The area’s remodelling has been a work in progress over the past decade — but new residential and retail developments are upping the ante as global demand is forecast to outstrip supply
From photographer Rankin’s London penthouse to the Côte d’Azur villa designed by Eileen Gray where painter Graham Sutherland lived
Everyone has a fantasy of the place they’d like to live. But when you get there, can you ever stop wondering if this as good as it gets?
From an estate on the shore of Lake Windermere to a Grade I-listed medieval manor on Dartmoor
From a penthouse in a former warehouse with panoramic views of London to an ex working men’s club that’s now a house with 5,000 sq ft of living space
The south’s sky-high house prices and population pressures are prompting more UK professionals to relocate
These Georgian apartments on London’s Piccadilly are beloved for their very lack of glitz. Once home to Lord Byron and Greta Garbo, they are now sought after by a special kind of A-lister
From a manor house where Radiohead recorded much of ‘OK Computer’ to a former Benedictine nunnery with a Corinthian fireplace and coat of arms
The ultimate property for a fly fisher is land with fishing rights along one of the country’s Big Four rivers
The bohemian London village on the river Thames, begun as emergency postwar housing, is having its values challenged
The compact East Anglian city boasts walkability, quaintness, good schools and relative affordability
From the former home of artist JMW Turner to a vast penthouse overlooking the Palace of Westminster
As the work-from-home bubble bursts, Londoners who bought out of town during the pandemic are finding selling up a slow business
From a characterful Victorian house in the spa town of Buxton to a Grade II-listed house with an orangery overlooking the hills
What does it take to leave a high-flying city life to resurrect your family’s rural estate? We spoke to three couples who’ve made the leap. We also explore the allure of rural Mallorca for homebuyers, ask why pre-civil war barns are big business in the US, and more.
What does it take to leave a high-flying city life to resurrect a historic estate and make it sustainable, all the while cohabiting with your in-laws? Three families tell their story
From a former B&B with 10 bedrooms to a Georgian terrace with clifftop garden and sea views
Perennial attractions include the London area’s stuccoed town houses and garden squares and the authenticity of the street market and carnival
From a house with a garden by a Chelsea Flower Show medal winner to a five-storey town house in the Georgian Old Town
From a 16th-century house with a party barn and art studio to a Grade II*-listed manor with a Humphry Repton-designed garden
The population has been rising as jobs in biotech and pharma proliferate but the city struggles to build enough homes
Falling mortgage rates and an uptick in agreed sales offer encouragement. But economic risks remain
The southern English city’s expanses of undeveloped coastline are a haven for boaters and birdwatchers, often from London
The exodus from the capital has slowed since the pandemic — but the Lincolnshire town John Betjeman called ‘England’s most attractive’ is still a draw
A lack of new-build luxury homes in the exclusive London area is causing wealthy buyers to opt for elsewhere or rent
