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  • K&C Doesn’t Care

    K&C Doesn’t Care

    As 50% of care homes in Kensington & Chelsea are rated “inadequate”, we suggest this reflects what the area has become: A money park for the selfish rich

     

    A society that does not care for its elderly is, as the Pope pointed out in 2015, a “perverse society” and bizarrely, it has just been revealed, Britain’s richest borough, Kensington and Chelsea, has some of the worst care homes in the country.

     

    A study by the charity Independent Age found that Kensington and Chelsea falls within the five worst areas in the United Kingdom for its percentage of care homes rated “inadequate”. It found that one was even infested with mice and another “put residents at risk from poor management of medicines”. Out of ten care homes in the borough, five were rated poor.

     

    On Tuesday, Andrew Kaye, head of policy and campaigns at Independent Age, told the MailOnline:

     

    “It definitely surprised us to find affluent areas among those with poor rates, but this shows older people who pay to enter care homes, as well as those who are funded, are losing out”.

     

    “This might be because of staff vacancies, difficulty recruiting, or a lack of support. It is unacceptable that some older people are forced to choose a care home that is unsatisfactory”.

     

    In an area where basement flats sell for upto £5 million and houses and flats go for upto £250 million, it is shocking that so little effort is being put into taking care of the old and infirm. It is a reflection on the priorities of our society and yet another sad indication of what the money park that is the Royal Borough has become.

     

  • 81 Miles From New

    81 Miles From New

    1996 Mercedes-Benz SL500 that has been driven just 81 miles and stored in a Knightsbridge garage since new to be auctioned for 1,000% more than a normal example of its age

     

    A Mercedes-Benz with a difference is to be auctioned on its twenty-first birthday on 12th April. The car to be offered is an SL500 that effectively has covered an average of just 3.9 miles per year during its lifetime and it is presented in “virtually new condition”.

     

    Offered by Coys of Kensington, the Imperial Red with Mushroom leather two-seat roadster was bought from Normand of Mayfair and was only recently recommissioned after spending the vast majority of its life locked in a Knightsbridge garage.

     

    Of the time warp car, Chris Routledge, CEO of Coys of Kensington, remarked:

     

    “This is a car with a fantastic story. Purchased as a birthday present and driven only 81 miles before the [female] owner lost the keys and never drove it again. It even comes with a letter written by the owner’s butler verifying its mileage and its provenance”.

     

    “Had she not lost the keys and used it regularly, we estimate it would now be worth between £5,000 to £7,000 ($6,200 to $8,700, €5,900 to €8,200 or درهم22,800 to درهم31,900), but the fact that it has kept such a low mileage and has not been driven in more than twenty years makes it worth between £45,000 and £55,000 ($56,000 to $68,000, €53,000 to €64,000 or درهم205,000 to درهم251,000)”.

     

    “What happened with the keys remains a mystery but the car comes with new keys for the new owner”.

     

    81 Miles From New – 1996 Mercedes-Benz SL500 that has covered just 81 miles since new to be auctioned by Coys of Kensington at their Spring Classics 2017 sale on 12th April with an estimate of £45,000 to £55,000 ($56,000 to $68,000, €53,000 to €64,000 or درهم205,000 to درهم251,000) 81 Miles From New – 1996 Mercedes-Benz SL500 that has covered just 81 miles since new to be auctioned by Coys of Kensington at their Spring Classics 2017 sale on 12th April with an estimate of £45,000 to £55,000 ($56,000 to $68,000, €53,000 to €64,000 or درهم205,000 to درهم251,000)

  • 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

  • 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

  • Rumblings in Pont Street

    Rumblings in Pont Street

    Scene of a Dawn Ward shoving match Salmontini closes to makes way for a new restaurant by chef Nuno Goncalves; next door, hotel The Hari replaces its Pont Street restaurant too

     

    Opened in September 2014, Salmontini was a restaurant in Belgravia’s Pont Street that was never going to be a hit. Aside from its weird name, it was the scene of a fish fuelled fight between the former pop singer Sinitta and the champagne loving, Prosecco hating Real Housewives of Cheshire “star” Dawn Ward in September 2015. Mrs Ward, a balayage haired woman with an attitude to social media usage similar to Donald Trump, was subsequently convicted of assault in June 2016.

     

    On Thursday on Facebook, former 12 Hay Hill chef Nuno Goncalves announced that he is to take over Salmontini’s premises as chef-patron. He stated:

     

    “1 Pont St. House will be my new venture, where you can expect a relaxed atmosphere, classy fine dining where the emphasis is on the best quality farm and urban farm to table produce, the season’s best foraged ingredients cooked with an array of old meets new cooking techniques”.

     

    The double-fronted building, which was previously occupied by amongst others The Palm and Drones, stands next to The Hari (formerly the Belgraves London hotel). Its strangely decorated restaurant, Pont Street by Sophie Michell, closed recently too and will be replaced in February by an Italian bar and restaurant named Il Pampero.

     

    Rumblings in Pont Street – Salmontini closes down, Nuno Goncalves opens 1 Pont Street House – Pont Street at Belgraves London by Sophie Michell closes down, The Hari London opens Il Pampero – Restaurant openings, restaurant closings
    Salmontini has now closed down
    Rumblings in Pont Street – Salmontini closes down, Nuno Goncalves opens 1 Pont Street House – Pont Street at Belgraves London by Sophie Michell closes down, The Hari London opens Il Pampero – Restaurant openings, restaurant closings
    Pont Street at the former Belgraves London hotel is currently undergoing renovation
  • Reader Offer – 20% Discount at Pickett

    Reader Offer – 20% Discount at Pickett

    20% discount at luxury goods retailer Pickett this Christmas

     

    Readers of The Steeple Times can get 20% discount off full-priced items at luxury good retailer Pickett until 24th December.

     

    Reader Offer – 20% Discount at Pickett – 20% discount at luxury goods retailer Pickett this Christmas

     

    To redeem the offer online or in-store, quote ‘PI16’.

     

    Pickett, 10 – 12 Burlington Gardens, London, W1S 3EY.

     

    Pickett, 149 Sloane Street, SW1X 9BZ.

     

  • Old and New – Sloanes

    Old and New – Sloanes

    New series contrasting the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ begins with Sloane Rangers

     

    Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Lady Diana Spencer used to drink at The Admiral Codrington whilst Sloanes named Perdita and Peregrine downed gin like it was water in The Australian in Milner Street.

     

    Loud braces and yellow cords sold like hot cakes and Peter York was king of all he surveyed. Now, in a new era, this socially elite set of characters have had to evolve and though the majority of Kensington and Chelsea is now colonised by wealthy foreigners, Sloane Rangers are still be found braying in Kings Road, SW3.

     

    Old and New – Sloanes – New series contrasting the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ begins with Sloane Rangers

     

  • Reader Offer – An evening for good causes

    Reader Offer – An evening for good causes

    50% off tickets to a charity event at Cadogan Hall for readers of The Steeple Times

     

    Further to our previous feature Alan and Gina Miller’s True and Fair Foundation charity variety concert at Cadogan Hall, off Sloane Square in Chelsea, London on 3rd October, we can now offer readers of The Steeple Times 50% off the price of tickets.

     

    Featuring amongst others the infamous Olympian Eddie the Eagle, magician Richard Essien (AKA ‘Magical Bones’), musical enigma and autistic savant Derek Paravicini, beatboxer Harry Yeff (AKA ‘Reeps One’) and Christmas number one singers the NHS Choir, this is billed as “an inspirational evening of music, magic and mayhem”.

     

    100% of the discounted £25 per person and £15 per student (after booking fee) ticket price (standard tickets are £50 per person and £30 per student) will benefit the Amber Trust, JBVC Foundation, PIP – Pursuing Independent Paths and Regenerate.

     

    To book, click here or telephone +44 (0) 20 7730 4500. Be sure to use the code ACTING2016 when booking to get The Steeple Times discount.

     

     

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  • Reader Offer – Music, Magic and Mayhem

    Reader Offer – Music, Magic and Mayhem

    An invitation to a most worthy charity evening at Cadogan Hall in London

     

    On 3rd October, Alan and Gina Miller’s True and Fair Foundation will host a charity variety concert at Cadogan Hall, off Sloane Square in Chelsea, London.

     

    Featuring amongst others the infamous Olympian Eddie the Eagle, magician Richard Essien (AKA ‘Magical Bones’), musical enigma and autistic savant Derek Paravicini, beatboxer Harry Yeff (AKA ‘Reeps One’) and Christmas number one singers the NHS Choir, this is billed as “an inspirational evening of music, magic and mayhem”.

     

    100% of the £50 per person (after booking fee) ticket price will benefit the Amber Trust, JBVC Foundation, PIP – Pursuing Independent Paths and Regenerate. A limited number of VIP tickets, including refreshments and artist ‘meet and greet’ are £100 whilst student tickets are available for just £30.

     

    To book, click here or telephone +44 (0) 20 7730 4500.

     

     

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  • Obituary – Marisa Masters (1925 – 2016)

    Obituary – Marisa Masters (1925 – 2016)

    Remembering one of London’s great ladies, Marisa Masters (more…)