Entries from Londonist tagged with 'hampstead'
May 19, 2008
Photograph by Katie Miller Two undergraduate students from the top arts school in London have curated .ISM, a group show featuring the remarkably talented work of 12 fellow Slade students at gallery12 in Hampstead. Nestled in a delightful bright space on South End Road, this small show converses with the concept of commerciality and art, and questions the impossibile position handed to every young artist: is the commercial art space your devil or your friend?......
Continue Reading "Review: .ISM at gallery12"May 7, 2008
The Cheesegrater, the Shard, the Walkie-Talkie... love them, loathe them, or merely shrug your shoulders in their general direction, our shiny new skyscrapers and bulky buildings are set to change the London skyline as they creep up over the Square Mile in the next few years. But will we be able to fill all this new space? The lean spell that every economist and his pet abacus is predicting means that offices are finding......
Continue Reading "Demand For City Property Sinks"March 14, 2008
Despite getting excited about those plush pads on Hampstead's Billionaire Row, a quick ruffle through the wallet turned up little more than a threepenny bit, a half-eaten custard cream, a ticket to the opening of the Millennium Dome (unused) and the sobering realisation that Londonist is a few trust funds short of a realistic offer on a decent property. However, we're hoping for better luck in less expensive areas, such as those highlighted in......
Continue Reading "To Romford, Young House-Buyer"February 29, 2008
Sore at missing out on the £50 million pad up in London's own Billionaire Row that was sold last month? Well, here's the good news - another one's just come on the market. Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has decided to up sticks from Bishops Avenue in Hampstead, after Barrat Homes were given permission to build a block of luxury flats right next door. Britain's richest man apparently didn't fancy contending with one of the......
Continue Reading "Hampstead House A Snip At £40 Million"January 24, 2008
If only we'd known, we could have taken that £80 million we had squirreled away and bought ourselves a nice luxury pad in Hampstead; added that beauty spa and cinema we always wanted to go with the pool and seven kitchens - one for every day of the week! According to Glentree Estates, who sold the property to an undisclosed buyer: it just shows you that the market is as strong as ever at......
Continue Reading "Their House, In The Middle Of Their Street"