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Wednesday 6 May 2015 London Homes& Craft Week Invest in something special Property Page 16 NEW HOMES: THE POST-ELECTION BONANZA P6 LIVE BY A NEW LONDON SCHOOL P8 SPOTLIGHT ON TUFNELL PARK P36 Pets were part of the plan Our home: Page 24 DAVID BUTLER DAVID London’s best property search website: homesandproperty.co.uk 4 WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2015 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property Online homesandproperty.co.uk with This week: homesandproperty.co.uk news: first-time buyer homes break £300,000 barrier Property £290,000: this one-bedroom flat search in Manbey Grove, Stratford, goes under the new record-breaking Trophy buy of the week average for a starter home in become lord of the manor London £5.5 million: take your millions to West Sussex, where O homesandproperty.co.uk/manbey gorgeous Coolham Manor sits in 100 acres of rolling countryside. A long sweeping driveway, past manicured THE average price paid for a home by first-time buyers in lawns, a tennis court, bluebell woods and paddocks, brings London has surpassed £300,000 — a new record. you to the wisteria-covered nine-bedroom pile with its By contrast, the average UK-wide first-timer must find oak-panelled rooms, an indoor pool and sauna, snooker £155,782. First-time buyers in the capital also have to pay a room, stables and indoor riding school. There’s a separate deposit of more than £67,000 to secure the average four-bedroom lodge house to keep staff close, but in their property, compared with £25,890 elsewhere in the own space. Through Sell My Home. country, claims research by Your Move and Reeds Rains. Despite the average London starter home now costing O homesandproperty.co.uk/trophy £304,205, some 9,100 first-timers bought a home in the capital in the first three months of this year. O Read Ruth Bloomfield’s full story at homesandproperty.co.uk London buy of the week garden flat perfect for a long, hot summer Buy now: one-bedroom £725,000: set on the ground floor of and a breakfast bar. A mezzanine level a gated, Grade II-listed conversion in sits neatly above, behind cool, black homes rise by £75 a day Camberwell is this über-sleek garden glass panels — perfect as a home £325,000: in E16 flat. Solid oak floors lead from the office or guest bedroom. The garden this one-bedroom hallway to a fabulous lofty living is a treat, too, showcasing an alfresco flat has terrace space with seven huge sash windows dining area and pretty summerhouse. views of Barrier and double-height ceilings over a Through Wooster & Stock. 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We pick the best of priced under £100. 2- 63+52+ 82+%2 O Visit homesandproperty.co.uk/bistrosets EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2015 5 homesandproperty.co.uk with News Homes & Property Grand makeover was no folly Will Primrose Hill É IF THE idea of living in a grand pub get the X Factor? 18th-century castle appeals but not the upkeep of such a historic pile, É COULD there be another look no further than Kemeys Folly. celebrity pub owner in London? The former hunting lodge in Wales, Stars including Dermot O’Leary, which featured on Channel 4’s right, and Matthew Wright are Grand Designs, has been radically regulars at The Albert in converted into a cutting-edge, Primrose Hill. Find satisfaction six-bedroom family home. When planning applications Investment banker Dean Berry and were submitted to turn the at Mick’s old place wife Sarah left behind a £1.3 million upstairs of the pub into flats, townhouse in Islington and bought the stars were among the É MICK JAGGER and Keith Richards the folly for £800,000. It’s now for locals who signed a petition moved into a house in Kilburn’s sale, with 24 acres of woodland, for to protect its future. Mapesbury Road during the early £1,995,000 through PA Black. The popular boozer has days of the Rolling Stones. come on the market for The pair, below, lived in the O homesandproperty.co.uk/folly £2 million with Fleurets, conversion with manager Andrew meaning the neighbourhood Loog Oldham. It is said to be where could form a co-operative and Jagger wooed the Sixties model and bid for the venue. actress Chrissie Shrimpton, while Primrose Hill Community John Lennon and Paul McCartney Association wonders if it used to pop round for late-night can afford to run the pub, while jamming sessions. a spokesman said two financial A studio apartment on the first floor big-hitters from the area are of the Victorian house is for sale interested. through Abacus at £249,950. At Now that Dermot has some 239sq ft this is a small flat, but the free time on his hands after large sash windows offer a feeling of announcing his exit from the space. With clever renovation, it X Factor, he might want to could become a little gem. By Amira Hashish follow in the footsteps of other stars, such as Sir Ian O homesandproperty.co.uk/mapes McKellen, who have become pub landlords. Got some gossip? Tweet @amiranews Live among the A-listers in Demi’s £49m New York flat DEMI MOORE, left, is selling the New York penthouse she has called home for 24 years. The Hollywood actress bought the triplex, housed within the San Remo building on the Upper West Side, far left, with her first husband, Bruce Willis. The 28th-floor, 7,000sq ft apartment is on the market for £49 million and comes with a wraparound terrace at the base of one of the building’s iconic towers, offering views of Central Park and the Hudson River. The buyer will find no shortage of celebrity neighbours. Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton and Steven Spielberg have lived in the prestigious block and U2 frontman Bono currently occupies the GETTY north tower penthouse. REX ! ! $ $+$##++ $&&-*$&$)*/-$( 2&/$$,$&$($,$ $2&*$'(. *"$(&22$$ 0 0( * 10(3 !$$%$$ !$$%$$ $$$%$$ $$%$$ 6 WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2015 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property New homes homesandproperty.co.uk with HATEVER the result of tomorrow’s general election, one thing is certain — London will be getting lots more Wnew homes. Developers will be taking the wraps off their summer launches just as soon as the election fever that has stalled so many buyers is out of the way. House building is a priority for all political parties and has the support of organisations across the board, from homeless charity Shelter to the Confederation of British Industry. Currently 51,120 new homes are under construction in London, more than the Mayor’s annual target of From £1,375,000: Wimbledon 42,000 and double the peak of 2007. Hill Park, a scheme of 110 homes Industry analyst MoliorLondon reports a “ballooning in development activity” since the start of the year. The figures show that sales of expen- sive homes, typically those priced more than £1.5 million, have dropped by a staggering 76 per cent, while homes less than £500,000 now account for two thirds of all sales, many being first-time buyer flats. DISCOUNTS AND DEALS Following last year’s sales frenzy, devel- opers are having to try much harder to sell homes. Some are quietly reduc- ing prices, while others are dangling incentives. Barratt is offering end-of-financial- From £389,995: good-value homes at year deals at developments including The Exchange near Leyton Overground Sales of mansion tax-vulnerable homes have dropped but first-timers are busy buying.