London Property

Ridgeford to create Ken Shuttleworth designed flats and penthouses
Ridgeford Properties Ltd has been awarded planning consent by Westminster Council to create more than 22,000 sq ft (2,043 sq m) of high specification flats and penthouses at 10 Weymouth Street in the heart of Marylebone, London W1, designed by Ken Shuttleworth’s architecture practice - Make.

ES Group steps into Silvertown
Quintain together with its joint-venture partner London Development Agency (LDA), advised by Savills, has let six industrial units at Silvertown Industrial Park, North Woolwich Road, Silvertown to ES Group.

Capital & Counties and Great Portland form joint venture
Liberty International subsidiary Capital & Counties Ltd (“C&C”) and Great Portland Estates plc (“GPE”) announce they have agreed to form The Great Capital Partnership (“The Partnership”), a 50:50 joint venture, to own, manage and develop a number of central London properties and to broaden both parties’ exposure in central London.
Minister visits award-winning Thamesmead Ecopark
Communities and Local Government Minister Angela Smith today visited Gallions Housing Association's Ecopark to view low-carbon affordable housing.
The last chance to buy at Phase 2 of West 3 London Apartments
Property purchasers looking for homes with character and history are being urged to view Berkeley Homes West 3 London Apartments in Acton, W3, where a limited amount of properties remain for sale in their Phase 2 collection.
Stunning penthouse represents last chance to buy at Tabard Square
Purchasers will get the chance to own one of London’s first collection of ‘Superflats’ in 2009.

Every tennis fans dream property is available to rent
Sitting on the balcony of this seventh floor apartment, you are afforded stunning views of the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, making it the ideal choice if you want to be in prime position for the 2007 championships which run from 25th June to 8th July.

Luxurious refinement in Parsons Green
Townends in Putney are delighted to announce the launch of O’Connor’s Place, the latest quality development by Mizen Properties.

Redefining the bungalow
Bungalows make up just two per cent of UK housing stock but are one of the most sought-after property types in the UK.

Eastside opens its doors to future residents at special Open House event
Inspace Homes (formerly Widacre Homes) has recently held an innovative Open House event in the Chelsea Building at its Eastside development in Bow, E3, to give purchasers the opportunity to view their apartments for the very first time and to meet their future neighbours.

Eruv home makes for easier Sabbath lifestyle
Edgware’s recently established eruv is an increasingly popular location for growing Jewish families wishing to observe the laws of the Sabbath while still being able to carry out certain tasks normally forbidden on the ‘seventh day’. These include pushing baby buggies, prams or wheelchairs; carrying keys; food or drink for use on Sabbath; clothes; spectacles; prayer shawls and prayer books – especially on the journeys to and from the synagogue.
Kensington and Chelsea library to get BDP facelift
Architects and engineers BDP, together with cost consultant Cyril Sweett are appointed to develop design proposals for the reordering and refurbishment of the Grade II Listed, 1955 - 1960 Central Library in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Great investment potential in letting spare room at Lower Eastside
At the Eastside development in Bow, E3 there is great investment potential for singles purchasing a two-bedroom property and letting the spare room to a lodger.
Mayor's zero carbon development to set standard
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone today announced that the Crest Nicholson, Bioregional Quintain and Southern Housing Group ‘One Gallions’ consortium has been selected as the preferred development partner for the zero carbon development at Gallions Park, in the Royal Docks in East London.
A healthy but cautious property market
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward reviews the property market in London for the first month of 2007.