It’s Bonfire Night – hooray!!!  A fine reason for a few midweek tipples in a pub with a view of some fireworks action.
And, in order to remember, remember the fifth of November, we’re locating this week’s Five to View in Westminster, home to the very building that Guy Fawkes was planning to blow up all those [...]

If walls had ears, this property would have heard some of the juiciest gossip of the last two decades. And if they could write, it’d probably have penned a hefty kiss-and-tell bestseller.
Alas, since walls can do neither, we’ll just have to imagine the crazy antics that took place inside this cornerstone of pop culture history.

For this ordinary [...]

This week, in honour of Hallowe’en, we’re going Gothic.  Nope, we don’t mean dressing entirely in black, piling on the scary eyeliner, and emptying a bottle of noir-shaded hair-dye over our head.
Although – note to self – that may not be a bad idea for Saturday night’s festivities…
No, we’re talking about the Gothic style of architecture.  Typical [...]

A few days ago, I read a Knight Frank report proclaiming that the price of country houses had risen for the first time in two years.
Ever since, I’ve been plagued by the Blur song which features that particular property type. You know the one: he lives in a house, a very big house…
Anyway, I digress. [...]

I love New York. And I love pink. So how much do I love this NYC townhouse with its fabulously pink bedroom? Very, very much, is the answer.

However, even I’m aware that intensely pink bedrooms with golden angels adorning the walls are likely to be the stuff of nightmares rather than sweet dreams for most people.
But [...]

Art Deco is quite possibly the architectural equivalent of Marmite, given its tendency to divide people into two distinct camps: lovers or loathers.
I’m on the loving it side, myself, particularly when it comes to properties. I love the blend of gracious curves and crisp lines, the flat roofs, the flurry of windows, and the frequently extravagant designs.
But [...]

Psssst! Fancy a sneak preview of the new Apprentice house?
Well, come with us, fellow fans, to Bloomsbury’s Bedford Square, and catch a glimpse of the snazzy Georgian townhouse where next year’s contestants will soon be ensconced:

Suitably impressive exterior, huh?  And here’s a list of what we think are Potentially Fabulous Features (in TV terms):
Outstanding Master Bedroom:
Cue the catfights [...]

An architectural classic this week: the Georgian Townhouse.
Of course, given that there were several King Georges, the Georgian period lasted for well over a hundred years, starting – logically – with George I’s reign, which began in 1714, and ending with the death of George IV in 1830.
Styles of architecture changed during this long period, [...]

In last week’s Brighton-focused Five to View, I featured a pea-green house as the first property.
Granted, it might be a shade too lurid to suit all tastes, but I think it’s a great example of the many brightly coloured homes that are dotted around Brighton.
Coincidentally, a couple of days later I read a Telegraph article [...]

Brighton: it’s been practically impossible to miss it in the media this week, what with the political circus that is the Labour party conference rolling into town last Sunday.
And what a telly-genic place it is, too, particularly when the sun is shining, as it’s been doing a lot over the past few days.
Even Gordon Brown [...]