Central St Martins gives King's Cross the edge
Central St Martins' new campus is fizzing and the first of 2,000 homes are launched, as 67 acres of King's Cross becomes London's hottest district.
Property insider: Kingston upon Thames
There is something of a buy-to-let boom quietly rumbling away in Kingston upon Thames, the family favourite south-west London suburb. We get the property lowdown.
Spotlight on Stoke Newington
Young professionals and families are attracted to "Stokey" by the mainly Victorian housing stock and the neighbourhood's arty and bohemian vibe.
Spotlight on Harpenden
Close to woods and parkland, with good links to London, this small town has a lot to offer those looking to start a new life out of the city.
Don't move - let the light come to you
A Chiswick couple dramatically changed their 'for now' house into a forever home. And many others are transforming their family homes.
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Buy of the week: Streatham Hill
On leafy Downton Avenue in SW2, plenty of family space can be yours for £550,000 at this Edwardian home. There are four bedrooms and a convertible loft space, and the open-plan kitchen/breakfast room has French windows to a good-size garden.
Swap of the week: Dalwood, Devon
Cosy up by woodburning stoves or cook a feast in the vaulted kitchen/breakfast room of this 18th-century thatch for £525,000. Three bedrooms overlook cottage gardens and a timber studio makes a perfect home office.
Life-changer: St Erth Praze, Cornwall
Tregenhorne Farm (£550,000) has four acres of paddocks, stables and valley views, minutes from Cornwall's north coast. You can run your own equestrian business from the garden office and the four-bedroom home has a country kitchen with an Aga.
Spotlight on Harpenden
Close to woods and parkland, with good links to London, this small town has a lot to offer those looking to start a new life out of the city.
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Diary of an estate agent: Notting Hill
This week, a Notting Hill agent looks for an answer as to why the basement of a large home in W11 is half filled in with concrete.Published February 2012
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Fast Midlands trains see commuter numbers treble
Dramatic cuts in journey times following line upgrades for trains to London from Birmingham and Solihull have seen commuter numbers rise by nearly 300 per cent.Published February 2012
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Homes gossip
Actress Selma Blair has put her LA home on the market. Its outdoor patio area has been a great space for the Cruel Intentions star to entertain friends, who include Hollywood neighbour Victoria Beckham.Published February 2012
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Property insider: Westminster
Westminster has many prized homes that command premium prices, but as there is still value available in this central London location, a growing number of home buyers are discovering SW1 and its superb transport links.Published February 2012
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord spots a nice investment opportunity while stuck in Switzerland with a soaked BlackBerry.Published February 2012
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Diary of an estate agent: Chelsea
Our Chelsea agent finds a home for a breakfast TV host, and reveals a fear of lifts - which for an estate agent is equivalent to a pilot who is scared of flying.Published February 2012
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Greenwich gets an Olympic-size beach
Greenwich Beach, set to be the longest artificial city beach in Europe, will open in May with an Olympic-size volleyball court and plans for a restaurant and live events stage catering for crowds of up to 5,000.Published February 2012
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Homes gossip: Amanda Holden, Mel B, Amy Guy
Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden can recover in her new £860,000 Cotswolds Home; former Spice Girl Mel B has put her LA home on the market for £2.2million; and gorgeous blonde model Amy Guy has her own design business.Published January 2012
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Five hot homes: west London
First-time buyers looking to avoid paying stamp duty have until 24 March to hunt for a home. We take a look at what's on offer in west London.Published January 2012
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Property insider: Kingston upon Thames
There is something of a buy-to-let boom quietly rumbling away in Kingston upon Thames, the family favourite south-west London suburb. We get the property lowdown.Published January 2012
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Diary of an estate agent
This week our Wapping agent manages to please an unlikely trio of property hunters, including a student, a pop star and an overseas investment banker.Published January 2012
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One-third of London’s £783billion-worth of homes are rented
The collective value of all 3.36 million homes in London has risen to a record £783 billion. Figures released today show the capital’s housing stock has increased in value by 20 per cent in five years — a bigger jump than any other UK region. The show-stopping headline figure, which covers all 33 boroughs, reveals how privately rented homes now account for almost a third of the value of the capital’s stock — 10 years ago it was less than a fifth.Published January 2012
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Homes gossip
British actor Paul Bettany and his glamorous Hollywood wife, Jennifer Connelly, have put their New York penthouse on the market. The three-bedroom Tribeca pad has a 1,380sq ft private outdoor roof space with sought-after views of the city.Published January 2012
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Five hot homes: east London
First-time buyers have until 24 March to hunt for a home under £250,000 in order to avoid paying stamp duty. We take a look at flats for sale in Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Aldgate and Hackney.Published January 2012
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The strange tale of the phantom buyers
Estate agents are used to harmless voyeurs but a new breed of fake buyer is stringing them along for months, reports Homes & Property.Published January 2012
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Property insider: Camden
Camden offers canalside living in a range of converted period warehouses; first-time buyer studio flats and roomy Victorian family terrace homes. We take a tour of NW1's colourful streets and get the property lowdown.Published January 2012
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Diary of an estate agent: Chelsea
Our Chelsea agent discovers that leaping an iron fence is easier to get away with in a suit and tie.Published January 2012
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Stamp duty deadline and decision day for solar tax draw near
First-time buyers keen to save thousands of pounds need to get their skates on to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, which ends on March 24, while homeowners who want to cut fuel bills and go green with solar panels face an anxious wait for an Appeal Court ruling.Published January 2012
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Homes gossip
Simon Cowell’s pop protégés One Direction are renting the lavish penthouse at Ashley Cole's former north London apartment building. Band members Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson are so taken with the plush pad that they may buy it.Published January 2012
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Property insider: St Margarets
St Margarets is a south-west London district that tempts homebuyers seeking larger family houses, with homes in the coveted Trust Grounds enjoying exclusive access to acres of hidden communal gardens. We get the property lowdown.Published January 2012
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London named world's greatest city
Britain's capital has been crowned as the world's top metropolis of 2012 by an international panel of judges who have praised London's world-class architecture, shopping, restaurants, design galleries and thriving art scene.Published January 2012
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Our exclusive tour of the Queen's jubilee barge
This June, the Queen and her royal party will be carried along the Thames on a magnificent £8 million luxury barge for what is set to be the greatest river pageant in history. H&P goes on board for an exclusive tour.Published January 2012
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Diary of an estate agent
This week, our Canary Wharf agent is busy with the trophy-home hunters looking to spend their bonuses.Published January 2012
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Olympic Park homes lack good design
Three of the four key Olympic boroughs are objecting to proposals to build 8,000 new homes in the Olympic park after the Games.Published January 2012
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Homes gossip
Fancy living near Graham Norton and Helen Mirren? Now's your chance: £2.95 million is the price for a four-storey Regency townhouse in celebrity-centric Wapping. Plus: new year, new man and maybe even a new house for Lady Gaga?Published January 2012
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Property insider: North Kensington
North Kensington has long been one of west London’s most unassuming neighbourhoods, but recent regeneration is transforming this vibrant area into a popular quarter for young homebuyers and families alike.Published January 2012
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Diary of an estate agent
Our lettings agent in Chelsea is "lifting the lid on the not so glamorous side of my job".Published December 2011
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We keep calm and carry on – how London property prices fared in 2011
The good news for the new year is that research shows homes in at least half of London’s boroughs managed to hold their prices in 2011.Published December 2011
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Homes gossip
There is no such thing as a quiet family gathering for Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. With 35 people for Christmas lunch, the flamboyant interior designer and his wife, Jacki, have gone for a “Grimms’ Fairy Tales” theme this year.Published December 2011
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Property insider: Knightsbridge
Known as one of the world's most prestigious addresses, wealthy homebuyers all over the globe love the elegant serviced apartments, grand Victorian mansion blocks and pretty mews cottages of Knightsbridge.Published December 2011
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The accidental landlord
A fool-proof guide to getting started as a landlord. Rule number one: buy close to home...but not so close that you'll bump into tenants on the street.Published December 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Fulham agent discovers wailing babies are no problem - but the bubblegum pink has to go.Published December 2011
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40-storey towers ‘will destroy Henry’s historic shipyard’
English Heritage is fighting plans to build 3,500 new homes over what was once King Henry VIII’s shipyard.Published December 2011
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Homes gossip
Daybreak’s Anna Williamson hopes to escape the hustle and bustle of London in her new country retreat. The entertainment reporter is renting a £1,200 a month Hertfordshire cottage with her boyfriend.Published December 2011
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Property insider: Kennington
With some of London’s finest Georgian squares and Victorian terraces, Kennington has staged a come back as City professionals, families and first-time buyers discover its good-value homes and quick transport links.Published December 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Deals pick up speed for our Wimbledon agent but the electric car fails to perform.Published November 2011
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Autumn house sales slump
A quarter of London homes priced below £1 million have been discounted, and half of those priced over £2 million have taken a price cut to sell in the autumn market.Published November 2011
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Homes gossip
Xtra Factor presenter Olly Murs is settling in well at his new Essex bachelor pad. After flirting with the idea of moving to Camden, he decided he would get more for his money in his home town.Published November 2011
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Property insider: Twickenham
Sitting on a bend of the Thames about 10 miles south-west of central London, Twickenham is famously the home of English rugby, but it’s also a much-loved residential suburb.Published November 2011
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The accidental landlord attempts DIY
Our accidental landlord enrols on an evening DIY class in plumbing - and quickly learns that she can't.Published November 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Brockley agent takes on some of the inhabitants of a four-bedroom house - two pedigree cats, a territorial Jack Russell and an overly familiar labrador - as they make a bid for freedom.Published November 2011
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Charity begins at home in Richmond
Families on Richmond council’s housing waiting list are to be told to do unpaid charity work to increase their chances of getting a home.Published November 2011
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Homes gossip
David Schwimmer is best known for playing dozy but adorable Ross in Friends. But in reality he is a super-sharp property player. The Hollywood star’s nine-bedroom Los Angeles mansion has doubled in value.Published November 2011
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The accidental landlord
The accidental landlord calls in the council exterminators to rid a flat of vermin - but ends up being rescued by vegans.Published November 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: West Chelsea
The solution for a smart but badly lit flat came in a light bulb moment. Our agent in West Chelsea reports.Published November 2011
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3,000 new homes on 25 acres in central London
Two big buying opportunities will open up for Londoners following a decision by Royal Mail to sell 25 acres of its central London landbank for 3,000 new homes.Published November 2011
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Highgate home wins Manser Medal
This year’s prestigious £10,000 Manser Medal, awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects for the best home design has been won by the only London entry — the fabulously remodelled Hampstead Lane House, in Highgate.Published November 2011
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Property insider: Shepherd's Bush
Families are happily swapping maisonettes in Notting Hill for spacious Victorian townhouses in W12, while young Londoners are discovering W12's good-value first homes and a vibrant music and fringe-theatre scene.Published November 2011
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Homes gossip
Katie Price opens up her home to pregnant best friend Michelle Heaton; and Hollywood star Jesse Metcalfe is desperate to sell his £1.37 million Mediterranean-style house in Beverly Hills.Published November 2011
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The accidental landlord
The accidental landlord discovers that attempting to be a generous landlady can be more trouble than it's worth.Published November 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Muswell Hill
A Muswell Hill agent swaps caffeine for an accordian recital, and comes face-to-face with a killer kitten...Published November 2011
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Clapham Junction lights up for Christmas
Christmas lights and discount parking are planned for one of the areas worst hit by the summer riots to encourage shoppers back to its streets.Published November 2011
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Homes gossip
The perfect pied-à-terre for keen property investors Frank Lampard and his fiancée Christine Bleakley is up for sale; and Simon Cowell picks up a new luxury pad in Beverly Hills.Published November 2011
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Property insider: West Hampstead
West Hampstead has charming Victorian houses and spacious mansion flats, as well as good schools, excellent transport link and a vibrant mix of local cafés, bakeries and quirky independent shops.Published November 2011
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The accidental landlord
The accidental landlord takes the family furniture shopping (boo!) at a luxury hotel (hooray!)...Published November 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent daydreams of a Knightsbridge pad of his own while spending the week with pop stars and millionaires.Published November 2011
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Olympics news: Rotherhithe tempts the superyachts
It may not quite have the ring of Capri or St Tropez but next summer the world’s superyacht owners are being urged to add Rotherhithe to their sailing itinerary. To coincide with the Olympics, a “pop-up” marina has been proposed at Greenland Dock, London’s oldest — and currently disused — wet dock.Published November 2011
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Homes gossip
Glamorous singer Beyoncé is giving her New York apartment a makeover in time for the arrival of her baby - architects and designers are adding a 2,200sq ft nursery to the trendy Tribeca home which she shares with rapper husband Jay-Z.Published November 2011
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Property insider: Battersea
Battersea offers homebuyers the buzz of London living as well as plenty of green spaces, fine period homes and modern riverside apartments. We get the property lowdown.Published November 2011
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The accidental landlord
The accidental landlord gazes into her crystal ball to predict that gut instinct is cheaper - and far less hassle - than insuring against bad payers.Published October 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Fussy footballers and rental battles make for an interesting week in South Kensington.Published October 2011
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Homes gossip
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen and her American footballer husband Tom Brady have put their Boston home on the market for £6.7 million. And in London, Lord Sugar still knows how to do a sweet deal.Published October 2011
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Property insider: Kentish Town
Grand Victorian houses, period conversions and charming Georgian cottages are all part of the tempting mix for homebuyers starting their search in Kentish Town.Published October 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord fulfils a lifelong dream by attending an auction, bidding card in hand. It’s going once, going twice – then disaster.Published October 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
A hectic week in Haslemere starts with a visit to Rocky the terrier’s house – he’s just had his gentleman’s operation and he’s not pleased – and finishes with his owner happily accepting a guide price offer on their home.Published October 2011
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You can get down (but not dirty)
Londoners looking to create extra space in their homes by digging downwards could be forced to comply with new green basement rules. Westminster City Council has unveiled the UK’s first proposals to impose environmental controls on subterranean developments, amid concerns about the way basement digging has become so popular.Published October 2011
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Homes gossip
A Californian mansion that Britney Spears rented for two years is up for auction next month, and don't miss the chance to snap up a slice of TV soap history as one of Emmerdale's most famous homes goes on the market.Published October 2011
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Property insider: East Dulwich
Homebuyers are discovering spacious and good-value Victorian homes in the tree-lined streets of East Dulwich as well as good train services to the City. We get the lowdown on where to buy in SE22.Published October 2011
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The accidental landlord
The accidental landlord pays the price - in more ways than one - for holding out on a contract renewal.Published October 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
The launch of a firm's rebrand is sweetened by 500 cupcakes.Published October 2011
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London school scoops Stirling Prize
A Brixton school, a striking steel and glass Academy with a 100-metre running track through its centre, has won the £20,000 RIBA Stirling prize, the UK’s top award for architecture.Published October 2011
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Property insider: Ealing, W5
Ealing's big and spacious Victorian homes adapt well to modern living and offer a green space environment as well as quick transport links to the City.Published October 2011
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Homes gossip
Brunette bombshell Rachel Weisz and her new husband, 007 actor Daniel Craig, are revamping their four-storey, £3 million townhouse in Primrose Hill.Published October 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Notting Hill
An apple giveaway bears fruit for our Notting Hill agent, while a gentleman caller comes under fire.Published October 2011
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Westfield wants to build you a home
It is already a place of pilgrimage for dedicated shoppers, and now Westfield wants to build 1,600 homes next to its White City shopping mall.Published October 2011
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Homes gossip
Pregnant singer Hilary Duff has dropped the price of her Los Angeles home and Strictly Come Dancing star Robbie Savage has put his Cheshire mansion on the market.Published October 2011
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Property insider: Fulham
Fulham's period homes, excellent transport links, good schools and green spaces attract investors, young professionals, families willing to pay premium prices to live in this trendy part of the capital.Published October 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord says a pair of Marigolds works wonders. Give tenants a spotless home and it's likely to stay that way - or so you hope.Published September 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Hammersmith
Our Hammersmith agent tracks down the perfect property - only to find it's been turned into a tree house.Published September 2011
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Row erupts over Hammersmith's new homes
A bitter row has erupted over a Thames-side scheme of 744 homes approved for seven acres close to Hammersmith Bridge.Published September 2011
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Homes gossip
Halle Berry looks ready to cut as many ties as possible with her hunky model ex – she’s selling the old love nest they shared in Canada.Published September 2011
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Property insider: Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury has been enchanting its homeowners for centuries, with literary greats from Virginia Woolf to Charles Dickens finding creative inspiration in this inner-city quarter. We get the lowdown on the best streets and hidden property gems.Published September 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord got more from her tenants than she bargained for.Published September 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
A buoyant market and a mystery man from France bring a mixed week to a positive climax for our Pangbourne estate agent.Published September 2011
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Homes near top schools command high premiums
Homes near London’s top 10 state primary schools command an average £200,000 premium, according to new research. We take a look at the schools at the top of the list.Published September 2011
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Homes gossip
With The X Factor in full swing, glamorous presenter of offshoot The Xtra Factor, Caroline Flack, has just about found time to move home. The 31-year-old star recently left her Camden house to rent a period conversion in Muswell Hill.Published September 2011
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Property insider: Kew
Nine miles from central London, nestled between the famous 300-acre Royal Botanic Gardens and the scenic banks of the Thames, Kew has become a sought-after residential district. Our local agent gives us the property lowdown.Published September 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord has a tough week but learns a valuable lesson in how to rent out a grotty property and save £1,100 in fees to a letting agent.Published September 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Red lights don't stop deal going through for our South Kensington agent.Published September 2011
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Faster broadband comes at ugly prices
An army of green metal broadband boxes is rapidly joining the ugly plastic wheelie bins outside London houses, and BT plans to install 52,000 for the whole of the UK by the end of the year.Published September 2011
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Homes gossip
Chigwell’s celebrity set has included the likes of Sir Alan Sugar and Ashley Cole. And with The Only Way Is Essex stars living in the area, including Mark Wright and Lauren Goodger, it is quickly becoming a paparazzi haunt.Published September 2011
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Property insider: Bayswater
Bayswater's leafy streets are lined with elegant Victorian mansions that have Hyde Park's 350 acres on their doorstep and smart shops and restaurants. Our local estate agent guides us through W2's most sought-after addresses.Published September 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
The going is good right now for our lettings agent who has enjoyed traffic-free Parsons Green and Fulham during the summer...Published September 2011
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Regeneration zones lift property values
New research finds that buying property 10 minutes’ walk from a major regeneration zone can lift its value by up to five per cent more a year than homes further away in the same area.Published September 2011
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Homes gossip: Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, Charlie Luxton, Charlie Chaplin
Could life get any more blissful for Kim Kardashian and new husband Kris Humphries? Following one of the most glamorous celebrity weddings of the year in California, they are now settling into their first marital home in New York.Published September 2011
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Property insider: Covent Garden
Covent Garden, in the heart of London's vibrant theatreland, is famous for its Italian-style piazza packed with crowd-drawing street performers, but this central London hotspot is now attracting a wide range of homebuyers.Published September 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Chelsea agent deals with a landlady in her knickers, a ceiling falling in and helps a client pack up her house to move abroad.Published August 2011
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The accidental landlord: call the professionals
Sssh… if you listen carefully, you’ll hear an unusual noise. Yes, that’s the sound of me eating a big slice of humble pie. After months slagging off letting agents, I might have to resort to using one to find tenants for a large, unloved flat I own.Published August 2011
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Bats hamper new homes in Hammersmith
Bats are hampering a £42 million plan for 91 flats beside Hammersmith Bridge.Published August 2011
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Homes gossip
Black Swan star Mila Kunis wants to buy her parents a luxury home and pop singer Taylor Hanson is home sick at the thought of leaving his five-bedroom, five-bathroom house in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Published August 2011
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Property insider: Pimlico, SW1
Its neat grid of handsome streets boasts impressive Regency architecture, fine stucco-fronted homes and leafy garden squares, while its host of distinctive blue plaques mark SW1’s popularity with the great names of history.Published August 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Newbury agent casts evaluates an art collection, lends a hand as a personal shopper and is a shoulder to cry on when a new client's loses her cat.Published August 2011
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Olympics: ‘Rent our house for “24,000 a week’
A couple have put their seven-bedroom Greenwich home up for rent during the Olympics — at £24,000 a week — including maid service, 24-hour housekeeper, and a Continental breakfast.Published August 2011
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Homes gossip
Paris Hilton is excited about her latest business venture in the Philippines. She will design the clubhouse and act as ambassador for Azure Urban Resort Residences. And Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has been viewing penthouses to rent in Canary Wharf.Published August 2011
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‘Playing fields grab’ scheme’s go-ahead
One of London’s most eagerly anticipated — and controversial — new luxury housing developments, on land bought from Holland Park School, has been approved.Published August 2011
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Homes gossip
Actress Adele Silva, best known for her role in ITV’s Emmerdale, has a blossoming film career. Despite work commitments meaning she is spending an increasing amount of time in London, Silva says she has no regrets about buying her urban chic apartment near the soap’s studios in Leeds.Published August 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Sevenoaks
Our agent in Sevenoaks is faced with the summer lull and is told to give the paper cutter the chop.Published August 2011
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Because we love London
Hundreds of defiant Londoners gathered — with brooms in hand and a Blitz spirit — to prove that no amount of broken windows can break their spirit.Published August 2011
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Homes gossip
Richmond is turning into London’s Hollywood now that A-list couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have set up camp there.Published August 2011
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Property insider: Surrey Quays
Built around scenic docks and marinas, this peaceful residential district has modern homes with water views, no traffic congestion and good transport links. Our local estate agent talks us though the area's best streets and hidden property gems.Published August 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord finds a (legal) way to keep tenant's deposits in her bank account.Published August 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Finchley
Our Finchley agent celebrate a new branch opening and is star-struck by a chart-topping clientPublished August 2011
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Eurostar ski services to the French Alps
This week Eurostar starts selling tickets for direct ski services to the French Alps next winter.Published August 2011
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Homes gossip
Craig David's "inspirational" north London penthouse - which overlooks Hampstead Heath - is on the market for £3.95 million; and pop star Adele decides there's no place like Mum's.Published August 2011
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Property Insider: Holland Park
Holland Park, home to open-air opera, is set in 54 acres at the centre of one of the capital’s most exclusive residential districts. Our local agent shares his expert knowledge of this affluent corner of west London.Published August 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Kensington
Not only does our Kensington agent have his scooter stolen - the thief takes all his new shirts as well.Published July 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord liked the sound of the lovely lady's voice. That was her mistake...Published July 2011
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“I’m paying the price for others’sins”
The owner of a Grade II-listed London flat faces legal action for unauthorised changes to her home — even though she claims the work was done 18 years ago by a previous owner.Published July 2011
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Homes gossip
Despite her exit from the much-hyped US X Factor TV series, Cheryl Cole is going ahead with the purchase of a £3 million palatial home in the heart of Hollywood.Published July 2011
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Property insider: Chiswick
W4 has great local delis and Michelin-starred restaurants. Young families and professionals move on here to find more space for their money. Our property insider tells us about the most sought-after streets and reveals its hidden property gems.Published July 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Chelsea
Our Chelsea agent is willing to climb every mountain but spare him the Von Trapp family.Published July 2011
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Clear out while the Olympics are on, say landlords
Mounting expectation about the bonanza landlords will enjoy by letting their properties out to Olympic tourists next summer spells bad news for London’s army of renters.Published July 2011
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Homes gossip
A-list couple Katy Perry and Russell Brand are buying a new £6.5 million home with seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms in Hollywood. The rumour is that they are keen to start a family.Published July 2011
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Property insider: St John's Wood
With its "village" high street, good schools and white-stucco terrace homes, St John's Wood attracts wealthy tenants from across the globe. Our expert insider shows us where to find the best rental homes in NW8.Published July 2011
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The accidental landlord: if you get tough, don’t change your mind
After a softly, softly approach chasing rent, our accidental landlord confronts a bemused tenant with a barbecue fork.Published July 2011
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At last – a £750m plan to fill the big hole in Fitzrovia
The £750 million redevelopment of the blighted Middlesex Hospital site has been unveiled.Published July 2011
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Homes gossip
Avril Lavigne will be in London doing a gig at Hammersmith’s Apollo on September 21 while her Bel-Air mansion is being viewed by potential buyers with $9.5 million.Published July 2011
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Property insider: Brook Green
With handsome streets of Victorian and Edwardian homes, excellent schools and a green that serves as a big communal garden, no wonder this area is sought-after by homebuyers.Published July 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord gets caught in the middle of a flatmate dispute - and her favourite tenant wants to leave.Published July 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Swiss Cottage
Our Swiss Cottage agent has to break it to a desperate leaseholder that her tape measure doesn't lie.Published July 2011
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'Grim' Archway to get a makeover
Archway's fortunes are set to change with a new road system, brighter public spaces and a theatre project following the approval of a £2 million regeneration package.Published July 2011
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Homes gossip
Following huge success in America, Leona Lewis ditched Hackney for Hollywood, but could she be homesick? Her US mansion is on the market for £1.56 million.Published July 2011
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Property insider: Richmond
Our Richmond estate agent shares her expert knowledge of this much sought-after neighbourhood, from its mix of elegant Georgian terraces and Victorian family homes, to the lesser-known streets and hidden property gems.Published July 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord goes into free fall as the repair bills for her rental properties build up to crisis point.Published June 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Princes Risborough agent has become an expert on the proposed high-speed rail link (HS2) in the Chilterns to reassure nervous buyers.Published June 2011
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1,000 new homes at old gasworks in Wood Green
An imaginative housing plan aims to turn a derelict gasworks site into 1,000 new homes.Published June 2011
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Homes gossip
Walk the Line star Reese Witherspoon is a country girl at heart. Her $6.9 million ranch in Ojai, California, is a six-acre hideaway, which is also home to donkeys, pigs, chickens, horses and dogs.Published June 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord risks upsetting Miss Goody2shoes when a friend makes her an offer she ought to refuse.Published June 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Canary Wharf
Our Canary Wharf agent survives a fall down the stairs but a family of 13 is a real shock.Published June 2011
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Meet the friendly face of architecture
Whether you have grand makeover ambitions or simply want a larger kitchen, this is your chance to meet an architect who could help you realise your dreams — or suggest some new ones — and also give you a realistic idea of what it might cost.Published June 2011
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Homes gossip
Petra Ecclestone's Formula One boss father Bernie has just bought her America’s most expensive house for £92 million.Published June 2011
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Property insider: Wimbledon
Wimbledon has large family homes close to acres of parkland, with quick transport links to the City and good schools. Our SW19 estate agent shares his expert tips on the best streets and the hottest homes in the grand slam village.Published June 2011
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The accidental landlord
Just when our accidental landlord is praying her best tenant won't leave, someone in the neighbourhood gets shot...Published June 2011
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Diary of an estate agent: Fulham
Family matters keep our estate agent busy in a Fulham that never sleeps.Published June 2011
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New Hindhead tunnel spikes property prices
The £371 million tunnel that will divert traffic away from the notorious Devil’s Punchbowl bottleneck at Hindhead on the A3 London to Portsmouth road is set to cause a house-prices spike, as journey times are slashed to commuter towns.Published June 2011
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Homes gossip
Vanessa Paradis makes a habit of buying homes. She and partner Johnny Depp have property in America, France and the Caribbean.Published June 2011
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Property insider: Maida Vale and Little Venice
Maida Vale has it all: magnificent stucco villas and waterside homes with secret communal gardens for the exclusive use of residents. We've found a local property expert who reveals insider knowledge on this smart corner of central west London.Published June 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord pipes herself aboard a business prospect on the Orwell Estuary, despite Captain Sensible's protestsPublished June 2011
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Revealed: the new 'villages' replacing Earl's Court
Homes & Property has been given exclusive details of the new villages that will replace Earls Court Exhibition Centre when it is demolished after the Olympics.Published June 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Bromley estate agent celebrates surviving a Rottweiler by dancing with trees.Published June 2011
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Regency elegance and Tudor grandeur for sale
Here’s a rare chance to turn a magnificent 1830s building - a former naval police station at Sheerness, for sale for £170,000 - into a glorious family home.Published June 2011
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Homes gossip
New X Factor judge Gary Barlow's former Cheshire home is up for sale, and cricket-crazy popstress-turned-fashionista Lily Allen is planning a post-wedding "cricket tea" - at her Cotswold pad.Published June 2011
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Property insider: houseboats on the Thames
Russell Day, director of River Homes, gives his insider lowdown on this most romantic way of living, from the most sought-after waterside postcodes to the latest luxury homes and floating pieds-à-terre.Published June 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord admits to having a little fun with a particularly eager agent. It's all part of a landlord's job.Published June 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Caffeine, chocolate and a friendly cat save our busy agent's week.Published June 2011
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Council hires ore staff to help 'exodus of the poor'
An astonishing 90 per cent of Kensington & Chelsea’s housing benefit claimants are set to leave the borough when a new cap on rent allowances is introduced next year.Published June 2011
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Homes gossip
Busy showbiz couple Katy Perry and Russell Brand opt for New York and sell their LA pad. Plus Kylie Minogue’s luxury label pal puts his supersize flat in Fitzrovia up for sale.Published May 2011
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Property insider: Belsize Park
Belsize Park has an enviable mix of pretty mews cottages and big Victorian homes, with Primrose Hill and Hampstead Heath on its doorstep. Local estate agent James Ripp gives us his lowdown on where to buy.Published May 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord Victoria Whitlock has a 'veird' time trying to convince a viewer 'ex-low-cal' authority isn't that bad.Published May 2011
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UK scoops architectural prizes
From a timber "Love Shack" in Cumbria, set in a forest glade, to the bold curves of the Olympic Velodrome by Hopkins architects in the Olympic Park - this is a great year for British architecture.Published May 2011
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Homes gossip
E4’s Made in Chelsea beauty Cheska Hull (pictured with Ollie Locke) feels most at home on the King's Road and has a keen eye for property, revealing she would like to find a home near SW3 in the next six months.Published May 2011
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Property insider: Chelsea
Chelsea attracts home buyers from across the globe with its handsome Victorian homes and pastel-painted cottages. Our local estate agent reveals his insider knowledge on the area’s hottest properties.Published May 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
A date and a big sloppy kiss get our country estate agent through the week.Published May 2011
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Affordable homes axed to make way for Crossrail
A row has erupted after it emerged that new affordable homes for first-time buyers are being sacrificed to help pay for the Crossrail project. Plans for a development in prime Fitzrovia, on a site where advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi is currently based, include only 15 affordable homes out of a total of 55 new properties.Published May 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord goes on a campaign to educate tenants who don't know their rights.Published May 2011
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Homes gossip
Robbie Williams’s former Notting Hill bachelor pad is on the market for £3.45 million. The three-bedroom flat was home to the Take That star for four years after he broke up with the now reunited band.Published May 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Knightsbridge agent finds herself faced with a penthouse leak and a sun loving beauty bearing all.Published May 2011
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Property insider: the Barbican Estate
Residents of The Barbican Estate, in the heart of London's Square Mile, are all in on the secret - behind its concrete exterior is a surprising urban oasis with landscaped gardens, a lake, and a concert hall on the doorstep.Published May 2011
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More flights as we fall for bargain Florida
BA is adding daily flights from Gatwick to Tampa, Florida, to meet the demand from Londoners for swift access to bargain-priced holiday homes in Gulf Coast resorts, including Sarasota and St Petersburg.Published May 2011
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Homes gossip
Country-pop singer Taylor Swift is on a property roll. She has recently purchased a £2.2 million, 1.5 acre Beverly Hills estate for herself and a £850,000 Nashville pad for her parents.Published May 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord gets a surprise when she advertises a room as a holiday let.Published May 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Being beaten up by a champagne cork and questioned by the police is all in a day’s work for our Chelsea agent.Published May 2011
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Time for a £100m change in Greenwich
A prime site in historic Greenwich is to have a £100 million makeover, turning a barren former industrial estate close to the high street and Greenwich DLR station into 181 new homes.Published May 2011
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Homes gossip
After years of searching for the perfect New York pad with husband Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker has finally bought a 6,800sq townhouse - with plenty of room to store her Manolos.Published May 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord is not thrilled when a family decides it's time to get a pig.Published April 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our west Chelsea agent exchanges on a property worth £4.5 million and a potential sale is possibly ruined by the noisy neighbours upstairs.Published April 2011
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Luxury new homes in Grosvenor Square put on hold
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Caring’s plans to move into top-end property developing have stalled in a row over affordable housing.Published April 2011
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Homes gossip
DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles is on the lookout for a Georgian rectory and Bruce Willis sells his three-bedroom flat in one of Donald Trump's towers for less than he expected.Published April 2011
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Property insider: Soho
Soho is on the doorstep of London's theatreland, with the liveliest bars and restaurants, and properties tucked away in little squares and lanes. Our Soho estate agent gives us the insider knowledge on who buys there and what's on offer.Published April 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Camden estate agent admires the unique sales technique of a vendor who didn't leave much to the imagination.Published April 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord gets the creeps when showing a room to a strangerPublished April 2011
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East London's new "island" community
A new London “island” community, with 1,700 homes, is to be carved out of a derelict strip of land opposite the O2 arena.Published April 2011
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Homes gossip
Dancing on Ice star Laura Hamilton has bought her new dream home in Surrey. And Sean Penn is said to be so taken with Hollywood beauty Scarlett Johansson that he's given her the keys to his Malibu mansion.Published April 2011
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Property insider: Northcote Road
Our Battersea estate agent gives us the lowdown on where to buy, rent or invest in Northcote Road, SW11.Published April 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Kensington agent advises a client refurbishing his apartment not to go with bright and vivid designs but to stick with a modern take on magnolia.Published April 2011
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Hix dishes it up in Shoreditch
Trendy Shoreditch is to become a foodie heaven now that top Soho chef and restaurateur Mark Hix has permission to turn a tram shed into one of the largest restaurants in London. Hix also plans to offer cookery classes and host a farmers’ market on the site.Published April 2011
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Homes gossip
This week: socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson; Duran Duran's John Taylor; shoe designer Patrick Cox; and Hollywood actor Ben Stiller.Published April 2011
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Property insider: Fitzrovia
Fitzrovia is one of London's most fashionable quarters with the West End on the doorstep, lively bars and restaurants in Charlotte Street, and a wide range of homes in charming streets. Our Fitzrovia agent has the lowdown on where to buy.Published April 2011
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London's royal wedding street parties
To celebrate the great royal wedding knees-up, 500 London streets will close, bunting and balloons will go up and communities will meet. We've got the lowdown on the capital's party plans.Published April 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord lets a room to a good-looking Spanish opera singer, only to find he is long on charm and short on tenners.Published April 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our West Wickham agent rises to his Mission Impossible-style challenge.Published April 2011
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This summer's Serpentine Pavilion
Every summer a world-class architect is asked design a pavilion for the Serpentine Gardens in Kensington - and this year's design will feature a skylit garden inside a giant box.Published April 2011
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Homes gossip
Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is in London working on Ridley Scott’s latest movie - but she has another big project vying for her attention - the sale of her Malibu beach house.Published April 2011
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The accidental landlord
Seeking the perfect heating contract – and a man who never sleeps.Published March 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent in Farnham competes with children for the attention of his clients.Published March 2011
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Cottages to replace Kilburn tower block
An Sixties tower block estate is to be demolished to make way for mews cottages and mansion flats in south Kilburn.Published March 2011
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Homes gossip
Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon can’t wait to settle into her new home, and Location Location Location presenter Phil Spencer tells us about his London pad.Published March 2011
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The Cadogan Estate
The 94-acre Cadogan Estate takes in some of London’s most exclusive addresses, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and Chelsea. Our insider agent reveals who is buying - and where - in this most prestigious quarter of central London.Published March 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our New King's Road agent has learnt his lesson about making assumptions after walking in on a homeowner's girlfriend in all her glory...Published March 2011
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Top prize at property awards
Homes & Property writer Ruth Bloomfield scooped the top prize at the LSL Property Press Awards this week.Published March 2011
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Council pays tenants to downsize
Council tenants in Richmond are being offered £2,500 a room to downsize to a smaller property to help ease London’s chronic shortage of social housing.Published March 2011
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Marylebone Village
This unique pocket of central London offers residents all the advantages of central-city living with a touch of rustic charm. Our Marylebone estate agent insider reveals the best places to rent, buy and invest.Published March 2011
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Homes gossip
Ashton Kutcher has been married to Demi Moore since 2005 but is only now cutting his final tie with single life - putting his bachelor pad on Hollywood's Sunset Strip on the market.Published March 2011
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The accidental landlord
While on holiday and in a French hospital, our accidental landlord discovers that no good deed goes unpunished.Published March 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
It’s a tall story as the week starts with a bang.Published March 2011
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New flats offer Mayor Boris as a neighbour
Smart new riverside flats have been approved for parts of Potters Fields, the open space between the Greater London Assembly building and Tower Bridge.Published March 2011
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Homes gossip
What do Christina Aguilera and The Osbournes have in common? A penchant for the same Beverly Hills mansion it seems.Published March 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord lets a room to a tenant with no job, no references and no bank account... despite the loud voices in her head telling her to turn him away.Published March 2011
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The battle of the bungalows
Saving bungalows isn’t a cause expected to inspire international architects such as Richard Rogers, Ron Arad and Seth Stein. But a row of single-storey Seventies homes in Belsize Park is under threat and the all-star line-up wants them saved.Published March 2011
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Homes gossip
Pregnant American actress Kate Hudson has hinted that she may raise her baby in London after splashing out on a £4 million home here, and former Friends star Jennifer Aniston trebles the value of her Beverly Hills mansion.Published March 2011
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Web spy: homes gossip
Jo Wood, newly divorced from Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, is searching for a central London party pad, while 19-year-old Arsenal prodigy Jack Wilshere is tempted by the range of uber-cool apartments in London.Published March 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Ipswich agent offers a verdict on a judge's home and strikes oil on the Shotley peninsula.Published March 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord has a room to fill after a tenant decides she's finally had enough of her horrible flatmates.Published March 2011
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For sale: Kate and Wills' love nest
Buy Victoria Cottage on Scotland's Isle of Mull - where Kate Middleton and Prince William rented after their finals - and you could own a piece of royal history.Published March 2011
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Homes gossip
Here's a chance to buy a piece of history: Victoria Cottage, Isle of Mull, which Kate Middleton and Prince William rented after their finals, is up for sale.Published March 2011
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H&P shortlisted at property awards
Homes & Property and its top writers have been named shortlisted finalists in the LSL Property Press Awards, which celebrate Britain’s finest property journalism.Published March 2011
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Crime map gets it wrong
Doubts have been raised about the usefulness of the Home Office Crime Map, published for the first time last month, after a quiet London road was declared as one of the most crime-ridden streets in London.Published March 2011
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Web spy: Hollywood movers
As Tinseltown basks in post-Oscars glory, some of its most famous residents are planning to move out. Our showbiz insider has the latest on where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie aim to move next.Published March 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord puts paid to a romantic evening when she turns up with her carpenter.Published March 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our busy Islington agent demolishes a client's bookcase, averts a last-minute crisis and says sealed bids have well and truly returned.Published February 2011
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Homes gossip
Rising young star Imogen Poots prefers the ease of living with her parents in Chiswick to the reality of flat-sharing; and Bruce Willis is renting out his private Caribbean hideaway.Published February 2011
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A £20 million storm at the Boltons
A row has erupted in one of London’s most exclusive streets over plans to build a new £20 million ultra-modern mansion.Published February 2011
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The accidental landlord
Thanks to social networking websites, our landlord learns how to reduce tax bills and advertise her rental properties.Published February 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Fulham agent drags a viewer away from his pint, warns a landlady off tenants seeking a chill-out room and then ups the rent all round.Published February 2011
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Homes gossip
No sooner has supermodel Kate Moss bought a Grade II-listed mansion in Highgate Village than actor Jude Law pitches up and buys the equally grand house right next door.Published February 2011
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London’s first aerial walkways
London’s skyline is set to get two new 40-storey skyscrapers and aerial walkways as part of a £250million revamp of traffic-clogged Vauxhall Cross.Published February 2011
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Auctions: what great lots
A love nest for sale on St Valentine's Day, an east London train station, and a slice of the capital's artistic heritage are on offer, with weekend cottages and repossession bargains as the auction season begins.Published February 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Hammersmith agent deals with a drama for a cool-headed father to be, a chicken-obsessed 'good life' couple and celebrates a well-deserved award.Published February 2011
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The accidental landlord
Landlord Victoria Whitlock discovers a little ruse - if you are nice to your tenants, then the taxman will be generous to you.Published February 2011
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Homes gossip
After 14 years in Los Angeles, British actress Alex Kingston is heading back home, having sold her Hollywood Hills abode for £1.9million and Sir David Frost has bought a five-bedroom Georgian house with a roof terrace in Chelsea.Published February 2011
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‘Get a job or you won’t get a council flat’
A radical shake up of how council homes are handed out - so people who have jobs can leapfrog the unemployed on waiting lists - is to be introduced by a flagship Conservative council.Published February 2011
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You be the judge
We need 20 readers for our judging panel to choose this year’s best new homes for the London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2011.Published February 2011
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The accidental landlord
It's always a ripe time to rent if the price is right. Victoria Whitlock discovers how £10 can make all the difference when renting out your property.Published February 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
The opening of a new office and a meeting with a heart-stopping Italian sportsman has our West Chelsea agent popping a cork to celebrate.Published February 2011
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Homes gossip
After carrying out extensive refurbishments, Sir Mick Jagger has finally moved into his five-bedroom Chelsea mansion overlooking the Thames and best-selling crime novelist Peter James is selling Beddingham Place for £1.6 million.Published February 2011
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Who will sell Fernando Torres his new hideaway?
Chelsea FC fans are not the only people overjoyed by the arrival of Fernando Torres from Liverpool: the record-breaking £50 million transfer deal has put an even bigger smile on the face of Surrey estate agents who will be scrambling to find a trophy home for the star striker close to the club’s Cobham training ground.Published February 2011
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The accidental landlord
Why our accidental landlord wants to put her tenants on the naughty step.Published January 2011
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Homes gossip
Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is denying that she plans to desert Mumbai for Hollywood. And TV inquisitor Sir David Frost has sold his six-bedroom home in Chelsea.Published January 2011
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Get paid for showing off your new home
Barratt is offering a tantalising lease-back deal to buyers who are happy to wait for up to 24 months for the property to become available.Published January 2011
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord is steaming when she discovers that her poor paperwork and a false economy have left her with a useless boiler.Published January 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
As a London expert is called in to sell one farm, our Surrey agent finds another for a buyer seeking somewhere remote and secure - then he discovers why.Published January 2011
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Homes gossip
Supermodel Kate Moss is enjoying weekend getaways to her £2 million Oxfordshire farmhouse, despite recently purchasing a seven-bedroom mansion in Highgate, north London.Published January 2011
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Candys take off the wraps at One Hyde Park
Some of the luxed-out 86 apartments at One Hyde Park, designed by Richard Rogers for London developer brothers Christian and Nick Candy, have sold for a record price for London of £6,000 a sq ft — more than double the amount many prime properties in London command.Published January 2011
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The accidental landlord
Tenants who swipe the batteries out of smoke alarms could end up as toast, warns our exasperated accidental landlord.Published January 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our busy Covent Garden agent keeps a client in the dark, loses the perfect sale and is baffled by the mystery of the million-pound bag.Published January 2011
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Homes gossip
Pop chanteuse Pixie Lott may already be a showbiz veteran, but she has no intention of leaving the comforts of her parents' home in Brentwood, Essex. And Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock has been unable to sell her former marital home in pukka Orange County.Published January 2011
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Cheap fares to holiday homes
Many owners will be able to visit their overseas homes more easily this year thanks to a range of new flights from London airports.Published January 2011
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Sussex agent sends a colleague on a blind date with an amorous porker, gets hitched from a ditch and is out for a duck... or a pigeon.Published December 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Hammersmith agent is left shell-shocked by a roomful of tortoises, a mugger who ruins a sale and a body in a bath filled with blood-red ink.Published December 2010
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Homes gossip
David Hasselhoff has joined the Chelsea set while he stars as Captain Hook in the New Wimbledon Theatre and financier Vincent Tchenguiz is selling his £15 million Mayfair mansion.Published December 2010
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Basements in deep trouble
The backlash against huge basement extensions, beloved of everyone from the Prime Minister to footballer Frank Lampard, has begun, with a move by Camden council to restrict the size of underground extensions.Published December 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord is discovering tenants she didn't know she had.Published December 2010
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Homes gossip
X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has finally moved to Barnet, having spent most of her life living in the “wrong” part of Islington and singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow’s attempt to sell her 150-acre Tennessee horse ranch, by online auction has ended in failure, with bids failing to reach the reserve price.Published December 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord decides that rather than talking up the flat she wants to let, it's best to be honest about its faults - and provide a tool kit.Published December 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Winchester agent casts his line to catch a sale, bakes a batch of mince pies to tempt more customers and takes care to sidestep a snarling beast.Published December 2010
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Homes gossip
Ronnie Wood’s former wife, party-loving ex-model Jo Wood, has sold Holmwood House in Kingston for £13 million and award-winning sculptor Anish Kapoor has rented a £5,000 a week house in Chelsea.Published December 2010
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London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2011
The London Evening Standard invites housebuilders to enter our 20th annual New Homes Awards.Published November 2010
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Islington Council sells off flats to build houses
Islington council, which runs one of the most expensive corners of the capital, plans to sell off some of its smaller council flats to generate income for building larger family homes.Published November 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord puts the rent up on a small room - and gets a big response.Published November 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
A celebrity with a hangover and a smelly iguana are spoiling our Wimbledon agent's week - until she scores with a generous parking meter.Published November 2010
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Homes gossip
Actress Sienna Miller has reduced the price of her exotic Georgian mews house in Maida Vale, complete with Moroccan-themed spa and plunge pool. And Deputy PM Nick Clegg considers a move to Whitehall.Published November 2010
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Deptford's £700 million makeover
It is not exactly a postcode to boast about but south-east London’s SE8 is about to turn shabby into chic thanks to a £700 million regneration scheme that will include 3,500 new riverside homes at Deptford Creek.Published November 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
After smashing a glasshouse window, our agent tries selling an indoor pool to an aquaphobic before bravely confronting a wolf at the door.Published November 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord reconsiders her all-inclusive rent deals as tenants' energy bills start to burn a hole in her pocketPublished November 2010
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A fairytale home for William and Kate
With no time to house hunt before their London wedding, we find the royal couple a fairytale castle only five minutes from William's RAF base in north Wales.Published November 2010
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Homes gossip
Rupert Grint may be the poorest of the three Harry Potter stars but he owns almost as much property as Daniel Radcliffe.Published November 2010
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Buy-to-let landlord wins historic court case
A historic ruling in favour of a buy-to-let landlord could open the floodgates for investors to claim damages from surveyors who exaggerate the rental income that a property could earn.Published November 2010
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Word on the street: Bankside
Bankside is one of central London’s most lively districts and attracts tourists in their thousands, but what is it like to live there? We reveal who is buying in Bankside - and where, and the best investment opportunities for homebuyers.Published November 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our busy Putney agent falls out of love with feng shui, heads up the balloon-blowing team and burst in on a dodgy media room.Published November 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord gets tough with a tenant but is clobbered by a service charge.Published November 2010
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Homes Gossip
A Grade-II listed flat in Wapping - almost identical to the one owned by neighbouring actress Helen Mirren - is on sale for £1.59 million, and Dannii Minogue has reduced the price of her Battersea crash-pad.Published November 2010
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The Queen wins makeover award
The Queen is having a good week: first, 100,000-plus people give her new Facebook page the thumbs up, now she’s won an award for Britain’s best “inner-city home” makeover at the Palace.Published November 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Chelsea agent finds a chaise longue for the dog, buyers queuing for a £5 million house, and an A-list pop star living at Chelsea Harbour.Published November 2010
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The Accidental Landlord
After giving in to a tenant's demand for shelves, our accidental landlord discovers that her generosity carries an unexpected price tag.Published November 2010
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Homes gossip
Tony and Cherie Blair are reported to have their eye on Sir Cliff Richard’s six-bedroom villa in Barbados - but it's not for sale - yet. And Steven Spielberg is living in leafy Richmond while he's directing the screen adaptation of War Horse.Published November 2010
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The new skyscraper going for a record
This is the first image of what could become London’s tallest residential tower: a 53-storey skyscraper that will provide 700 new homes close to East Croydon train station.Published November 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our South Kensington lettings agent pursues a lost cat strategy, fuels up on espressos and closes deals like crazy as he dreams of buying a Ferrari.Published October 2010
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Tax on flights takes off again
Holiday-home owners and British tourists will have to pay out more in air-fare taxes from November, with journeys to the Caribbean hit the hardest.Published October 2010
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Homes gossip
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his Australian wife Isla Fisher continue to rent in LA, and football legend Terry Venables has lopped £2.25 million off the price of his swish Chelsea house by the Thames.Published October 2010
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Swaps of the week
Hendre House, with 12 acres, is just minutes from the lovely Pembrokeshire coast in Llandeloy, Wales. Or if the south coast is more your scene, we've also found a stunning Brighton town house.Published October 2010
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The accidental landlord
Victoria Whitlock gets soaked waiting for the gas man. He doesn't turn up, nor does the new bed. By the end of the week she's ready to hire a letting agent.Published October 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
A client of our Berkeley Square valuer is gazumped on a £20m house, while a homeowner hides two hairless cats and a colleague gets a dunking.Published October 2010
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Backlash over new housing benefits limit
Landlords claim cap on high-rent handouts will be a disaster.Published October 2010
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Homes gossip
The X Factor judge Cheryl Cole has begun house hunting in Notting Hill following her divorce from football star Ashley Cole, while England footballer Joe Cole has severed his final link with Chelsea FC by selling his house off the King's Road.Published October 2010
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Swaps of the week
An early-19th century three-bedroom cottage set in glorious countryside south-west of Northampton, and a two-bedroom weatherboard house with chunky beams, open fires and Shaker-style kitchen in the village of Mayfield, East Sussex.Published October 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord may already have let her south London flat, but that doesn't stop agents trying to grab a slice of her business.Published October 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Kensington agent talks up a bid, suffers a little girl's put-downs, and runs into an old school friend.Published October 2010
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Young London and this life of sharing
Flat-sharing surges as This Life generation become landlords desperate for lodgers.Published October 2010
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Homes gossip
Television presenter Jenny Frost is leaving London and has begun house hunting in Cheshire following the BBC's imminent move to Salford. And the Earl of Durham is renting out two of his stately homes for lavish weddings and parties.Published October 2010
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Swaps of the week
Bags of 15th-century character combine with modern country living at Grade II-listed Whornes Place, in Cuxton, Kent, and a former rectory in the pretty Cornish village of St John, with six bedrooms, a duck pond and woodland.Published October 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord makes sure the repairman pays for being late.Published October 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our busy Wiltshire agent gives a client property envy, reels in a hungry bullock and gets home to find one of his buyers starring on television.Published October 2010
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Zaha Hadid scoops the Stirling Prize
The coveted Stirling Prize went to Zaha Hadid this year for her spectacular MAXXI museum in Rome, and we tip the London house set to be a medal-winner.Published October 2010
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Homes gossip
Hollywood goddess Nicole Kidman and her husband, country music star Keith Urban, have just spent a happy fortnight renting a £1,700-a-week beachside villa in the Bahamas. And Antiques Roadshow presenter Fiona Bruce has bought a weekend retreat in The Chilterns.Published October 2010
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Swaps of the week
Bridge Cottage in Great Barford, near Bedford, comes with a gated drive, pretty cottage gardens and a wooden bridge over a babbling brook. Or you may prefer the south coast in the form of a pretty seaside home in Worthing, West Sussex.Published October 2010
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Buy of the week
Here’s your chance to judge for yourself whether Dannii Minogue’s Battersea home has The X Factor. The Aussie star, now a yummy mummy, is selling her sleek riverside home with fabulous views over Westminster and the City.Published October 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
It's all sex and drama for our Clapham agent as she bumps into a naked resident, interrupts a ménage à trois, rips her dress and sets off a fire alarm.Published September 2010
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The accidental landlord
Victoria Whitlock arrives in Dubai just in time to get frenzied texts from her London tenant. Should she call her back?Published September 2010
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Strawberry Hill reopens
After a £9m restoration Walpole's beloved Strawberry Hill opens to the public again.Published September 2010
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Homes gossip
Disappointment for Lily Allen, who has missed out on buying the 16th-century Cotswolds manor house she had her heart set on buying, and former Coronation Street actress Suranne Jones has begun flat hunting in London.Published September 2010
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Swaps of the week
A Gothic gem close to Torquay's pretty harbour and currently run as a boutique B&B, so it comes complete with five bedrooms, all en-suite; and a three-bedroom home with a first-floor galleried sitting room in Pershore, Worcestershire.Published September 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent shows the rich how to get richer, gets caught up in a plot and meets an old friend from the volcanic ash crisis.Published September 2010
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The London Affordable Homes Show 2010
First-time buyers can scoop glamour and discounts at the year's largest exhibition of new-build starter homes.Published September 2010
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Homes gossip
Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp has begun looking for a family home to rent in St John's Wood, Highgate or Hampstead, and best-selling biographer Robert Lacey has bought a two-bedroom home in Fulham and has plans for a major revamp.Published September 2010
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Swap of the week
A Cotswold stone house with roses around the door and mullioned windows in the dreamy location of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, and a pretty four-bedroom cottage, originally the head gardener's home for adjoining Henstead Hall.Published September 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord is miffed when viewers just disappear.Published September 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Battersea agent has a brief encounter in a traffic jam, breaks the bad news on price to a selling couple and is locked out by a client.Published September 2010
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New flights to European hotspots
Homes abroad just got closer as new air routes widen the choice of holiday hotspots for homebuyers.Published September 2010
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Homes gossip
Femme fatale Davinia Taylor is selling her six-bedroom St John’s Wood house for £6.5 million and Arsenal supremo Peter Hill-Wood is selling his three/four-bedroom Victorian home off the King’s Road for £2.75 million.Published September 2010
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Swap of the week
A four-bedroom farmhouse surrounded by green fields and woodland in the village of Singleton, West Sussex, and a high-spec riverside cottage with three bedrooms in Uplyme, Devon.Published September 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our busy agent from Norwich stays super-sharp on competition, bowls a maiden over and falls for the idea of living in a caravan.Published September 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord becomes suspicious of a tenant's elusive visitor.Published September 2010
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For sale by auction: garden square in Central London
A freehold garden square in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is among the fabulous and unusual bargains that are set to open the autumn auction season with a big bang next week.Published September 2010
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Swap of the week
A gorgeous three-bedroom Victorian cottage in Forty Green, Bucks, with views of the rolling Chilterns. Plus, we've found a beautifully-restored farmhouse in Le Marche, Italy.Published September 2010
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Homes gossip
Rock legend Bob Geldof and his French girlfriend, actress Jeanne Marine, have returned from spending a month in a luxurious rented-villa in Majorca. And Priscilla Carluccio sells up in Hampshire.Published September 2010
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The accidental landlord
This week, battling an outbreak of bed bugs proves costly and complicated for our accidental landlord - although not as complicated as getting decorators to follow instructions.Published September 2010
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Swap of the week
This charming 18th-century, five-bedroom home in the leafy village of Martham, Norfolk, has been reduced by £75,000. Plus a house arranged over three-floors in Henley-on-Thames.Published September 2010
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London gets 'Mad Men' flats - via mail order
New flats in Stockwell's converted Freemans printworks pay homage to the Mad Men style of the Fifties and Sixties.Published September 2010
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Diary of an Estate Agent
Our Knightsbridge-based agent finds respite from a vertigo-suffering millionaire who wants a penthouse,a nightmare viewing and a stubborn open house vendor, in office birthday donuts.Published September 2010
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© PAHomes gossip
Kylie Minogue has put her South Kensington mansion block maisonette, with stylish interior designed by Candy & Candy, on the market for £4.5million.Published September 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our charity-driven agent from Knightsbridge gets locked in a garage but comes out with a shiny bike and a big donation to Help for Heroes.Published August 2010
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The accidental landlord
After 18 months of letting out her home, our accidental landlord discovers her lawn has become an allotment.Published August 2010
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City Hall opens up
You can see some of Mayor Boris Johnson’s more private parts next month when City Hall joins the 2010 Open House event from September 18-19.Published August 2010
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Homes gossip
Fashion designer Alice Temperley has paid £2.25 million for an eight-bedroom Grade II-listed Regency house near Ilminster, Somerset.Published August 2010
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Swap of the week
On a 350-acre parkland estate in Rousdon, East Devon, this flint-walled former Victorian joinery has received a high-spec renovation. Plus we have found an energy-efficient, larch-clad house in Pennington, Hampshire.Published August 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agents gets firm with a snooping seller and frees a buyer oblivious to the fact he's locked in.Published August 2010
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Boris bails out affordable housing schemes
Mayor Boris Johnson has set aside £51.7 million to bail out Kickstart housing schemes for Londoners.Published August 2010
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Swap of the week
If you're after an unusual property, this converted Second World War bunker is for you, with its four bedrooms and grassy roof. Plus we've found a thatched beauty on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, in Devon.Published August 2010
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Homes gossip
Comedian and new co-host of The One Show, Jason Manford, has been looking for a flat to rent near the BBC's White City studios.Published August 2010
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The accidental landlord
Armed with insect sprays, our accidental landlord confronts unwelcome guests.Published August 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Chichester agent falls for a house on the Downs, nails a sale down at the yacht club, then climbs the scaffold in pursuit of a contract.Published August 2010
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The holiday homes of the future
Pioneering new houses designed by world-class architects are being made available to hire as holiday homes.Published August 2010
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Homes gossip
Country superstar Shania Twain believes that London is still the best place to find lucrative investment properties, and is currently looking around St John's Wood and Maida Vale.Published August 2010
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Swap of the week
A charming weatherboard cottage with three bedrooms in Mayfield, East Sussex, and a spacious six-bedroom country home with outbuildings, paddock and a barn in Somerset.Published August 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our amateur landlord has a hysterical time – with her gasman.Published August 2010
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The accidental landlord
When our accidental landlord makes a temporary switch from being an owner to being a tenant, she has to stand firm in order to get her deposit back.Published August 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Docklands agent hits his head in a houseboat, calls in the bailiffs and has to change a door number to please a superstitious heart surgeon.Published August 2010
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Price boost for commuterland homes
House prices in prime parts of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Warwickshire are set to soar when new superfast trains from London are launched next year.Published August 2010
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Homes gossip
Elvis Presley’s much-married daughter Lisa Marie hopes to leave America and settle in London by Christmas.Published August 2010
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Swap of the week
Wisteria-clad, Endsleigh Cottage in the Cotswold beauty spot of Fifield, and an impressive penthouse apartment overlooking Plymouth marina.Published August 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our busy Fulham agent finds a tenant in flagrante, takes a hair-raising ride on a scooter and discovers it sometimes takes a cunning plot to win a sale.Published July 2010
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Olympic neighbours scoop gold
Stratford misses out as the areas bordering the east London sports festival complex are set to make impressive gains.Published July 2010
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Homes gossip
Former James Bond Pierce Brosnan has designed his dream home in the tropical paradise of Hawaii, and there is good news for former pop heart-throb Paul Young, whose six-bedroom Hadley Common house has just gone under offer.Published July 2010
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Swap of the week
16th century Nutcracker Hall in the glorious Kent location of Staffhurst Wood and The Thatched Cottage in secluded Crowborough, East Sussex.Published July 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Fulham agent's busy week is interrupted by one client who wants to pole dance, and another who is already bouncing on their Wii boardPublished July 2010
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Homes gossip
Mick Jagger’s daughter, Jade, has built herself the ultimate Asian paradise in Morjim, North Goa, and singer Craig David has found that selling his Hampstead penthouse is a lot harder than filling concert venues.Published July 2010
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Swap of the week
Swap city life for the country at Grade II-listed Holly House in Hullavington, Wiltshire (above), or at Little Furswain Cottage in tranquil St Cleer, Cornwall.Published July 2010
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Rents rocket in smartest postcodes
The price of renting property in some of the capital’s most sought-after postcodes has surged by more than four times the rate of inflation in a single year.Published July 2010
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The accidental landlord
There’s just one week to go until the warring couple occupying my one-bedroom flat move out and, although I’ll be relieved to see them go, I’m stressing that I’ll be left with an empty property and an expensive mortgage.Published July 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent juggles brochures, brainstorming and exchanging contracts on the third tee.Published July 2010
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Homes gossip
Gucci model Robert Konjic is selling his three-bedroom Edwardian red-brick duplex in West Kensington, and TV star Ulrika Jonsson has sold her home in Cookham Dean, Berkshire.Published July 2010
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Swap of the week
£650,000 buys this 14th-century timber-framed house in rural Mayfield, or be green and glamorous at a new eco house priced £635,000 in the coastal village of Kessingland.Published July 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord feels the heartache when her tenants' relationship hits the buffers.Published July 2010
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It's a homes goal for Wembley City
One of London’s largest new housing projects has been unveiled - a £1.5 billion scheme to build 1,300 homes at Wembley City.Published July 2010
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Tram backtrack
Mayor Boris Johnson is overturning Ken’s plans for trams in Oxford Street, to the delight of residents.Published July 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord discovers the difficulties of finding tenants who want to share with the teetotal Mormon sisters.Published July 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent from Sheen breaks a career record be completing a letting deal within just one day.Published July 2010
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Now first-timers can taste the candy
Only the Candy brothers could get away with flogging the most expensive “affordable” housing scheme in London and end up with a queue of buyers.Published July 2010
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Swap of the week
This five-bedroom family house is on offer for £695,000 in the Oxford conservation spot of Forest Hill, and the sought-after village of Chenies provides a pretty setting for a Grade II-listed cottage.Published July 2010
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Homes gossip
After hearing that her Chelsea neighbour recently sold their Victorian terrace house for a juicy £3.45 million, actress Elizabeth Hurley is tempted to sell her identical five-bedroom property down the road.Published July 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent fights off a wild hosepipe and destroys a vicious rodent but he can't stop the church bells ringing as he tries to snare a Grade II-listed sale.Published July 2010
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Homes gossip
Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has paid an estimated £3 million for a converted Guernsey farmhouse and American society beauty Meredith Ostrom has moved to Chelsea.Published June 2010
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Swap of the week
Bags of rustic charm and a super refurbishment make this Grade II-listed cottage in Hawkhurst perfect for time-poor buyers. Or make a fast move on a chain-free, Grade II-listed thatch in sought-after Pebworth.Published June 2010
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Holiday homeowners get a tax relief
Homeowners who rent out a country cottage or seaside flat for extra income have won a Budget tax reprieve.Published June 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord is in favour of tougher regulations for the letting-agent industry.Published June 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent from Clerkenwell starts the week with international clients, pulls on his blue booties - and makes sure he doesn't let the cat out.Published June 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord tries to conduct business as usual next door to yet another crime scene.Published June 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent is set for a week off, but not before taking on the advertising world, a child in a house of antiques and a chain with a tight deadline.Published June 2010
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Bovis and Barclays guarantee mortgages
Leading house builder has teamed up with a high street bank to guarantee buyers’ mortgages in an attempt to boost property sales.Published June 2010
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Swap of the week
This 17th-century beauty in West Chiltington sits in a plot of more than 15 acres, or you could fall for a renovated Somerset farmhouse in pretty Ashcott.Published June 2010
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Homes gossip
Chelsea & Fulham’s Green candidate, Julia Stephenson, is a winner in property - she has inherited a six-bedroom house with a wild-flower meadow near Guildford. And interior decorator Suzy Hoodless is selling her three-bedroom investment property near Kidlington, Oxfordshire.Published June 2010
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A new way to meet Britain's housing demand
All housing demands can be met by building on small infill sites of less than five acres and by upgrading existing properties, claims a professor.Published June 2010
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Homes gossip
Ronnie Wood put his five-bedroom Grade II-listed house on the market last year, but despite a recent price reduction of £1.375 million, he still has no takers.Published June 2010
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Swap of the week
A gorgeous Georgian house in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and an elegant Grade II-listed mews house in Penshurst, Kent.Published June 2010
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Buy of the week
A smart, four-bedroom family home with more than 1,600sq ft of living space, close to Brixton Hill, SW2.Published June 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord bemoans the plight of Britain's hard-pressed buy-to-letters.Published June 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent rescues a stranded couple, gropes his way around a house with no electricity and saves a buyer with his foot stuck through a ceiling.Published June 2010
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Swap of the week
A three-bedroom cottage set in open countryside in Fairstead, Essex, and a listed 1540s home with five bedrooms in Hangleton, East Sussex.Published June 2010
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Buy of the week
Stylish family living with panoramic London views can be found at this spacious house in Shooters Hill, SE18.Published June 2010
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Homes gossip
London letting agents are scrambling over themselves to find Steven Spielberg a rental property worthy of this legendary Hollywood film director.Published June 2010
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The accidental landlord
Victoria Whitlock points out why energy performance certificates have few fans.Published June 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
In world-famous, millionaires' Mayfair our agent is used to handling ruthless bidding wars, huge egos and champagne celebrations.Published June 2010
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£100 million revamp of Westminster
Westminster wants Brighton-style Lanes and a Thai market as part of the council's 15-year regeneration plan.Published June 2010
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Homes gossip
The Camerons can expect a useful windfall when they move into No 11 Downing Street as they can rent out their five-bedroom Edwardian home in North Kensington.Published June 2010
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Buy of the week
Cleverly slotted on to a neat plot off Battersea High Street, SW11, is this unusual, oval-shaped house.Published June 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our valuations agent spots an unauthorized alteration to a Mayfair flat, uses a sewing kit to measure up and celebrates with a book-launch party.Published May 2010
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Love your street
The London Festival of Architecture, the biggest UK event of its kind, has launched a citywide competition to find the projects that have done most to improve the capital’s local streets and outdoor spaces.Published May 2010
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Swap of the week
With a fabulous setting on the River Lea, mooring rights and a fast 45 minute train ride from London, this Victorian, former lock-keepers cottage in Great Amwell is hard to beat. Or, you may prefer to live the rural dream at Woodlands Farm in Attleborough, Norfolk.Published May 2010
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Buy of the week
The 30-acre parkland surrounding this flat at Princess Park Manor, Friern Barnet, N11, feels like a blissful country escape, yet is only five minutes from the Piccadilly line at Arnos Grove.Published May 2010
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Homes gossip
Hollywood legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor, is reported to have begun house-hunting in Hampstead, where she spent her childhood.Published May 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our 'accidental landlord' vows to keep an eye out for the menace of dangerous tenants.Published May 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our estate agent from Knightsbridge refuses to disclose the name of one celebrity buyer. Meanwhile, he prays his daughters won't go punk.Published May 2010
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Swap shop
A three-bedroom 18th-century thatch in the East Devon coastal village of Branscombe, and a pretty five-bedroom cottage in Stourton Caundle, Dorset.Published May 2010
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Homes gossip
Actor Nicholas Hoult is planning to buy his first home to celebrate his 21st birthday later this year - but first he's heading down under to film the latest Mad Max movie.Published May 2010
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Buy of the week
This elegant three-bedroom flat in West Kensington has a south-facing decked garden and a 17ft reception room.Published May 2010
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London's going underground
Home-owners across the capital are going underground by the hundreds as planning applications for new basement extensions multiply in central London.Published May 2010
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The accidental landlord
Agatha Christie eat your heart out - you won't solve this one, says our Accidental Landlord.Published May 2010
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Our New Homes Awards winners revealed
The winners of this year’s London Evening Standard New Homes Awards have been revealed, judged by Evening Standard readers and property experts.Published May 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent sorts out a child covered in chocolate and seals a deal in a sauna, but then loses a sale because of a dodgy teenage cyclist.Published May 2010
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Swap of the week
A dreamy Loire Valley château set on two acres of land with its own stables and a historic oast house in East Sussex with a limestone-tiled dining room and a beamed sitting room.Published May 2010
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Buy of the week
This two-bedroom flat with a 20ft reception room in King’s Cross overlooks the colourful houseboats on Regent’s Canal.Published May 2010
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Homes gossip
Building work has already started on the Chelsea mansion that pharmaceuticals heiress Samantha Sackler recently bought for £26m from Jemima Khan.Published May 2010
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Boujis bar boss nets a £2m profit
Boujis bar-owner Matt Hermer has sold his Chelsea bachelor pad for a life with American heiress Marissa Anschutz.Published May 2010
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Property of the week
A one-bedroom cottage with a charming front garden in a peaceful enclave of Belgravia.Published May 2010
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The Accidental Landlord
Victoria Whitlock tells teenagers to forget the degree – the big money’s in plumbing.Published May 2010
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Grand Designs Awards
TV presenter Kevin McCloud has hosted the fifth annual Grand Designs Awards, with Homes & Property presenting its own award for Product of the Year.Published May 2010
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The Accidental Landlord
Victoria Whitlock falls out with her letting agent over renewal fees.Published May 2010
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Swap of the week
A converted barn with an acre of gardens close to popular Padstow on the North Cornish coast and a thatched cottage in idyllic East Boldre, Hampshire.Published May 2010
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Buy of the week
This Chelsea mansion-block flat on the doorstep of King’s Road offers two bedrooms, a slick kitchen, high ceilings and a 16ft reception room.Published May 2010
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Property of the week
This stylish, sixth-floor penthouse in SE16 has a magnificent 39ft terrace overlooking the Thames - perfect for making the most of long summer evenings.Published May 2010
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Homes gossip
Former Hollywood star Stephanie Beacham is selling the three-bedroom Moroccan riad that she converted from a ramshackle ruin five years ago.Published May 2010
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A Chelsea mansion for two
His and hers: Charles Saatchi and Nigella build an art gallery home with a kitchen attached in Chelsea.Published May 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent is kept busy during election week by an open house day, cash buyers and computer glitchesPublished May 2010
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Guy Ritchie's latest project
Film director Guy Ritchie plans to convert a listed Georgian house in London.Published May 2010
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The accidental landlord
Victoria Whitlock tries to keep calm as she hears about a stranger in her flat.Published April 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Sevenoaks agent kick-starts a chain, sells a mansion and gets multiple offers from London emigrés in search of places at Kent grammar schools.Published April 2010
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Swap of the week
If it's space you're after, we've found two five-bedroom homes; a Twenties house near the coast in Devon (above), or Abbas Hall has four acres of grounds in Suffolk.Published April 2010
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Homes gossip
Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli’s five-bedroom Hove weekend home has finally sold after more than nine months on the market.Published April 2010
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Buy of the week
Hidden away in Crouch End is this converted coach house, transformed into a 1,253sq ft modern living space and a fabulous decked garden.Published April 2010
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Property of the week
This seven-bedroom home in Ealing will appeal to style-conscious buyers with its modern interior and three floors of living space for £659,950.Published April 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our accidental landlord discovers a letting agent who really isn't doing her any favours.Published April 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
A small dog with a big problem, a drama with a panic button, and enough homes for a football team make our agent's week a busy one.Published April 2010
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Bowl 'em over with a new flat at Lord's
A £400m redesign of the cricket mecca will include 350 new apartments to help finance the deal.Published April 2010
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Buy of the week
A smart Kensington address comes with this flat in a stucco, blue-plaqued building with communal gardens.Published April 2010
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Property of the week
For buyers seeking space and style, this contemporary house in Chiswick delivers 1,400sq ft of high-spec living spread over three floors.Published April 2010
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Swap of the week
For £750,000, you could buy this dreamy Cotswold house surrounded by the rolling countryside of Stow-on-the-Wold or a converted tithe barn in Dorset’s glorious Cerne Abbas.Published April 2010
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Homes gossip
Fashion designer Savannah Miller (pictured, above right, with her sister Sienna) may have found her dream home near Cirencester, but she has yet to finish renovating it.Published April 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
A client abandons her Jimmy Choos in a mousetrap, a home - at nearly £1 million - sells in a day and our agent stages his own lock-inPublished April 2010
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The accidental landlord
Our agent tackles a Speakergate scandal and learns a very tough lesson.Published April 2010
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Swap of the week
For a slice of stately home ownership head for Melchbourne Park, where this vast apartment with three en-suite bedrooms is less than an hour from London.Published April 2010
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Homes gossip
A five-bedroom house is for sale in Streatham Hill - just a few doors away from where Naomi Campbell grew up.Published April 2010
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Hamspstead "mega mansion" rejected
'Stalinist' design by Prince Charles's favourite architect for Athlone House in Hampstead is out.Published April 2010
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Buy of the week
This two-bedroom apartment at Princess Park Manor in N11 has an uber-sleek interior and a glass-floored mezzanine.Published April 2010
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Property of the week
This architect-designed house in Kentish Town has an impressive garden room opening on to a decked outdoor space that is perfect for summer entertaining.Published April 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent discovers an economist with a pet parrot, two dogs with their own indoor swimming pool and a collection of vintage guitars.Published April 2010
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Swap of the week
A listed cottage with large gardens (above) in rural Surrey yet close to the commuting hot spot of Epsom and a detached period farm house with more than an acre of grounds and outbuildings in Somerset.Published April 2010
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Property of the week
This swish flat in Belsize Park, NW3, is on the ground floor of a white-stucco house close to Belsize Village and Primrose Hill.Published April 2010
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Homes gossip
Paul Merton has put his three-bedroom, clifftop home near Hastings on the market.Published April 2010
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Buy of the week
A prime spot next to the Thames within a “secret” walled garden, in the St Peter’s Square conservation area of Chiswick, is home to this Victorian artist’s studio.Published April 2010
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The Accidental Landlord
Our accidental landlord pays a high price to keep her tenant happy.Published April 2010
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The Accidental Landlord
Our accidental landlord tries to find ways of keeping her meagre profits from the grasping hands of the taxman — before having an attack of conscience.Published April 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent gets locked in with a minor soap star, faces a complaint about a wandering naked tenant, while a short colleague scares a big dog.Published April 2010
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Skyscraper gets the chop
A skyscraper of 42 storeys, which conservationists claim would destroy views of iconic London landmarks including Parliament Square, Westminster Abbey and Battersea Power Station, has been refused planning permission.Published March 2010
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Buy of the week
On a leafy street, a stroll from the coffee shops of Kew Road in Richmond, this three-bedroom Victorian beauty awaits new owners with an eye for detail.Published March 2010
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Property of the week
Less than half a mile from East Putney Tube station is a gated, bright and airy conversion of a red-brick school house.Published March 2010
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Homes gossip
Ruby Wax is leaving behind her Cape Town holiday home and will be keeping her Holland Park home as her main base.Published March 2010
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Swap of the week
An idyllic listed Tudor cottage in the Kent countryside and a Cornish farmhouse, where wildlife are the only neighboursPublished March 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our busy Canterbury agent falls for a fabulous new-build home, sings the praises of a perfect seller and discovers a kitchen to die for.Published March 2010
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The Accidental Landlord
Up a gumtree with no tenants - it's not always that easy to rent a property privately.Published March 2010
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Homes gossip
Local estate agents are hovering round a certain manor house in the Cotswolds as village gossips predict a sale following the break-up of its owners, Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes.Published March 2010
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Swap of the week
A quirky, 16th century thatch in Ashwell, Somerset, and a perfect weekend cottage in Crowhurst, East Sussex, just 90 minutes from London by train.Published March 2010
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Five tower blocks for the new 'Mayfair'
US embassy move sparks rush to build new riverside homes at Nine Elms in Battersea.Published March 2010
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Buy of the week
This split-level, two-bedroom garden flat is only a few minutes from Highgate Tube, with wonderful walks on the doorstep.Published March 2010
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Property of the week
This modern three-storey town house is in a quiet gated mews, only a few minutes’ walk from the shops and restaurants of Islington’s Upper Street.Published March 2010
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The Accidental Landlord
Our "accidental landlord" advises a businesslike approach to letting - or there'll be trouble.Published March 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our agent in Barnes gets on the wrong side of a falling ceiling, solves the mystery of a dead squirrel and finds vintage porn in the basement.Published March 2010
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Homes gossip
Despite Paolo Nutini's success in London, he has opted to buy a large family house outside Glasgow.Published March 2010
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Swap of the week
Buy something sweet for Easter. Invest in this picture-postcard thatch in West Wellow, Hampshire, or escape to Rose Cottage in Upper Dean, Bedfordshire.Published March 2010
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Buy of the week
Take a step up the property ladder to this sleek penthouse in Park Lane, Croydon, and save £75,000 on the asking price, now £550,000Published March 2010
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Property of the week: Williams Mews, N1
This contemporary three-bedroom mews house in fashionable De Beauvoir Road, N1, comes with a high-spec interior and a "living roof".Published March 2010
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Tower to the people in Elephant and Castle
Tall and glamorous, The Elephant unveils its new homes for first-time buyers.Published March 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Our eager-beaver agent hopes a two-year-old's love of fish will swing a sale, gets into hot water over a deal and watches a winner take all.Published March 2010
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The accidental landlord
The accidental landlord Victoria Whitlock finds that Sky's the limit when one pushy tenant interrupts her day off.Published March 2010
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Homes gossip
Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson drives through a big property deal in Oxfordshire; while Master and Commander star Paul Bettany, who quit the UK for New York in the nineties, says it took him five years to cope with living away from London.Published March 2010
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Swap of the week
Soak up panoramic sea views from this glassy number in Brixham or live on an exclusive 35-acre private estate in the Cotswolds.Published March 2010
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Property of the week
Here is your chance to buy into the Harrods brand with a smart two-bedroom flat on the third floor of the exclusive Harrods Village estate in Barnes, SW13.Published March 2010
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Get to your Spanish home in two hours
New regular flights to the Balearics from City airport will help owners of holiday homes.Published March 2010
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Buy of the week
High flyers in search of a glamorous new home will love this luxury apartment at a sought-after warehouse development in Chiswick, W4.Published March 2010
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The accidental landlord
Even on the slopes on a family skiing holiday, Victoria Whitlock finds there's no let-up from demanding tenants.Published March 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
A 96-year-old heading to the Costas for some sun, an old boyfriend lurking in a flat, and some DIY keep one Kennington agent busy.Published March 2010
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Swaps of the week
This lovely four-bedroom, rustic stone cottage in Ilmington, Warwickshire, is two hours by train from London.Published March 2010
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Buy of the week
This smart two-bedroom pied-à-terre is spread out over two floors and is just minutes from the Hurlingham Club and the Thames at Fulham.Published March 2010
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Homes gossip
Supermodel Daisy Lowe has finally abandoned Primrose Hill, the starry north London neighbourhood where she grew up. She has swapped her two-bedroom flat for a Holland Park house that she shares with her on-off boyfriend, singer Will Cameron.Published March 2010
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Property of the week
City-centre living doesn't get much grander than this two-bedroom apartment near Gloucester Road and Kensington High Street.Published March 2010
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London buyers reveal wish-list for perfect family home
A mere three out of 10 London househunters end up with a property that matches their original wish-list.Published March 2010
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Homes gossip
Actress Kelly Brook’s former Sydenham love nest is for sale. She sold up in 2007 and now dots between her 15th-century Kent farmhouse near Lenham and her Los Angeles home with her latest beau, Wasps rugby hunk Danny Cipriani.Published February 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
One busy Fulham agent has buyers queuing up, while a pop star decides to sell and another deal seems on the point of collapse.Published February 2010
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Swap of the week
Great views over the South Downs are yours with this rustic cottage in Arlington; or a hideaway farmhouse in the Cornish hamlet of Tregadgwith.Published February 2010
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Buy of the week: SW6
A smart architect redesign of this garden flat in Fulham has created a generous living space full of natural light.Published February 2010
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Property of the week
This spacious family home comes with a prime address in London W9.Published February 2010
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Wrecks to riches with new DIY loans
Buyers can now get help to turn tatty flats into earners.Published February 2010
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Overseas buyers reveal favourite areas
Italians lead rush to buy London’s £2m-plus homes.Published February 2010
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Homes gossip
Hampstead estate agents are agog that comedian Ricky Gervais may be selling his Victorian semi off the High Street.Published February 2010
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Swap of the week
You might just find the perfect country lifestyle behind the five-bar gate of this 17th-century home in Scoulton near Norwich; or for a hint of Italy in Devon, turn to Torquay and a home with a Florentine-style tower and a view over Torbay.Published February 2010
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Property of the week
In well-heeled Richmond Hill this stylish and bright two-bedroom apartment has views that stretch both over the City and across the Surrey Hills.Published February 2010
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Buy of the week
In a fabulous South Kensington location just a few minutes from Gloucester Road, this basement flat in a stucco building is a bit of a find.Published February 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
A confused Russian, a clueless banker and a woman with chronic HIP problems tempt a Docklands agent to tattoo instructions on his forehead.Published February 2010
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Watch out, here come the taste police
A north London council bans plastic windows and bad paintwork.Published February 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
A soccer star stymied by the transfer window, a wife with no idea her home is up for sale and buyers flooding back keep one agent busy.Published February 2010
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Bargain lots – if you’re quick
The first of the spring auctions offer homes for every budget.Published February 2010
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Homes gossip
Screen nymphomaniac Kim Cattrall, here to star in Noël Coward’s comedy Private Lives, has rejected the producers’ offer to stay in a hotel or serviced apartment and is living in a London mews house.Published February 2010
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Swap of the week
Old School House (above) is next to the 11th century St Bart’s Church in Burwash, Sussex and a 1930s refurbished detached house, that Deco fans will love, in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.Published February 2010
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Buy of the week: SE22
A rich mix of materials gives a polished finish to this large three-bedroom flat in popular East Dulwich, SE22.Published February 2010
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Property of the week: SW18
This über-cool 17th-floor flat is one of 41 high-spec apartments for sale at Battersea Reach, SW18, next to the river.Published February 2010
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You be the judge at our New Homes Awards
Be one of 20 readers' judges in this year's London Evening Standard New Homes Awards.Published February 2010
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Georgian gem needs TLC
A four-storey Georgian house in historic Cable Street on the edge of the City is being sold for the first time in 40 years - but needs total renovation.Published February 2010
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Homes gossip
Loved-up Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar have been inspecting run-down maharajas’ palaces and havelis (mansions) in Rajasthan.Published February 2010
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Swap of the week
This week: an 18th-century stone cottage with four bedrooms in the hamlet of Dean, Oxfordshire, and a three-bedroom charmer in Monks Eleigh, Suffolk.Published February 2010
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Buy of the week
This two-bedroom flat in lively Spitalfields, E1, comes with a large private terrace, with eastward views over the surrounding rooftops, for £499,500.Published February 2010
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Property of the week: EC2
Buyers seeking a perfect walk-to-work crash pad should check out this stunning one-bedroom apartment across the street from the Bank of England.Published February 2010
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Newbury Racecourse: 1,500 new homes approved
Now is your chance to back a winner and invest in one of the grandstand apartments at Newbury Racecourse.Published February 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Sending squatters on their way, writing off a potential client’s car and stumbling across a ménage à trois liven up an agent’s week in Fulham.Published February 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Franco-German relations, avoiding 'The Beast' in the bedroom and unwanted water features keep Chelsea agent's phone off the hook.Published February 2010
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Buy of the week
A January slim-down takes on new meaning in Shepherd’s Bush, W12, where this 1,000sq ft house is only six feet wide.Published January 2010
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Homes gossip
Geordie beauty Donna Air, the former girlfriend of zoo-keeping property tycoon Damian Aspinall, has begun house-hunting with a £1.5 million budget.Published January 2010
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Swap of the week
Two beautiful retreats in different parts of the country - a cottage set in three acres with a woodland in Cornwall, and a lakeside house in Norfolk.Published January 2010
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We launch our new, fast property search
Find a home on London's newest interactive property search website - it's fast and easy with great pictures, interactive map and Google Street View.Published January 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
Clients brighten up January with a big sale; an old gin factory brings in some fizz, and it's open house in Primrose Hill for one busy Camden agent.Published January 2010
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2010 Grand Designs Awards
Homes & Property, with Kevin McCloud, launches the search for this year's Grand Design Award winners.Published January 2010
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Homes gossip
Actress Eva Green swans between swanky homes in Paris and Primrose Hill. But until he recently moved to London, her boyfriend, Kiwi-born Lord of the Rings star Marton Csokas, inconveniently lived Down Under.Published January 2010
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The great docklands fire sale
Hundreds of never-lived-in new apartments — all failed completions in the same Docklands development — are to be sold at 40 per cent less than their original owners paid for them two years ago.Published January 2010
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Buy of the week
Vaulted ceilings, gated parking and a saving of £40,000 are on offer at this two-bedroom “urban cottage”, minutes from the Thames at Battersea.Published January 2010
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Swap of the week
Casa Padronale in the medieval Italian village of Servigliano, Marche is a project to take your mind off this chilly UK weather or you could enjoy the big inglenook fireplace, golden Cotswold-stone walls and deep thatch of Tythe Barn Cottage (above) in the pretty Gloucestershire village of Ebrington.Published January 2010
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Buy of the week: getting more in W4
This sleek, high-spec Chiswick flat, is now reduced by £30,000.Published January 2010
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Homes gossip
Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone says her Grade-II-listed white-stucco house in stately Eaton Square is not for her, but for her dogs. While art heiress Paloma Picasso is selling her three-bedroom Cheyne Walk home overlooking the Thames for £6.5 million.Published January 2010
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The snow triggers record demand for London crash pads
Thousands of fed-up commuters stampede to buy homes in central London, bringing a welcome New Year boost to the capital's property market.Published January 2010
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Diary of an estate agent
A ceiling collapses at the valuation, journos rent a flat in an ideal spot for eyeing the great and the good and a Turner-nominated artist's on the move.Published December 2009
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Swap of the week
A three-bedroom cottage in Griston, Norfolk, is a gift with £60,000 slashed off the asking price, and save £25,000 on this cosy retreat in East Sussex.Published December 2009
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Buy of the week
Buyers looking for something solidly traditional will surely fall in love with this elegant one-bedroom garden flat in Battersea, SW11.Published December 2009
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Homes gossip
Award-winning actress Keira Knightley has bought a French holiday villa near the medieval town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. And even better news: her pal Sienna Miller is coming home after her stint on Broadway.Published December 2009
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The fast track to a bargain buy
From Monday 14 December, Kent commuters will get home in half the time with the new Southeastern super-fast train service.Published December 2009
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‘Socialist Eton’ sells its playing fields
State-run Holland Park School is selling its playing fields for luxury housing. The likely buyer is London’s richest landlord.Published December 2009
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Diary of an estate agent
Buyer and seller discover they are old school pals, a garden square finds a family and a cute little dog becomes a secret weapon in the sales war.Published December 2009
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Buy of the week
This spacious family home close to Hilly Fields Park in Lewisham, SE13, comes with solid Victorian proportions.Published December 2009
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Swap of the week
Why stay in the city when you could be enjoying the gardens, setting, and creamy interior of this Tudor cottage in Yaxley, Suffolk (£399,000)? Or, over in Somerset, where £349,950 buys a double-fronted Hamstone cottage in Martock.Published December 2009
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Homes gossip
Pop idol Robbie Williams is on the brink of selling Compton Bassett House, the 18th-century Wiltshire mansion he bought “on impulse” 12 months ago for £8.5 million.Published December 2009
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Buy of the week
This Maida Vale flat oozes style, from the high ceilings and polished wood floors to the glossy white and red kitchen and perfectly landscaped patio garden.Published November 2009
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Swap of the week
Enjoy dreamy village life in one of these listed Sunny Cottages in Naunton, Gloucestershire (£385,000) or a 17th century Devon farmhouse in North Tawton has been reduced to £380,000.Published November 2009
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Homes gossip
Comedian Ben Elton may be going to live in Australia but he is not selling his £4 million London home, and Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright has been looking for art treasures to furnish her new Brooklyn home.Published November 2009
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Buy yourself a Spanish bargain in the December property auctions
More than 60 new, ready-to-move-into homes, some with no reserve price, are being offered for sale in central London on 13 December by house builders hit by Spain’s spectacular property crash.Published November 2009
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Diary of an estate agent
Cherry-picking the best deal for a vendor, buying a washing machine to clinch a sale and letting sleeping dogs lie fill a Kensington agent’s week.Published November 2009
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Homes gossip: new Dr Who seeks time and space in Belsize Park
Unknown actor Matt Smith, who has landed BBC1's coveted Dr Who role, is already planning to spend part of his future salary on a two-bedroom flat in North London.Published November 2009
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Swap of the week
This week, £475,000 buys you a winter hideaway with a duck pond and woodland in Chedington, Dorset, or an 18th-century cottage in Winchelsea, East Sussex.Published November 2009
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Buy of the week
Village living in leafy Wimbledon just got £50,000 cheaper if you buy this swish first-floor flat within a converted school building.Published November 2009
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It's bin and gone in Georgian Hackney
A street clean-up scheme that has removed wheelie bins and planted new trees has transformed a row of Georgian houses in Hackney.Published November 2009
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Diary of an estate agent
Sealed-bid wars, tempests and floods may all be in a day's work for one Belgravia agent. But when a lift got stuck it was a job for firefighters.Published November 2009
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Diary of an estate agent
A multi-million-pound pitch, sealed bids on a friend’s property and a footballer aiming to net a family home get our Fulham agent in a spin.Published November 2009
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Homes gossip
Former Eastenders star Martine McCutcheon is currently renting a Thameside property in Battersea with her boyfriend Jack McManus.Published November 2009
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Swap of the week
A two-bedroom fairytale thatch in Bovey Tracey, Devon, and a two-bedroom 17th century cottage in Alwalton, near Peterborough, awaits transformation.Published November 2009
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Buy of the week
Here's your chance to own a slice of the action at Cube KX in King's Cross, a slick new development of 14 high-spec apartments.Published November 2009
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Regency victory for passionate Londoners
Regeneration was at the heart of this year's Georgian Awards, with prizes for Whitechapel houses.Published November 2009
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Diary of an estate agent
Our Chelsea agent is suddenly fighting off foreign buyers as luxury London begins to look cheap. But the British are fighting for places, too.Published November 2009
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Homes gossip
Pete Townshend's ex-wife has sold Tennyson House, the Twickenham mansion with studio cottage where most of The Who's hits were composed, and the Stings have decided to head to New York for a couple of years.Published November 2009
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Swap of the week
A cosy three-bedroom cottage close to historic Barnard Castle in Boldron, County Durham, and a listed two-bedroom thatch in Christchurch, Dorset.Published November 2009
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Buy of the week
Panoramic city views come with this 10th-floor two-bedroom flat in Elephant and Castle.Published November 2009
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King Henry's honeymoon haunt on the Isle of Sheppey is saved
King Henry VIII's abandoned Tudor love nest can be yours for £2 million.Published November 2009
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Swap of the week
A charming three-bedroom thatch in Barnham, Suffolk, and a three-bedroom Georgian cottage in Staplecross, East Sussex.Published October 2009
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Buy of the week: industrial chic in SE16
You get industrial chic and an easy commute to work with this home on the ground floor of a converted pump house next to Canada Water Tube in SE16.Published October 2009
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Homes gossip
TV's hottest new star, Naomie Harris, is torn between Britain and Hollywood; and anyone hunting for a four-bedroom house in Newick, East Sussex, could end up with Piers Morgan as a neighbour.Published October 2009
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Help us save our Faulty Towers
Duke's second son sells the family silver to save his Gothic pile.Published October 2009
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Homes gossip
Prince Harry's squeeze Chelsy Davy has just moved into a two-bedroom Belgravia flat in a pristine Eaton Place property.Published October 2009
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Buy of the week: Green is meant to be seen in W4
This eye-catching flat in Chiswick High Road, W4, has a fresh feel with subtle accents of green in the 24ft reception/dining and kitchen areas.Read more
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Swap of the week
A grand little lodge house with three bedrooms in Malvern, Gloucestershire (above), and a two-bedroom Cotswold cottage in Broad Campden.Published October 2009
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London scoops Stirling prizes
Capital wins the best new building and cleverest new house.Published October 2009
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Homes gossip
Tax-haven Jersey scores with former England rugby scrum-half Kyran Bracken.Published October 2009
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Swap of the week
Buy two houses with plenty of rustic charm for less than £415,000 in the south of France, or a cottage with gorgeous views of the River Deben in Hemley, Suffolk.Published October 2009
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Buy of the week: bright start in Sands End
This smart two-bedroom flat in Fulham has sleek wood floors, a high-spec kitchen and a manageable 30ft garden.Published October 2009
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Homes go on sale at former air base in Norfolk
Hundreds of good-value houses go on sale at a famous Battle of Britain air base.Published October 2009
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Swap of the week
A charming 200-year-old farmhouse to renovate in the Marche region of Penna San Giovanni (above) and a peaceful three-bedroom cottage in Devon.Published October 2009
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Homes gossip
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and her husband Peter Sarsgaard have changed their minds about living in London and have opted for a holiday home in Nova Scotia.Published October 2009
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Buy of the week
Here’s a red-hot deal in SW9 that delivers on space, location and good value.Published October 2009
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Homes gossip
Singer Peter Andre is thinking big and has his eye on Olympic Heights near Brighton’s select Withdean, where a six-bedroom house with indoor swimming pool, gym and cinema, costs £3.5 million.Published September 2009
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Swap of the week
A Grade II-listed beauty in Alresford , a Hampshire town full of pretty timber cottages and tea shops, and cool country living at this village property (above) in Horsington, Somerset.Published September 2009
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Buy of the week
Benefit from the exciting regeneration of Kennington with this refurbished two-bedroom Georgian house.Published September 2009
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Best-ever month for home sales
London house prices climb as demand outstrips supply.Published September 2009
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Game of two halves (and a water feature)
Gunners’ sacred pitch becomes London’s newest garden square.Published September 2009
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Homes gossip
Former EastEnders star Charlotte Avery is selling her four-bedroom Victorian terrace house in North Kensington and moving to the country.Published September 2009
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Swap of the week
This pink-painted former schoolhouse in Pentlow, Suffolk (above) and a character cottage in Watlington, Oxfordshire.Published September 2009
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Buy of the week
A suitably glossy flat in a boutique development just off über cool Portobello Road in W11.Published September 2009
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Homes gossip
Luvved-up couple Denise van Outen and Lee Mead have begun hunting for a north London pad around Belsize Park and Primrose Hill.Published September 2009
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Swap of the week
A Grade II-listed stone home with an award-winning cottage garden in the Yorkshire village of Helmsley, and lovely 17th century Bakers Hill Cottage (above) in Birlingham, Worcestershire.Published September 2009
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Buy of the week
SW11 comes up trumps with this smart, garden flat, five minutes from Battersea Park.Published September 2009
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A rubbish idea gets results
Thousands of Londoners have been excluded from kerbside recycling because they live in "awkward" flats. Now a west London council appears to have solved the problem that has stumped local authorities across the capital for years.Published September 2009
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Homes gossip
Jonathan Shalit, the showbiz magnate who represents Myleene Klass, and discovered Welsh soprano Charlotte Church, is also shrewd at choosing property.Published September 2009
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Swap of the week
A red-brick cottage in the pretty Wiltshire village of Hindon, and a three-bedroom 18th-century thatch in Halford, Warwickshire.Published September 2009
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Buy of the week
This glassy affair, spanning the two top floors of a riverside development in Brentford, has views over Kew Gardens and the Thames.Published September 2009
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The autumn auctions kick off
The autumn property auction sales feature a huge variety of properties up for grabs - including a football stadium.Published September 2009
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Homes gossip
If you fancy following in the long strides of Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt, the West Drayton penthouse that he recently occupied is up for sale.Published September 2009
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Swap of the week
A seven-bedroom barn conversion with views of the Pyrenees in south-west France, and a 17th-century cottage in the village of Upton-St-Leonards.Published September 2009
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Buy of the week
This three-storey family home close to Brockwell Park in Brixton is sleek and stylish, with plenty of space and a landscaped garden.Published September 2009
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New station for SW6
The long-awaited new station at Imperial Wharf brings good investment opportunities for Fulham homebuyers.Published September 2009
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Homes gossip
Patsy Kensit's fourth husband, Jeremy Healy has kept his Kings Cross bachelor pad, and supermodel Lily Cole will be allocated a campus room by a secret ballot at King's College in Cambridge.Published August 2009
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Swap of the week
A huge Grade II-listed house in the idyllic village of Wansford, Cambridgeshire, and a cottage just 300 metres from the beach at Middleton-on-Sea.Published August 2009
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Buy of the week
This smart live/work home on the top floor of a former warehouse in Hackney, E9, offers penthouse-style living for a fraction of the price.Published August 2009
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Low-cost housing schemes still confuse London buyers
Three out of four first-time buyers in London are “bamboozled” by the government’s low-cost housing schemes.Published August 2009
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Homes gossip
Lark Rise to Candleford actress Olivia Grant has moved to buzzy Chelsea, and former England striker Robbie Fowler has failed to sell his Vale of Glamorgan home after spending a fortune on renovations.Published August 2009
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Swap of the week
An 18th-century farmhouse in Little Melton, Norfolk, and a listed, Cotswold-stone cottage about an hour from London in Alvescot, Oxfordshire.Published August 2009
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Buy of the week
This funky fourth-floor pad in the former Hartley’s Jam Factory in SE1 has plenty of space and a recently reduced price tag.Published August 2009
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Modern eco-homes can save money
One London council proves green homes save money - at a price.Published August 2009
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It’s a helluva trip for our visitors
England’s answer to Versailles has a spectacular new garden, now open to the public for the summer.Published August 2009
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Buy of the week
Country living meets urban chic at this versatile garden flat in Wandsworth, SW18.Published August 2009
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Homes gossip
Kylie Minogue has bought a holiday home in a Spanish resort favoured by boyfriend Andres Segura and his family, and one of Sir Elton John's former luxury homes at Chelsea Harbour is for sale with a hefty price tag.Published August 2009
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Swap of the week
A striking Victorian lodge set next to the Holy Ghost Park in Basingstoke, and a charming two-bedroom thatch in Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire.Published August 2009
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Buy of the week
This one-bedroom flat in Lavender Hill, SW11, will appeal those who like to entertain in style.Published August 2009
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Swap of the week
Half-timbered Vine Cottage in idyllic Bearley is crammed with Grade II-listed character and this little house on the River Pol in the pretty fishing village of Polperro comes as a furnished holiday-let.Read more
Published August 2009
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Luxury rentals in London are back on top
Rich tourists save on London hotel bills by renting at £12,000 a week.Published August 2009
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Homes gossip
Royal equestrienne Zara Phillips has moved into her first home in Cheltenham and Graham Norton is house-hunting for a weekend retreat with sea views in Hastings.Published August 2009
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Buy of the week
This ready-to-move-into maisonette in Shepherds Bush offers a touch of luxury for style-conscious buyers.Published July 2009
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Homes gossip
Swansea-born Dr Who and Torchwood scriptwriter Russell T Davies has moved to Hollywood and actor Dominic Cooper has begun flat-hunting for his first home in Greenwich.Published July 2009
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Swap of the week
Join the glossy posse Cotswold club and move to Norton Cottage, Aston Magna; or if Hampshire appeals more, this endearing thatch cottage in the Test Valley village of Broughton may suit.Published July 2009
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An empty home is 'the worst neighbour'
Greenwich council threatens to force the sale of empty property.Published July 2009
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Swap of the week
A fairytale home that won’t break the bank in Charras, south-west France and Church Cottage located next to the historic pepperpot church tower in Upton-Upon Severn, Worcestershire.Published July 2009
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Buy of the week
This bright and airy one-bedroom flat is a bathing beauty in West Ealing, W13.Published July 2009
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Homes gossip
‘Posher than Posh’ Sophie Ellis Bextor moves closer to her mum and Tom Jones has changed his mind about leaving Los Angeles and returning to live in Britain.Published July 2009
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Squatters help with viewings of Old Vicarage
Squatters are helping with viewings of a Victorian vicarage in Islington ahead of the Savills summer auction next week.Published July 2009
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Homes gossip
Mummy Madonna sells up in London, and actor Jude Law plans to buy in Cuba.Published July 2009
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Buy of the week
This bright two-bedroom flat in Wandsworth gleams with touches of white and silver throughout.Published July 2009
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Swap of the week
Grade II-listed Hamstone cottage in Martock, Somerset; and a restored former mill worker’s cottage in thriving Blaxhall, Suffolk.Published July 2009
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Eurostar ski breaks: buy now to avoid missing out
Eurostar fights the recession with cheap trains to ski resorts.Published July 2009
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Homes gossip
England and Lancashire fast bowler, James Anderson, has been bowled over by the fashionable squares in Notting Hill.Published July 2009
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Buy of the week
Here’s your chance to buy a flat on Chelsea's Cheyne Walk, famed for its A-list residents and blue-plaqued homes.Published July 2009
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Swap of the week
A four-bedroom cottage with plenty of space in the sleepy village of Little Snoring, Norfolk, or a three-bedroom thatch in Latchingdon, Essex.Published July 2009
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Grow your own - in my back yard
It's the perfect partnership. You supply the garden, they do all the work.Published July 2009
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Homes gossip
David and Victoria Beckham have begun house-hunting in central London so that their three sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, can attend private day schools.Published July 2009
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Swap of the week
Live in the wing of an 18th-century castle in Stanhope, Durham, and a three-bedroom cottage in the south-west foot of the Cotswolds, North Nibley.Published July 2009
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Buy of the week
The tranquil oasis of Chiswick House and Gardens neighbours this spacious two-bedroom maisonette in W4.Published July 2009
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Royal Docks wins first Olympic gold
Hundreds of homes and a new community will be built next to the Thames Barrier in Docklands, ahead of 2012.Published July 2009
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There’s something horrible in the attic
Easy loft-extension rules turn into bitter planning rows.Published June 2009
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Swap of the week
A dreamy cottage in Pilton, Somerset, just a stone’s throw from all the music action at Glastonbury; and Old Mill Farm, a perfect hideaway in rural Banningham, Norfolk.Published June 2009
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Buy of the week
This modernised maisonette in an elegant stucco-fronted property in Pimlico is just a 10-minute walk away from Sloane Square's smart shops.Published June 2009
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Homes gossip
Lastminute.com founder Martha Lane Fox has spent an estimated £9 million on a Georgian family home in Marylebone - can we soon expect wedding bells? And Chelsea football star Andriy Shevchenko is selling his Regency-style Wentworth Estate home for £10 million.Published June 2009
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Homes gossip
Piers Morgan has spent £4 million on buying a five-bedroom house in Kensington from former Tory MP George Walden, father of Morgan's journalist girlfriend, Celia Walden.Published June 2009
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Boats, bats and boardwalks
London’s ‘last’ great canal basin is to get a makeover.Published June 2009
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Swap of the week
A timber thatch with plenty of rustic charm in the open countryside near Battle, East Sussex; and a two-bedroom cottage in the unspoilt Cotswold village of Withington.Published June 2009
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Buy of the week
Live a stone's throw from the vibrant Portobello Market in this bright and airy two-bedroom flat in W11.Published June 2009
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House builders think it's over
Capital's home-buyers told their investment is guaranteed with new 'price promise' deals.Published June 2009
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Homes gossip
PR legend Lynne Franks has counted Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones among her star-studded neighbours in Majorca, but has had to snip the asking price for her sprawling villa.Published June 2009
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Swap of the week
A dreamy blue-painted cottage on the outskirts of Esher Common in Surrey; and a three-bedroom French country house in Beaumont, Dordogne.Published June 2009
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Buy of the week
An impressive two-bedroom flat with views across Larkhall Park in Clapham.Published June 2009
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Buy of the week
Tennis fans will love this two-bedroom flat in West Kensington, which nets a prime view over the famous grass courts at Queen’s Club.Published June 2009
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Give home-owners an Olympics bonus
Campaigners call for Londoners to get a tax break if they let their homes during the Games.Published June 2009
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Homes gossip
Mick Jagger’s 6ft 4ins girlfriend, L’Wren Scott, has finally reduced the price of her Los Angeles bachelor-pad.Published June 2009
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Swap of the week
Grade II-listed Yew Tree Cottage in Gretton, Gloucestershire; and a Victorian cottage in idyllic South Pool, Devon.Published June 2009
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New homes catch the tide
British Waterways plans to build floating apartment blocks for London’s waterways.Published May 2009
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Homes gossip
Hollywood star Jack Black is renting a six-bedroom house in Chelsea while he's in town to star in satirical film, Gulliver's Travels; and Welsh golf hero Ian Woosnam had reduced the price of his Georgian house on Jersey by £1.5 million.Published May 2009
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Buy of the week
This one-bedroom flat on the seventh floor of an Art Deco portered block in Kesington has fabulous views of Hyde Park.Published May 2009
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Homes gossip
Seventies heart-throb Bryan Ferry has rented a newly refurbished two-bedroom Victorian artists’ studio in Chelsea’s arty Glebe Place; and TV chef Aiden Byrne has sold his home in Chiswick and bought a house in Lymm, near Manchester.Published May 2009
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Swap of the week
Charming April Cottage in Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire; and a Grade II listed town house overlooking Dartmouth Harbour.Published May 2009
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Car-free living speeds ahead
Cars are being banned from many new-homes schemes across London, creating car-free communities.Published May 2009
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Swap of the week
Get stuck into a rural restoration in San Ginesio, Italy; and a perfect holiday retreat awaits a new owner in Devon.Published May 2009
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Homes gossip
TV presenter Sofie Allsopp, Kirstie's kid sister, has swapped her garden flat in Shepherd's Bush for a Georgian house in Edinburgh.Published May 2009
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Buy of the week
Bask in the sunny glow of this split-level flat close to Shepherd’s Bush, W12.Published May 2009
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Tax bombshell for UK holiday home owners
A tax on holiday homes will penalise owners and damage the UK tourist trade.Published May 2009
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Buy of the week
Enjoy glorious summer days in this split-level three-bedroom flat in Brockley, SE4, with a private terrace and private garden.Published May 2009
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Homes gossip
Agent Provocateur model Daisy Lowe has followed the fashionista exodus from New York to Brooklyn, where she is renting a two-bedroom loft apartment.Published May 2009
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Grand Designs awards
Wacky, bold and even useful design won awards at Grand Designs.Published May 2009
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Swap of the week
A gorgeous two-bedroom thatch in Norfolk; and a listed village home with an artist's studio in Suffolk.Published May 2009
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London's hidden new homes
A “Hidden Homes” scheme pioneered by Wandsworth council could create up to 10,000 new houses for the capital.Published May 2009
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Swap shop
A three-bedroom cottage in five-acre grounds in East Sussex; and a recently renovated Cotswold gem.Published April 2009
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Buy of the week
Save more than £25,000 on this two-bedroom Georgian maisonette with a private decked garden in Hammersmith.Published April 2009
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Homes gossip
Ella Edmondson, daughter of comedians Jennifer Saunders and Ade Edmondson, has restored a derelict Dartmoor cottage; and the Plaza Hotel's famous presidential suite in New York is up for sale.Published April 2009
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Out with the poor, in with the rich
Other councils are watching as north London borough prepares to offer its 500 best council houses to top-earning private tenants.Published April 2009
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Swap shop
18th century Church Cottage in Suffolk’s Earl Soham; and a 16th century rural home close to Brittany’s Emerald Coast.Published April 2009
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First-time winners
Young Londoners are being offered big financial incentives to buy their first home in Westminster.Published April 2009
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Buy of the week
Join the Notting Hill set in a prime location just minutes away from Portobello Market.Published April 2009
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Homes gossip
Radio 2 DJ Paul Gambaccini is selling his New York pied-à-terre overlooking Central Park; and Chris Tarrant’s glam assistant Millie Clode is flat-hunting in west London.Published April 2009
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Swap shop
An 18th century chocolate box thatch in Studley village, Warwickshire; and a charming two-bedroom cottage near Ashdown Forest in Nutley, East Sussex.Published April 2009
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Buy of the week
This luxurious two-bedroom apartment in Surrey Quays, SE16, has a 21ft reception room, patio garden, communal pool, underground parking and a porter.Published April 2009
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Homes gossip
Pop star Sting owns two Grade II-listed London mansions in Highgate Village and St James's Park, as well as homes in the Lake District, Wiltshire and New York.Published April 2009
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‘Good life’ in Camden
A council is promoting a ‘grow your own food’ scheme.Published April 2009
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Swap shop
Live the country dream at Dairy Farm cottage in Norfolk; and a charming two-bedroom stone cottage in trendy Tetbury, Gloucestershire.Published April 2009
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Buy of the week
This bright and airy two-bedroom flat in a converted townhouse in Islington has a paved garden providing the perfect al fresco spot for summer.Published April 2009
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Homes gossip
Former England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen has reduced the asking price for his Battersea flat; and former racehorse trainer, Charlie Brooks, has converted a hay barn in Oxfordshire.Published April 2009
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London's pond life
This year's Serpentine pavilion is a masterful piece of camouflage designed by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.Published April 2009
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This week's hot tips
Mortgage approvals are on the rise; the best deals for first-time and second-time buyers; how to become debt free; and make the switch to save.Published April 2009
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Homes gossip
Clash of the Titans and Skins star, Nicholas Hoult, has no plans to leave the comfort of his parents' home in suburban Berkshire.Published April 2009
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Swap shop
A fabulous 18th century house with a cottage and outbuildings in Vibrac, France; and a delightful rose- and clematis-clad cottage on the North Devon coast.Published April 2009
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Buy of the week
An impressive master bedroom spans the converted loft at this three-bedroom maisonette in the Wendell Park area of Ealing, W3.Published April 2009
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Money hot tip: extend your lease
One benefit from falling house prices is that it makes it much cheaper to extend or enfranchise your lease.Published April 2009
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Buy a bargain tenant
As banks pay zero interest, buyers are filling auction houses in the search for buy-to-let homes with reliable tenants in situ.Published April 2009
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Homes gossip
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has finally found the ideal spot to set up home with his teenage girlfriend, Russian cocktail waitress Ekaterina IvanovaPublished March 2009
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Wreck of the week
Stanbrook Abbey near Worcester has a four-bedroom Grade II listed entrance lodge that needs tlc.Published March 2009
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Swap shop
A restoration project in Italy's San Severino Marche; and a four-storey character town house in pretty Frome, Somerset.Published March 2009
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Buy of the week
Fabulous for entertaining, this two-bedroom flat in Balham has an open-plan kitchen/dining room, a secluded garden and plenty of original details.Published March 2009
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Make a difference
Harrow halts carbon-greedy homes.Published March 2009
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Buy a tracker with a capper
Tracker mortgages are flavour of the month for homebuyers, and those coming off higher fixed rates are casting around for a good deal.Published March 2009
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Homes for culture vultures
A new arts centre on the South Bank and designer homes, too.Published March 2009
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Swap shop
Grade II listed Rose Cottage in the quaint village of Bretforton: and Pointers Lodge in picturesque Kersey.Published March 2009
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Cut your loan while good times roll
Some 3.5 million home-owners with tracker or variable-rate mortgages have seen their monthly repayments plummet — in some cases to nothing.Published March 2009
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Homes gossip
Television’s hottest comedy star, James Corden, has tired of living in his home town High Wycombe and is moving to London.Published March 2009
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Buy of the week
Take a prime Fulham location minutes from the river, knock £20,000 off the asking price, and you have all the ingredients for a tempting buy.Published March 2009
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Homes gossip
Heiress Jemima Khan has proved that the property slump affects even the grandest of vendors; while R&B singer Craig David stands to make a hefty profit.Published March 2009
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Swap shop
Forge Cottage, by the coast in Darsham, Suffolk; and a black-and-white timbered character house in the centre of Old Poole Town conservation area.Published March 2009
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Buy of the week
A showcase for space-saving design comes in the form of this compact first-floor studio in Gloucester Road, SW7.Published March 2009
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Banker bunkers under threat
Lavish underground extensions to be restricted by London councils.Published March 2009
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Homes gossip
Fashion designer Zoe Jordan cuts a deal in Notting Hill; and actor Dexter Fletcher is worried that his buy-to-let flat may fall foul of the credit crunch.Published March 2009
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Buy of the week
Live only minutes from the village atmosphere and fantastic shops of Marylebone High Street in this smart one bedroom apartment.Published March 2009
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Swap shop
A Grade I listed former hunting lodge in parkland, close to Worcester; and a dreamy 17th century country house in the French village of Frozes.Published March 2009
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Councils serve up new home loans
London boroughs could soon provide mortgages for new homebuyers.Published March 2009
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Keep the roof over your head
Don’t think you can rely on new government schemes if you lose your job and can’t pay your mortgage.Published February 2009
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Homes gossip
Socialite Tamara Beckwith has decided to rent rather than buy in Chelsea; and TV presenter Trisha Goddard has bought a holiday home in the wilds of Maine.Published February 2009
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Swap shop
This week: a charming 16th century cottage within the Downs, near Great Dunmow, Essex; or a Cotswold stone home within the glorious 30-acre Northwick Park estate in Blockley.Published February 2009
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Buy of the week
The grand proportions of this spacious two-bedroom flat in leafy West Dulwich can't fail to impress.Published February 2009
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Homes & Property and Grand Designs Live
Homes & Property and the Evening Standard have joined forces with London's most exciting home show, Grand Designs Live, coming to ExCel on 25 April.Published February 2009
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Your chance to judge
Come and be a reader judge at the prestigious Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2009, run by Homes & Property.Published February 2009
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Auction stampede
Bargain hunters are stalking the auction rooms, anxious to get out of banks and into property for investment.Published February 2009
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Swap shop
This week: the perfect bolthole in Lee Moor, near Plymouth; or a thatched Grade II listed cottage in Middleton-on-Sea, West Sussex.Published February 2009
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Buy of the week
This designer pad in Twickenham is just a stroll away from the Thames.Published February 2009
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Homes gossip
Talk show host Graham Norton has bought a weekend retreat in St Leonards-on-Sea; and comedian Harry Enfield is moving into a five-storey family home off Ladbroke Grove.Published February 2009
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Homes gossip
Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, knows exactly where she wants to live in London; and Nicole Kidman has kept a low profile while staying in London to film her latest movie.Published February 2009
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Park-ed plans
A £60-million carve-up of Crystal Palace Park is on hold after local protests.Published February 2009
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Swap shop
This week: a spacious 17th century cottage in Church Hanborough; or a converted chapel with stained-glass windows in Dalham, Suffolk.Published February 2009
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Buy of the week
Enjoy the sweet smell of success when you buy this impressive apartment within a converted perfume factory in SE15.Published February 2009
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How to survive redundancy
Over the next few months it is estimated that 300,000 people could lose their jobs, with London taking the biggest hit. Here are some survival tips.Published February 2009
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Swap shop
This week: save £100,000 on a beautifully restored 19th century manor house in the southern Dordogne; or Primrose Cottage offers a very English alternative in East Sussex.Published February 2009
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Robbie comes out of hiding
Robbie Williams has bought a £7 million country home in Wiltshire; and pop princess Sophie Ellis-Bextor is selling her three-bedroom North Kensington home for £1.5 million.Published February 2009
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Buy of the week
Save £35,000 when buying this one-bedrooom basement flat with communal gardens in South Kensington.Published February 2009
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Homes, dear Holmes
Baker Street will become a top London address following a Marylebone-style makeover.Published February 2009
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Green shoots for summer in the city
Living roofs and green walls are expected to become the order of the day when Mayor Boris Johnson reveals his redrafted London Plan in the summer.Published January 2009
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See France from here
A new high-rise London quarter, bigger than Canary Wharf, could be under way before the end of the year.Published January 2009
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Rural retreat
Tudor or Georgian are often favourite choices of period for people buying a manor house.Published January 2009
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Homes on show
An exhibition in Greenwich this week offers first-time buyers an opportunity to start looking in five south-east London boroughs.Homes on show
Published January 2009
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Swap shop
This week: a three-bedroom redbrick cottage overlooking Brisley Green in Norfolk; and Poppy Cottage, a three-bedroom home in the village of Apethorpe, Peterborough.Published January 2009
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Who's moving: homes gossip
Elle Macpherson has reduced the asking price of her seven-storey Notting Hill home; and Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are spending a record £4,000 a week on a house near Westbourne Grove.Published January 2009
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Buy of the week
Live a stone's throw from Haymarket and Piccadily Circus in this designer one-bedroom pad in the heart of SW1.Published January 2009
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A fatal mistake
You could be homeless when your partner dies - make a will and be safe.Published January 2009
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Happy Christmas
This year our fabulous Christmas issue of Homes & Property is online, packed with fantastic features including the latest property bargains, design news, last-minute shopping tips, giveaways and lots more.Find out more...
Published December 2008
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Get the golden touch
Money presents make good investments if they are in bonds, Cash ISAs and gold – but stay away from the stock market.Published December 2008
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Fabulous TV finale
Watch highlights from the last in our series of Homes & Property TV.Published December 2008
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First-time buyers get the cash
Home-owners will have to cut costs as money goes to new borrowers.Published December 2008
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Evening Standard New Homes Awards
Homes & Property invites housebuilders to enter the 18th annual Evening Standard New Homes Awards.Published November 2008
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Top tips on TV
The latest of our popular Homes & Property TV series is full of flair, cosmopolitan chic and ingenious bargain hunting. Catch up on the highlights of our latest show here.Published November 2008
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Must see TV
The latest of our popular series tells you how to enjoy London - its homes, designs, bargain shops and hot new areas. Catch up on last week's show here - and don't miss the next programme on ITV1 at 7.30pm on Thursday 20 November.Read more and watch highlights...
Published November 2008
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Ideal retreat
Lodges at entrances to country estates often make perfect rural retreats.Published November 2008
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Homes & Property TV
Watch the highlights: Alistair Appleton (above) heads to a striking apartment in Bermondsey and Alison Cork sources budget interior trends.Published October 2008
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Homes & Property TV
Alistair Appleton heads to under-valued Kennington; Andy Sturgeon visits a vertical garden; and Alison Cork has lots of budget design ideas.Read more and watch highlights...
Published October 2008
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Our TV series is back!
Homes & Property TV returns to ITV1 for a third series of six fantastic and informative half-hour programmes at 7.30pm on Thursday nights.Published October 2008
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Bank on a bargain
As City workers move out of prestige areas, buyers looking for well-priced properties should take advantage of this investment opportunity.Published October 2008
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Huge bills for ex-council flats
Homeowners of ex-council flats face big demands as government pays for tenants' improvements.Published October 2008
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Ease the journey
First choose your train line - then your home. A new report from Savills shows you how to save money on a daily commute.Published September 2008
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‘Nothing to rent’
A residential scheme in White City, W12, costing £30 million will include a health and social centre, café and local supermarket, but will not have social housing for rent.Published September 2008
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Does it pay to go green?
Some energy-saving devices can end up costing the earth. A new guide helps you avoid the pitfalls.Published September 2008
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Try before you buy
Dipping house prices are great news for buyers looking at shared ownership. And a new government scheme lets you rent a property before purchasing it, with all the rent going towards your deposit.Published September 2008
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Spitalfields saved from bulldozers
Residents win battle against £700 million flats and offices schemePublished August 2008
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Top grass building
The biggest rooftop lawn in London - 1,500 square metres - is on top of a new development in Clerkenwell.Published August 2008
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A hole lot of trouble
A basement dug in haste in a Fulham conservation area could lead to a £20,000 fine and a criminal record.Published August 2008
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At last! The price is right
The start of autumn’s auction season sees thousands of bargain-priced homes up for sale.Published August 2008
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Smithfield market saved
Smithfield General Market Building has been saved for London in a lightning move by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears. The reprieve follows campaigns by, among others, English Heritage and Homes & Property.Published August 2008
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Housing cash ‘used for 2012’
Money for affordable London housing could be used to make up a shortfall for the athletes’ village.Published August 2008
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Winner takes all
Falling house prices can save you money, so don’t be afraid to make the right move.Published August 2008
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Planning crisis hits new homes
A severe lack of planners threatens to derail housing targets.Published July 2008
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Half of auction homes unsold
The credit crunch and high interest rates are taking a toll on homes going under the hammer.Published July 2008
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Save your heritage
London has hundreds of empty historic houses in desperate need of new owners.Published July 2008
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Exposing the 'green con'
So-called green building products that make false claims will be rejected under a new government-backed scheme.Published July 2008
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Selling just gets harder
As buyers are harder to come by these days it is not good news that sellers are having to wait longer for their local authority searches — vital information needed for completion of their Home Information Packs.Published July 2008
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Saving grace
Finding that dream cottage or some dilapidated hovel to do up is made easier with SAVE Britain’s Heritage annual register of crumbling and unloved properties. See a selection of wonderful wrecks.Published June 2008
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Modern mansion blocks
A 21st century version of the Victorian mansion block is to be built on the site of a former taxi showroom on Holloway Road, Islington.Published June 2008
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Celebrate our city
The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) starts on Friday and runs for a month, with more than 600 events around the capital.Published June 2008
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Join our debate on security
RIBA think-tank Building futures and Homes & Property are hosting a debate on security in our cities on 25 June.Published June 2008
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Agents’ fees squeeze
Buyers pay only the agent who sells their home, judges rule.Published June 2008
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St Pancras wins RIBA award
St Pancras International station sped off with two winner’s plaques at the RIBA London Awards 2008 for its sensational refurbishment and redevelopment.Published June 2008
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A life less taxing
A rare £5 million home in Guernsey with an intriguing history comes up for auction.Published May 2008
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For sale: lock, stock and barrel
Ten unusual riverside properties are to be offered for sale by the Environment Agency. The sales are part of plans by the agency to reduce its stock of 57 lock-keepers’ houses along the Thames following an efficiency review.Published May 2008
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Versace ‘couture condos’ in Dubai
Big-bling brand puts its name to super-rich homes.Published May 2008
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Boris's property ladder
Another suitcase in another hall... Boris Johnson is perfectly equipped to move to City Hall. He has moved 32 times since he was 15, so he is used to packing his bags.Published May 2008
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Candy for Candys
Builder brothers make a killing selling site to Abu Dhabi royalty for £320 million.Published April 2008
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Here is the future
A new exhibition shows how London will look in the years to come.Published April 2008
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Healthier by design
Simple ideas revolutionise a new care centre.Published April 2008
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£1.5bn project 'down the Tube'
An angry dispute between TfL and a developer threatens to freeze Elephant & Castle in a dilapidated time warp.Published April 2008
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Judges see double
Council slammed for giving brothers right to ‘desecrate’ beauty spot.Published April 2008
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A bridge too far
The mystery of the holes in Putney Bridge and the architect is revealed.Published March 2008
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007 studio is not ‘licensed to build’
Residents protest as Pinewood tries to build 2,250 homes on green belt.Published March 2008
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Putney's post pair
Two jaunty skyscrapers will brighten up a dreary district.Published March 2008
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Zero worries
Exciting new zero-carbon family kit homes you can buy off-the-peg from £122,000.Published February 2008
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The high life
Posh homes aren’t just for rich people. Now first-time buyers can live in a stunning block of flats near Clapham Junction with private balconies, three penthouses, a landscaped roof terrace and views over the Thames.Published February 2008
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Improve your neighbourhood
Get involved in promoting better designed homes. The Government’s urban design watchdog, Cabe, is asking the public to nominate well-designed new housing developments for its 2008 Building for Life awards.Published February 2008
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Master the art of design
Be inspired by experts, with fresh new ideas for your home this spring on this one-day crash course, at the world famous Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, that has a special Homes & Property discount.Published February 2008
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Easy-peasy extensions
From April, one in four domestic planning applications for minor improvements or small side or loft extensions will be removed from the planning system. As well as saving time and worry it will save the application fee of £135 – and hundreds of pounds more for searches, plans and drawings that are presently required.Published February 2008
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Build with care
Prince Charles says that the Government’s housing targets can be met without dotting London with skyscrapersPublished February 2008
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Be a judge in our New Homes Awards
If you love looking at show homes, and feel passionately about the quality and design of new homes, this is your chance to have your say. You can apply to be on the judging panel for our prestigious 2008 Evening Standard New Homes Awards.Published January 2008
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Save now and buy later
Millions of young people will benefit from a scheme to help them buy their first home, a new report reveals.Published January 2008
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Bag a juicy Florida bargain
Get online for Florida’s biggest property auction and buy your home in the sun.Published January 2008
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Locals get a gift
Passionate protesters save Art Deco frontage of Kensington Odeon, writes Mira Bar-Hillel.Published December 2007
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Riverboats plan is sunk
A plan to put riverboat homes on the Thames in Battersea has been turned down.Published December 2007
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Buy a mansion
A 17th century house with 19 rooms is up for grabs, and could go for a knockdown price, says Mira Bar-Hillel.Published December 2007
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New code for bad builders
Unhappy buyers of new homes will be able to complain about their builder to an independent agency to be launched next spring under a new compulsory code of conduct.Published December 2007
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The fraud trap
Most identity theft happens while moving home, says Mira Bar-Hillel.Published November 2007
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On Green St
Sanford Walk, a south London housing co-op, has become the first street in Britain to go collectively green, cutting its carbon emissions by more than 60 per cent — a target the Government wants the rest of the country to achieve by 2050.Published November 2007
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The big council house sell-off
Camden council is being forced to sell off 500 properties to pay for a £242 million repair bill, reports Mira Bar-Hillel.Published November 2007
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Singles are Browned off
The new Inheritance Tax changes are good news for couples, but those without partners will suffer, says Lorna Bourke.Published November 2007
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Housing crisis
London is one of the greatest cities in the world: financially, commercially and artistically. But the downside is a population growing much faster than the available housing, plus all the stresses that overcrowding and undersupply cause. Come to the Evening Standard debate on London’s homes shortage.Find out more...
Published November 2007
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Builder rewarded for bad behaviour
A developer that built an extra 50 flats without the required planning permission on a new waterside site in Fulham has got away with it, writes Mira Bar-Hillel.Published November 2007
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Risky business
Beware property developers selling holiday flats in northern Cyprus, writes Lorna Bourke.Published November 2007
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Anyone for tennis in Idaho?
Sporting champions, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, set up new development, reveals Cathy Hawker.Published October 2007
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Gordon's green lies
Zero-carbon homes costing less than half a million pounds to buy will get stamp duty exemptions of up to £15,000 backdated to 1 October, says Gordon Brown. But this week environmental homes experts agreed that this is a worthless “gift” and no incentive to go green, writes Mira Bar-Hillel.Published October 2007
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Flood warning
Poor drainage and a big rise in basement extensions threaten two top boroughs reports Mira Bar-Hillel.Published October 2007
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World's highest flat
Now you can buy into the tallest residential tower in the world – with more than 1,000 flats. David Spittles reports from Chicago.Published October 2007
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Restoration of the month
A decade ago, this medieval Grade II listed building near Norwich, was derelict and empty. Fortunately, the Norfolk Building Preservation Trust have repaired it carefully, using traditional material, and it's back on the market.Published September 2007
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New warning on small print
We unearth a disturbing new trend in leases – a buried clause that that means ground rent can double in 10 years. Mira Bar-Hillel reports.Published September 2007
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Writing is on the wall for billboards
Unlawful advertising hoardings bolted to the sides of buildings and walls create an ugly environmental hazard. Wandsworth council is now clamping down on advertising companies that attempt to get away with using open spaces without permission, writes Mira Bar Hillel.Published September 2007
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Football pitch for Kensington?
Kensington could be the home of a new 60,000-seat football stadium, writes Compton Miller.Published September 2007
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Taken for a ride
Exposed: flat-owners hit by insurance scam. Mira Bar-Hillel reports.Published September 2007
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Seaside towns are a winner
British seaside towns have become hot property over recent years, but homebuyers can still combine bargain prices and quality of life on the coast.Published August 2007
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Buy-to-let tips
The high cost of property and five interest rate hikes in less than a year have left buy-to-let a tough prospect for investors planning to put their savings into property.Published July 2007
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Stamp duty: Ripe for a change?
Homebuyers hope that Gordon Brown’s successor as Chancellor will seek to make their mark by overhauling stamp duty.Published June 2007
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A problem shared
Home-owners know how painful an increase in the mortgage rate can be. But shared owners are usually better placed to withstand these rises.Published June 2007
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