Wednesday 7 June 2017 Keep your Homes& cool Fans Property Page 18 OUR GREEK ISLAND HOME P10 FIND COMMUNITY SPIRIT P12 PIMLICO: SHOPPING P14 SPOTLIGHT ON ARCHWAY P32 The Londoners’ homes that win awards Be inspired: Pages 6, 7, 8 and 9 PETER LANDERS 4 WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE 2017 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | News Lifechanger of the week open a riding school — or a B&B handy for the airport ALAMY Can you dig it? The grow-your-own veg trend has taken root in London gardens and on allotments, balconies and windowsills Trophy home of the week the ideal lock-up-and-leave pad for jet-setters A veg garden £8.95 million: it’s new and it’s in Hampstead — but the real appeal of this five- bedroom house to the mega-rich will be that it’s a perfect “lock up and leaver”. Having bought it they can jet off round the world, safe in the knowledge that there’s a London base waiting for them whenever they return. can add And what a base it is. There are five floors, starting in the basement with a swimming pool, spa, gym and cinema, then it’s up to a chic kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, games room and a huge reception room, with the master bedroom, dressing room and en suite on the next level. Two terraces allow you £90k value to soak up the views, with Hampstead Village, Hampstead Heath and Golders Hill Park all close by. Through Savills (020 8012 3124). ONDON is turning and consequent shortage of into a city of urban lettuce, courgettes and other £1,375,000: deliciously rural yet farmers. Almost veg in British supermarkets only 10 minutes from Gatwick one in four people earlier this year led to a run airport is this substantial 14th- London buy of the week join the with a garden on seed buying. Gardening century country home near the eco-flat revolution in leafy Wimbledon Ldevotes some outside space website Crocus reported lovely village of Rusper, on the to growing their own food, sales of lettuce seeds up 270 West Sussex/Surrey border. according to a new study. per cent year on year. A glorious plot of about 11 acres £480,000: just south These numbers do not Celebrities from Jamie means you have plenty of space of Wimbledon Village, include the countless other Oliver to David Cameron to to horse around in, incorporating this one-bedroom growers in the capital who Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate a three-acre wraparound garden, ground-floor show flat are turning their balconies Moss have their own vegeta- outbuildings including stables in a launches on Saturday and windowsills over to ble plots, while new develop- gated courtyard and two four- at energy-efficient growing veg — and as estate ments from Battersea Power acre paddocks — perfect for Middleton Court. agents know, gardens are Station in the south to new- equestrian income potential. There’s a full-width not just good for produce, homes estates in the East End Inside has some 4,877sq ft of terrace out to but also for adding value. feature residents’ rooftop space and would equally lend communal gardens TV chefs, the warmer Lon- plots and allotments. itself to a B&B, making use of the from a generous living/ don climate, the growing When it comes to buying two huge reception rooms, both kitchen/dining space popularity of organic food property, 72 per cent of with oak floors and fireplaces, a with a host of high- and the trend to relax and clients surveyed by Foxtons separate dining room, five spec details, including ceiling windows, and are on the doorstep enjoy the de-stressing satis- would pay more for a home bedrooms and a versatile annexe underfloor heating and there’s a video entry- and Help to Buy is faction of producing your with a garden. A straw poll that you could either let or live in, sleek appliances. phone system for available. own veg are encouraging of agents suggests outdoor away from your paying guests. The bedroom has added peace of mind. Through Hamptons this growing spree. Last win- space could add up £90,000 Through property agents James By Faye plush carpet, fitted The open spaces of International (020 ter’s torrential rain in Spain to a London home’s value. Dean (01293 263059). Greenslade wardrobe and floor-to- Wimbledon Common 3451 1544). O Find Ruth Bloomfield’s full story at homesandproperty.co.uk Editor: Win a wine tasting Janice Morley Discover new wines at the Bordeaux pop-up bar HEAD to the first Vins de Bordeaux pop- VISIT homesandproperty.co. up wine bar at Broadgate, in Finsbury uk/rules for details of our Avenue Square, from noon to 9.30pm usual promotion rules. 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The singer, and his Hollywood actress wife in Emsworth, Hampshire. With a terrace, it sits in landscaped gardens 27, right, has her sights set on west Jessica Biel have reportedly bought a private dock and access to the by renowned designer John Brookes. London so she can be close to her coveted New York penthouse in a Emsworth Channel leading to pretty A pergola leads along the back of the British actor boyfriend Joe Alwyn. But block favoured by celebrities for its Chichester Harbour in West Sussex, garaging to an area ideal for an despite several discreet viewings, she “paparazzi-proof” credentials. this Grade II-listed six-bedroom outdoor swimming pool. But first has yet to put in an offer. The A-list couple, below, are home brings to mind the type of you need to splash out £3.4 million — She needs plenty of space for her thought to have forked out almost Long Island location loved by US film not so very eye-watering if you are squad, plus a pool and an extravagant £15.6 million for the Tribeca home, stars — but it’s less than two hours’ used to London property prices. interior design, so this 8,000sq ft above, one of eight penthouses in the four-bedroom Chelsea townhouse, block. The 5,000sq ft apartment, in above and above right, with interiors the glittering 443 Greenwich Street by Rabih Hage, could be a hit with the development, comes with four Shake it Off singer. bedrooms, four bathrooms and an In Tregunter Road, it’s on the entertainment room that’s encircled market after a three-year overhaul. by a huge private terrace. One of the most impressive features Star neighbours are said to include is the atmospheric pool room with a Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds and spa, chill-out area and cocktail bar. his US TV actress wife Blake Lively, There is also a glass-enclosed along with triple F1 world champion display wine cellar, a state-of-the-art O For more driver Lewis Hamilton and British gym, walk-in wardrobe and staff celebrity gossip, chart-topper Harry Styles, who By Amira Hashish kitchenette and bathroom. The design visit homes reportedly bought recently in the is similar to Swift’s blingy Beverly Hills andproperty. block. Amenities include an interior base and the price is £30 million. co.uk/gossip courtyard garden for privacy, and a Got some gossip? Tweet @amiranews GETTY gym for keeping in superstar shape. Fancy Fitzrovia or Cornwall, Chloë? ÉFILM-MAKER Monty Whitebloom is selling both his home in Fitzrovia and his retreat in Cornwall. Whitebloom, who will release Look Away starring Chloë Sevigny, right, and Aiden “Poldark” Turner this year, has listed his 18th-century mews, far right, just off the media hotspot of Charlotte Street at £2,425,000 with Hudsons.