting A-listers as Armani launches new homes in its Sunshine City. By Cathy Hawker

IAMI residents love celebrity stardust and there’s plenty in Florida’s sunshine capital. Wimbledon champion Andy Murray winters there, David MBeckham chose it for his Major Soccer League start-up and Jennifer Lopez and Lenny Kravitz party there. There are stellar names in Miami’s property world, too. The Twenties pastel-perfect Art Deco buildings on South Beach have been matched by high-rise masterpieces from modern architects including Lord Foster and the late Zaha Hadid, From £970,000: Residences by Armani/Casa, a while designers including Armani and Missoni 60-storey beachfront tower in Sunny Isles, Miami are turning their talents from fashion to interiors. “We believe in branding with real depth, not individual apartments. The penthouse sold for just putting a name to something as a gimmick,” £18.62 million, a record for Sunny Isles. “Three says Jorge Perez, chairman and founder of The of Miami’s most desirable neighbourhoods — Related Group, one of South Florida’s largest Golden Beach, Bal Harbour and Aventura — developers. “The Miami market is aspirational surround Sunny Isles,” says Dezer. “Miami is and international and our South American and now a world-class city with excellent museums, European buyers feel at ease with certain art galleries and the annual Art Basel Miami brands.” Beach and the Boat Show. Property prices have trebled since 2009 and the quality of luxury ITALIAN STYLE homes has risen steeply.” Related and Dezer Development are working with Italian fashion supremo Giorgio Armani on NEAR THE CITY’S BEACHES Residences by Armani/Casa, a 60-storey tower Once down-at-heel, Edgewater is another much- in Sunny Isles 30 minutes north of central changed Miami district. Its wide, well-lit Miami and 20 minutes south of Fort Lauderdale. pavements and proximity to the Design District, Built to resemble a sail rising from the ocean, Downtown and the beaches have made it a hit the beachfront building will have 308 homes, an with younger residents. “No area of Miami is extraordinary 35,000sq ft of amenities including unchanged over the last eight years,” says Carlos a gym, spa, pools, wine cellars and even a Rosso, president of The Related Group. cinema, along with beautiful coastal views. “Edgewater is a cool, safe area full of affordable This is Armani’s first US property project and homes that rent well and property prices are 30 joins Armani/Casa Dubai and Milan. Prices for per cent cheaper on average than Brickell.” the two- to four-bedroom homes of 1,400sq ft to Hyde Midtown is a completed Related 4,200sq ft started from £970,000, with three- development in Edgewater with 410 one- to bedrooms now from £2.6 million. Residences by three-bedroom condos over a new hotel. A one- Armani/Casa will be finished next year and is 75 bedroom home of 790sq ft priced £360,000 has per cent sold, including one of two penthouses monthly service charges of £410 and would at £12.5 million. Homes have big balconies, achieve a long-term rental of around £1,700. wonderful marble bathrooms and fabulous Good facilities include a tennis court, public kitchens. The quality is unmistakably high. lounges, rooftop bar, pool and gym, while “Effective branding is not just slapping a name carefully chosen artwork in public spaces on a building,” says Gil Dezer of Dezer reflects the youthful vibe. “Downtown Miami Development. “Armani and his team are has a population of 400,000 with an average age working on every aspect of this building. Their of 35,” says Rosso. “Millennials want this urban influence can be seen in the curved walls, the lifestyle.” textiles, finishes and furniture.” Dezer has a strong track record with branded ⬤ Residences by Armani/Casa: for sale through properties in Sunny Isles. He recently Aylesford International (aylesford.com) and completed the Porsche Tower where a lift Sphere Estates (sphereestates.com) delivers owners and their cars to their ⬤ Hyde Midtown: hydemidtownmia.com 12  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | Save the planet

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Up in lights: Dreaming Lips sign from Gods Own Junkyard, creators of stunning neon artworks, at Ravenswood Industrial Estate in Shernhall Street, Walthamstow E17 Strike the right note Design is all about rock, pop and punk-painted cherubs this summer, discovers Barbara Chandler

TAFFED by veterans in the artist Robert Williams, rejected as music business, Rock Roll, a obscene, was modified into a purple new wallcoverings brand in Celtic cross with skulls of the five Camden, has wheedled a musicians, sporting caps on their licence out of the Rolling luxuriant long hair. This has become StonesS to reproduce the “Jagger” lips- a mural and there’s also a wallpaper and-tongue logo. Designed by an RCA with the cross as a repeating motif. student in 1970, with the artwork now Also writing on the wall is the in the Victoria & Albert Museum, you iconoclastic God Save the Queen can buy it as a repeat pattern for £70 a record sleeve by artist Jamie Reid for roll, with murals from £250 (rockroll. the Sex Pistols. Released shortly co.uk). Those large lips have been before the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in Read my lips: the famous Rolling appropriated often over the years — 1977, this image with the royal head — Stones “Jagger” lips logo on £70-a-roll notably last month during Milan based on a photo by Cecil Beaton — wallpaper from Rock Roll in Camden Design Week, when a huge version collaged like a ransom note, was was painted by Dutch artist Studio banned amid outrage and has been Job to mark a party venue. deemed “the defining image of punk”. Other murals come from Joy Division ⬤ Rock Roll is billed as the world’s and New Order, and Rock Roll is first officially licensed producer of negotiating with another 50 bands. wallpaper and large-scale murals of album artwork by top recording ⬤ The visuals of rock, pop and punk, artists including The Who, Sex Pistols, including the flamboyant personae, Queen and the Ramones. Directors outré costumes, louche logos, posters, Ian and Sarah Hopkins, with a third record sleeves and guitars, have long partner, spent their youth “trawling permeated art, fashion and design, through record stores — we saw the fostering rebellion and shock. And creativity not just of the music but of the beat goes on. Meet Shyguy, for the artwork.” example. Actually, it’s a girl, Naomi Getting the licences isn’t easy. Many Wallens, whose pretty smile and long, bands don’t have an agency and blonde tresses conceal the steely perhaps are no longer together, but nerve of an emerging street artist, permission is needed from each with two works in Whitecross Street individual member “and if someone in Shoreditch. Her home in a is on tour, you just have to wait”. converted pub in Clerkenwell is a However, they’ve nailed the gallery for her own line of lights. controversial artwork from American They are pure punk and borderline hard rockers Guns N’ Roses for their shocking, their slogan-adorned bases notorious debut album Appetite for like buttocks, cast Antony Gormley- Destruction, which has sold three style, she says, from her own body. million copies since its launch in “Punk is a subculture for a certain The bottom line: Bad Ass lamp by 1987. A first version by subversive US generation,” says Wallens. “Soon we’ll Naomi Wallens at Shyguy (as before) EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018  15 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by Design | Homes Property

Wonder walls: left and right, logo and album cover murals from The Who and Sex Pistols, from Rock Roll, prices from £250 (as before)

“Baroque and roll”: chairs with pop portraits, below, hand- painted by Martin Nihlmar and Jimmie Karlsson. The design duo Punky princess: trade as Jimmie below, street artist Martin in Naomi Wallens Kensington has her own line in Church St, W8 lighting and upcycled furniture, trading as Shy Guy (shyguyart.com)

Turn it on: right, neon at Gods Own Junkyard in Walthamstow, where the coffee bar is called Rolling Scones

be channelling rap and hip-hop.” She inside, hand-painted in the basement very London,” says Karlsson. “Our café bar called Rolling Scones. The has also upcycled furniture, with by Jimmie Karlsson, who with pieces couldn’t really come from music business has permeated deep raunchy slogans on a gold-sprayed partner Martin Nihlmar, trades as anywhere else and visitors from into the Bracey family business, with bar rescued from a nightclub, and a Jimmie Martin. Tagged “baroque and abroad recognise that” — including their hoard of vintage signs and 17th-century Spanish confession box. roll”, the design duo repurpose Madonna, perhaps their most archived pieces from film, fashion All pieces are for sale (shyguyart.com; artefacts, decorating them with famous celeb client. Flying out at the and rock’n’roll. 07538 565545). images and slogans from art, fashion, moment are Karlsson’s punk painted The late founder Chris Bracey rock, pop and punk (jimmiemartin. cherubs. designed for Lady Gaga, Elton John ⬤ The posh W8 address of a shop in com). and Jay-Z. “Sex and drugs and bacon Kensington Church Street belies the Chairs become pop portraits while ⬤ Gods Own Junkyard — a neon rolls” is one of his puns up in lights punchy punk on furniture and lights mannequins are lights. “The result is wonderland in Walthamstow — has a (godsownjunkyard.co.uk). 16  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | Outdoors Revealed: plants that you just can’t kill

Alex Mitchell

Some plants will take care of themselves when you go on holiday

E ALL have a friend who insists that “everything” they plant dies. Actually, we might be that very Wperson. But even if the walk of shame to the bin is a familiar experience, BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Nick Bailey says we shouldn’t give up. In his excellent and information-

packed new book, Revive Your BUCKLEY JONATHAN ALAMY Garden, Bailey shares his tips for container plants — perfect for time- Words of wisdom: BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Nick Bailey’s new book dazzling trailing succulents with flowers. For shadier spots, Bailey poor, distracted Londoners who still reveals plants that will survive in the worst-tended garden, including dazzling pink daisy-like flowers. South African recommends sarcococca humilis. want an Instagram-worthy terrace. Hardy Iceplant (delosperma cooperi), below, and succulent little sempervivums natives delosperma cooperi and “I’ve just replaced a client’s dead Most plants in pots die because they above right, of which 30 different types are shown, providing great variety lampranthus brownii are the ones to potted box plants with this. They’re so don’t get enough water. But there are choose for shocking pink and red resistant to drought. You can move plants that won’t care if you forget to never watered it since and it looks flowers that open in the sun. They will them bare root in June, water them water them for weeks on end, in fact, glorious.” For something even bigger, look wonderful all summer and can once and they’ll live on.” Again, you they positively prefer it that way. Give treat yourself to the variegated agave be completely ignored after planting. can clip these into a tidy ball if you’re these beauties a pot and a sunny spot americana variegata. The London They should survive London winters prepared to sacrifice a few flowers. and its hard to kill them. microclimate means you can leave outside, too. Keep all of these plants happy by agaves out all year. Bailey cuts off the growing them in John Innes No 3 If it’s interesting, exotic leaves you very end of the spikes to save his Add in some pelargoniums — choose compost mixed with 30 per cent want, says Bailey, get lost in sedums fingers — “just one or two millimetres one colour and plant en masse is Perlite, says Bailey. Water them once and sempervivums, little succulents and you can’t even see it”. Bailey’s design tip — and lantana on planting and then, as long as they with cute, fleshy leaves. “If you plant Astelias, silver sword-leaved camara with two-tone Juicy Fruit pink are open to rainfall, they will survive them in a shallow dish you can put ALAMY architectural beauties, will also put up and orange flowers that will trail over without watering all summer. Go on them on a table as a centrepiece. The to overwinter on a windowsill. If it’s with no end of abuse and neglect and edges and have the pollinators holiday guilt-free and without having drier they get, the nicer their colours big and dramatic you want, go for an still look majestic in a large pot. Says buzzing. to bribe your neighbours with copious turn.” They’re easy to propagate — just agave for a Mexican desert vibe. Bailey: “Years ago I managed to forget For some blobby, evergreen shapes bottles of chilled rosé to water them tug off a piece and replant it for more, Bailey’s favourite for pots is bowling about a potted specimen against a to add structure over winter — so all week. and you can leave them out all winter ball-sized agave victoriae-reginae. south-facing wall for an entire important in small spaces — plant as long as they don’t get too wet. “It’s got a wonderful white trim to the summer. When I eventually westringia fruticosa, an Australian ⬤ Revive your Garden: How to Bring For something a bit more unusual edge of the leaves and black, hooked remembered it, it looked as happy as coastal plant that can be clipped “into your Outdoor Space Back to Life, by try echeverias, which make beautiful thorns. I took one home from the it had done in spring.” But you’ll need squat buns” like box, and has fine Nick Bailey, is published by Kyle rosettes. Bring them inside in autumn garden I designed at Chelsea, have colour, too, so get yourself some silver leaves and delicate white Books. 20  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 Homes Property | My home A family cottage for a passionate collector

Fine art expert Oliver Howell turned a modest Victorian house in Wandsworth into the perfect backdrop for his pictures as well as a home for his three teenage daughters. By Liz Hoggard

HE first thing you builders ripped out the interior, dug out see when you the back of the kitchen to create a lower walk into Oliver level that leads out on to the southwest- Howell’s sitting facing garden, and converted one bed- room is a Harland room to a bathroom/walk-in wardrobe. Miller canvas Howell sourced the marble for the T emblazoned with bathroom himself, from Italy. the words Bull His architects showed him how to Seeks China Shop. It’s a witty in-joke streamline the house. The same wood and the focal point of the room. flooring runs through from the front As managing director of fine art ship- door to the kitchen where, halfway ping and interior design installation along, steps lead down to the lower liv- company Gander & White, which trans- ing area with its long sofa. Full-height, ports and installs artworks for A-list Can you dig it: builders dug out this light-filled lower level leading out to the garden industrial-style, glazed doors lead into clients, Howell is the exact opposite of the garden and make the most of natu- a bull in a china shop. But he is a fan of ral light. “My builder had the doors Yorkshire-born Miller’s work. As well as made down in Sussex and then they had the Bull painting, he has one of the art- to be lifted manually over the roof of ist and writer’s faux-Penguin book cover the house.” canvases entitled Too Cool to Lose. Materials used in the garden — Sydney It’s no surprise that Howell collects stone blocks, wood and brick — reflect contemporary art. Gander & White the interior scheme and pay homage to Shipping has worked on installations the fact that this was once a rail workers’ for the Tate, the V&A and the British cottage. In the kitchen are cupboards Council. Last year it was awarded a made by Wandsworth kitchen designer Royal Warrant for fine art services. Mark Plant and a high, marble-topped Howell began collecting as a boy. His island for family meals. A striking parents became antiques dealers in exposed brick wall runs under the their fifties so during school holidays kitchen’s new glass roof, illuminated he was sent off to bid at auction. “We from beneath. lived in West Sussex so there were all those auctions houses like Sotheby’s Here, Howell has hung a sculptural Summer Place, Gorringe’s and Bell- “noticeboard” made by artist Mat mans. The funny thing is, the owner of Kemp which he bought at Wimbledon Gander & White, Patrick White, also Art Studios for £300. owns Bellmans, but when I went to bid Print it: over the sitting room fireplace is an industrial print by Berndnaut Smilde “We’ve bought a massive one for the as a kid I had no idea it would be my Gander & White office. We have a fund future career.” ago I did a big barn conversion in Sus- Seamus Shanks of dRAW says: “We where staff decide how to spend £5,000 sex and the builders were so methodical designed the front of the house as quite a year on artwork for the office. It sup- He has lived in his four-bedroom Vic- I knew I wanted them to do my house a muted area for Oliver’s collection. It’s ports local artists and makes the whole torian railway cottage, in a quiet road in London.” clean, tranquil. Then as you walk process more accessible.” in the heart of the sought-after Tonsleys The new interior is a showcase for his through the back of the house, your eye He knows people find the art world area of Wandsworth, for nearly 10 years. art collection. On one wall of the sitting is drawn to the architectural features. intimidating. “That’s why it’s great to Up to the last century, Wandsworth was room is Swimmer, a sensuous print of It’s a brighter, more vibrant space.” have someone loosely connected to the a busy industrial centre and the Tons- a floating nude, while on the facing wall It’s also a relaxed family home. How- industry, a gallery or an individual, who leys — small Victorian artisans’ cottages is Big Island, a Hawaiian seascape, both ell’s three teenage daughters come to can advise you along the way, whether — housed local workers. by photographer Alistair Taylor Young. stay every other weekend, so it’s cer- you’re spending £50 or £5,000.” Howell’s is a classic “Tonsleys house” In the kitchen is a print, In Shadows I tainly not a white-walled art gallery. His own mentors include art consult- with leaves and blossoms carved over Boogie, by photographer Miles Aldridge. “And with three teenagers rushing up ant Wendy Goldsmith of Goldsmith Art the windows and a tiled front path. “If The model in it holds a Harland Miller the staircase with their bags, it has to (goldartadv.com), who helped persuade you walk up this street most of the novel. “I started out by buying one of be practical.” Harland Miller that Howell was the houses are absolutely identical, every- his little Polaroids, which is great way Shelves either side of the fireplace perfect person to buy Bull Seeks China one’s done everything you can possibly to start collecting,” says Howell. display curios given by Howell’s par- Shop. But Howell is not precious. He do to them. So I thought I’d make this In the hall is a print by Moroccan art- ents, including a Buddha and seagull loves the fact that his daughters did house a bit different.” ist Lalla Essaydi, and the industrial-style sculptures. “My parents always say to their own version of a Miller for him He commissioned dRAW Architecture print above the sitting room fireplace me, ‘What would you like for your birth- with Daddy Cool picked out in wonky of Wandsworth and brought in his own is by Dutch visual artist Berndnaut day?’ And I say, ‘Just get me an antique lettering. It’s up there on the bedroom team of Sussex builders. “A few years Smilde: “For me, it’s just so peaceful.” oddity.’” Over six months he and his wall, along with his other treasures. EVENING STANDARD  21 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by My home| Homes Property

Above: Oliver Howell’s “Bull OLIVER HOWELL’S TIPS ON... Seeks China Shop” canvas by Harland buying art Miller is a sitting room focal point ⬤ They say 80 per cent of the art that galleries are not intimidating and a Left: an unfussy you buy goes down in value — so buy great way to get into art. Guinevere backdrop displays it because you love it. in New Kings Road is great for artwork to the max ⬤ Start by visiting the provincial antiques. Pimlico Green has some Right: skylights auction houses. They’re relaxed very quirky galleries. and full-height spaces to practise bidding. Brown ⬤ Seek out artists’ studios. I’m a big glazed doors keep furniture is out of fashion so go to fan of Wimbledon Art Studios the streamlined Bellmans’ Saturday sale, where there (wimbledonartstudios.co.uk). They kitchen/living are no reserve prices, and get a hold twice-yearly open days where space light and Georgian chest of drawers for £20- you can wander around 120 studios, bright £30 (bellmans.co.uk). from pottery to sculpture, in a very ⬤ Sotheby’s and Christie’s often have relaxed environment. specialist sales like The Brit Pop. ⬤ 1stDibs (1stdibs.co.uk) is a great They are not stuffy and great for new online resource where you can check buyers. out antique, vintage, mid-century Photographs: ⬤ The Lots Road and Lillie Road and modern furniture. Juliet Murphy 22  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | Reader offers Bargain news By Alison Cork

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A park of two eras: popular Kennington Park is made up of a LINK and you miss new homes, commercial space Imperial War Grade II-listed Victorian park and a Sixties extension to the east Kennington, the south Today in Kennington providing 1,650 jobs, two new public Museum: the London neighbourhood spaces, pedestrian and cycle routes world-renowned only two miles from Rightmove has 458 and a replacement Tesco museum, in Trafalgar Square. Most supermarket in Kennington Lane, Kennington since Bpeople drive through on their way to homes to BUY and while Berkeley’s application for the 1936, is a leading somewhere else. But estate agent 368 to RENT gasholder site is for 738 new homes in authority on Johnny Male, of Daniel Cobb, says four buildings of between four and 18 conflict and its Kennington is just waiting to be storeys and the demolition of three of impact, focusing discovered. the four gasholders. on Britain, its For those in the know, it combines a Kennington Cross is where two former Empire strong sense of community with a major roads, Kennington Road and and the quick commute into the City, Kennington Lane, cross. This busy Commonwealth Westminster and the West End, plus corner at the centre of Kennington is from the First plenty of attractive period homes. two miles from Trafalgar Square. World War to the Property remains cheaper than in agreed by the local council at the end Near neighbours are Waterloo to the present, with better-known Clapham and of last year, after which Berkeley put north; and stunning artefacts We are family: Charlotte and Dominic Huckett-Joseph, two Wandsworth, while Kennington in a planning application for the to the east; Stockwell and including this of three siblings who own Sugar Pot café, Kennington Park Road offers four lovely garden squares and gasholder site. The masterplan shows Brixton to the south and Westminster Spitfire, Harrier jet the much-visited Imperial War a mixed-use development of 1,500 across the river to the west. and V-2 rocket Museum. It is also a favourite with MPs who love the local curry houses and can make a quick dash over the river from their Kennington pieds-à-terre to Westminster for late-night votes. Then there is the royal connection. In the Twenties and Thirties the Duchy of Cornwall, now Prince Charles’s private estate, developed huge swathes of Kennington, building streets and squares in period Queen Anne and Georgian styles. Although most of these homes were sold to a housing association in 1990, the Duchy still owns commercial property in the area including the Kia Oval cricket ground, home of Surrey County Cricket Club. Plans by housebuilder Berkeley to transform land to the north of the ground could see Kennington’s landmark gasholders, treasured by cricket lovers the world over, changed forever. Just one of the four would be retained, with flats built within its listed industrial metal framework. The Oval and Kennington Development Area Masterplan was Kennington Road: colourful shopfronts along this major route, just a couple of miles from London’s heart

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£1,125,000 £925,000 A TWO-BEDROOM loft-style flat in The Lycee, THIS immaculate three-bedroom terrace a gated former Victorian school in Stannary cottage is in Aulton Place, Kennington, a quiet Street, Kennington. Dexters (020 7650 5102). pedestrianised street. KFH (020 3792 1044).

To find a home in Kennington, visit rightmove.co.uk £775,000 A SPLIT-LEVEL two-bedroom, two bathroom, For more area guides, visit homesandproperty.co.uk/area-guides fully refurbished flat with a courtyard garden in Monkton St. Winkworth (020 8012 4172). EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018  27 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by Property searching | Homes Property

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THERE are large Georgian houses on Housing association Notting Hill STATS CHECK the main roads — Kennington Road Genesis has two- and three-bedroom and Kennington Park Road — and in shared-ownership flats for sale in What homes cost Kennington’s four lovely garden Akerman Road in Oval Quarter, the squares: West Square behind the regeneration of the Myatt’s Fields BUYING IN KENNINGTON ; Cleaver North estate, off Brixton Road (Average prices) Square; Walcot Square and St Mary’s between Oval and Brixton. Prices One-bedroom flat £484,000 Gardens. The most expensive home start at £143,750 for a 25 per cent Two-bedroom flat £738,000 currently for sale is a seven-bedroom share of a flat with a market value of Two-bedroom house £826,000 Georgian house with a garden studio £575,000. Call 020 3797 8173. Three-bedroom house £1.03 million and separate basement flat in Four-bedroom house £1.05 million Kennington Road, priced £2.8million. HOMES FOR RENT RENTING IN KENNINGTON Local Duchy of Cornwall-built Johnny Male of Daniel Cobb estate (Average rates) houses and flats come in a variety of agents says Brexit has led to fewer One-bedroom flat £1,755 a month period styles. A five-bedroom red- relocations to London from Europe, Two-bedroom flat £2,351 a month brick house with a stepped gable in although there has been a rise in Two-bedroom house £1,917 a month Denny Crescent is for sale now, demand from non-EU countries. Three-bedroom house £2,386 a month priced £1.65 million. “Void periods are a concern for Four-bedroom house £3,051 a month A number of interesting conversions rental investors but good rental Source: Rightmove include the classical former NAAFI properties are snapped up quickly building, Imperial Court, in with minimal voids between Kennington Lane; The Lycée, a tenancies.” Rental homes range from former Victorian board school in £300 a week for a one-bedroom Stannary Street; the listed Sixties former right-to-buy flat, to £950 a former Lilian Baylis School in Lollard week for a three-bedroom Georgian Street and Belgrave House, a former terrace house in Kennington Road. children’s hospital in Clapham Road, designed in the Arts and Crafts style by architect Charles Holden. There are also right-to-buy former council homes on estates built after much of the area was bombed during the Second World War. NEW-BUILD HOMES Lollard Street offers 12 one- and two- bedroom flats and seven four- bedroom townhouses on the corner of Kennington Road and Lollard Street. Launching this summer, one- TRANSPORT bedroom flats start at £485,000, with two-bedroom flats at £580,000 and KENNINGTON is so central that many the townhouses at £895,000. Visit residents walk or cycle to work. lollardstreet.com or call Knight Frank Kennington and Oval Tube stations are (020 7718 5220. on the Northern line with trains both Fruition Properties has 133VS, a to the West End and the City. Vauxhall new block in Vauxhall Street of 15 Tube station has services to Waterloo one-, two- and three-bedroom flats and is on the Victoria line. with a communal roof terrace, Plenty of handy commuter buses launching for off-plan sales in the include the No 3 to Whitehall, the autumn. Call 020 3828 0128 for more. No 59 to King’s Cross via Holborn, the No 133 to Liverpool Street; the No 159 AFFORDABLE HOMES to Marble Arch via Trafalgar Square All things film: The Cinema Museum in Help to Buy is available at the Lollard and the No 360 to Kensington via Dugard Way, close to where Charlie Street development (as before). Sloane Square. Chaplin grew up, is a local treasure 30  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | Letting on Feeling flush? Call the toilet engineer

facilities. But be warned. There are the receipt but they ignored me. And The accidental companies just waiting for the then I just got tired of fighting them. opportunity to rip off desperate If I had checked this company’s landlords. reviews on Trustpilot, I would have Landlord I got my fingers singed by one of given them a wide berth. It has given these shark outfits over the last bank them a “poor” two-star rating and holiday weekend when my tenants although there are some positive reported that the lavatory flush had comments from users, there are broken and was gushing water dozens more from unhappy Victoria Whitlock everywhere. They managed to turn customers alleging rip-off charges off the supply and mop up the mess and appalling service. gets stung with a themselves, but they needed a plumber to fix the flush. It can be hard to avoid rogue traders £125-an-hour bill Now, if this had occurred in my own when you have an out-of-hours house, there is no way I’d have called emergency and you can’t get hold of after calling in out a plumber on a Sunday as I am your usual tradesmen. Learn from my way to mean to pay emergency rates. mistake and check the reviews of any an emergency Instead, I would have insisted firm you use on Trustpilot or Feefo — everyone use a bucket of water as a but not on the company’s own plumber temporary flush. But for my tenants, I website, which could be made up or called a property maintenance selective. Always pay with a credit or company that claims to provide a 24- Visa debit card so that you can HEN a tenant phones hour “award-winning service” in £500 a week: a one-bedroom flat in the Cardamom Building, near the riverfront bars request a chargeback from your card during a bank London and the home counties. and restaurants of Shad Thames, SE1, available to rent through Dexters (020 7650 5105) issuer if you’re ripped off. And if you holiday weekend to do come across a rogue trader, please complain that the loo They offered to provide a “toilet report them to trading standards via is broken, what are engineer” at a charge of £125 an two minutes over the hour, the bill insisted he went to his van and the Citizens Advice consumer line on Wyou going to do — tell them to cross hour. I asked if they could just send a would double. He finished the job in fetched the receipt, which I 03454 04 05 06 to stop others getting their legs until Tuesday, or fork out plumber instead — but the hourly rate 57 minutes, including the 20 minutes photographed. ripped off, too. bank holiday rates to get it fixed? was the same. I went to the flat myself or so he spent buying a new flush, and Four days later, the company Any decent landlord would deal to make sure the “toilet engineer” told me I would be billed for one hour deducted more than double the cost ⬤ Victoria Whitlock lets four properties with the problem at once, regardless didn’t stand around chatting with the plus the price of the part. As he had of the part from my credit card. I in south London. To contact Victoria of the cost, because you can’t leave tenants while the clock was running developed amnesia and couldn’t called to point out their error and with your ideas and views, tweet tenants overnight without basic because I knew that if he went one or remember how much this cost, I emailed them the photo I’d taken of @vicwhitlock 32  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | Inside story A spiral wine cellar? I’ll drink to that

moved his family out of town and go on site. He wants to know what the agreed to put the place on the market views will be, so my colleague and I Diary of an at a sensible price which has activated decide to send up a drone to take a whole string of buyers, some of pictures at the height the penthouse whom have not been viewing for a few will occupy. I call architects Llewelyn Estate Agent years, as properties of this size are Davies, who specialise in this. rarely available. We organise a The family viewing at the Fitzrovia viewing morning to get everyone in house goes well and they make an MONDAY and the feedback from four out of the initial offer, but I’m certain we can Half-term is over and the market five viewers is really positive. achieve more if we are patient. starts to turn over again. Lettings are strong, especially with students WEDNESDAY FRIDAY sorting out their accommodation An old client calls me today. He rings I’m off to an early viewing at Kent before the next tuition year. me every two to three years to see Terrace in Regent’s Park, as I live I receive a great email request today what his investment is worth, as he nearby. The buyer, a client who’s able to visit what sounds like a truly hidden has moved out further West for more to purchase without selling, is looking gem in Covent Garden. The owner family space. This time he is thinking for something bigger as she’s about to bought it a few years ago and they are of selling his two-bedroom mansion start a family. The houses around the heading back to the US. The living flat investment in W1 and buying a park really are lovely and this one is room has a wonderful painted ceiling family place down near Exeter for arranged over five floors with a roof — very intriguing. Character and something to use during the holidays terrace and a good-sized garden. The uniqueness often sell at a premium, and at weekends. I’ve always viewing goes well and she is keen to so I arrange to visit on Wednesday. persuaded him to keep it and rent it get her husband to see the place. out but maybe this time the heart may I shoot across to Villandry restaurant TUESDAY rule the head. in Great Portland Street for a meeting We’ve had a little bit of a run on house Off to the Covent Garden flat now. It with another agent. We discuss the sales recently, which is quite unusual commands the three upper floors of a market and agree that while in the West End as many of the larger building close to the Coliseum and it transaction numbers are down, there homes have been split into flats. does indeed have the most seems to be more spring activity. In Fitzrovia, we have a lovely remarkable living room ceiling, with Back at the office I tie up some loose 3,000sq ft house for sale with a ornate coving and 10 separate ends, then I head off with some of the beautiful Georgian frontage and paintings. The owner has refurbished THURSDAY buyer, a German composer, arranges team to a champagne event at Loft architectural features maximising the place really nicely but as they are Three buyers come back to us after to see it again early next week. Interiors near Fitzroy Square — the light and air flow. In the basement returning to America we talk about the Fitzrovia house viewing, one of We have a celebrity viewer today at perfect end to the week. there is a spiral floor cellar full of price and how this has been a good whom is bringing his wife over from one of our penthouses. He and his great wines with an electrically family home for them, only eight Rome to see it. Another wants to bring wife seem very interested but the flat ⬤ Jonathan Hudson is the founder of operated glass roof. The seller has minutes away from the river. his family back today and the third isn’t finished yet and it’s impossible to Hudsons in W1 (020 7323 2277). 34  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | Ask the expert Can I put the kibosh on neighbour’s holiday lets?

IF THE solicitors/conveyancers of the parties involved in the sale Q of a new-build property set a specific date or a given period of time for contracts to be exchanged, by what time on the relevant day should the exchange of contracts take place?

DEVELOPERS selling new property often require contracts to By Fiona McNulty A be exchanged within 28 days of the OUR LAWYER ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS buyer’s solicitor receiving the contract papers from the seller’s solicitor. Usually a buyer has until close of business on the THE leaseholder of the flat above 28th day in which to exchange contracts. mine uses it for short-stay However, the 28th day could be a Q holiday lets like Airbnb. It can More legal Q&As: Saturday, Sunday or a bank holiday, while cause an awful lot of noise, with children visit homesand offices can close at different times, running up and down the corridors of the property.co. uk perhaps 5pm or 6pm. Accordingly, upon flat often from 6am, to adults wheeling receipt of the contract the buyer’s solicitor suitcases along the floor when arriving should contact the seller’s solicitor and late at night. Then there is loud music to agree the latest time and date for put up with and even parties. My lease Form, or PIF. The seller must disclose in whether there was misrepresentation on exchange. At the outset, if the seller states that my flat must only be used as a this form any disputes or complaints — or the part of your seller. imposes a fixed date for exchange, the private residential flat in the occupation anything that could lead to a dispute or The lease of the flat above should indeed solicitors should agree the latest time on of one family or a cohabiting couple. complaint — about the property be in a similar format to yours and holiday that date for exchange. Presumably my neighbour’s says the WHAT’S being sold or one nearby. If the letting and Airbnb could breach the When a buyer suffers delays, for example same. I would not have bought my flat last YOUR PROBLEM? flat above was being used for covenant in the lease, as the flat is not awaiting a mortgage offer or search result, December had I known about the holiday Email legalsolutions@ Airbnb before your vendor being occupied by one family or a their solicitor should inform the seller’s letting. What can be done? standard.co.uk or write to Legal sold to you, then he almost cohabiting couple. solicitor and request an extension of the Solutions, Homes & Property, certainly had cause to Report the situation to your landlord, time period for exchanging contracts. If a Evening Standard, 2 Derry Street, WHEN selling residential W8 5EE. Questions cannot be complain about it, which who should require the leaseholder to buyer is open and honest, the seller is property, the contract package answered individually, but we will try should have been disclosed cease holiday letting, remove the flat from more likely to look favourably on a request A should include various forms to feature them here. in the PIF. Speak to the the Airbnb website and cancel future for an extension. And remember that completed by the seller, one of which is Fiona McNulty is a solicitor solicitor who acted for you in bookings. If that fails, you can apply to exchange of contracts can happen at any the Law Society Property Information specialising in residential the purchase to establish court to enforce the terms of the lease. time of day as long as the parties agree. property. 36  WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | New homes

From £330,000: three-bedroom Buy near cool new semi-detached houses at Bethnal Green bars Rutherford Fields, left, near Leighton LONDON’S lively East End heartland Buzzard in remains popular with first-time buyers. Bedfordshire Away from ’s gleaming Far left: wartime towers, Shoreditch’s arty lofts and telecomms Victoria Park’s gentrified terraces, operators at RAF homes are still just about affordable Leighton Buzzard enough to keep the property dreams of many young Londoners alive. Bow, Bethnal Green and Mile End have a high level of public housing that has put a brake on property values. Yet this district drips with history and has conservation areas and underused parks. With its charitable roots running deep, old missions and churches are at the heart of regeneration that includes Macpherson Apartments, right. This new block of 14 flats is in the Bethnal Green Heritage Quarter, Psst! The secret’s out alongside Bethnal Green Tube station and park and the V&A Museum of Childhood. A collaboration between UTHERFORD FIELDS, a new Stanbridge but the base closed in developer Thornsett and Bethnal residential estate in the 2013 when logistics operations were Green Mission Church, it is named Bedfordshire commuter belt, moved elsewhere. after Annie Macpherson, friend and Smart is no longer a secret, but Today it is an attractive settlement contemporary of Dr Thomas Barnardo, during the Second World of 175 homes with a nature reserve the 19th-century champion of poor RWar it was one of most confidential and play areas for children, and is East End children. The apartments sit British military communications close to the market town of Leighton above a new church, multi-purpose moves centres, as important as the Buzzard, which has five trains an hall, café and bookshop. Bletchley code-breaking complex. hour to Euston with a journey time of As part of the plan, a reinstated green Known as Q Central, more than 600 30 minutes. Young families priced route from the Tube station will link to By David Spittles servicemen and women ran its out of London are heading this way. a refurbished railway viaduct with bars telephone and telegraph exchange, Three-bedroom semis cost from and eateries. The triple-glazed flats at the time the biggest of its kind on £330,000. Call developer Catalyst on have inset balconies. Prices from the planet. Later it became RAF 0300 456 2079. £490,000. Call 020 7650 5167. EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2018  37 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by New homes | Homes Property

Now sporty, family-friendly has three-bedroom shared-ownership flats

SHARED OWNERSHIP is seen mostly as a solution for young singles and couples who cannot afford to buy a home outright. However, it can be a smart way on to the property ladder for families, too. The problem is the scarcity of homes of a suitable size. Housing charity Peabody is helping to address this need with the launch of three-bedroom apartments at Claremont, right, a new development in the hotspot area of Canada Water. Prices start from £161,250 for a 25 per cent share. Call 020 7021 4444 for more information. This family-friendly former docks district has a surprising amount of green space, including Russia Dock Woodland, an urban farm and plenty of water-based activities. A hidden gem is South Dock Marina, London’s largest, with 200 berths and a sailing and canoeing centre. The patch around the Jubilee line station is enjoying a second wave of regeneration, with a new town centre linking to a pedestrian footbridge across the Thames to Canary Wharf. Quebec Quarter is another local new build, with one-bedroom shared-ownership flats available from £120,000 for a 25 per cent share. Through L&Q (lqpricedin.co.uk).

WELL CONNECTED WILLESDEN might be described as the old lady of north-west London suburbs, a faded star now intent on staging a comeback. The area has some elegant pockets, Willesden’s revival as well as rougher corners where it meets Neasden and Harlesden. Grand houses Looking for a stand in close contrast to council blocks. Most homes are Edwardian or Thirties. Vitally, you get more for your money here than in nearby Maida Vale or Queen’s new-build Park, but the price gap is narrowing. It’s a good location for young professionals working in the finance sector as the Jubilee line cuts through this part of London, home? Start meaning you don’t have to live in the City or Canary Wharf to be early in the office. your search on Gladstone Village is a new micro-neighbourhood where Willesden meets Dollis Hill. Housing association Octavia Living is selling four-bedroom houses, left, priced from £995,000. Flats will be available later. Call 020 8208 8355. New flats from £450,000 have been unveiled at Shoot-Up Hill. Call Hamptons on 020 3151 7649. And at Willesden Green, Notting Hill Housing has 16 flats from £400,000 at Beat NW10. Call 020 3815 1234. Major regeneration at the Willesden fringes includes the giant new transport hub at Old Oak, linking Crossrail and eventually HS2, the high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham.