New homes in London's Zone 1 on a Zone 2 budget
Our exclusive research shows a "price wall" formed by the Northern line, with property values to the east less than half those in the west. We reveal the emerging lower-value districts in Zone 1 for buyers on a Zone 2 budget.
Embassy exodus returns acres of central London to its residents
As the embassies exit Mayfair and Marylebone, their former bases will free up stunning family homes. While the move of many embassies to Nine Elms at Vauxhall is creating a new residential quarter including thousands of new apartments.
Oxford spotlight
The small city of Oxford is famous for its university and honeyed stone architecture, but its huge range of property - from affordable new homes to luxurious Victorian houses - and one hour commute to London, are big attractions to home buyers.
Brighton spotlight
The East Sussex city of Brighton and Hove offers its residents the best of both worlds: a relaxed life at one end of the line within an hour's commute of London, and a good mix of Regency terrace houses, seafront apartments and family homes.
Jasper Conran: my design London
Jasper Conran, designer and CEO of The Conran Shop, is a champion of cutting-edge British design. Here he reveals his favourite London-based designers, interiors pieces and fabric shops - and shares his top tips for transforming a room.
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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: Putney Hill, SW15
This glossy new apartment just off Putney Hill has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus a bright open-plan reception space with floor-to-ceiling windows and spectacular skyline views.
Out of town: Wigginton, Oxfordshire
This three-bedroom Grade II-listed thatch in the pretty village of Wigginton, near Banbury, is a tempting package of beams, wood burners and cottage gardens.
Life-changer: Tiverton, Devon
A five-bedroom house set in a valley at Cheriton Fitzpaine, Tiverton, surrounded by farmland and sweeping gardens, with B&B potential and a garage block ripe for conversion.
East Grinstead spotlight
East Grinstead in West Sussex is 30 miles south of the capital in the High Weald. The town's exclusive gated estates attract celebrity home buyers such as Tom Cruise, while London families are drawn to the area's good mix of period homes and modern flats.-
Buy of the week: Putney Hill, SW15
This glossy new apartment just off Putney Hill has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus a bright open-plan reception space with floor-to-ceiling windows and spectacular skyline views. -
Out of town: Wigginton, Oxfordshire
This three-bedroom Grade II-listed thatch in the pretty village of Wigginton, near Banbury, is a tempting package of beams, wood burners and cottage gardens. -
Life-changer: Tiverton, Devon
A five-bedroom house set in a valley at Cheriton Fitzpaine, Tiverton, surrounded by farmland and sweeping gardens, with B&B potential and a garage block ripe for conversion.
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Homes gossip: Jermain Defoe, Myleene Klass, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Dave Stewart, Richard Branson
By Amira Hashish
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Gossip Girl goes for country chic
A-listers Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have taken a break from the red carpet to decorate their new home in Bedford, New York.
The Gossip Girl star bought the “country chic” house last month for £1.47 million and fellow actor Reynolds is accompanying Lively on most of her shopping trips: their favourite homeware store so far is Anthropologie.
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Painful cut for Jermain as Cuffley loses its Klass
The village of Cuffley, Hertfordshire, has been dubbed “Millionaires’ Row” because so many of the rich and famous live there. However, its star could be dimmed by the news that two high-profile residents may be leaving.
Footballer Jermain Defoe recently lowered the asking price for his neo-Georgian mansion from £3.75 million to £3.17 million. The six-bedroom pad comes with a games room, a cinema and en suite dressing room. But, since it was first listed in March last year, the Tottenham Hotspur player has struggled to find a buyer. Contact Statons (01707 661144; statons.com).
Meanwhile, Myleene Klass is said to be putting her nearby £3.2 million home on the market, following her surprise split from hubby Graham Quinn. She says it contains too many sad memories. Watch this space.
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Branson talks on water
Home broadband, mobile phones, airlines, trains — you name it, Richard Branson has a stake in it. Now he has turned his attention to water. He wants us all to have a filtering device at home called a Virgin Pure, costing between £299 and £379. He will connect the machine to our mains supply and then charge us up to £12 a month for it.
Little wonder this man is a billionaire. To be fair, his rather flash machine will deliver the H20 not only purified (the monthly charge is for the filters) but chilled, boiling, or at room temperature. Ten million UK households already buy bottled water rather than drink from the kitchen tap, he says, but will his latest venture prove as popular? Visit virgin-pure.com to find out more.
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