Greenwich: the new Olympic Royal Borough
Greenwich is celebrating the summer's Games with spectacular pageantry — and unlocking a bend in the Thames to offer riverside homes with views of the festivities.
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.
Spotlight on Stoke Newington
Steeped in history and with a new rail link to the City, “Stokey” is raising its game for home buyers. The mainly Victorian housing stock attracts young professionals and families, who also enjoy the neighbourhood's arty and bohemian vibe.
Commuter watch - Chelmsford
With just over half an hour's train time into Liverpool Street, Chelmsford offers the best of both worlds. Now a £1 billion scheme will give Chelmsford's Beaulieu Park 3,600 new homes to add to the town's desirability.
Steal the style: tibits
In our new series, we visit some of the capital's most striking spaces and show how to get a similar look without breaking the bank. First up is vegetarian restaurant tibits in Heddon Street, where glamour comes with the meat-free menu.
Find a rated tradesman
Want to add value to your property, make your house a home, or sell your place fast? With 1,000s of tradesmen nationwide, rated and recommended by previous customers, this is the smart way to find a reputable tradesman.
Buy of the week: Primrose Hill
This plush flat minutes from Primrose Hill village and Regent’s Park has high-end details which include a bespoke German kitchen, an open-plan reception/dining space and a bedroom with clever storage. Priced at £735,000.
Swap of the week: Odiham
Heavenly views of Odiham’s ancient church in Hampshire come with this £750,000 beauty set just off the high street. It offers 2,000sq ft of space, four bedrooms, three reception rooms and kitchen with an Aga.
Life-changer: Shaldon, Devon
Reduced by £100,000 (now £750,000), this waterfront home overlooking the Teign Estuary, in Shaldon has gorgeous water views from the big windows in all four bedrooms and the open-plan living area. Heaps of B&B potential here.
Spotlight on Stoke Newington
Steeped in history and with a new rail link to the City, “Stokey” is raising its game for home buyers. The mainly Victorian housing stock attracts young professionals and families, who also enjoy the neighbourhood's arty and bohemian vibe.
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London gets 'Mad Men' flats - via mail order
Freemans catalogues are inspiration for homes in the style of cult TV show, reports Philippa Stockley
Launched in 1905 in Clapham, by 1932 Freemans had become the largest mail-order firm in the country, with more than 30,000 reps earning commission on sales. After the Second World War it needed 1,000 people to produce its catalogue from a printworks in Stockwell.Now a thriving online and catalogue clothes and homeware company, Freemans has moved to northern England, leaving its Clapham Road plant ripe for transformation into new homes. Notting Hill Housing and builder Galliard have turned the three main buildings into Impress, a housing scheme set around a public square in a conservation area.
The site includes 35 shared-ownership flats being offered by Notting Hill Housing, which can be viewed for the first time this weekend. The homes will be ready to move into by the end of the year. Designed on clean, modern lines but within the original brick buildings, there are 23 one-bedroom apartments (six duplex) and a dozen two- and three-bedroom flats, all with a look that will be familiar to fans of the cult BBC TV series Mad Men, set in the Fifties and Sixties. The surrounding area, which is in the borough of Lambeth, has plenty of lively bars and shops, with Larkhall and Kennington parks in easy walking distance, and Brixton mainline station 10 minutes’ walk away.
One-bedroom shared-ownership flats start at £259,000, and you need to earn from £27,500 to apply; for a two-bedroom flat (from £320,000) you need to earn from £32,000.
For more information visit nottinghillhousing.org/impress, or to view, call 020 8357 4444.
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