The 16 London areas tipped for growth
Price ripples spreading from prime central London are driving up values in surrounding districts, so where should you buy? We reveal the 16 lower-priced areas with new homes and growth potential over the next 10 years.
Waterloo and London's South Bank: 2,000 new homes
The South Bank's residential population is about to get a significant boost with nearly 2,000 new homes underway on the doorstep of Waterloo station - including 877 flats with spectacular views next to the London Eye at the iconic Shell Centre.
Banbury spotlight
The small town of Banbury in Oxfordshire is a home-hunter's dream, with good-value elegant family houses and charming cottages surrounded by attractive countryside villages - all within an hour's commute to London.
Rochester spotlight
Rochester sits close to the river Medway in Kent, 30 miles south-east of London. The cobbled streets of this ancient city have set the scene for some of Dickens's most famous works, while its mix of period homes and riverside flats attract Londoners.
Home aboard the Mary Rose
Henry VIII's famous Tudor warship capsized more than 500 years ago. Now, the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth is a time capsule that reveals the elegant simplicity of this astonishingly well-preserved early English oak furniture.
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Buy of the week: Fulham, SW6
This smart Victorian garden flat in sought-after Sands End, Fulham, has two double bedrooms and an open-plan reception/dining space opening to a stylish walled garden.
Out of town: Lower Slaughter, Glos
This Cotswolds cutie is in Lower Slaughter - one of Gloucestershire’s prettiest villages. The three-bedroom home has a spacious drawing room, a fine conservatory and stunning views over clipped gardens.
Life-changer: King's Lynn, Norfolk
City living might become a distant memory once you up sticks to The Old Coach House in the village of Ingoldisthorpe. There is bags of potential with this 4,000sq ft house to turn its seven bedrooms into guest suites.
Spotlight on Berkhamsted
Nestled in the rolling hills of Hertfordshire, Berkhamsted is 30 miles north-west of the Londonand has a pretty high street, a picturesque canal and a good mix of family houses and town centre flats.-
Buy of the week: Fulham, SW6
This smart Victorian garden flat in sought-after Sands End, Fulham, has two double bedrooms and an open-plan reception/dining space opening to a stylish walled garden. -
Out of town: Lower Slaughter, Glos
This Cotswolds cutie is in Lower Slaughter - one of Gloucestershire’s prettiest villages. The three-bedroom home has a spacious drawing room, a fine conservatory and stunning views over clipped gardens. -
Life-changer: King's Lynn, Norfolk
City living might become a distant memory once you up sticks to The Old Coach House in the village of Ingoldisthorpe. There is bags of potential with this 4,000sq ft house to turn its seven bedrooms into guest suites.
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Best in show: London Design Festival 2012
By Barbara Chandler
Here's our pick of the new ideas from the London Design Festival, which unleashed stunning and innovative homeware for the autumn. We chose our favourites from the shows — from winged door handles and striped basins to the cutting edge in lamps, cushions, wallpapers and dazzling rugs.
Brightly coloured chairs and tables launched by Anthony Hartley at Tent London are made from panels of coloured birch ply, held together with cable ties. Chairs £195; table £395 (07758 779183; anthonyhartley.com).
Wave wallpaper by Maureen Valfort, a limited-edition print in blue or grey, at around £70 a roll; gasartagency.co.uk (07950 415422).
Jean Paul Gaultier’s new furnishings for Lelievre. Sheer Saisons cotton curtain, 312cm wide, £182 a metre. Cushions from left to right: Mariniere cotton stripe, £62 and £67; Fourreau fishnet, £62; Tender multicolour, £83; Fideles (with birds), £58; Sublimation with sequin carp, £60; Twiggy tartan velvet, £86; Reversible with stripe seam, £108. Rock fabric, 146cm wide, £103 a metre (020 7352 4798; lelievre.eu).
Boulder shelving with vivid painted interiors, by Nell Beale. Birch ply, 905mm high by 1200mm wide by 300mm deep; about £675 (coucoumanou.com).
Bubble Outline rug by Sonya Winner, hand-knotted in pure new wool, £3,823, 2.2 metres square, or can be made to any size at £790 a sq m (sonyawinner.com).
Pinstripe basin from a range of fun designs in coloured resins by Joule Flow Design; about £4,520 (01933 679161; jouleflowdesign.com).
Dramatic oversize Angel Wings door handle from the new Tattoo collection by Philip Watts, in chrome, brass, bronze or polished aluminium; 360mm by 170mm, £205 each. Range also includes rose, skull and gun handles (0115 9269756; philipwattsdesign.com).
The Hyde stool is lightweight and fully upholstered in a wide choice of colours; 420mm high by 525mm wide; £430 (020 8771 2288; assemblyroom.co.uk).
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