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Wednesday 18 April 2018 DESIGN TRENDS Exotic birds: Page 16 THE OFFICE HUB REVOLUTION AFFORDABLE ISLINGTON MY HOME SPOTLIGHT ON CANARY WHARF London’s new way to work First-time buyer flats for £122k A splash of colour New homes for families Page 6 Page 10 Page 22 Page 28 The knowledge Smart renting on the Northern line: Page 8 JULIET MURPHY JULIET 4 WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | News THIS WEEK IN... Property search ‘London is proud of its creative new entrepreneurs’ Life changer of Janice the week Give Morley B&B guests four- star treatment EDITOR £785,000: all the ingredients for OVER the last decade, London’s young the perfect B&B can be found at entrepreneurs have staged a silent Holly House, within walking Trophy home of the week An on-trend W10 gem distance of Hereford city centre, revolution, revitalising the workplace with where the Grade II-listed, £3,695,000: fabrics and textures in on-trend, dark jewel tones star at this seriously cool Notting their brave moves to go it alone. This new Georgian property commands a Hill house just a stroll from all W10 has to offer, including Portobello Road Market and Westbourne prime spot and has achieved a Grove. A trio of copper lights makes a statement above the large island in the bright, open-plan breed of start-ups — tech, design and four-star rating. kitchen/dining space on the lower-ground floor, lit by big sliding glass doors to the decent-size consultancy specialists — have outgrown Oozing original charm, there’s a south-facing garden. One floor up finds a double reception room that’s perfect for entertaining, back bedroom offices and are forming bold red, fanlit front door and with dark walls, pale wood floors and large windows at either end. Five bedrooms, a nanny/guest matching window shutters, while suite and a useful laundry room are on the upper floors. Kensington Memorial Park, with lovely flourishing communities of like-minded inside you’ll find everything from planting and tennis courts, is also close by. Through John D Wood (020 7229 2404). young people. An imaginative new marble fireplaces to ornate archways and polished floor tiles network of London work hubs provides throughout six guest suites, two London buy of the week A seriously cool shared office facilities, cafés, even self-contained apartments and owners’ private living space. hip boutique flat in Dalston’s creative hub gyms, so that these communities can Landscaped gardens, a pretty grow. These young Londoners, terrace and a central patio/deck capitalising on their potential, running are flanked by an impressive £615,000: head east and see newly array of evergreens. Hereford launched De Beauvoir Apartments, their own lives and sharing a vision, are train station is a stroll away. striking boutique homes with hip people to be proud of. Through Hunters (01432 486015). interiors in a redeveloped handsome period building in Stamford Road, where De Beauvoir Town meets the creative hub of Dalston. This one- VISIT homesandproperty.co.uk/rules for details of our bedroom flat showcases slick, high- usual promotion rules. When you respond to promotions, spec details and a palette of inky blue, offers or competitions, the Evening Standard and its pale grey, white and pale wood floors sister companies may contact you with relevant offers in the open-plan living/dining/kitchen and services that may be of interest. Please give your area. The bright, airy feel and luxe mobile number and/or email address if you would like to fixtures continue in the bedroom and receive such offers by text or email. en suite bathroom. Completion is set for next month. Through Hamptons Editorial: 020 3615 2650 International (020 3451 1544). Advertisement manager: Ann Finan Advertising: 020 3615 0538 By Faye Greenslade Homes & Property, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, London W8 5TT. News Catchment areas shrink for places at top schools THE pressure to find a place in a popular Palmer school in Camden. Simon Kelman, primary school in Greater London is director at 192.com, says: “In highly intensifying as the capital’s catchment areas populated areas there is more demand and shrink dramatically, writes Anna White. there are not enough schools in areas that In a week when 100,000 families found out have an increasing number of new housing where their children would start their developments.” This issue is particularly education, Homes & Property can reveal the prevalent in London’s inner core in areas of smallest admissions boundary in London is dense housing stock and residential towers. now down to just 200 metres, or 0.11 miles. It Research today from Savills reveals that means parents need to live no more than a last year, almost five per cent of inner few streets from a school to stand a chance GETTY London primary school applicants didn’t get of finding a place there for their child. Can I have a place, please?: more London into one of their top three preferred schools, New data from FindaSchool, by online children miss out on their chosen primary school compared to 2.8 per cent across England, directory 192.com, names the hardest and that house values within 500 metres of primary schools to get into by distance, and streets between Finchley Central, the North strong-demand schools rose 80 per cent in shows the smallest catchment radius shrank Circular and Muswell Hill Playing Fields. the last decade compared with a 66 per cent by nearly five per cent from 2016 to 2017. The After Manorside, the top five includes London average. average distance for the 20 schools that are Bousfield Primary School in Kensington & In Brent, Camden, Sutton, Kensington & toughest to get into diminished by close to Chelsea, in the residential triangle between Chelsea and Westminster, more than 10 per three per cent over the same time frame. Brompton Road, Fulham Road and the cent of applicants were placed in a primary Manorside Primary School in Barnet, with A3320, with a catchment radius of 205 school outside their borough. an “outstanding” Ofsted rating, had the metres; Bygrove Primary in Tower Hamlets tightest admissions area. With one class per (0.14 metres); St Matthew’s Church of ⬤ See homesandproperty.co.uk for the full year, it sits in the densely populated terraced England in Hillingdon, and the Eleanor Top 10 smallest catchment areas list. EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 2018 5 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by News | Homes Property £900 a night to luxuriate like Nat OSCAR-WINNING Black Swan actress Natalie Portman, Homes below, took to Taplow in Buckinghamshire like — well, like a Black Swan to water — when she stayed in this converted barn, above. Now fans can enjoy the stunning home from £900 a night through Airbnb Plus. The seven-bedroom gossip REX property merges historic charm with modern comforts including an outdoor pool, hot tub and gym. This lovely By Amira Hashish Look out over the Queen’s garden village is just a 40-minute train ride from Paddington. IF YOU loved Monday’s ITV airing of The Queen’s Green Planet, which featured her touring Buckingham Palace’s private gardens with veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, then a new super-luxe flat across the road with unrivalled Palace garden views can be yours for £14,000 a week. The flat, at Buckingham Gate, right, bought last year for £18 million, has had the smartest of makeovers from the David Collins Studio, whose clients include Jimmy Choo, Harrods, the Ritz- Carlton Group and The Wolseley. It is available through Beauchamp and comes with three private terraces and 24-hour concierge. GETTY Don’t ask ... you can’t afford it All the family’s welcome at Ben’s new place A RARE chance has arrived BATMAN actor Ben Affleck seems to be to live in Hanover Terrace, on good terms with his ex-wife, the finest and grandest of American actress Jennifer Garner, who the Nash terraces designed lives with the couple’s three children for Regent’s Park. The last just round the corner from his new house to change hands in house in Pacific Palisades, California. the grand strip was bought In the spirit of moving on, Affleck’s by celebrity artist Damien GETTY girlfriend, Saturday Night Live Hirst, right, who reportedly producer Lindsay Shookus, pictured paid £40 million in 2014 neighbours include fashion left with the star, is thought to have and has since installed a designer Tom Ford, top. helped him find his family-friendly new yoga room and a swimming Luxuriously decorated in seven-bedroom home. There’s pool. Now a five-bedroom, gold, grey and black, the certainly plenty of space for everyone, Got some five-storey residence has new rental is available via with a cinema, a bar and a walk-in wine gossip? come up for rent at this Arlington Residential for cellar. Affleck paid £13.3 million for the Tweet über-exclusive address, £17,500 a week, or £35,000 traditional estate, which also has a @amiranews GETTY where other Nash terrace per week for a short let. GETTY guesthouse in the grounds. 6 WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 2018 EVENING STANDARD Homes Property | Co-working spaces homesandproperty.co.uk powered by In demand: at Containerville, above, co-working space for creative start-ups off Mare Street, E2, a further 33 recycled shipping containers have been added to the original 45 Young London goes it alone — together As record numbers of enterprising creatives launch their own businesses, revolutionary new workspaces mean they’re in good company.