Wednesday 1 June 2016 When art Homes& becomes furniture Design trends Property Page 14 STREATHAM GETS SOME FIZZ P4 COMMUTING: DESIGNER HOMES P6 AFFORDABLE NINE ELMS P8 MY HOME P24 Learn to love Vauxhall Spotlight: Page 30 DANIEL LYNCH DANIEL London’s best property search news: homesandproperty.co.uk 2 WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | News stop press: Lifechanger of the week historic Suffolk farmhouse comes with holiday-let barn £365,000: everyone wants a little house with a garden, and this three-bedroom home, in West Street, Bexleyheath, could fly off the market. Call Purple Bricks (0121 396 0867) Trophy home of the week modern How to sell masterpiece in the stockbroker belt £13.95 million: who would have There’s an indoor pool, gym, steam guessed homes could cost this much room, a vast and utterly gorgeous outside London? Millwood House, gadget-stacked kitchen, six however, is a modern masterpiece reception rooms and six huge a home in that deserves its prime location at bedrooms, all with lovely views over super St George’s Hill, Weybridge, in the generous gardens. The staff get the Surrey stockbroker belt. their own flat and the cars get two This stunning home with classical well-appointed double garages. three weeks good looks has 13,400sq ft of space. Through Savills (01932 485079). ELIA SMITH went and a 35-minute commute £1 million: the first million is to school there, into central London. always the hardest to make, so London buy of the week put down Kate Bush was Abbey Wood, also in south- invest it where you can add to it, born there — and east London, is a close sec- in the village of Walpole close to roots in a smart flat near Kew Gardens buyers wanting ond, benefiting from the the Suffolk heritage coast, and Dto move to Bexleyheath had imminent arrival of the buy this gorgeous, Grade II-listed, £630,000: move-in better sharpen their elbows, Elizabeth line. Homes there 15th-century farmhouse. ready, this refurbished because the far-flung suburb sell in 22 days, and an aver- It comes with a three-bedroom two-bedroom flat in a is now officially the hottest age house costs £326,815. barn conversion that’s a popular prime Kew Village ticket in town. Dartford homes also take 22 holiday let, thanks to its stone spot, enviably close to Research today from Right- days to sell, at an average floors and big log burner in the the Botanic Gardens, is move identifying the parts price of £290,523. lounge. And there’s potential to a blank canvas to of the capital where prop- What all top 10 locations in create further holiday lets from a stamp with your style. erty sells fastest reveals that today’s study have in com- collection of outbuildings in the Light and space are homes in the south-east Lon- mon is value for money. The two-acre grounds. achieved perfectly with don town — where average most expensive, with an aver- Renovation of the farmhouse floor-to-ceiling sash prices stand at £375,259 — go age price of £471,931, is Bex- uncovered original wall paintings, bay windows, white in just three weeks. ley, while the cheapest is while ancient beams and open walls and pale floors in Exposed brick walls fitted wardrobes and Bexleyheath’s recipe for Erith, with a house price of fires have been restored a reception room that add an industrial edge, more large sash success appears to be a £261,433. They are also the throughout four bedrooms and is open-plan to a sleek while the bright, airy windows. Through potent local mix of affordable areas where prices are pre- three reception rooms. Through By Faye kitchen fitted with chic feel continues in both John D Wood (020 homes, grammar schools, dicted to start rising fastest. Abbotts Prestige (01986 875357). 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EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 3 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by News | Homes & Property Hello from Adele’s starry new LA ’hood É SINCE her barnstorming return to the stage earlier this year Adele has reclaimed her crown as pop queen. The London singer, right, who grew up in Tottenham, has celebrated her success by splashing out £6.5 million on a Los Angeles home, inset. The 6,600sq ft property has four bedrooms, six bathrooms and a pool house. There are also features which will appeal to her three-year-old son Angelo, including a tree house and outdoor train set. With neighbours includingg Jennifer Lawrence and Cameron Diaz, Adele is in glittering company. However, the superstar GETTY still loves London. She retains a Notting Hill mews Trump’s de-blinged home is £30m Great penthouse house — and a seaside retreat in Hove, East Sussex.. REX É DONALD TRUMP’S former mansion interiors include a wood-panelled — but £10 million? is on the market. The US Apprentice library, a cinema and two pools. star-turned-American presidential The crisp white exterior creates a Hugh’ll be lucky hopeful bought the 20,000sq ft chic impression and the grounds spread, above, for £2.7 million in 1982. include a tennis court, putting green, É PERHAPS it’s time someone told It was passed on to his first wife, Ivana, guesthouse and dock. Hugh Grant to think about dropping as part of their divorce settlement in Back on the market for £30 million, a the asking price for his one-time Homes 1992 and she sold it to the current big-money buyer is required for this bachelor pad. owners for £9.5 million. palatial estate. Trump of course, has He has been struggling to attract a It seems the property in Connecticut, his eye on a different white house. buyer for the property, below, in New England, has undergone a South Kensington — but then the “makeunder” removing all trace O For more celebrity gossip Bridget Jones’s Diary star is after an gossip of Trump’s signature bling visit homesandproperty. eye-watering £10 million for it. Tweet @amiranews styling. The surprisingly elegant co.uk/gossip The three-bedroom penthouse was By Amira Hashish Got some gossip? a perfect fit for Grant, above, during his About a Boy days. Now 55 and a father of three, the actor first put the Where Dame Joan property on the market in 2014, but it recently resurfaced with first saw Our Gracie several agents. Admittedly, it is É A MODERN three-bedroom exceedingly opulent and apartment in the former Greenwich comes with an outdoor hot tub, Granada Theatre, below right, will along with breathtaking views of the appeal to the luvvie brigade. London Eye, Battersea Power Station The theatre was opened in 1937 by and the Shard. singer and forces’ favourite “Our REX Gracie” Fields, right, then the highest-paid performer in Britain. Dame Joan Collins, who was a child living in nearby Tyler Street at the time, recalls watching Fields perform on the first night: “The whole building was dark and I was sitting on my father’s shoulder. All of a sudden all of the outside lights went on. Everybody cheered and clapped and then Gracie came and sang. It was very special.” The flat, with a 61ft reception room, is listed with Savills at £1.55 million. AP " " ! " ! ! " " " " "" " "! " "" ! ! ! !" ! ! "" !" " # 4 WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2016 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | New homes ONDON’S young home buyers are bringing a little fizz to the suburbs, where the capital’s population is growing fastest. Latest figures show Zones 3 Zone in on Land 4 are attracting waves of home hunt- ers driven by price, with singles and couples seeking flats from £250,000, while families are after houses under £800,000. These price brackets now Streatham, account for the bulk of London housing demand. Such buyers are being encouraged to put down roots by the arrival of better the darling shops, more schools and local ameni- ties — and by developers offering smart new homes.