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Chard London Sales & Lettings Blog (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
International students are back in the central London rental market - and in strength. Largely priced out of prime areas for property to rent like South Kensington , Chelsea , Notting Hill, Kensington and Earls Court they account for 35% of lets being agreed by our South Kensington & Chelsea lettings office this September. Exclusive (both acedemically and financially) universities and colleges...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Homeowners in properties worth more than £1m would face a new tax under Liberal Democrat plans to rebalance the tax system by targeting the rich. In a rebuff to David Cameron, a day after he said there was not a "cigarette paper" between himself and Nick Clegg, the Lib Dems will today announce plans to raise £1.25bn a year with a new property tax. Vince Cable, the party's treasury...
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Chard London Sales & Lettings Blog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Three bedroom flat to let in Kelfield Gardens , North Kensington, W10 North Kensington, W10 is covered by Chard's Notting Hill & Kensington lettings office on Campden Hill Road, just off Notting Hill Gate. We offer a wide selection of flats and houses to let in North Kensington and the St Quintin Estate. North of the M40 Westway which traverses Ladbroke Grove, the area retains the magic word Kensington,...
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Malaysia Property News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
There are some places where only the rich can afford, where politicians, footballers and Russians congregate. Some of London’s prime areas include Notting Hill, Chelsea, Bayswater, Kensington, Knightsbridge, St John Wood, Hyde Park and West Hampstead. Savills director Edward Lewis serves up some alphabet soup to give a broad overview of the different areas and how they rate. Instead of an A or...
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In Pencil (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Note: pictures will be added to this post at a later date This past Saturday I took a ride up the District Line to take in one of Greater London's most well known expanses: Portobello Road in Notting Hill. Given the reputation preceding it, I had the highest of expectations for this legendary street. After all, it has earned a rare double-stamp of pop culture approval: it spawned a Disney Song ("Portobello...
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Jonathan Fryer (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Deep in the Tory heartland of the Notting Hill set, Vince Cable gave his perspective on the current financial crisis to a standing-room only Food for Thought event put on by Kensington and Chelsea Liberal Democrats this evening, compered by the former Strictly Come Dancing producer and local party chair, Robin Meltzer. Regular viewers [...]
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D-Notice (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
During the campaign for the Supreme Overlord Mayor of London, Boris Johnson's manifesto included promises to make changes to the Congestion Charge (CC). He said he'd launch a consultation into the extension of the CC into Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea , i.e. the posh and rich western bits of central London, as well as scrapping a planned increase of the charge to £25 for the most polluting...