From Chelsea to the canals, Londoners are taking to the water in search of a more peaceful way of life on a houseboat. Jo Rodgers clambers aboard. Not far from World’s End, the Chelsea neighbourhood of 1970s council blocks and top-tier antique dealers, there’s a turn-off toward the Thames that you could pass 100 times … Read more
This elegant two-bed apartment in Hans Crescent offers luxurious living in one of the capital’s most esteemed neighbourhoods. This raised-ground-floor apartment occupies one of the prettiest buildings on Hans Crescent and is as luxurious as one would expect from a place mere moments from Harrods on one of Knightsbridge’s most sought-after streets. Outside, the black … Read more
Lydia Stangroom April 11, 2022 10 Ovington Square, in London’s Knightsbridge, is here to prove that it can offer the best of times, even through the worst of times. Much has changed at number 10 Ovington Square since Dickens’s day and the 127 years since Frederic Chapman’s death in the March of 1895. The esteemed … Read more
Country Life March 31, 2022 House buyers are borrowing more than ever, and paying more for the privilege thanks to increasing interest rates — and they’re also looking for different things than once they were. Borrowing is still booming — but for how long? The story a month ago was that more people are borrowing more … Read more