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  • A Treble Two

    A Treble Two

    Miss Marple-esque thatched cottage for sale for a sum 129% higher than it achieved in 2014; it has 2 reception rooms, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms

     

    Sold last in October 2014 for £175,000, Fussells Cottage in the “unspoilt” Wiltshire village of Wedhampton is again for sale for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million).

     

    Named after the occupational description for a spinner and situated next to an old mill, the 1,167 square foot, Grade II listed house on offer had its roof rethatched in January 2015. It consists of 2 reception rooms, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

     

    Offered to market by agents Hamptons, the extended cottage retains many period features and comes with an oak framed car barn in its grounds.

    A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014 A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014A Treble Two – Fussells Cottage, Green Gate Road, Wedhampton, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QB – For sale in March 2017 with Hamptons for £400,000 ($497,000, €460,000 or درهم1.8 million), up 129% from what it sold for in 2014

  • An Expensive Blank Canvas

    An Expensive Blank Canvas

    Repossessed Knightsbridge flat for sale for £5.25 million in spite of being a complete wreck

     

    Originally built in 1870 with a façade created from the Portland stone from the original Blackfriars Bridge, 33 Ennismore Gardens was converted from a single-family home to six flats in 1947.

     

    In 1998, an additional mansard level was created to house an additional apartment and now the top three floors of the building are available instead as a single unit for £5.25 million ($6.6 million, €6.1 million or درهم24.1 million).

     

    Listed by Knight Frank on behalf of P. Mayo MRICS and A. Kisby MRICS of Allsop LLP acting as joint fixed charge receivers, the 2,732 square foot space on offer has previously had planning permission for a 4-bedroom apartment complete with 3 reception rooms and even, a little more exotically, what was termed a “cocktail room”.

     

    The Grade II listed, leasehold maisonette is currently presented in what the selling agents term “shell condition” – i.e. a total wreck – and “requires complete refurbishment”. Most of its internal walls and fittings have been removed and the resulting property offered is probably better described as “a very expensive blank canvas”.

     

    An Expensive Blank Canvas – Flat 4, 33 Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1AE – Repossessed shell maisonette for sale for £5.25 million ($6.6 million, €6.1 million or درهم24.1 million) through Knight FrankAn Expensive Blank Canvas – Flat 4, 33 Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1AE – Repossessed shell maisonette for sale for £5.25 million ($6.6 million, €6.1 million or درهم24.1 million) through Knight Frank An Expensive Blank Canvas – Flat 4, 33 Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1AE – Repossessed shell maisonette for sale for £5.25 million ($6.6 million, €6.1 million or درهم24.1 million) through Knight Frank An Expensive Blank Canvas – Flat 4, 33 Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1AE – Repossessed shell maisonette for sale for £5.25 million ($6.6 million, €6.1 million or درهم24.1 million) through Knight Frank An Expensive Blank Canvas – Flat 4, 33 Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1AE – Repossessed shell maisonette for sale for £5.25 million ($6.6 million, €6.1 million or درهم24.1 million) through Knight Frank

  • Painting & Poetry

    Painting & Poetry

    North Yorkshire mill house complete with its own valley for sale; Wordsworth waxed lyrical about its setting and Turner painted it

     

    Described as “a delightful and delicious valley” by the Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) in 1799 in a letter to his friend and fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834), Mill Gill outside Askrigg in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire has more recently been described as a “real hidden gem”.

     

    Sketched also in 1816 by the Romanticist landscape painter J. M. W. Turner (1775 – 1851), the valley is the setting for Mill Gill House, a 6-bedroom stone-built residence that dates to 1721. For sale currently for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million), the 2,604 square foot house stands in 18 acres of grassland, woodland and ponds. It comes with a “historic relic” 3-storey sawmill complex complete with original machinery, a 2-storey coach house, a high eaved field barn and a 2-storey dovecote.

     

    Of their time at what they call a “mini-estate”, current owner Professor David Blake told The Yorkshire Post:

     

    “I fell for it and so did my wife [Rita], who is a mad keen gardener. It’s such a beautiful place… I’d like to see the mill kept as a workshop and used by an artisan, maybe by a potter or a joiner. That would our ideal buyer”.

     

    “We will miss it and we really don’t want to go. We are just about to take our daily walk. We go and feed the hens and then we feed the ducks on the pond and then we carry on to the tip of the waterfall. It’s the walk Wordsworth did and in summer when everything is blooming, it is even more beautiful. So much so it makes you want to cry”.

     

    Grade II listed Mill Gill House is being marketed by estate agents Robin Jessop.

     

    Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million) Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)Painting & Poetry – Mill Gill House, Askrigg, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3HR – For sale through Robin Jessop for £850,000 ($1.06 million, €987,000 or درهم3.91 million)

  • The Big Bend

    The Big Bend

    Billionaire living in New York might take a U-turn if a proposed skyscraper named the ‘Big Bend’ becomes reality

     

    A 4,000 foot end-to-end conceptual skyscraper has been proposed in Manhattan in order to “potentially provide a solution to the height limitations imposed by city zoning laws” according to the anthropological New York website 6sqft.

     

    The Big Bend – U-shaped skyscraper by Oiio proposed in Manhattan – Billionaire living in New York might take a U-turn if a proposed skyscraper named the ‘Big Bend’ becomes realityThe Big Bend – U-shaped skyscraper by Oiio proposed in Manhattan – Billionaire living in New York might take a U-turn if a proposed skyscraper named the ‘Big Bend’ becomes realityThe Big Bend – U-shaped skyscraper by Oiio proposed in Manhattan – Billionaire living in New York might take a U-turn if a proposed skyscraper named the ‘Big Bend’ becomes reality

     

    Designed by the New York and Athens based studio Oiio, the “Big Bend” – as it has been endearingly named – would fit onto two narrow plots at its base and would provide luxury apartments aimed at high net worth individuals.

     

    Of the proposed structure, on their website, Oiio state:

     

    “If we manage to bend our structure instead of bending the zoning rules of New York we would be able to create of the most prestigious buildings in Manhattan. We can now provide our structures with the measurements that will make them stand out without worrying about the limits of the sky”.

     

    Real estate developer turned 45th POTUS Donald Trump’s views on the design are unknown but his favoured adjective “beautiful” is something that comes to mind.

     

  • Not So Roomy

    Not So Roomy

    Small, single room in South Kensington to be sold for £150,000 at auction

     

    A single room in South Kensington is to be auctioned for the staggering sum of £150,000 ($184,000, €172,000 or درهم675,000).

     

    Curiously offered with a “reserve price not to exceed” that sum, the 205 square foot space is on the lower ground floor of 30 Queen’s Gate Gardens and held on a lease with 113 years remaining. It can be accessed from the main ground floor or entrance or via the lower ground floor entrance, has an external window and appears to have a rather large hole bashed in one of its walls.

     

    Auctioneers Allsop will sell what could be one of the most expensive cupboards in London on 30th March at The Cumberland Hotel in Great Cumberland Place, W1H. The agents emphasise a key selling point in stating: “There is no liability towards the building’s insurance or service charge” with this property.

     

  • Nelson & Nintendo

    Nelson & Nintendo

    Georgian mansion, where Admiral Lord Nelson lived with his lover and her husband, for sale for £4.25 million; it was renovated by a former Nintendo executive

     

    One would expect a senior executive of a tech company to live in a slick, modern home in Silicon Valley, but since 2004, Matthew Hill, for many years a senior manager at Nintendo, has called a Grade II listed manor house named Fir Hill in Hampshire’s Meon Valley home.

     

    Built in 1765 and the scene of one of the most famous ménages à trois in history when home to Sir William Hamilton, his wife Emma and Admiral Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson in 1801 to 1802, the 7,905 square foot “Georgian masterpiece” includes 3 reception rooms, 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. It stands in 5.2 acres of land and comes with a two-storey stable block with potential for secondary accommodation.

     

    Mr Hill purchased the property from Mrs Vida Schreiber, previously Lady Clive, after the death of her husband, Brigadier Schreiber. He met intellectual property lawyer Georgy Evans in 2007 and married her in St Mary and All Saints church in Droxford in 2012 and in the time since, aside from completing the renovation of Fir Hill, the couple have worked together creating a website that comprehensively details the entire history of the building.

     

    Of the renovation and why they are now selling, Matthew Hill told Hampshire Life:

     

    “The renovation work took us 10 years on and off. Our architect said, you either have a big bang and not live here for two years or work in phases. We decided to do the work in four phases which meant we could live here, moving around the house as each phase was completed. The experience of living in the house helped with the restoration… It’s a lovely house, with a lovely feeling, but too big for the two of us now”.

     

    Fir Hill is for sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate.

     

    Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy EvansNelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans Nelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy EvansNelson & Nintendo – Fir Hill, High Street, Garrison Hill, Droxford, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 3QL, United Kingdom – For sale for £4.25 million ($5.17 million, €4.87 million or درهم19.07 million) through Christie’s Real Estate – Home of Nintendo executive Matthew Hill and Georgy Evans

  • Large in Lowndes

    Large in Lowndes

    Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and a double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000

     

    A penthouse across three buildings in Knightsbridge that sold for £5.1 million (the equivalent of £7.9 million, $9.6 million, €9 million or درهم 35.3 million today) in November 2000 has gone on the market for the much increased sum of £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million).

     

    Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000
    Exterior of 23–25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD

     

    Featuring 16 windows overlooking a mature communal garden and a gross internal area of 6,215 square foot, The Penthouse at 23 to 25 Lowndes Square has six bedrooms, two roof terraces and private garaging for two cars. It is offered on a 992 year lease with a share of the freehold and is subject to a whopping annual service charge of £50,576 per year ($61,525, €57,635 or درهم 225,982).

     

    The selling agents are Savills of Sloane Street.

     

    Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000 Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000 Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000Large in Lowndes – The Penthouse, 23 – 25 Lowndes Square, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 9HD for sale for £29.5 million ($35.9 million, €33.6 million or درهم 131.8 million) through Savills – Vast Knightsbridge penthouse with two terraces and double garage for sale for a sum 478% higher than it achieved in 2000

  • Barbed Manors

    Barbed Manors

    Grade II* listed Kent manor house for sale for £3.95 million; the purchaser will get a controversial £107.9 million EuroMillions jackpot winner as their neighbour

     

    Sold last in 2009 for £1.9 million (the equivalent of £2.3 million, $2.8 million, €2.2 million or درهم 10.3 million today), Waystrode Manor at Cowden, near Edenbridge in Kent is a Grade II* listed manor house.

     

    For sale currently for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills, the main 4,435 square foot house dates back as far, perhaps, as 1208. The present Tudor residence includes 4 reception rooms, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, but aside from that there is a 3 bedroom cottage, a converted oast house providing a recreation space, a Grade II listed double vaulted timber frame barn, an orangery and a coach house.

     

    Within the 7.8 acres of formal and informal gardens and grounds of this attractive, restored property – which has been offered as a film and photo shoot location through the JJ Media agency – there is also an outdoor swimming pool, a hard tennis court, three ponds and an orchard.

     

    Though the eventual purchaser of Waystrode Manor will of course be a multi-millionaire, they will most likely not be nearly as rich as their controversial neighbours, Neil Trotter and his partner Nikki Ottaway. Mr Trotter won £107.9 million ($131.4million, €124.6 million or درهم 482.4 million) on the EuroMillions lottery in 2014 and subsequently bought the adjoining 423-acre estate, Leighton Manor, for £5 million ($6.1 million, €5.8 million or درهم 22.4 million). In 2016, Trotter and Ottaway were “slammed” in the national press by locals after installing what was termed an “unsightly” barbed wire fence.

     

    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    Neil Trotter was a garage mechanic before he won a EuroMillions jackpot
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    A sitting room in the main house
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    A drawing room with an equally imposing fireplace
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    This hallway is used as a dining space
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    Whilst this is described as a breakfast room
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    The kitchen is one of the few “modern” rooms in the main building
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    The master bedroom has its own bathroom
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    This barn is Grade II listed
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    It features a double height, vaulted interior
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    An oast house stands in the grounds also
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    The interior of the building
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    A view of the gardens
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    This orangery is quite impressive from the outside
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    As is its interior
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    There is a tennis court
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    And a swimming pool
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    A further outbuilding
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    The setting
    Barbed Manors – Waystrode Manor, Spode Lane, Cowden, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7HW – For sale for £3.95 million ($4.81 million, €4.56 million or درهم 17.65 million) through Savills – Neighboring estate to Leighton Manor, owned by EuroMillions winners Neil Trotter and Nikki Ottaway
    Another view of the main house
  • You Can Say That If You Like

    You Can Say That If You Like

    Belgravia apartment in building where Diana, Princess of Wales’ maternal grandmother lived, plotted and died for sale for a sum 165% higher than it sold for in 2003

     

    The residence of brewery baron and Unionist politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) in the 1920s, 36 Eaton Square in Belgravia is the key building in what is often termed “London’s most sought after residential address”.

     

    Later the home of Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993), a first and second floor maisonette within this Grosvenor Estates owned building is currently for sale through Knight Frank for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million).

     

    You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)
    Royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993) and brewery baron and Unionist politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929)
    You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)
    The drawing room of Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH

     

    Sold last for £3 million in December 2003 (the equivalent of £4.4 million, $5.5 million, €5.2 million or درهم20.1 million today), the 2,230 square foot flat offered is held on a lease with 54 years remaining. This could be extended to 144 years by separate negotiation and presently the space is arranged to provide a double height entrance hallway, a large drawing room with a 12’8” ceiling height and access to a balcony, a dining room, a small kitchen, a study, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a utility room and a cloakroom.

     

    A confidante of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, Lady Fermoy gave up her career as a pianist on marriage and became an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber in 1956. Though she is said to have engineered the union between her granddaughter and the Prince of Wales, when asked she always remarked: “You can say that if you like – but it simply wouldn’t be true”.

     

    Lady Fermoy died at 36 Eaton Square on 6th July 1993, aged 84.

     

    You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993) You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993) You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993) You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)You Can Say That If You Like – Flat D, 36 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9DH – For sale for £7.95 million ($9.90 million, €9.38 million or درهم36.38 million) through Knight Frank – Home of brewery baron and politician The Rt. Hon. George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie (1851 – 1929) and royal confidante and aristocrat Ruth Roche, The Rt. Hon. The Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (1908 – 1993)

  • A £5m Fixer Upper

    A £5m Fixer Upper

    Belgravia flat offered for £4.95 million in spite of featuring collapsed ceilings, ripped out light fittings and holes in the walls

     

    Before putting a property on the market and having it photographed for a sales brochure, most would clean up and make the space look appealing. In Belgravia, however, the owners of a £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) lateral flat in a Grade II listed building in Eaton Place plainly didn’t bother.

     

    In spite of showing evidence of attempts of a renovation, pictures of a 1,810 square foot third floor flat show electrical wires hanging from collapsed ceilings, rubbish on the floor and holes in the walls.

     

    Knight Frank offer the “totally unmodernised” 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom property on a long lease with 94 years remaining. They describe it as “offering buyers a chance to create a spectacular apartment”. The late Roy Brooks, an honest estate agent and author of Brothel in Pimlico, would have had a field day and no doubt advertised the flat instead as: “Bashed in Belgravia: Those with a dislike for dust need not cross the threshold”.

     

    A £5m Fixer Upper – Unmodernised third floor flat in Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, SW1X – £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) through Knight Frank – Roy Brooks Brothel in Pimlico A £5m Fixer Upper – Unmodernised third floor flat in Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, SW1X – £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) through Knight Frank – Roy Brooks Brothel in PimlicoA £5m Fixer Upper – Unmodernised third floor flat in Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, SW1X – £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) through Knight Frank – Roy Brooks Brothel in Pimlico A £5m Fixer Upper – Unmodernised third floor flat in Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, SW1X – £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) through Knight Frank – Roy Brooks Brothel in Pimlico A £5m Fixer Upper – Unmodernised third floor flat in Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, SW1X – £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) through Knight Frank – Roy Brooks Brothel in PimlicoA £5m Fixer Upper – Unmodernised third floor flat in Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, SW1X – £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) through Knight Frank – Roy Brooks Brothel in PimlicoA £5m Fixer Upper – Unmodernised third floor flat in Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, SW1X – £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) through Knight Frank – Roy Brooks Brothel in Pimlico A £5m Fixer Upper – Unmodernised third floor flat in Eaton Place, Belgravia, London, SW1X – £4.95 million ($6.16 million, €5.84 million or درهم22.64 million) through Knight Frank – Roy Brooks Brothel in Pimlico