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Wednesday 13 March 2019
TROLLIES WITH WELLY
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BOOST FOR SECOND STEPPERS NEW QUARTER BY THE WATER WHEN THE ONLY WAY IS UP SPOTLIGHT ON UPMINSTER
Help to Buy: not just for first timers 10,000 homes and its own station How to build a roof terrace Slower pace, space and mini golf
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Carnival of colour
Our home: Page 16
CHARLES HOSEA
EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 3
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Will Ross’s new kingdom be Belfast?
CHAT SHOW host Jonathan Ross and blockbuster HBO
Dannii takes a
Homes
his screenwriter wife Jane Goldman, series was filmed.
inset, have created a Hampstead Ross has enjoyed his
family home, above, that’s not only a
starry party pad, it offers everything
visits to Belfast and
was overheard
£102k hit to sell
they love, including a comic book man
cave and a Great Gatsby-inspired
bedroom. However, we’ve heard they
could be looking for another place.
saying he is
considering buying
a property there.
Let’s hope the
gossip DROPPING the price of Dannii
Minogue’s Battersea flat did the trick
— it has sold after two years.
Goldman has teamed up with
George RR Martin to co-write a
ultimate fun and
entertainment power By Amira Hashish The ninth-floor two-bedroom flat at
Plantation Wharf, the Aussie singer’s
prequel to Game of Thrones, so she couple don’t leave north London base for 13 years, was listed
has been spending time in Northern London for Northern Got some gossip? in 2017 for £675,000 but the price
Ireland, where much of the Ireland. Tweet @amiranews was slashed to £585,000 last
summer. Now the deal has been
clinched at £572,500. The flat boasts
Thames and London skyline views,
above, from two private balconies.
Katy steps out of her Roman bath
KATY PERRY has sold one of her
homes in the Hollywood Hills. The
Firework singer, left, who recently
announced her engagement to British
actor Orlando Bloom, put the four-
bedroom Mulholland Drive
house on the market two
years ago, having bought
in 2013 for £6.3 million.
Ed’s new eatery is his castle in the Hill It is thought she sold
for about £6.9 million.
Perry’s favourite
ED SHEERAN and his manager Spanish restaurant room was the master
Stuart Camp are turning a property Galicia. The star has suite, with its Roman-
in Portobello Road, above, into a yet to decide on a style bath and
live music bar/restaurant that could new name but is soaking tub in the
PHOTOGRAPHS: GETTY, REX
be open by the end of next month. reportedly centre of the room
The singer-songwriter, left, said to considering Castle beneath a skylight. She
be worth £80 million, owns a house on the Hill, the title of still owns the two-
nearby in Notting Hill, so maybe he’ll his mega hit about bedroom home next door that
take to the stage on occasion. The Framlingham Castle in she also bought in 2013, from oil
builders are creating a “cool members the Suffolk town where heiress Aileen Getty, but her main base
club, shabby-chic vibe” at what was he grew up. is a sprawling Beverly Hills mansion.
EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 5
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From £449,995:
with London Help
to Buy available,
three-bedroom
flats at Elements
in Enfield,
opposite Ponders
End train station
Our Help to Buy forever home
MARK and Kat Baldwin moved out of London in 2011
and bought their first home in Kent. Having saved for
two years they initially planned on renovating their two-
bedroom cottage and adding an extension — until they
realised they could use Help to Buy to purchase their
next property.
The entrepreneurial couple, left, now in their late
thirties, run a digital learning agency called OnClick.
They sold their cottage and have used the government
low-deposit scheme to buy a four-bedroom “forever”
home at Windsor Meadow, above, in Marden, Kent,
where they want to start a family.
Prices at Windsor Meadow currently start from
£495,000 for a three-bedroom home and £539,950 for a
four-bedroom home. Help to Buy is available on
selected properties. For more information, visit
millwooddesignerhomes.co.uk or call the sales team on
01622 832576.
within close proximity to each other,”
says Daniel Levenfiche of Yopa. Visit
trent-park.co.uk or call 020 3005 5590
for more details.
Three-bedroom apartments are on
sale at Elements in Enfield — a new
scheme by the developer Countryside
opposite Ponders End station. When
completed it will deliver 1,000 new
homes to the area as well as
71,000sq ft of new community
facilities such as a gym and medical
centre.
The site is a couple of minutes walk
from several good schools including
the Ofsted “good” rated Alma
Primary School. Three-bedroom
apartments start from £449,995,
with London Help to Buy available.
To register your interest, visit
elements-enfield.com or call
Countryside on 020 3797 1868.
In central Lewisham, Peabody is
selling three-bedroom open-plan flats
from £575,000 at Centralis. Visit
peabodysales.co.uk for details.
Lewisham has a vibrant street market
from Monday to Saturday and is
surrounded by parkland, including
Blackheath, Royal Greenwich Park
and also Hilly Fields, with tennis and From £575,000: Peabody has three-bedroom open-plan
basketball courts and a café. apartments for sale at Centralis in the heart of Lewisham
6 WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 EVENING STANDARD
Homes Property | Future London
Future London Meridian Water
London’s new
waterside mini city
Meridian Water is regenerating around fast
trains from the new station. By Ruth Bloomfield
NEW train station will open
A in deepest north London in
May. Meridian Water
station will provide fast
links to Stratford and
Liverpool Street for a £6 billion,
210-acre regeneration zone that will
one day offer 10,000 new homes.
Right now Meridian Water is a name
unfamiliar to most Londoners,
though many will have driven past it.
It sits in Enfield just off the North
Circular road, midway between the
Lee Valley Regional Park and
Tottenham. Regeneration, led by
Enfield council, aims over 20 years to
bring “10,000 homes, thousands of
jobs, world-class public spaces and be patient to live at Meridian Water, shops and leisure facilities. The Going forward:
community facilities”. where progress has been slow on a chosen candidate will be revealed this above, Meridian
Meridian Water will make its biggest site three times the size of the King’s spring, work is expected to start next Water in Enfield,
mark to date on Londoners’ Cross regeneration zone. It was year and the first residents will be on a 210-acre site
consciousness in June when the Field originally hoped the first residents able to move in a couple of years later. three times the
Day festival, headlined by singer- would be in situ in 2017 but while the Plans for the second phase, size of King’s Cross
songwriter Jorja Smith, moves from council originally intended to Meridian Two, are also being drawn regeneration zone,
trendier spots — Victoria and collaborate with Barratt to build out up. This will be an innovative project is destined to offer
Brockwell Parks have both hosted the the site, lengthy negotiations broke to build 300 affordable homes, workspace, shops,
event in recent years. About 60,000 down that year. The number of earmarked for Londoners otherwise entertainment
people are expected to flock to the 10- affordable homes to be provided was priced off the property ladder. and leisure
acre former gasworks site close to a key bone of contention and left the Meridian Two will be a live/work
PHOTOGRAPHS: ALAMY, GETTY
alongside 10,000
Tottenham Marshes during the two- whole project in limbo. project aimed at “makers and new homes
day event. creators” who will be able to use
While work on the station is well However, this year looks likely to be communal workspace on the ground
advanced, home buyers will need to pivotal. November last year saw big- floor. Alongside their new homes, the
name developers Galliford Try, L&Q, first of which are due to be ready by
Fast links: the station at Meridian Peabody and Redrow shortlisted to 2022, there will be an office complex
Water will offer 25-minute Liverpool St build the first 725 homes, known as with space for up to 900 new jobs. A
trains and 16-minute Stratford trains Meridian One. It will also include spokesman for Enfield council said a
EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 7
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Change is coming: Enfield council aims to turn this warehouse wasteland into “a
true 24-hour neighbourhood, a new destination for nightlife, music, theatre and more”
spaces. The station, meanwhile, will disappeared since stamp duty on
offer services to Stratford in 16 second homes was increased, while
minutes and Liverpool Street in 25 Brexit uncertainties have chased
minutes. There will be up to eight away many owner-occupiers.
trains per hour and in the more Dean fears that despite proximity,
distant future, the station could the Meridian Water project might not
become a stop on the proposed ripple out to Edmonton. “In theory, if
Crossrail 2 north-to-south line. you have got thousands of new people
in the area you will get better shops
It is hoped that all the investment at and restaurants. But it could be that
Meridian Water will have a knock-on Meridian Water becomes just a bit of
effect on its nearest neighbour, a bubble if that does not happen.”
Edmonton Green, a determinedly However, there are plans to invest in
downmarket sort of place filled with Edmonton Green itself. Proposals to
pawnbrokers and pound stores. “You regenerate Snell’s Park and Joyce
have got to go out of the area for most Avenue, two dismal post-war housing
planning application for Meridian On the map: things,” said Nick Dean, director of estates, will bring more new homes to
Two is being worked on, and talks to singer-songwriter Ellis & Co estate agents. the area. Residents need to be
find a developer are under way. Jorja Smith, inset, What the area does have in its consulted about the idea, and a
Today Meridian Water is a wasteland will headline this favour is affordability and decent planning permission drawn up and
of “big box” shops and warehouses, year’s Field Day period housing stock. There’s a mix of approved, but Enfield council hopes
which earns its name from its music festival in Victorian terraces and the odd grand work will start in 2022.
location on Meridian Way and its June at Meridian villa — the legacy of Edmonton’s The really crucial factor for
proximity to the River Lea and its Water. The festival status as a desirable residential Edmonton Green’s future is its
tributary, Pymmes Brook. But as well is migrating this neighbourhood in the late 18th shopping centre. Last summer
as homes and offices, Enfield wants to year after earlier century — and family-size Thirties Crosstree Real Estate Partners,
create an entire new community. events at Victoria semis. Flats tend to be in dated, backed by the Swiss pharmaceuticals
“Our aim is to create a true 24-hour Park, above, and purpose-built, low-rise blocks. billionaire Bertarelli family, splashed
neighbourhood — a new destination last year at According to Rightmove a typical a reported £70 million on the
to enjoy nightlife, music, theatre, Brockwell Park flat in Edmonton costs about 456,000sq ft site. It is logical to
cinema and much more, all year £260,000, with a terrace house just assume it has redevelopment on its
round,” said the spokesman. A new over £350,000 and a semi at mind. Nobody from the company
primary school has already opened £440,000. would comment but a badly needed
and there are plans for more schools, Dean describes the market as “really upgrade might be just the kick-start
health facilities, open spaces, shops, stagnant”. About 70 per cent of his Edmonton Green needs to catch the
restaurants, and arts and cultural buyers used to be investors, who have Meridian Water regeneration wave.
10 WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 EVENING STANDARD
Homes Property | Homes abroad
ALAMY
The Eternal City: the soaring roof of the Pantheon in Rome, built 2,000 years ago and still the world’s largest unsupported dome
Rome does modern
Cathy Hawker finds new flats amid the ancient city’s glories
OME is an open-air museum £256,000 to
R of exquisite architecture.
Think of the Colosseum, the
largest amphitheatre ever
built; the soaring roof of the
Pantheon, built 2,000 years ago and
still the largest unsupported dome in
the world, or the majesty of St Peter’s
£932,000: off-
plan studio to
three-bedroom
flats at Porta dei
Leoni, Trastevere,
south-west Rome.
Many of the flats
Basilica, the most significant of have balconies
Rome’s 900 churches. and there’s a
Modern-day architects have also communal roof
made a mark. The Auditorium Parco garden. Through
della Musica designed by Renzo Piano Savills (020 7016
opened in 2002, 10 years before he 3740)
unveiled the Shard in London, while
Zaha Hadid’s Museum of 21st Century From £471,500:
Arts brought an up-to-date version of west of the city,
curving concrete to the city in 2010. Monticello is a
Yet anyone looking for new-build newly completed
homes in the Eternal City will have scheme of 57 one-
found slim pickings, so the launch of to four-bedroom
two projects selling flats aimed at apartments and
demanding international buyers is villas in spacious
noteworthy. “It’s very difficult to do grounds, with
new in Rome, yet demand for quality wonderful views
homes is high,” says Danilo Orlando south to historic
of Savills associates Beliving. Rome. Through
“We are seeing new buyers, younger Savills (as before)
professionals who want modern, eco-
friendly, hi-tech homes. Second home
buyers from the UK do not want to
renovate, so new developments balconies. Underground parking with location northwest of the Vatican is
appeal to them, too, especially when electrical charge points is £21,000 peaceful and residential with superb
they come with outside space.” and residents share a roof garden on views south to historic Rome.
the seventh floor, gym and concierge These one- to four-bedroom homes
PORTA DEI LEONI plus Amazon secure storage boxes, a of 753sq ft to 3,230sq ft have large
Trastevere in south-west Rome, on first for Rome. Service charges are terraces, underground parking with
the left bank of the Tiber, is one of the expected to average £1,313 per year. charging points and a communal
Italian capital’s most characterful Interest is strong, says Orlando of gym, a kids’ playroom and beautiful
districts. The medieval area is a Beliving, with 30 units sold in the first roof gardens. All homes have clean,
favourite with Romans and tourists week of the Italian launch. Owners modern design with views north and
alike, its narrow cobbled streets filled can personalise every part of the flats, south and almost half have conserva-
with intimate bars and family-run which come with fitted kitchens and tories. Solar panels keep annual
restaurants. bathrooms, a rarity in Italy. The service charges low, starting from
In the wider southern streets of showroom demonstrates the wide £2,330 including 24-hour security.
Trastevere, Porta dei Leoni is an off- selection of fittings, and studio prices “Serviced apartment living with an
plan project of 100 studio to three- include all furnishings. Typically a in-house concierge and full-time
bedroom flats priced from £256,000 studio of this quality in Trastevere maintenance manager is very rare in
to £932,000 for 492sq ft to 1,443sq ft. would rent for £790 a month. Rome,” says Antonio Napoleone, MD
Homes are due for completion in of Europa Risorse, developers of
summer 2021. MONTICELLO Monticello.
These will be light and comfortable, West of the city on Rome’s second
all with underfloor heating, recessed highest hill, Monticello is a newly Savills: savills.com (020 7016 3740)
air conditioning and full-height completed project of 57 larger flats Engel & Völkers: engelvoelkers.com
windows, and most have generous and villas priced from £471,500. The (+39 06 4554 8120)
EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 11
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Planning for
The big idea:
covering 443
acres on the banks
of the Thames,
Barking Riverside
regeneration zone
the people will include 10,800
new homes plus
shops, restaurants,
community and
leisure facilities,
healthcare and
schools, open
spaces, public
London’s councils are at last building squares and a new
train station with
homes their boroughs need. It is a
GLENN COPUS
bus and river
welcome trend, says Peter Murray
transport
interchange for
central London
HIS week the London prop- the borough. Outer London is increas-
T erty world — developers,
councils, planners and archi-
tects — have decamped to
Cannes in the South of France
for the annual MIPIM real estate confer-
ence. With just two weeks to go to Brexit
the atmosphere is tense but positive,
ingly a focus for new development with
Harrow, Hounslow, Ealing, Enfield,
Havering and Merton, as well as the
Cambridge Corridor, in the limelight.
In the absence of the Mayor the pro-
motion of London is being driven by
London and Partners, his official pro-
with 28,000 professionals and politi- motional agency, who talk about Lon-
cians taking advantage of the global don’s ability to constantly reinvent
networking opportunities to mix and itself; about the innovative architects,
match with developers and investors in engineers, designers and planners that
a bid to secure deals in a less than work in London. They cite schemes
secure world. such as King’s Cross, Croydon town
Most years the London Stand at centre, Old Oak Common and Here
MIPIM is the setting for the unveiling East at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic
of new large-scale projects. The uncer- Park in Stratford as examples of power-
tainty of Brexit has meant that this year ful collaboration between councils,
a lot of boroughs and developers are industry and universities.
keeping their powder dry.
One of the stars of the London Stand This all makes London the world’s top
is Darren Rodwell, leader of Barking & real estate market. Last year £27 billion
Dagenham council, who recently warned in commercial real estate investment
developers: “If you’re coming to my bor- flowed into the city, the highest of any
ough and doing something my people in the world.
don’t want, you’re no friend of mine. I The deputy mayor for planning, Jules
didn’t fight the BNP to let developers Pipe, is in Cannes meeting with both
run all over us.” London and international designers,
developers and investors. He’s meeting
No one could accuse Darren of being in with deputy mayors from other major
developers’ pockets but he is keen to cities to learn from their experience
attract investment to his borough, and to tell them about London’s policy
whether it’s from the City of London or of “good growth by design” which high-
mainland China. And MIPIM is a good lights standards of architecture, spaces
place to start. between buildings and the
Steve Curran, Labour leader of Houns- size of homes.
low council, says such investment is It also focuses on
essential: “In these uncertain times, how to build more
with no clear direction regarding Brexit, homes, faster, with-
we have to look for investment wher- out losing quality.
ever we can find it. Darren Rodwell
“If the borough is to grow and develop thinks we need to do
to meet the aspirations of our residents, more.
EYEVINE
then it is essential that we actively “Look at the Isle of
engage in promoting the investment Dogs and Stratford.
opportunities that Hounslow offers.” You’ve got the haves
Darren Rodwell’s profile in Cannes is and the have-
heightened by the absence of London nots and they
Mayor Sadiq Khan and the fact that he d o n’ t i n t e r-
is also representing London’s councils twine. Strat-
— the association for all the boroughs ford was
— Tory, Lib-Dem and Labour. The Mayor supposed to
avoids Cannes because he is sensitive be a legacy.
to the views of the Left. However, he is But for
now facing increasing criticism from whom?”
the developers and councils who are In the
trying to build the 66,000 homes he past, plan-
wants for not engaging more actively ning was
with them. just about
The focus is very much on councils buildings.
delivering their own developments To d ay t h e
with Barking & Dagenham’s regenera- discussion is
tion company, Be First, showing its new increasingly
Gascoigne East housing scheme, focused
designed by Swedish firm White around
Arkitekter, bringing Scandinavian people.
experience to the borough of modular
construction, sustainability and public ⬤ Peter Murray
spaces. is chairman of
Croydon’s housing company Brick by the independent
Brick is building infill housing as well forum New Lon-
as larger developments in the centre of don Architecture.12 WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 EVENING STANDARD
Homes Property | Cocktail-hour design
Get trollied
By Nicole Swengley
Left: the Come Above: the Right: limited-
As You Are steel/ Jacques bar cart, edition Spyglass
glass bar trolley with clear acrylic champagne cart
designed by frame, tempered by Zelouf & Bell of
Christophe de la glass shelves and Dublin, handmade
Fontaine, from brushed brass to order using
£1,560 at Silvera in detailing is £1,450 exotic timber
King’s Road at Jonathan Adler marquetry. About
Chelsea (silveraltd. (uk.jonathanadler. £8,600 (zelouf
co.uk) com) andbell.com)
HEY are back, but not as your bottle opener dangling from the stylised piece of room jewellery 1935. The silver-plated Art Deco (gubi.com). Mategot was a master of
T parents knew them. Chic bar
carts or trollies are so
appealing in our fluctuating
weather. Drinks and snacks
can be wheeled outside, then whisked
indoors at the first drop of rain.
There’s a tempting choice, from eye-
trolley handle, add functionality to
the fun.
“In terms of design, a bar trolley is a
product you can play with, taking
influence from the cocktail days of
the roaring Twenties or the bachelor-
style allure of the Fifties and Sixties,”
rather than a practical go-to.” He
points to Cici, £350, an Art Deco-style
bar trolley with a pair of circular,
distressed-brass finished frames.
Each of its two white marble shelves
is inlaid with a pair of blue agate
stones and the whole confection runs
cocktail trolley, £28,000, is created by
Asprey’s silversmiths in workshops
above its New Bond Street store and
fitted with two tempered glass
shelves. Now part of the Asprey’s
permanent collection (asprey.com), it
can be kitted out with the company’s
the innovative technique of Rigitulle,
in which perforated metal is
combined with metal tubing, and this
trolley’s perforated-metal upper
surface is available in a choice of
subtle shades — rose, sand, dusty
green, white, grey or black — while
catching retro revivals to sleek says Martin Waller, founder of on neat castors. gleaming Barware essentials, at extra the lower, black surface embraces a
contemporary styles. Luxurious Chelsea design store, Andrew Martin Proving that glamour never goes out cost, by those with deep pockets. newspaper/magazine holder. Priced
materials such as polished brass or (andrewmartin.co.uk). “Its purpose is of fashion, Asprey has revived an Another engaging revivalist piece is £640 from Clippings (clippings.com).
exotic timber marquetry up the to enable a party atmosphere, so it original piece from its archive of Hungarian-French designer Mathieu An equally subtle approach is
ante while clever details, such as a should echo enjoyable excess, like a bespoke, made-to-order designs from Matégot’s 1954 bar trolley from Gubi championed by the Jacques bar cart,EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 13
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Far left: the Art Left: the James Above: Valet bar
Deco-style Cici bar bar cart, by Yabu cart, by architect
trolley, with Pushelberg for David Rockwell for
distressed-brass Stellar Works, has Stellar Works
finish frames and black steel frame (stellarworks.com)
blue agate stones with veneer with a leather sling
set in white laminate surfaces wine rack and a
marble shelves, is and a solid walnut leather bag for
£350 at Andrew handle. Priced cocktail tools, is
Martin (andrew £2,628 at Silvera £1,836 from
martin.co.uk) (silveraltd.co.uk). Silvera (as before).
£1,450 from Jonathan Adler (uk. oversized wheels. From £1,560 at surprise then to find his Valet bar conversation piece should check out Equally dazzling is the Serpent in a
jonathanadler.com). Its clear acrylic King’s Road furniture retailer, Silvera cart, designed for Stellar Works, offers the limited-edition bar carts hand- Maze champagne cart (about
frame and tempered glass shelves are (silveraltd.co.uk). a leather sling wine rack below the made by Dublin-based Zelouf & Bell £21,500), its traditional marquetry
finished with brushed brass details. A Oversized wheels are also a feature upper surface of its powder-coated (zeloufandbell.com). The Spyglass combined with contemporary
matching tray, £495, is available and of the James bar cart, designed by steel frame. champagne cart (about £8,600) was printing. A green/grey ripple
the design also comes in smoked Yabu Pushelberg for Stellar Works A leather bag for cocktail tools first designed for the Michelin two- sycamore python inspired by an
acrylic with polished nickel details. (stellarworks.com). This eye-catching hangs from a retaining rail around star Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud in 18th-century illustration is “tattooed”
Designer Christophe de la Fontaine design has a black steel frame with the lower shelf — the rail itself is Dublin’s five-star Merrion Hotel. over hedge-green bird’s-eye maple.
gives the classic serving trolley a veneer laminate surfaces and a solid designed to keep spirit-bottles This sexy little cart is handcrafted in The size can be customised, while
contemporary twist with his Come As walnut handle. Priced £2,628 from upright — while a bottle opener hangs timber marquetry with a graphic hidden castors ensure a smooth
You Are bar cart. Its sturdy, powder- Silvera (as before). from the leather cord-wrapped pattern in black bolivar/citrine or circuit around your party guests and a
coated steel frame is fitted with two Architect David Rockwell is known handlebar. Priced £1,836 from Silvera. pink bird’s-eye maple. Each has quick sprint indoors should rain
tempered glass surfaces and runs on for meticulous attention to detail. No Anyone looking for a cocktail hour powder-coated, solid brass hardware. threaten.14 WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 EVENING STANDARD
Homes Property | Interiors
Right: Maharaja Below: Sanderson
leather cushion pleated ruffle,
with gold fringing, £33 a metre
£1,495 from Spina (stylelibrary.com)
(spinadesign.
co.uk)
Left: fringed and
tasselled cushions
in antique and
handprinted
fabrics, from £100
at Vanrenen GW
Designs (vanrenen
Fringe benefits
gwdesigns.com) By Barbara Chandler
Right: Neon
tasselled mirror,
£165 from Ian
Snow (iansnow.
com; 01271
858649)
Far right: Tufty
Braid in Tutti
Frutti, £14.50 a
metre; Hustle
Bustle fabric,
£29.50 a metre,
both at Villa Nova
(villanova.co.uk)
Right: handmade
fringed drinks
cabinet in red,
orange and
purple, imported
from Paris, £4,185
(outthereinteriors.
com)
Inset below:
from catwalk to
home, fringing Above: Harlequin
figured in the Bellini beaded
Jacquemus fringing, £55 a
show at spring/ metre (stylelibrary.
summer 2019 com)
Paris Fashion
Week
RINGES are big for final flourish to a lamp shade and
F spring’s “deco noir”
trend. Interior designer
Jenny Hurren
(outthereinteriors.com)
says: “Use fringes with dark walls,
low lights, reflective surfaces and
lavish textures, to evoke decadent
hides ugly bulb fittings.” (TheModern
Draper.etsy.com). Kathryn Campbell
adds bespoke Italian fringing to velvet
cushions in her wild birds print
(IlkleyLondon.etsy.com).
Devon lampshade lady Johanna
Franks adds black four-inch fringe to
opium dens and mock croc or leopard print, or
Moroccan souks.” shocking pink to tropical motifs
Hurren sells (lovefrankie.com).
fringed cabinets Arte Swing wallcovering, inspired
from Paris, lamp by Twenties Charleston dresses, can
shades, cushions fringe a whole wall for £125 a roll
and fringed (tm-interiors.co.uk). Learn how to
upholstery. make macramé wall hangings
Fan New (twome.co.uk; teaandcrafting.co.uk)
Trimmings has — about £30 for two hours. Amazon’s
fringing from 10cm Handmade edit has craft from 45
to 1.6 metres, beaded countries (amazon.co.uk/handmade)
versions up to 50cm and including handloomed ikat pillows
sequins up to 70cm in a from Indonesia and macramé wall
huge range of colours, hangings from Shanghai, £18 to £38
including dip-dye (14-18 Great and about £4.50 for shipping.
Titchfield Street, W1; 020 7637 0307; In Chelsea, find fringes from
newtrimmings.co.uk). Osborne & Little and Designers
Etsy entrepreneurs do fringes Guild, both in King’s Road, SW3, or at
with attitude. Margate’s Hannah Design Centre Chelsea Harbour in
Pemberton makes triple-tiered Lots Road, SW10, there’s Colefax &
lamps (APlaceCalledWanda.etsy. Fowler, Zoffany, Samuel & Sons,
com). Curtain maker Gemma Jason D’Souza, Nada Designs and
Trickey says: “Fringing gives that Watts of Westminster.16 WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019
Homes Property | Our home
Carnival
of colour
Cavorting harlequins prance across the kitchen wall in a
Hackney family home where a couple blend their
contemporary ideas with the property’s Edwardian
heritage. By Dominic Lutyens
I
N THE book-lined living major change in levels and poor links
room of fashion designer between them,” says Beasley.
Edwina Gieve’s east In the place of the current kitchen —
London home there’s which occupies a new extension with
one viewpoint that sums sliding doors leading to a back garden
up its playful atmos- — was a smaller one flanked by a narrow
phere. An internal win- alleyway. The architects extended the
dow — a new, simple kitchen sideways to fill this. But there
pane of glass under the top half of a sash was a height restriction on the exten-
window, the two forming a hybrid of sion where it bordered the neighbour’s
new and old — overlooks the kitchen at property, so the kitchen floor was low-
a lower level. From here your eye is ered by about half a metre, adding
drawn to a colourful mural that ani- added a lot more head height.
mates one wall above a worktop. The existing basement was no more
It depicts cavorting harlequins bear- than a coal store. “So we excavated it,
ing food and drink. In this topsy-turvy which increased the ceiling height to
scene, one carries a tray that’s tilting, Feature wall: the choice of cheery salmon pink shows nothing’s too co-ordinated here two-and-a-half metres.”
threatening to send a lobster dish fly- The architects enhanced the sense of
ing; a glass of red wine teeters precari- space by creating clear connections
ously on another’s hand, while one between rooms, notably with the new
boisterous harlequin performs a cart- glass pane between the living room and
wheel. Murals, like panoramic wallpa- kitchen. Colour is used to draw the eye;
pers, are having a moment in interiors, an electric blue door frame in the
and this happy-go-lucky harlequinade kitchen visually links with shelves in the
comes courtesy of Maxted Murals. same shade in the larder beyond.
In the kitchen the same vibrant col-
ours as those of the harlequins’ dia- The couple love ceramics and collect
mond-patterned costumes ricochet historic glazed tiles. Several Art Nou-
around the room. The wooden frames veau tiles decorated with swans are
of two glass doors — one leads up to the displayed on a dresser in the kitchen. A
hallway and living room, the other desire to reflect this passion led to the
down to a new basement housing a architects creating a showstopping fea-
larder and guest room — are painted ture — a façade clad with kingfisher blue
cobalt blue, as is a rocking chair. Other ceramic tiles that frames the outside
chairs around the kitchen table are in entrance to the extension.
jade green, scarlet and white. The “They’re bespoke tiles made by Stoke-
shades of an Italian Fifties pendant light on-Trent ceramics company H&E
echo these colours. But nothing is too Bold hues: yellow support beam, cobalt touches and kingfisher blue exterior tiles Smith,” explains Beasley. “We ended up
co-ordinated: lemon yellow beams sup- going for a radiant blue that becomes
port a skylight that’s a structural ele- four-storey home its quirky personality the front door were retained, giving the more luminous in the sunlight and Informal, arty
ment as well as a decorative touch and charm. Edwina and her husband house a lived-in, retro flavour. This changes colour depending on the vibe: Edwina
designed to evoke sunlight, and there’s Dan, a scion of the Gieve family that nostalgic quality mirrors the Seventies- weather. The glaze was treated to reduce Gieve and husband
a salmon pink feature wall. These bold once co-owned Savile Row tailor Gieves and Eighties-inspired style of Edwina’s crazing [cracking] caused by frost.” The Dan with youngest
paints are all by Dulux Trade, rather & Hawkes, haven’t held back from using fashion label Clary & Peg, co-founded tiled frame has a bevelled inner edge son Esmond, two,
than infinitely subtle Farrow & Ball. splashes of colour in their home, where with Johanna Kociejowski, which sells that draws your eye into the house. in the kitchen with
they live with their sons, Dashiell, eight, hip maternity wear. The harlequin mural was inspired by the harlequins
Two upstairs bathrooms in this Cosmo, five, and Esmond, two. “Johanna and I met when we were a David Hockney poster Dan had in his From left: the
Edwardian house are in contrasting Much of the house has been rede- eight months pregnant,” says Edwina. bedroom as a boy. It now hangs on a book-lined living
styles. One has a pretty, cottagey wall- signed. “Dan and I have lived here five “We thought there was a gap in the landing. Showing a harlequin doing a area and
paper based on an Arts and Crafts years and we chose many of the paints, market for fashionable maternity wear.” handstand, it was created for a 1981 New contrasting
design by CFA Voysey, showing birds, wallpapers and mid-century furniture. Clary & Peg also sells accessories such York production of the ballet Parade by bathrooms — one
grasshoppers and flowers, and tongue- But as the family grew we needed more as turbans with Art Deco prints remi- Jean Cocteau and composer Erik Satie. very Pop, the other
and-groove woodwork painted pep- space,” says Edwina. “We also wanted a niscent of iconic Seventies store Biba. “Dan’s had a big input into the style of all cottagey charm
permint green; another bathroom is in house that felt very original.” “My mum, an artist, who wore clothes the house,” says Edwina.
a very Pop style with concentric squares The couple commissioned London- by Biba and Ossie Clark in the Seven- The colours in the kitchen, including
of sunshine yellow and white tiles. based architects Beasley Dickson. “We ties, has been a big inspiration,” explains on those harlequins, were inspired by
It might all sound busy and bitty on agreed our design would be contempo- Edwina. hues favoured by modernist architect Photographs:
the colour front, but the kitchen is big rary while respecting historical fea- As key spaces, the kitchen and base- Le Corbusier in the Fifties, says Beasley. Charles Hosea
and light-filled enough to take this tures,” says partner Melissa Beasley. ment have been altered and enlarged. Yet such references at arty, informal Tile
maverick use of colour. And this rather Traditional cornices and an ornate “There was a disconnect between the House, as it’s now nicknamed, are more and Agnese
eccentric approach gives the entire, carved wood decorative feature near ground floor and kitchen because of a off-the-cuff than self-conscious. SanvitoEVENING STANDARD 17
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⬤ Architect: Beasley Dickson ⬤ Kitchen mural: by Maxted Murals
Architects (beasleydickson.com) (maxtedmurals.co.uk)
⬤ Client: Edwina Gieve, co-founder ⬤ Reclaimed teak and iroko
of vintage-inspired womenswear worktops: from Re4med (re4med
label Clary & Peg (claryandpeg. ⬤ Kitchen dresser: by Gerald Weir
co.uk) (geraldweir.com)
⬤ Builder: Evoke Projects ⬤ Utility room and bathroom tiles:
(evokeprojects.co.uk) from the Prismatics range by
⬤ External handmade blue tiles: by Johnson (johnson-tiles.com)
H&E Smith (hesmith.co.uk) ⬤ Bathroom wallpaper: based on
⬤ External paving quarry tiles: by CFA Voysey’s Apothecary’s Garden
Walls and Floors (wallsandfloors. design, from Trustworth Studios
co.uk) (trustworth.com)
⬤ Sliding doors: by Maxlight ⬤ Paint: from Dulux Trade
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Homes Property | Design
My
PHOTOGRAPHS: ALAMY, LEIGH KELLY, CHRIS SNOOK, TARA WINONA
design Perfect location:
artist Kristjana
Williams says nature
London
is the greatest
inspiration in her
work, so living near
Syon Park gardens
and Kew makes her
“so happy here”
Kristjana S Williams Below: Johnsons
Island creative
Artist community, with
Interview by Liz Hoggard artists’ huts and
studios on the banks
of the Grand Union
Left: Williams’s home has a marbled cork wall Canal in Brentford,
in the hallway to display art by her two children west London
RTIST Kristjana S Williams album A Head Full of Dreams: Live in apartments and houses designed by White
A creates prints, dioramas and
3D artwork, combining images
from antique books, maps and
archives with the latest
printing technology. Her clients range
from the V&A to Coldplay — she
designed the artwork for the band’s latest
Buenos Aires and Live in São Paulo.
WHERE I LIVE
We have a five-storey townhouse in
Brentford, just by the Grand Union
Canal, which we bought, quite blindly,
off-plan. It’s a new development of
Ink Architects, which won a RIBA London
Award and two Sunday Times British
Homes Awards last year. Everyone moved
in at the same time, so we have really good
friends. We’re so happy here and by lovely
Syon Park gardens (syonpark.co.uk), as
nature is always the greatest inspiration in
my work. London Museum of Water &
Steam (waterandsteam.org.uk) at Kew
Bridge is fantastic for our two kids and the
V&A is 20 minutes away. I’m from Iceland
which only has 340,000 people, it’s like a
little fishing village, so I feel awe in places
like the V&A. We love Johnsons Island
(johnsonsislandartists.com), full of artists’
huts and studios on the banks of the canal.
MY DECOR Right: Sunbury
The interior was a series of white rooms Antiques Market at
when we moved in, so I worked with the Kempton Park
interior designer Doris Lee Racecourse is where
(dorisleedesign.com), who also did our the artist finds
office space, to incorporate some of my mirrors and frames
framed artworks and my wallpaper and for her murals
fabric collections. We created more
ground-floor light by adding internal
windows and took down some of the false
ceilings to expose the concrete.
An extra-large shelving unit, where the
shelves are backed with sandblasted
mirrors, displays curios. The walls are a Best market: left, a
deep, dark blue to help the art stand out. A vintage red Lancia at
dresser was repainted in forest green to the Classic Car Boot
offset the blue walls. A vintage Dragon Sale in King’s Cross.
Light reflects our Viking heritage and the Williams takes part
piano was found at the local charity store. every year in the
Modern touches include Tom Dixon Plane “invigorating” event
Triangle lights (tomdixon.net) and we
installed a marbled cork wall to display
the kids’ art.
BEST MARKET
I love Sunbury Antiques Market
(sunburyantiques.com) at Kempton Park Favourite shop:
Racecourse. It’s where all the other market Williams spends
stallholders go. It’s huge and amazing. I hours in The Map
buy mirrors and frames for my murals. House in
And every year I take part in the Classic Knightsbridge, right,
Car Boot Sale in Granary Square. It’s so and says maps there
invigorating. are “works of art”
FAVOURITE SHOPS
Liberty (libertylondon.com) and
Burlington Arcade (burlington arcade.
com) are fabulously grand places to shop, explorer who did beautiful botanical
steeped in history, they inspire me so drawings. I’ve made several artworks for
much. I spend hours in The Map House Paul Smith, inspired by her work.
(themaphouse.com) in Knightsbridge.
They have the most incredible collection ARTY ENCLAVE
of maps, many are works of art. King’s Cross. I’m fascinated by Coal Drops
Yard (coaldropsyard.com) and the way it
BEST GREEN SPACE marries the old and the new. The architect
Kew Gardens (kew.org). I love the giant Thomas Heatherwick designed the
cacti and I go to their Orchids Festival shopping arcade. It’s unbelievable. They’re
every February. For 2019 they’re only inviting retailers who give something
celebrating Colombia’s biodiversity and to the community or create an experience.
culture. I visit the Marianne North Gallery
at Kew. She was this incredible Victorian ⬤ kristjanaswilliams.com20 WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 EVENING STANDARD
Homes Property | Outdoors
Make it happen
It was worth laying steel beams and a timber deck
to realise the dream of this glorious roof garden
want to step on to this.’ I knew my client was
Alex sold on the place because of the outside. I
Mitchell thought, how do I break this news to her?”
The hint that a roof space could be turned into
a garden is a carrot many house hunters can’t
resist. But before you get carried away, it’s
crucial to check that a roof or balcony can
HEN Janet Morris saw her support the people, soil, pots and plants of a
W Hampstead flat for the first
time it wasn’t the penthouse
itself that clinched the deal but
the 40ftx23ft flat roof leading
off it. “You can have all that space and turn it
into a garden,” the estate agent promised her. It
was an irresistible prospect.
garden, and that planning has been looked into.
In this case, not only was the roof too weak to
bear the weight of a garden, but the cavity walls
were unsuitable for a safety rail to be attached. It
also overlooked many other houses so
neighbours’ objections were likely. Malde was
going to have to be creative.
But when Morris asked London garden A structural engineer confirmed the designer’s
designer Manoj Malde to carry out the misgivings and recommended laying a
transformation there was a hitch. “When I went framework of steel beams on top of the existing
to see the roof I immediately knew it wasn’t roof to spread the load. A timber deck was then
structurally sound,” says Malde. “I took my laid on top. It increased the cost, but was worth
contractor with me and he said, ‘I wouldn’t even it to create a strong base. Since a balustrade
Clockwise from top: the
secluded rooftop dining and
entertaining zone; hardy
Mediterranean-style planting
includes olive trees, salvia and
verbena; planters are set in
from the roof garden perimeter,
safeguarding the privacy of
neighbours below; the flat roof
held out the promise of a
garden and clinched the
penthouse sale in Hampstead
Photographs:
Matthew Stephens
wasn’t an option, Malde came up with the idea
of using pots instead, and commissioned large ROOF GARDENS: HIGHS AND LOWS
bespoke powder-coated aluminium planters to ⬤ Will I need planning permission?
place around the perimeter. Once planted, the Very possibly. Always err on the side of caution
containers are immovable and create a tall, leafy and approach your local council, a structural
living screen that encloses the roof garden engineer and your neighbours before starting
beautifully. any roof project. The engineer can tell you if
The planners were satisfied that these made a the roof can take the weight of a garden and
safe barrier but the privacy of the neighbours suggest remedial measures if it can’t. Expect
was still an issue. Setting the planters in from to pay from about £800 for a survey and likely
the perimeter by about 20in ticked that box £10,000 if you need to strengthen the
since people on the roof couldn’t stand on the structure with steel beams.
edge, looking into homes and gardens below. ⬤ How much will it cost overall?
“I used the planters to create different zones, Add about 30 per cent to the cost of a similar
too, so there’s an area for dining and garden on the ground. If access is tricky, factor
entertaining, a chill-out zone and a little kitchen in £1,000 a day for a crane which will also need
area with a barbecue and an outdoor fridge,” the permission of the highways authority if it is
says Malde. “If you have an amazing view you going to block a road or use up parking spaces.
want to take advantage of it, but in this situation ⬤ So what is the upside?
it wasn’t a problem to create an enclosed space. According to a survey by estate agents Marsh
It makes quite a cosy atmosphere and shuts out & Parsons, adding a roof garden or balcony to
the noises of the street.” your property will typically increase its value
Malde chose Mediterranean and coastal plants by about 12 per cent — or £65,000 on an
to cope with the exposure of this sunny rooftop average flat — rising to 25 per cent in the city’s
spot. Six mature olive trees and evergreen smartest areas.
Pittosporum Tobira Nanum keep structure year
round. Lavender, rosemary, salvia Caradonna, GET THE LOOK
verbena bonariensis, Russian sage, Mexican Commission Manoj Malde at
daisies and low-growing rose Pink Pirouette manojmaldegardendesign.co.uk
mingle with panicum and pennisetum grasses, Outdoor kitchen/BBQ: internetgardener.co.uk
with tulips and narcissus popping up in spring. Parasol and garden furniture:
How did he get it all up on to the roof? By brooksrattangardenfurniture.co.uk
hiring a crane to lift everything over the top of Bespoke planters: afhussey.co.uk
the house, of course. Plants: paramountplants.co.uk; anthosplants.
“Yes, that was quite a stressful day,” admits co.uk; knollgardens.co.uk
Malde, “but it is far more cost-effective than to Structural engineers: halsteads.co.uk
pay a team of people to carry everything up the Light compost for roof gardens:
stairs.” And there’s far less chance of compost thompsonsofcrewshill.com
on the carpets.EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 23
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What homes cost
BUYING IN UPMINSTER
(Average prices)
One-bedroom flat £275,000
Two-bedroom flat £311,000
Two-bedroom house £417,000
Three-bedroom house £503,000
Four-bedroom house £701,000
RENTING IN UPMINSTER
(Average rates)
One-bedroom flat £900 a month
Two-bedroom flat £1,184 a month
Two-bedroom house £1,304 a month
Three-bedroom house £1,549 a month
Four-bedroom house £1,971 a month
Source: Rightmove
Catch of the day: Terry “The Fish” Murphy, ex-royal bodyguard, owns
Fishy Business fishmongers in Corbets Tey Road, established 26 years
Town centre:
above, Station
Road offers M&S
Foodhall, Caffè
Nero and Costa
branches, high
street banks, Aldi
and Pizza Express,
plus Fête Lounge
cocktail bar, right, TRANSPORT
where Charley
Reep will mix your UPMINSTER is next to junction 29 on the
favourites M25. From Upminster station there are
Left: Corbets Tey trains to Fenchurch Street for the City
Road has good taking around 25 minutes. The station and
small independent Upminster Bridge are the two most easterly
shops and stations on the District line, with
restaurants Underground trains to central London.
There are also Overground trains from
Photographs: Upminster and Emerson Park to Romford.
All stations are in Zone 6 and an annual
Daniel Lynch travelcard costs £2,568.
THE PROPERTY SCENE
DEVELOPMENT came late to Upminster, estate”, with roads named after rivers such NEW-BUILD HOMES
only starting in earnest after the arrival of as Avon Road and Severn Drive. McCarthy & Stone is building Millstone
what became the District line in 1902. Bungalows are scattered throughout the House retirement flats in St Marys Lane.
There are some Edwardian and Twenties area and prices range from £400,000 for a Call 0800 201 4811. Elsewhere, with the
detached and semi-detached houses in two-bedroom bungalow in Derby Avenue exception of a proposed scheme on
roads close to the town centre off Hall to £950,000 for a four-bedroom bungalow Upminster’s mini-golf course, there are
Lane, with those overlooking Upminster in Clay Tye Road. Detached bungalows few new homes developments. Two new
Golf Club and Ingrebourne Valley the offer the potential to add an extra floor to four-bedroom houses in Foxhall Road,
most sought after. create a chalet-style house. There are also built in a traditional style by local builder
The most expensive home currently for modern blocks of flats, with those close to Haverbridge Homes, are for sale priced
sale is a detached five-bedroom house in the station popular with first-time buyers £874,995. Constable Mews, off St Marys
Ashburnham Gardens, priced £1,825,000. and commuters. Lane, is a scheme of eight three-bedroom
A four-bedroom detached house nearby in detached houses, priced at £650,000.
The Fairway is for sale at £1.4 million. A Contact Balgores for both (01708 259539).
four-bedroom semi in Waldegrave
Gardens is on the market for £875,000. RENTAL HOMES
Thirties detached and semi-detached Upminster is not busy with rentals and
houses predominate. The best examples, there are seven times more homes to buy
including some in the mock Tudor style, than to rent. Two-bedroom flats in
are south of the town centre in the modern blocks start at about £1,000 a
Springfield and Gaynes estates off Corbets month, with three-bedroom bungalows at
Tey Road. Many of these houses are being £1,400 a month and three-bedroom
extended to provide generous ground- terrace houses at £1,450. The most
floor modern living spaces. There are later expensive house available to rent now is a
Fifties and Sixties houses in Upminster Family homes: Cedar Gardens is handy for four-bedroom period home in rural Folkes
Park Estate, known locally as the “rivers Upminster’s shops, schools and the station Lane, at £3,000 a month.24 WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 EVENING STANDARD
Homes Property | Art events
Art in residence
Be inspired by London’s lively arts scene
makes us human. The main galleries
Kate will feature Anderson’s performative
sculptures “memorised” as she calls
Gordon it, or wrapped in copper-coloured
wire, which reference the
importance of the digital world. She
likes to focus on objects she believes
ALICE’S WONDERLAND will become defunct in our lifetime,
BE PREPARED for surprises when such as keys, a plug and even a wide-
you enter Alice Anderson’s show at screen TV. Though the artist
Waddington Custot gallery in Mayfair incorporates so much of the digital Heart-to-heart: hear Grayson and
next week. There will be the sound of world, there’s also a meditative Philippa Perry, left, at the Royal Academy
drums on your arrival, and dancers quality to her art. Furry and fascinating: find out about
performing alongside the artist at ⬤ Body Disruptions, Mar 12-May 10; Brizo, A Shepherd’s Dog (1864) above, by
various points throughout the Cork St W1; waddingtoncustot.com). Rosa Bonheur, at The Wallace Collection
evening.
This London-based performance GRAYSON AND HIS MISSUS
artist takes inspiration from THERE are few married couples we UP, UP AND AWAY away” on this magic carpet as they of the 19th century. Dr Xavier Bray,
technology and ancient ritual alike, wish we could eavesdrop on more THE National Gallery has a wonder- listen for half an hour to the stories director of The Wallace Collection,
combining these forces to explore — than Mr and Mrs Grayson Perry and ful way to introduce children to art — that inspire the paintings in front of will be taking a closer look this month
as well as to remind us — what now the Royal Academy’s Festival of via a magic carpet ride. They can “fly them in the galleries. Aimed at two- at two of the best-loved paintings in
Ideas season is letting us listen in on to five-year olds, it happens every the collection that feature dogs.
a conversation between the Royal Sunday, starting at 10.30am. Places are Brief Encounters short talks are a
Academician and his psychotherapist allocated 30 minutes beforehand and regular afternoon delight at the
wife, Philippa. The couple will discuss children must be accompanied by an museum. Stop by to hear more about
the relationship between art and adult. Sir Edwin Landseer’s Doubtful Crumbs
psychotherapy. Given that his work ⬤ Trafalgar Square WC2. Collect free and Rosa Bonheur’s Brizo.
revolves around class, politics, sex tickets (first come, first served) at the Unfortunately, any four-legged
and religion, and that she has found Pigott Education Centre Welcome Desk companions will have to wait for you
recent fame as a love adviser on E4’s (nationalgallery.org). outside.
Celebs Go Dating, this is one ⬤ March 21 at 1pm, The Wallace Collec-
conversation you don’t want to miss. DOG DAY AFTERNOON tion, Manchester SQuare W1. No booking
Performance art: Alice Anderson’s ⬤ Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly W1, Imaginations take flight: children sit WHY did portraits of man’s best necessary — collect tag on entrance.
Body Disruptions show at Waddington May 2, 7pm-8.15pm (royalacademy.org. on a National Gallery magic carpet for friend fall out of favour? After all, they (wallacecollection.org/whats-on/brief-
Custot explores what makes us human uk/page/festival-of-ideas). stories that introduce them to art were practically the Instagram trend encounter-two-portraits-of-dogs-2).EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 2019 27
Ask the expert | Homes Property
Burning with rage over
neighbour’s bonfires
They will assess and if they find there
to be a statutory nuisance, they could
serve an abatement notice requiring
the cessation or limiting of the fires.
If your neighbours ignored the notice
they’d risk a criminal case and a fine.
By Fiona McNulty
Q I LIVE in a flat in a building
with four other flats. We all
own the land outside and we
are all freeholders, with our own
OUR LAWYER ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS
parking spaces. Instead of parking a
car in my space could I legally park a
Q
caravan there?
OUR neighbours keep
A
burning garden waste very More legal Q&As: AS WELL as owning a share of
near to our property. This visit homesand the freehold of the building
has been going on for the six or seven property.co.uk and land, each of the flat
years we have lived here. We usually owners should have a leasehold
just close our windows and put up interest, as a lease should have been
with it but recently these big, smoky granted for each flat.
bonfires are happening all the time, Leases of residential flats include
even on bank holidays and over restrictions, obligations and rights to
Christmas. When I’ve been round to try to ensure that each leaseholder
complain I have seen huge piles of can enjoy their property without
garden waste that can’t possibly have suffering nuisance or annoyance
come from their small garden. One of from their neighbours.
the neighbours has a gardening The terms of your lease should
business and I think they are burning include various restrictions
waste from their customers’ gardens, stating how your parking space
too. They have ignored all our may be utilised. For example,
requests to stop. What can we do? carrying out maintenance on
vehicles parked there may be
A
IT ISN’T unlawful to have prohibited; the parking of
bonfires in the garden but commercial vehicles such as
they must not cause a work vans, and the parking of
nuisance. Request a formal meeting boats and caravans, is also
with your neighbours, explain the unlikely to be permitted.
issues their fires are causing and ask Check the terms of your lease
them to stop. to see what restrictions apply to
Suggest they dispose of rubbish at your parking space. If the parking of
the local tip. If they are burning non- a caravan is not permitted, you could
domestic rubbish, they could be speak to your fellow freeholders to
running their garden maintenance see if they’d consent to letting you
business from home. Look at their put one there — but do
title deeds to see if there are WHAT’S not be surprised if
restrictions prohibiting them using YOUR PROBLEM? they refuse.
their property for business purposes. Email legalsolutions@ Inconsiderate
If they fail to stop having regular standard.co.uk or write to Legal parking of
bonfires you could apply to court for Solutions, Homes & Property, vehicles can
an injunction preventing them from Evening Standard, 2 Derry Street, lead to
doing so, and for damages. You may W8 5EE. Questions cannot be acrimonious
answered individually, but we will try
have legal expenses insurance which and often costly
to feature them here.
could fund this. Fiona McNulty is a solicitor neighbour
The fires’ regularity could amount specialising in residential disputes which
to a statutory nuisance. Report the property. should be avoided if
situation to Environmental Health. possible.You can also read
