Wednesday 2 August 2017 Art of the Homes& ridiculous Ben Luke on London’s public art Property Page 10 BUY IN BLACKFRIARS FOR £160K P8 OUR HOME: TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE P14 SPOTLIGHT ON MORDEN P22 Islands in the Thames The remarkable regeneration of our industrial riverside Page 6 London’s best property search news: homesandproperty.co.uk 4 WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST 2017 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | News ‘We can’t afford to build for Westminster locals’ Trophy NE of Britain’s biggest home of property developers has been allowed to flout rules the week an on affordable housing in central London, claiming ultra-modern Oit can’t afford to build homes for locals and first-time buyers. oceanfront Despite Westminster council’s policy that all new housing schemes should Sussex house contain at least 35 per cent affordable £2.64 million: living a life of homes, it has given Berkeley Homes luxury is a (sea) breeze with permission to build 200 new flats at a weekend home like this in Paddington Green in W2 with only 32 the portfolio. Waterside designated affordable — just 16 per cent makes a glamorous, new- of the total. The developer initially build statement among its offered none at all, saying the scheme, beachfront neighbours sliding doors to a balcony tub. Further treats await you an extension of its huge West End Gate She told the London Real Estate Forum within the exclusive coastal with uninterrupted sea outside, in the shape of a development, would not be financially in June: “I do not want to preside over West Kingston Private Estate views. substantial terrace and viable with cheaper homes. a borough where the housing market is in West Sussex. Take the lift again to a top landscaped garden that The planning committee gave the go- polarised between multimillion proper- The ground floor features floor devoted to the master leads directly out to a private ahead only weeks after council leader ties for oligarchs and council-run four bedroom suites, then bedroom suite which stretch of greensward and Nickie Aiken issued a stern warning to estates, with not much in between. it’s up by lift to the vast includes a lounge, dressing the beach. the property industry that she would “Too many times we have buckled on open-plan living/dining and room and superb bathroom Through Knight Frank not tolerate London’s “golden post- viability or surrendered to the idea that kitchen areas lit by huge fitted with a freestanding (01403 611050). codes” becoming ghettos for the rich. brutal market economics simply denies housing opportunities for most people “Golden and that is just a harsh fact of life.” Lifechanger postcode”: 200 Two-bedroom flats in the sold-out first Editor: new homes at phase of West End Gate started at of the week Janice Paddington £850,000 and Berkeley Homes claimed Morley Green, top, will the new homes would not be financially become a include just 32 viable if any affordable properties were “affordable” included in the scheme. This was que- landlord amid VISIT homesandproperty.co.uk/ flats, despite a ried by Westminster and the offer was rules for details of our usual pledge by upped to 16 per cent affordable, which a lush Cumbria promotion rules. When you Westminster the council’s planners accepted. landscape respond to promotions, offers or council leader The decision has horrified local resi- competitions, the London Evening Nickie Aiken, dents. The Marylebone Association Standard and its sister companies above, to resist lodged an official objection to the £850,000: Ladthwaite Farm may contact you with relevant creating ghettos project. “On such a large development in Cumbria is the ultimate offers and services that may be of for the rich in her on-site affordable housing should be escape. Surrounded by a interest. Please give your mobile number and/or email address if borough provided, particularly given the number carpet of green in 32 acres of full of character with a large could also provide income you would like to receive such of nearby public services employers — St a North Pennines valley, kitchen/dining room, a music once converted, while the offers by text or email. Mary’s Hospital, the police station, City there’s a three-bedroom room, a snug sitting room farm has a woodland that is of Westminster College,” said spokes- farmhouse for you and an and a sun room, all with part of a 30-year Editorial: 020 3615 2650 man William Hulbert. annexe you could let, plus a lovely views of the valley conservation project as a Advertisement manager: However, John Walker, Westminster’s converted three-bedroom taking in flower meadows sanctuary for wildlife. Ann Finan director of planning, insisted the pro- barn that already rents well and the stream that runs It’s on the market with Advertising: 020 3615 0266 posal offered other “public benefits” to through its own website and through the farm. A Carter Jonas (01539 Homes & Property, Northcliffe the area. Berkeley Homes declined to on airbnb. The farmhouse is collection of outbuildings 304033). House, 2 Derry Street, Kensington, comment. London W8 5TT. O Find Ruth Bloomfield’s full story at homesandproperty.co.uk London buy of the week Shoreditch studio will leave change for a cool new foodie lifestyle £375,000: enjoy the buzz of central Shoreditch — but slice the price with this neat studio flat in a converted warehouse in Boundary Street. You’ll be at the heart of a foodie hotspot, where you can grab lunch and/or treats to go at Conran’s lively Albion café and in-house bakery, then enjoy evening cocktails and amazing views of the City at Boundary Rooftop. The flat itself has surprisingly high ceilings, while the living space is large enough for a king-size bed, sitting and dining areas and a colourful Columbia Road separate glossy kitchen fitted Flower Market are all just with granite worktops, all around the corner. It’s on the overlooking a peaceful market with Fyfe Mcdade courtyard. The smart (020 8012 6435). bathroom’s fully metro-tiled. Vibrant Redchurch Street, the Shoreditch Triangle and By Faye Greenslade EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST 2017 5 homesandproperty.co.uk powered by News | Homes & Property All aboard Good Ship Branson for £900 a week rent É SIR Richard Branson has put his famous Little Venice houseboat, left, up for rent. The billionaire Virgin boss, right, recently refurbished the two- bedroom, two-bathroom boat, which is moored close to Blomfield Road, a prime spot in this neck of the Westminster woods. The boat has a reception room, dining area, kitchen, private garden and a separate large shed. Listed at £900 a week with Bective Leslie Marsh, it may not be quite as luxurious as Branson’s private Necker Island in the Caribbean, but it’s also in a lovely stretch of water. GETTY GETTY £7.5m makes you Claudia’s neighbour É SHE’S paid less than her male peers, but top-earning BBC female By Amira Hashish presenter Claudia Winkleman, above, can at least afford to live in Connaught Square, W2, where Tony and Cherie Blair are neighbours. And if you have a spare £7.5 million, so can you — in a lavishly revamped townhouse. The 3,595sq ft turn-key Grade II- listed home, below, comes with furniture by Ralph Lauren, Harvey Probber and Karl Springer. There are six bedrooms, including a master suite with an über-luxe fitted walk-in wardrobe and a fab marble bathroom. The lower ground floor has a Mad A perfect home for Men-style study and a separate entrance with private terrace. There good companions GETTY is also a state-of-the-art gym. With Hyde Park and Oxford Street a short ÉTHE former Oxfordshire home of A kitchen each…do they cook? stroll away, this exclusive Bayswater author and playwright JB Priestley, base is for sale with Kay & Co. inset, is for sale. The Yorkshire-born Got some ÉCARA and Poppy Delevingne, right, have bought the author of An Inspector Calls, who died gossip? glamorous Hollywood Hills home of American actor/ in 1984, started writing The Good Tweet director and singer-songwriter Jared Leto — Cara’s co-star Companions, his most celebrated @amiranews in last year’s superhero movie Suicide Squad. novel, while living in the 5,000sq ft The supermodel sisters bought the Fifties-built property house, above, in the pretty village of because they want a Los Angeles base. It comes with the Church Hanborough in 1928. obligatory LA lagoon-style swimming pool, above, and a The six-bedroom house with a recording studio. With Cara’s blossoming acting career separate cottage, pool and garden is going from strength to strength and Poppy set to follow near two stations with London trains suit, the sisters from Hammersmith decided it was the in just over an hour, so it would be a right time to invest in a place in California. lovely commuter family home. It’s Apparently, they splashed out £1.56 million for the £2.25 million through John D Wood. house, which has four bedrooms and two kitchens. GETTY 6 WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST 2017 EVENING STANDARD Homes & Property | New homes homesandproperty.co.uk powered by ONDONERS are irresistibly drawn to the Thames. For so long the lifeblood of the city’s industrial wealth, the river is now being transformed by a Lwave of smart new developments with improved transport links offering easy commutes. But it’s not just happening along the Thames. Numerous tributaries and associated canals are seeing unprece- dented regeneration of waterside sites at locations that can be styled as islands, if sometimes tenuously.