London Property News

Nicholas Trimmatis has a dream of transforming Beaufort Gardens into one of London’s most exclusive residences. He believes it’s the last remaining undeveloped square of Knightsbridge and he wants to make it the jewel in the crown of the area.

Set within a prestigious gated development in St Vincent’s Lane in Mill Hill is an immaculately presented property, perfect for buyers with a view to a more idyllic lifestyle. This spacious two-bedroom, two-bathroom first floor apartment, created by Linden Homes around four years ago, is surrounded by unspoilt green belt land, providing spectacular panoramic views over Totteridge Valley.

For some house buyers, living in London is essential but not everyone wants to be surrounded by urban sprawl or listen to a 24-hour city soundtrack. Despite London's capital status, there are more peaceful areas dotted around, including Limehouse in East London. The banks of the Limehouse Cut are home to Caspian Wharf - Berkeley Homes (South East London) Ltd's development in E3.

The Royal Arsenal sales and marketing suite is now a complete one-stop property shop thanks to the arrival of letting agents London Stone Properties. The agency, who specialises in letting properties at Royal Arsenal and in the surrounding area, has set up a self-contained office within the Royal Arsenal sales and marketing suite, which is located off Plumstead Road at the front of the development.

Bryant Homes is offering customers the perfect opportunity to take an easy step up the property ladder - by matching their deposit up to 10% of the purchase price. The money-saving scheme, available at the leading housebuilder's development at Cricketers View in Beckenham, offers a helping hand to anyone struggling to secure a mortgage - and is ideal for parents looking for ways to empty their nest of overgrown offspring.

Allingham Court, Barratt West London's prestigious development in The Bishops Avenue, Hampstead, has secured no less than three top awards in two of the property industry's most prestigious award schemes.

St George is pleased to announce the launch of the MyChoice HomeBuy scheme at Parkwest, its latest development located in London’s Heathrow Quarter. The initiative, run in association with Catalyst Housing Group, is designed to make more new homes available to qualifying first-time buyers who are experiencing difficulty getting on the housing ladder.

Housebuilder Bellway Thames Gateway has been granted planning consent by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for the re-development of a former scrap metal year called Island Site in Bow. The development, just off Tredegar Road, will house 86 homes set in three blocks, and will overlook the London 2012 Olympic Village.

A resolution to grant planning permission has been received for an important mixed-use project in Catford, South East London which is part of the London-Wide Initiative (LWI), a Government-backed scheme to fast-track more affordable homes for key workers throughout London.

Anyone buying a new home in the Lyndon Building at Queen Mary’s Gate, Telford Homes’ award-winning development in South Woodford, E18, up to the 31st December 2008, will have up to £5,000 worth of household bills paid for a year. With up to £5,000 saved, residents will be able to spend that extra money on furnishing their new home or simply treating themselves to more fun and leisure.

In their latest survey, RICS reported that the number of enquiries from new buyers improved for the fifth consecutive months and that enquiry levels are now at their highest level for 16 months. This increase of interest from buyers was noticeable at Belstone Homes’ recent launch of their brand new show apartment at their Signature development in Edgware, which was held on the 13th and 14th September and attracted over 35 people.

English partnerships, the Government-backed national regeneration agency, has awarded additional funding under the First-Time Buyers' Initiative (FTBI) to Barratt North London's Fifth Avenue development in Harlow. The scheme has already proved popular at Fifth Avenue, helping 39 people to buy their own home there. The extra funding means the housebuilder will now be able to offer 17 more properties under the scheme.

Barratt has sold out the first phase of 15 homes at Parkside, a spectacular new apartment development overlooking a 55-acre park in south-west London.

On Friday 14th November, from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm, Barratt Southern Counties is holding a James Bond-themed casino and cocktail party to showcase its popular Wimbledon development, SW19 Sanctuary. The first 50 to join the evening's entertainment and view the development will receive Odeon tickets to the latest Bond film, ‘A Quantum of Solace'.

Leading developer Barratt has been granted planning consent by Croydon Council to build 41 new homes on a prime site on Vicarage Road in Waddon, close to Croydon town centre. Derelict industrial units formerly occupied the 0.37 acre site, which is in a superb position overlooking Wandle Park and opposite Wandle Tram Line.

St George, London’s leading mixed use developer, has announced the opening of Karen Hardy Studios at Imperial Wharf. Karen Hardy, of Strictly Come Dancing fame, is to open a modern high quality dance studio to set the benchmark in the London dance studio scene at Imperial Wharf. Classes at Karen Hardy Studio’s will cover all levels from beginner to advance, including Swing, Rock’n’Roll, Salsa, Tango, Tap through to Hip Hop and Street Dance.

For those that are feeling the pinch but are still looking for their perfect home, buying a show home complete with fixtures and fittings could be the answer. The show home at Notting Hill London’s New Barnet Green development is now available and potential purchasers will be delighted to hear that it comes with everything from a washing machine to cushions, all styled and designed by world-renowned interior designer, Ilse Crawford.

There are now more than 500,000 cycle journeys each day in the capital - a 91 percent increase compared to that in 2000. Cycling is the healthiest, cheapest and fastest way of travelling in London. An average journey of four miles in Central London would take a cyclist an average of 22 minutes - whereas travelling the same distance by car would take almost twice as long - 40 minutes.

Three of the UK's leading luxury brands, Berkeley Homes, Rolls Royce and Harrods Estates joined forces to host an exclusive evening of high-end property and luxury motoring on Tuesday 14th October. This highly innovative collaboration took place at the Rolls Royce showroom in Mayfair, London.

This weekend (1st – 2nd November) award winning developer Crest Nicholson will be unveiling an impressive new show apartment at The Academy, a contemporary blend of stunning new and refurbished apartments, situated on Priory Park Road, in the heart of Kilburn. Visitors will be given the opportunity to view the excellent level of specifications, superb interior design and distinctive architectural detailing on offer at The Academy.

The eagerly anticipated Westfield shopping centre is due to open at the end of this month, Carl Burgess, Manager of Winkworth Shepherds Bush, believes this development will insulate property prices in the area, and, when the market turns, Shepherds Bush will fare better than surrounding areas.

Within ten days of launching Maple Quays, a new development in London Docklands, Barratt East London has notched up ten sales. Despite market gloom, over 65 people attended the opening of the new Maple Quays marketing suite and four apartments were reserved straight away. Six more sales came in during the following week.

Parents who dream of emptying the nest of overgrown offspring can find a solution to keep everyone happy this Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October. Over the special First-Time Buyers' Weekend stylish homes at George Wimpey's Inspire development in Wallington will be available from just £79,998, giving mums and dads the perfect opportunity to despatch their reluctant fledglings and finally clear out years of accumulated clutter.

Countryside Properties PLC has been selected by the Guinness Trust as its housebuilder partner for the £105M regeneration of the Trust's Loughborough Park Estate in South London.

Penthouse apartments are in such high demand at Ridgemont, Countryside Properties' joint venture development with Annington Homes, in Mill Hill, North London, that the company has fast tracked the next release of apartments which will now be available for sale ahead of schedule.