For Sotherby’s UK Realty’s country office this has been a boom year … British country estates are in demand with half of those sold last year going to international buyers. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s1e3
Grade II listed castle 900+ years over three floors, seventeen bedrooms … oak pannelling … ibid.
Penthouses are some of the most exclusive properties in London. In a prime location they can go for over £75 million. ibid.
Shoreditch, The Makers penthouse, a sleek 28-storey development £2.8 million. ibid.
Southbank Tower £12 million, 4,400 square feet. ibid.
Jelley’s Hollow fairytale cottage Grade II £2.65 million lovingly restored. ibid.
Just along from Bognor Regis, a super-prime beach-front property. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s1e4
Aldwich Manor: This £3.6 million Arts & Crafts mansion, 7,126 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms beach-side property … Games room, Cinema room … Spectacular coastal setting … Guest house that opens right on to the beach. ibid.
£4.5 Kensington penthouse, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, open-plan living area … a landscaped terrace and up to a rooftop garden, providing spectacular views over the London skyline … ibid.
Amberwood House @£70 million. ibid.
Barbados St James: A mecca for high-network Brits and celebrities …
Cove Sping House on the coveted west coast $40 million, 75-foot outdoor pool, jacuzzi … ibid.
London. The heartland of high-value real estate. In the last year the capital experienced its strongest ever super-prime sales. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s2e1, Channel 4 2023
Prime Regent’s Park, London: Hanover Terrace, overlooks the lake, £29 million, 6 bedroom, 8 bathrooms, separate mews house for guests. Deseigner John Nash. ibid.
The Prospect Bell built in 1948, all aboard: house-boat over 3,000 square feet, five bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, £1.85. ibid.
Bath, Somerset, £4.25 Georgian restoration. ibid.
Shoreditch has the fastest rising property prices in the UK: 2 bedroom 1,100 square feet flat, £1.1 million. ibid.
In London’s high-pressure prime-markets meeting your clients is a labour of love … Earls Court, Kensington, £12.5 million, 5 bedroom, 7 bathrooms, on 4 floors. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s2e2
Henley on Thames, South Oxfordshire, Tudor Grade II listed cottage £1.75 million … ibid.
Mayfair rent £10,500 per week refurbished house short-term let: 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom across 3 floors, plenty of outside space … ibid.
Notting Hill, Westbourne Grove, 4-bed apartment, 3 bathrooms, £3.8 million. ibid.
Knightsbridge, Chelsea, two separate flats, 2,000 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms & 2 bedrooms: option £5.5 million 5-bedroom. ibid.
‘A perfect example of a Queen Anne house’ … Redbrick facades, sash windows and dolls-house-like proportion … 14 bedrooms, 5 acres, tennis court, pool, private access to the charming medieval church of St Michael next door. Aston Tirrold Manor £6.5 million. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s2e3
Camden, London, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, roof terrace, £3.35 apartment … Calacatta marble … ibid.
Westminster, London, Cowley Street, 7,500 square feet Georgian mansion, built 1722, rented £21,000 a week. ibid.
Boom Tower, Old Portsmouth, built 2004, £4,950,000, nearly 4,500 square feet over 4 floors, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms. ibid.
Burley, Victorian house, 12 bedrooms, 4,400 square feet, 26 acres of grounds, £9 million. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s2e4
London 600 square feet, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom rooftop terrace £875,000. ibid.
Monte Negro, one of the hottest spots for super-prime property … Villa 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, terrace with poll, private beach and mooring. ibid.
Palazzo Tripkovich, 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 15 million Euros. ibid.
Denmark Street, Chateau Denmark, 55 rooms and apartments, £205,000 for 90 day say, Butler service. ibid.
Bayswater, 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms over 4 floors, £3.8 million. ibid.
8,060 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, across 6 floors, private two-tiered garden. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s2e5
Somerset Place Bath, Grade I listed, £4 million, 6 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms, 4,200 square feet. ibid.
London apartments near Notting Hill: £7.5 million, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms … 15 apartments. ibid.
Mayfair third floor renovated apartment, 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,500 square feet, £5.8 million. ibid.
Deer’s Leap, 1.15 acres, £3.5 million, 6,000 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms. ibid.
St Ann’s Court: 2 buildings set in 8 acres of award-winning grounds … The Roundhouse: 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and terraces galore, 6,500 square feet … Coachhouse: recording studio … £5.45 million. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s2e6
Spitalfields, £2.3 million, 2,500 square feet, 3 storeys, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. ibid.
Cadogan Square duplex apartment, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4,500 square feet @ £25 million. ibid.
Grade II listed Barbican estate, Brutalist architectural wonder, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, £4.5 million. ibid.
Brooklands, over 7,500 square feet, £7.25 million, 5 reception rooms, 7 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s2e7
Loire Valley, 8,600 square feet mansion built 1775, golf course, £30,000 a night. ibid.
£5.8 million, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, just under 1,500 square feet. ibid.
Hampstead Heath 5 bedroom, 4 bathrooms, 4,500 square feet, £8.45 million. ibid.
Richmond Hill manor house, 12 bedrooms, private garden. ibid.
Cheshire’s Golden Triangle … The promised land … Alderley Edge … 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, over 9,000 square feet, panoramic view of countryside, 3,000 square feet terrace. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses s2e8
Sloan Square apartment £2.6 million, 1,200 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. ibid.
Darley Mill 5 acres £2 million Grade II listed, 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms. ibid.
Hampstead, Vale of Health, house dates from 1952, £25,000 a month rental, £6 million. ibid.
Brighton renovated Regency townhouse, £2.25 million, Grade II listed, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms. ibid.
Parliament’s reputation under fire. MPs regularly being accused of sexual harassment and bullying by both colleagues and staff. A new complaints system was put in place but five years on many campaigning to clean up the House say it’s failing. Panorama: Westminster’s Toxic Culture, BBC 2023
Over the past year we’ve spoken to dozens of people who say they’ve been victims of or witnesses to sexual harassment and bullying. They say there’s a toxic environment in the Palace of Westminster. ibid.
What we want to see is what I’ve called a property-owning democracy. Britain’s Housing Crisis I, Anthony Eden, BBC 2023
In the 20th century our politicians promised us the dream of home ownership. But in the 21st century that promise has been broken. Again. And again. And again. So what went wrong? ibid. captions
While ordinary people struggled to own – or even rent. This is the story of how a dream was destroyed by two decades of political and economic failure. ibid.
Buy-to-let lending: 2000, £3.9 billion; 2007, £45.7 billion. ibid.
The market booms as mortgages become easier than ever to obtain. Yet for the first time in a century, the percentage of households owning their own home starts to decline. ibid.
By 2003, UK house prices are rising at 20% a year. ibid.
In response to the Barker Report, the Labour Government makes increased housebuilding a priority. ibid.
The Government’s help-to buy subsidy is also enriching housebuilder shareholders. ibid.
Developers and investors have made a killing. Britian’s Housing Crisis II
Housing associations rent millions of properties to those on lower incomes. And there are concerns that homes which are sold off won’t be replaced. ibid.
As the government considers how to stop house prices going up, the Bank of England is taking measures which achieve the exact opposite. ibid.
The ground rent scandal is estimated to have affected 100,000 families. ibid.
400,000 social homes in England failed to meet the government’s own decent homes standard. ibid.