Designer trees and board-game butlers: Christmas in London’s poshest hotels
At Claridge’s they will read your children stories as you sip champagne, while the lights on the Connaught’s tree spell out bespoke poems by Tracey Emin
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Be Inspired by Award-Winning Mayfair Penthouse
Once a piano showroom designed by Sir John Burnett & Pathers, Greybrook House’s duplex penthouse was recently awarded ‘winner of residential design over £1M’ by the SBID International Design Awards 2017, following its recent refurbishment by property enhancement company Fenton Whelan. The art deco, Grade Two listed building in the heart of Mayfair, London, showcases … Read more
Empty homes council tax rise unlikely to deter rich owners, say critics
Hammond’s 100% extra tax on vacant property dismissed as ‘joke’ unlikely to hit wealthy buyers or spur re-use of housing
Are pop-up igloos the new Christmas markets?
Pop-up snowglobes are appearing on roof terraces, and in back gardens and holiday resorts – with Instagram feeds set to be filled with #igloo pics all winter
London’s Bond Street has world’s third-highest business rents
Shopping thoroughfare overtakes Champs Élysées in Paris in ranking as tourism boom from weak pound boosts luxury sector
Former London church becomes one-stop wedding shop
With the average event costing £27,000, the Wedding Gallery plans to supply everything a bride and groom might need