Residents' Journal (BBCW) MARCH 13

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Battersea, Balham, Clapham & Wandsworth MARCH 2013 • Issue 1

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This Residents’ Journal represents a fresh, innovative approach to local media, whilst retaining a traditional feel.

We will deliver intelligent editorial with integrity and depth on subjects that matter to the residents and business community within Battersea, Balham, Clapham and Wandsworth.

Published on a monthly basis with the kind support of a select handful of relevant advertisers, we will present regular editorial contributions from prominent local residents and members of the independant local business community, as well as seasoned journalists who live locally.

If you live or work in these areas and have a particular interest in contributing to the Residents’ Journal, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please email us at bbcw@residentsjournal.co.uk; or telephone us on 020 7987 4320

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Dear Resident, Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Battersea, Balham, Clapham & Wandsworth Residents’ Journal. We are thrilled to announce the launch of this hyper-local magazine, and it is our hope that it will open up the area in ways previously unimagined.

South west London is currently buzzing with regeneration. Sean Ellis, Chairman of the award-winning sustainable developer, St James so eloquently conveys the importance of this untapped land, which is ripe for development.

He believes it will potentially be the last time that London sees the creation of a completely new district in the capital – and it’s happening right on your doorstep. We talk exclusively with St James on page 30.

While we look forward to the extension of the Northern Line, the arrival of the US Embassy building and the intriguing creation of a new residential and business district around the Battersea Power Station, Lulu Rumsey casts her eyes back, examining the ways in which the south west community has sprung into action to protect local landmarks and businesses in the vicinity. Turn to page 8 to read a tale of determination and community spirit.

The Residents’ Journal is a platform for locals to discuss issues and events that matter. Do not hesitate to get in contact, we would love to hear from you, email: bbcw@residentsjournal.co.uk. We hope you enjoy the read!

Left: Clapham Common bandstand painted by local artist Ann Witheridge (annwitheridge.com; lavenderhillstudios.com)

Managing Editor Katie Randall

Managing Director Eren Ellwood

Publishing Director Giles Ellwood

Editorial Assistants Lauren Romano, Lulu Rumsey

Senior Designer Grace Linn

Associate Publisher Sophie Roberts

Editorial Contributors Henry Hopwood-Phillips, Lucie Elven

General Manager Fiona Fenwick

Client Relationship Director Felicity Morgan-Harvey

Editor-in-Chief Lesley Ellwood

Production Hugo Wheatley, Alex Powell

Advertising Manager Hywel Kennedy

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NOTEBOOK Keep your finger on the pulse with our round-up of local news

BATTERSEA

The show will go on Work is underway at Lavender Hill as the Battersea Arts Centre’s much anticipated Capital Project renovation continues.

With the completion date scheduled for 2015, organisers have ensured that the Arts Centre will remain open during the extensive works programme. The revamp will completely transform the 19th Century building’s interior. The masterplan has been painstakingly designed in conjunction with architects Haworth Tompkins as well as audiences, artists and the local community. This month’s lead show is eerie audio-piece Ring, directed by David Rosenberg.

£12 (£8 concessions), 11-28 March at 7.30pm, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN (bac.org.uk)

Battersea SEAL OF APPROVAL

Market appoints new Chair

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has praised government proposals for compulsory micro-chipping of all dogs in England by April 2016. Battersea deals with around 6,000 stray dogs a year, and the push towards micro-chipping looks to make reuniting lost dogs with their owners a much easier process. In other news, Battersea continues to urge people to consider its fostering appeal. This month it expects an increase in the number of animals needing homes, as a result of people giving up unwanted Christmas gifts, and is urging people to visit: battersea.org.uk/ fostering.

The fruit, flower and vegetable collective that is Battersea’s New Covent Garden Market has recently welcomed a new Chair to its Covent Garden Market Authority. Pam Alexander, OBE, has spoken of her delight at taking on the position at a time when the Battersea area faces such exciting redevelopment changes. She will will remain in the esteemed position until January 2016.

New Covent Garden Market, SW8 5BH (newcoventgardenmarket.com)

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So Long...

Northcote Road is still reeling from the news that the Bolingbroke Bookshop faces closure. The bookshop’s fate is a result of rises in business rates over the last few years, the owners explain. Set up by Michael and Chantal Gibbs, it provides the ultimate local antithesis to a market increasingly dominated by chain stores and online retail. A local haunt that would be sorely missed.

147 Northcote Road, SW11 6QB, 020 7223 9344

CLAPHAM AND BALHAM

Clapham fire station closure

Image / Neal Houghton Photography

Despite substantial local pressure, Clapham looks set to lose its fire station as part of a widespread reduction of stations across London. Concern is pronounced, considering claims made by Save Clapham Firestation lobbyists, that the Borough sees the largest number of residential fires in London.

Clapham Common Ponds – no fishing after 14 March Put down your rods on 14 March. Eagle and Mount Ponds are closed for their annual break from fishing from 15 March to 15 June.

Tag Rugby Try Tag Rugby kicks off its spring mixed league competitions this month. Come down to Tooting Bec Common Triangle for a match, and stay for celebratory (or conciliatory) eating, drinking, and socialising. All standards welcome.

£100 team entry, register online at: trytagrugby.com

Design of the year The Design Museum has announced the contenders for its annual Design of the Year Awards, which spans the very best of design from the fashion, furniture, graphics and the digital worlds. Known to showcase only the most innovative and imaginative designs from accross the globe, Studio Egret West’s £6.5 million design of Clapham Library (pictured) is a favourite in the architecture category. Nominations will be on display at the Design Museum from 20 March.

Clapham Library, 91 Clapham High Street, SW4 7DB

Library closed for Easter: Clapham Library will be closed on Friday 29 March (Good Friday), Sunday 31 March (Easter), and also Monday 1 April (Easter Monday)

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WANDSWORTH

MARMALADE MADNESS If you think your homemade condiment is a cut above the rest then put your marmalade where your mouth is in the World’s Original Marmalade Awards & Festival, which kicks off National Marmalade week this March. Wandsworth’s Barmouth Kitchen plays its part as the collection point for the whole of London. Last year over 1,700 people entered the competition, and for good reason too: the winners will be stocked by the Queen’s grocer, Fortnum & Mason.

Barmouth Kitchen, 2 Barmouth Road, SW18 2DN, Marmalade Awards & Festival, 2-3 March kicks off National Marmalade Week, 2-9 March

BOTTOMS UP This month Le Gothique and Garden plays host to Wandsworth Common’s fifth annual beer festival. Staggeringly, the festival will boast over 120 new beers, 30 ciders and 20 wines. However if it isn’t drink you’re after, there’s live music on the Friday and Saturday evenings.

£4, 27-31 March Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, Off John Archer Way, SW18 3SX (legothique.co.uk)

WORTHY WANDSWORTHIANS Good news keeps us going in the gloomy months that stretch out between Christmas and Easter.

One thing giving us cause to cheer is the latest round of statistics released from 2011’s census.

According to the stats, the typical Wandsworth resident is likely to be a well-educated, healthy, 32 year-old professional who gets the tube to work. Interestingly, Wandsworthians are among the healthiest in the country and they are more likely to be economically active and well qualified.

Figures also show that a rise in the birthrate and an increase in net migration gave Wandsworth the fourth largest population increase in London over the last 10 years.

This SHIP’S NOT FOR SINKING One of Wandsworth’s most iconic pubs, The Ship, is about to be refurbished.

The aim is to retain the character that has been drawing customers since 1786, whilst bringing the pub into the 21st Century. Outside, the beer garden bar and BBQ will be demolished and rebuilt from scratch. Inside, the function room will be replaced with larger toilets and a private dining room. The changes aren’t just skin deep, however, a brand new menu and food collection service will ensure culinary excellence and efficiency are still prioritised.

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Lulu Rumsey examines south west London’s re-evaluation of the political proverb

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Wandsworth is one of a kind Loving London’s spirit – you won’t bring us down!

We lov e our c so donommunity , ’t wre ck it!

I'm so proud of my community My home is vibrant, diverse and exciting

and I want to keep it that way

Stronger. Better.

Community spirit wins.

Don’t mess with Clapham – it’s our home!

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Don’t let th e bad eggs ge t you down.

Rise above it, Battersea.

We love our neighbourhood! Well done residents for showing such fantastic community spirit!

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he Big Society: if there was ever a term that had subject of another mammoth, community led campaign the power to both confuse and validate, inspire seeking to ensure the cultural and social integrity of and irritate, excite and, ultimately, underwhelm, the area, the historic Clapham Library building on the this was it. The oft lauded phrase provoked Common. Fiercely defended from potential destruction widespread criticism for its unapologetic ambiguity, tinging

by Omnibus Clapham, a group determined to maintain the tensions of summer 2010’s national election with a the site as a designated space for the arts in Lambeth, the permeating state of misunderstanding. building is set to reopen this April with a running of Opera From the opacity of its definition, the passage of time in Space (formerly shown in Peckham’s Bussey Building). seems to have afforded the Big Society new meanings and, The accounts of these two Clapham neighbours arguably more so than anywhere else, it’s in the area just shouldn’t be mistaken as one-offs. Casting memory a little south of the Thames that this re-evaluation is taking place. further back in time, it’s clear their twin anecdotes of Westminster delineations aside, the meaning most of us community care are part of an ingrained instinct common would naturally attach to ‘The Big Society’ would be one of to London’s southern bank. The riots that gripped the committed community spirit, action and investment in an UK capital for a week in the summer of 2011 do not hold area. If the spotlight is shone on the precincts of Battersea, the kindliest connotations for the city, and yet within Clapham and Wandsworth, this elusive term finally gains grim recollections of the events, one moment holds hope: some tangible meaning.

Tuesday 9 August, in Clapham Junction.

Take, for example, the very real and very heart-warming That moment in time saw the beginning of Londoners Christmas tale of Clapham High Street’s Clapham Books. reclaiming their city from the thuggish rampages that Facing a downwards financial had gripped it at nightfall. trajectory in early December Residents had had enough; in 2012, manager Nikki Kastner defiance the so-called ‘broom turned for help to the Clapham army’ was born – foreboding Society, which publicised the less in its image, more so in its store’s plight in their newsletter. powerful, irrepressible intent.

The results revealed the Equally inspiring was the extent to which residents support given to the clean-up cared about the fate of their crowds by local businesses and High Street, something Nikki institutions, evidence that far was utterly unprepared for. from being a noble minority, ‘Clapham Society sends the volunteers’ contribution out emails to its members, was solidly backed communityin addition to its newsletter. wide. Jamie Oliver’s Recipease Members were forwarding on Battersea’s St John’s those emails to their address Road handed out freshly books – so very quickly the baked bread loaves, while the whole thing escalated into a Battersea Arts Centre kept really substantial movement,’ spirits high by distributing Nikki explains. ‘Soon the W.I. sandwiches throughout got involved to help spread the throngs. the word.’

‘We really wanted to Both Nikki and her support the clean-up work colleague Roy Butlin never the day after the riots. Café anticipated the positive staff raided the fridges and reaction their initial plea had made up as many varieties kick-started. They concede [of sandwich] as we could – that their straits were probably cheese, ham, chicken, roasted aided by the negative public veg, and hummus,’ capital reaction to heavy news administrator of the Arts Battersea Arts Centre staff hand out sandwiches to coverage at the time of tax volunteers cleaning up after riots, August 2011 Centre Tref Davies describes. avoidance schemes adopted ‘Young and old, by multinational brands. shopkeepers, homeowners, Shoppers were however, businesspeople, students, genuinely interested in the schoolchildren, locals of every shop’s future and determined type; all got together and to vote with their feet to showed that they had pride in ensure its survival. ‘People Battersea. For our staff, many kept coming in saying of whom don’t live immediately “Right, that’s it, I’m going to local to the building, it was a buy every single one of my fantastic chance to get involved Christmas presents here if alongside the community that’s what it’ll take to make we work in,’ he concludes. you stay,”’ says Roy. That day alone championed Around the corner from the existence of a Big Society Clapham Books lies the in Battersea.

The Big Society has evolved as a societal response to tough times

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From left to right: Recipease, Battersea; Clapham Books, Clapham; Clapham Books interior

The Battersea Arts Centre commemorated the summer riots a few months later in its October 2011 The Good Neighbour promenade show. Drawing parallels between that summer’s events and the true story of George Neighbour, a local hero who died in the 1909 Arding and Hobbs fire in Clapham Junction while saving the lives of two of his female colleagues, the show brought Battersea’s long history of acts of kindness and community connection to the stage. This winter, it will return for an additional run.

This isn’t the Big Society as it was originally demarcated – or at least, it seems clear that those who first termed the phrase could unlikely have predicted the circumstances that have provoked what was once a lofty ideal into a practical reality. Irony lies in the fact that far from being the fulfilment of an election era ideal, the Big Society has actually evolved as a societal response to tough times. Those whose examples exhibit proof of its existence were not necessarily the watchword’s original advocates.

The resilient community spirit that flourishes in the south London boroughs has in recent years often stemmed from the dire economic implications of a recession wearily nearing a third, crippling dip. Resulting falls in council funding has led to tough financial decisions nationwide and, in Battersea, helped fuel a national news occupying development in January 2013.

Following the announcement by Wandsworth Council of a modernisation and refurbishment plan for Battersea Park’s adventure playground (aimed at helping the council make necessary savings), a campaign by Wandsworth Against Cuts attracted fervoured local support.

News of the playground’s impending fate mobilised a loud and passionate sector of Battersea society. W.A.C. organiser Jane Eades admitted she was taken aback by the level of community support for their campaign, a truth made no less poignant by its failure to alter council plans.

Battersea’s community spirit is an infectious one; one that is welcomingly inclusive, and one which any

community would surely aspire to have. ‘After the adventure playground had been closed, one man from Croydon arrived with his grandson, who was from north London. It was supposed to be special treat because the grandson had heard from his father how wonderful the playground was,’ Jane ruminates. ‘Both grandfather and grandchild were almost in tears. So many adults have told us about their formative years and how important the adventure playground was to them.’

Just as Clapham, Battersea and Wandsworth have made the Big Society a reality rather than a mere slogan, they have also realised the painful practical limits which the initial idea was never forced to encompass. Afflicted with reality, the Big Society is not all-powerful, nor can it withstand stronger socio-economic forces. It remains, however, a definite source of positivity, which ought not to be thwarted nor undermined by the tribulations it has suffered along the way.

The disappointment surrounding the failure of the Battersea adventure playground campaign to effect changes is mirrored by the recent frustrations suffered by Clapham Books, as a result of rising business rates (also a death knell to nearby Northcote Road’s Bolingbroke Bookshop). Nikki remains defiant: ‘Because of the Christmas campaign we know we are wanted and we have the strength to fight the next hurdle.’

She is keen to explore the next avenue south London’s community spirit proffers: a community ownership scheme.

‘The people who live in Clapham really, genuinely want a real, vibrant High Street. That’s why going down the community route might be the way to go, because it’s clear that’s where our support lies.’

The Big Society is no longer a free-floating proverbial expression; it’s a tough-to-achieve social reality which needs to be protected and supported in order to thrive. With all that the region has achieved in recent years, I’m confident that the man on the Clapham omnibus – that quaint legal ideal of reasonable nature – will prevail. n

If the spotlight is shone on Battersea, Clapham and Wandsworth this elusive term gains some tangible meaning

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The Calendar A selection of the very best events happening in the area

11 March

14-22 March

23 March

Lunchtime Lecture

Postcard exhibition

Day for the Races

Friends of Battersea Park will host a lunchtime lecture entitled, The Restoration of Battersea Park: past, present and future, discussing the structural and environmental changes which continue to be a looming presence on the park’s horizon.

During an illustrated talk by expert Jennifer Ullman, a landscape management consultant who also acts as Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, listeners will learn more about the challenges and necessities that preoccupy the maintenance of Battersea’s greenery.

The Royal College of Art’s new residence in Battersea’s Dyson Building will house the organisation’s postcard-sized art exhibition this month. The original artworks are the creations of both established names (last year contributions were made by Yoko Ono, Grayson Perry and Sir Paul Smith) and up-and-coming art students – the surprise element lies in the fact that the creators’ identities are only revealed after pieces are sold. The event is a highlight in art aficionados’ calendars, whether they leave with a work by Emin or a complete unknown.

The annual Head of the River Race returns this March, with over 400 crews champing at the bit to begin the epic 6.8 km Thames Championship row from Mortlake to Putney.

Begun in 1926 by Cambridge and Tideway oarsman Steve Fairbairn as a way of exciting and bettering rowers’ standards after a prolonged winter training period, over the decades the race has become the capital’s premier rowing race, attracting participants from across the sporting world. Results will be displayed on the day as they become available at Putney Embankment clubs.

£6, 1pm-2pm, Ethelburga Community Centre, 60 Worfield Street, SW11 4RA (batterseapark.org)

11am-6pm, Dyson Building, 1 Hester Road SW11 4AS (rca.ac.uk)

12.45pm, 23 March (horr.co.uk)

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25 March

26-28 March

Reflective Shores

Easter Extravaganza

My Robot Heart

The advent of spring brings new life to Webbs Fine Art Gallery, with the launch of its major exhibition of the year, Paul Lewin’s Reflective Shores. The contemporary landscape artist, eternally inspired by his Cornwell roots, has become renowned in the art world for his stunning oil paint encapsulations of his coast and sea surroundings. Prior to taking in Lewin’s work, residents should also make sure not to miss the culmination of Webbs’ special show of impressionist paintings by National Trust artist in residence Mariusz Kaldowski on 3 March.

Easter arrives at Wandsworth Museum this month with the return of its annual ‘Easter Eggstravaganza’ event. The drop-in for parents and carers with children aged three and up will see children and adults alike making Easter-inspired bonnets and gifts, brush up on their knowledge of the occasion’s cultural history and even embrace a model moment by parading completed bonnets and artefacts on the catwalk. This month’s event is one of many on Wandsworth Museum’s child-friendly calendar.

Touted by its critics as brave, funny and life-affirming, My Robot Heart is an exploration of the relationship between the emotions of love and fear. Structured around three stories involving different generations and faced with the climax of an impending wedding, the show is enlivened by a live soundtrack from folk duo, The Middle Ones. With interjections of poetry, songs and autobiography that create an intense performance, the poignant tale has been developed by Molly Naylor, of the acclaimed Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think Of You.

1 Burland Road, SW11 6SA (webbsfineartgallery.co.uk)

1.30pm-3.30pm, 38 West Hill, SW18 1RX (wandsworthmuseum.co.uk)

£10, 8.30pm, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN (bac.org.uk)

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Hot Day, Knole by Mariusz Kaldowski

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out & about The events and activities on our radar in central London

23 March - 11 August

Oh! You Pretty Things Music’s king of otherworldy androdgeny will return to London this month as the V&A unveil a stunning exhibition, delving into his extensive archive. David Bowie is will be a retrospective like no other, with unprecedented access to the creative processes of this musical innovator and cultural icon. More than 300 objects from handwritten lyrics, to Bowie’s own instruments, album artworks and bespangled bodysuits will be on show for the public’s perusal, tracing his shifting style and sustained reinvention across five decades.

£15.50, The Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL (vam.ac.uk)

Until 27 April

21 March - 11 May

toil and trouble

the love of money

‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under‘t,’ hisses Lady Macbeth, blinded by ambition as she goads her husband into killing a King. Shakespeare’s immortal words will be uttered

by Claire Foy in this, the latest performance of Macbeth at the reconfigured auditorium of Trafalgar Studios. BAFTA winning and Olivier and Golden Globe nominated actor, James McAvoy will be treading the boards as her foil in one of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedies, set in a dystopian Scotland brutalised by war. Jamie Lloyd directs this haunting struggle of paranoia and pain.

The Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre presents the story of a young entrepreneur on a quest for wealth with boundless ambition and a purse of gold. A fable of free market economics and cut-throat capitalism, The Low Road was penned by the American playwright Bruce Norris, who had a massive hit with the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning Clybourne Park (also staged at the Royal Court).

Renowned director, Dominic Cooke steers this ship, in his last show as artistic director for the London new writing theatre.

£10-£54.50, Trafalgar Studios 14 Whitehall, SW1A 2DY (macbethwestend.com)

£12-£28, Sloane Square SW1W 8AS (royalcourttheatre.com)

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From top left: Ascending Athena, Oil on canvas Image above: Nicky Wheeler Left: Raven embrace, Oil on canvas Bottom: Obscured Rose, Oil on canvas All paintings by Amy Judd

Art in the park It’s all hands on deck as this year’s Battersea Affordable Arts Fair gets underway. Henry Hopwood-Phillips meets the woman in charge of the whole operation, director Nicky Wheeler

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A hotly tipped name for the future, artist Amy Judd’s depictions of women and their interaction with nature are beguiling. Titles such as Leda and the Swan and Athena Ascending give context to the intimacy portrayed. Instead of hollow headings, Judd’s work benefits greatly from the weighty connotations of mythology, which lend each piece a haunting quality. Her eclectic edge is inspired by Marx Ernst, whose ‘kooky etchings are a big influence,’ she says. ‘Their surreal quality is something I try to capture in my own anonymous, ambiguous women.’

ver 20,000 visitors, 116 galleries, 1,500 artists; these formidable statistics can mean only one thing – the Battersea Affordable Arts Fair (AAF) is back in town.

Fourteen years after the idea left the drawing board and sprung to life on Battersea Park, the fair continues to carve out an impressive reputation for itself, which Managing Director Nicky Wheeler can survey with pride.

The idea was as radical as it was simple: ‘It was back in 1996 that Will Ramsay started selling the works of relatively unknown artists at low prices in his gallery in Parsons Green.’ This savvy move was the catalyst of things to come, she adds: ‘It led directly to the creation of the AAF in 1999. It was all about, and has since always been about, making art affordable without sacrificing the quality.’

A noble sentiment and one which continues to attempt to quash all notions of a stuffy art world, where a typical exhibition might display all the airs and graces of a museum and keep its eye-watering price tags well concealed. It is this stultifying atmosphere the AAF is intent on puncturing.

‘We want art to be in a park where lots of kids, babies, dogs and families see it as fun. We thought - why not Battersea?’ Nicky informs me.

But why had such a great yet frankly obvious idea never come to fruition before I enquire? ‘Well,’ she responds, ‘you have to understand that in the late nineties contemporary art was completely dominated by the opening of the Tate Modern and the Turner Prize. People began to associate it [contemporary art] with installation art, big names and even bigger money.’

The AAF does things a little differently. Re-defining the contentious term, ‘contemporary art’ as ‘any art by a living artist’, it also enforces a £4,000 price ceiling and welcomes many new recruits from the 4,000-strong army of graduates released from their art colleges each year.

It is this graduate contingent that Nicky believes is the AAF’s best feature. She nonchalantly rattles off the names of artists who have forged successful careers, having made their first tentative leap into the art world at Battersea. ‘Stella Vine, Antony Nicholles and Sacha Jafri are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.’ Nicky reminisces, ‘You could have snapped up their works for around the £1,000 mark at past fairs, now they rarely sell for less than tens or hundreds of thousands.’

And this is a story that looks set to be repeated across the globe, with roots in Amsterdam and Hong Kong, the art touches down in Brussels, New York, Milan, Singapore, Hamburg, Mexico City, Rome, Seattle, and Stockholm too. So far flung is the fair’s reach that over one million people have visited an Affordable Art Fair, buying up over £155 million worth of art in the process. Now, those really are an impressive set of statistics. n

(amyjuddart.com)

(affordableartfair.com/battersea)

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FOOD & DRINK Tasty treats and delicious victuals; we explore the area through our stomachs

Grocer Jack Home delivery fruit and vegetable service Grocer Jack is changing the way Wandsworthians eat. The Residents’ Journal spoke to co-founder Nadia El Hadery and chef Adam Byatt about their food revolution Co-founders Stuart Brown and Nadia El Hadery

Why do you think people like locally-sourced ingredients?

AB: Everyone feels a sense of responsibility towards our carbon footprint. Local does not necessarily mean it tastes better, but it certainly makes you feel better inside.

What makes Grocer Jack different to other food delivery services?

AB: We are based in amongst our community, helping out our neighbours by saving them money and time. We’ll get feedback by bumping into our customers dog walking on Wandsworth Common.

Where do you like to eat and buy groceries in south west London?

AB: China Boulevard, Wishbone, Chez Bruce, Brew, Upstairs, M. Moen & Sons butchers, Moxon’s Matbury Street Market, Salon Brixton, to name a few.

You’re based in Wandsworth; what do you like about this area?

AB: There’s a unique sense of community I have not experienced in any other part of London.

Chef Adam Byatt

How did you come up with the idea?

Nadia El Hadery: I was talking to my business partner Stuart [Brown] about the pain of getting quality food in London. We were both struggling to eat well. With a lucky introduction to Adam we managed to put together the concept of Grocer Jack.

How does Grocer Jack work?

Adam Byatt: We provide households with fruit and vegetables, of the same standard as first-class restaurants use, delivered to peoples’ homes.

Can you tell us more about where you source your ingredients from?

AB: We use suppliers that form the backbone of my restaurants [Trinity and Bistro Union, both in Clapham].

NEH: One thing all our suppliers have in common is that they are specialists in everything they do, and they are all great to work with.

In 2012 a global food report revealed that the world wastes 30-50 per cent of its food. How does Grocer Jack avoid waste?

NEH: All our boxes are designed with recipes in mind. Adam designs recipes so that you can cook four dinners and two lunches each week.

This eliminates waste.

There’s been a lot of media attention recently on the processes of food production. Do you think there’s a re-appreciation of home cooking?

NEH: I regularly struggle to find the time to cook good food at home because I work long hours and I don’t have time to go to the supermarket for ingredients every night. This is the dilemma Grocer Jack wants to solve! We want to create a platform for people to eat great tasting, healthy and easy to cook meals at home.

Who is Jack?

NEH: Jack is our secret little food taster!

(grocerjacks.com)

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Recipe Adam Byatt’s spring lamb cutlets with a salad of crunchy vegetables and peppermint salsa verde

Serves 4 Ingredients • 1 rack new season lamb (if possible, ask your butcher to French-trim it) • 100g mange tout • 100g sugar snap peas • 200g purple sprouting broccoli • 1 head romanesco • 1 bunch peppermint • 1 bunch flat parsley • 1 green chilli • 1 clove garlic • 130ml olive oil • 2 anchovy fillets • 1 lemon

Preparation • Pre-heat the oven to 190˚C. • Fill a large saucepan with water, season the water with salt, and bring to a rapid boil.

• Finely chop the parsley, mint and put to one side.

• Cut the romanesco into florets and put to one side.

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Method In boiling water cook the sugar snaps, mange tout and romanesco separately, using the same water for each batch (cook for three minutes each).

In the same boiling water cook the broccoli (you’re cooking it last to prevent it discolouring the water).

Again, just a few minutes.

Once the vegetables are cooked, drain and immediately place them in a large bowl of iced water. When cooled, remove from the water and drain well on a tea towel.

Season the rack of lamb and in a pan – on a medium heat – fry it fat-side down for a few minutes (this will render the fat).

Give the lamb a little more seasoning before placing it on a roasting tray and into the preheated oven for 25 minutes.

Remove and allow to rest. Meat is greatly improved if it rests at an ambient temperature for the same time it has been cooking.

For the salsa verde, place the chopped herbs onto a chopping board, add the anchovies and season well with salt and pepper.

Grate the lemon zest and add the juice.

Using a large knife, continue to chop the herbs with one hand and slowly drizzle in the olive oil with the other. Once well combined reserve for later. This will keep well in the fridge for up to a week.

To serve Mix the vegetables all together with a few spoons of the salsa and season well. Add a glug of olive oil if needed.

Toss this together and place onto four plates. Cut the rack into eight bones and place two on each plate. Spoon some extra salsa on the side – et voilà.

café culture hangouts

Gail’s, Battersea

Lavish Habit, Balham

Il Molino, Battersea

The Gail’s Battersea branch is arguably the chain’s homeliest due to the Nappy Valley demographic, but it’s also a reliable source of good coffee and a very well-run enterprise. The outdoor seating, smart layout and 7am-7pm opening times keep Gail’s busy, but there’s still enough space to move between the loaves and the customers.

Giving meaning to verbs like ‘upcycle’ and ‘relove’, this boutique café was set up last year

by Nicola and Vanessa Karan, and feels like a real labour of love, from the Moroccan floor tiles up the concrete walls, to the hand-picked treasures – everything is for sale. The Karan sisters will fire you up with caffeine, and before you know it you’ll be redesigning your home.

The size of Il Molino immediately establishes intimacy between you and your fellow coffeequaffers. It manages to remain pleasantly relaxed as well as sharp, thanks to the array of newspapers kept close at hand. With such a positive local verdict, we welcome the news that Il Molino has opened a second set of doors on Lavender Hill. Even in a recession, good carrot cake pays off.

64 Northcote Road, SW11 6QL (gailsbread.co.uk)

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Battersea’s Treasure Trove SW11 is scattered with antiques haunts. Lauren Romano has a poke around her favourites

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he Northcote Road Antiques Market has been around so long that even the dealers have lost track of how much time has ticked by. They are left scratching their heads when I ask how many years they have collectively been peddling their wares from the deceptively narrow looking shop at 155A Northcote Road. One remembers the 25th Anniversary party and takes a stab at 27 years. But pinpointing an exact date seems a superfluous detail – for regardless, the market has been a stalwart Battersea resident for over two decades now, surveying the transformation of the road and the comings and goings of its many other businesses with reassuring stasis.

Cross the constrictive looking threshold, with its miss-matched overspill of wooden chairs, wicker baskets and mixing bowls (seemingly anything that can’t be readily accommodated in the bursting at the seams premises), sprawled out on the pavement and you’ll discover a set-up a bit like an antiques supermarket. The dealers mill about inside in a cheerful fashion, manning the stalls of their colleagues – currently some 24 in total – who come and go with plunder scoured from antiques fairs, trying to find a spare inch of space to home it. For every nook and cranny throughout the eyewonderingly cluttered two-floor market is filled with stuff.

There’s quirky stuff (old advertisement prints propped up fifty deep), practical stuff (sets of silver cutlery bound together with elastic bands and precariously piled high), and then there’s every other kind of decorative item, type of furniture or collectible you could wish to stumble across. And stumble you may well do, bringing whole displays clattering down, ricocheted like old dominos, if you don’t watch your step. The market is a real Aladdin’s cave – the kind of place where there’s probably even a magic lamp hidden somewhere in its bowels, if you have the patience to rake through everything.

Down the road at number 113, things take a decidedly more continental turn. Braemar Antiques, with its instantly recognisable white painted bricks and bright turquoise doors, is an enticing browsing destination. As I saunter past on a beautifully sunny, bitterly crisp morning, the Frenchman manning the shop has taken himself outside to survey the assortment of distressed looking crates and boxes lining the steps. Inside, 19th Century pieces dominate the light filled space, with reflections bouncing off every

surface like a hall of mirrors. Gilded looking glasses of all shapes and sizes, from the staggeringly enormous to the dainty little decorative portholes, are hung everywhere.

Chandeliers glint and are perfectly matched with French painted furniture, which Austrian owner Marlise sources from antiques fairs across Europe. Affordability has been the name of the game throughout Braemar’s 16 years too, with mirrors starting at an affordable £40-£50 (climbing to about £800), so mimicking rustic French county manor chic shouldn’t burn too big a hole in your pocket.

Back to Battersea with a bump and over to Eccles Road Antiques, which sits on an island at the corner of Eccles Road and Parma Crescent, its bright yellow candy-striped awning ensuring it stands out from its residential neighbours. Run by Helen Rix, the manageress of Northcote Road Antiques Market, the little airy shop boasts curious kitchenalia set in wooden trays on a huge table, beautiful white and blue china, trunks, chests, and a couple of upholstered chairs, all crammed in like sardines. Mark, who mans the shop half of the week, remembers a time when there were about six ‘bit shops’ in the area, selling all manner of things. Surely less competition is no bad thing, I think out loud?

Mark thinks the opposite. He talks fondly of a time when people would pop into one shop and then discover the one next door and browse there too. It’s less like that now that the pack has disbanded and Eccles Road Antiques is a bit of a lone ranger. But that’s no real matter for concern, for what the Battersea antiques scene might now lack in numbers it makes up for in quality and variety. Here’s to another 25 or so years, give or take. n

The market is a real Aladdin’s cave – the kind of place where there’s probably even a magic lamp hidden somewhere

Northcote Road Antiques Market: 155A Northcote Road, SW11 6QB 020 7228 6850 Braemar Antiques: 113 Northcote Road, SW11 6PW 020 7924 5628 (braemar-antiques.com) Eccles Road Antiques: 60 Eccles Road, SW11 1LX 020 7228 1638

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LOCAL FOCUS Community Development Manager Sarah Rackham and Director Aaron Barbour talk about the long-term role of the Katherine Low Settlement in the Wandsworth community

people and also provide a range of activities for them. Another project of ours is entitled the ‘Love to Learn’ refugee project, which works with refugee children. We aim to improve and increase their access to learning opportunities to enable them to develop their full potential and achievement. Finally, we also run a Wandsworth Young Carers Project to identify young carers in the community. We support families and provide social activities and respite where a child has significant caring responsibilities for an adult family member who has a physical disability, chronic illness, mental health issues, drug or alcohol dependency or HIV/AIDS. We also support the work of other local organisations by renting space for activities.

Who was Katherine Mackay Low? Aaron Barbour: Katherine Mackay Low was born in Georgia, USA on 9 July, 1855.

Her parents were British and when her mother died in 1863, her father brought his family back to England and settled in Leamington. When he died, the family came to London, and Katherine devoted herself to the care of the less fortunate, working as Hon. Treasurer of the United Girls Schools Settlement in Camberwell. When she died in 1923, her many friends decided to create a memorial to her that would further the kind of service to which she had devoted herself.

How did the organisation begin?

AB: Battersea at the beginning of the 20th Century was an extremely poor part of London and the area around Orville Road, Green Lane and Battersea High Street was particularly deprived. So much so that the area around Orville Road, Battersea was described as ‘irreclaimable.’ A group of Low’s friends visited Battersea and found a large empty house on Orville Road, owned by Christ’s College, Cambridge. The College agreed to lease the house if money could be found to repair and redecorate it. The funds were raised and on 17 May, 1924, HRH the Duchess of York came to Battersea and declared the Katherine Low Settlement open.

What work does KLS do in the local community?

AB: We work with elders to reduce isolation, to support and extend independence and enable an improved and enjoyable quality of life. We have a twice weekly lunch club for up to 25 very frail elderly

How do creative activities help people take control of their decisions?

Sarah Rackham: It’s about capturing people’s imagination and enabling them to make something of it. They learn to take responsibility in a creative sense.

I heard that your new secondary school classroom support programme is extremely successful, can you tell us a bit more?

SR: This is part of our ‘Love to Learn’ project with refugees. We have two part-time members of staff who work with specific young people, who have been identified as requiring teaching support in class. We have a tutor of Somali descent who works at Battersea Park School.

He teaches maths to young people who might arrive in the middle of the year and their English lets them down. These can be really bright students, who shine at maths. Our workers act as a bridge.

In what ways has KLS seen a change in Wandsworth since the riots?

SR: The riots had an amazing and horrible impact. Youth workers wanted young people to talk about what had happened, but oddly, things went quiet for a while. Maybe parents took teenagers in during the evenings, or they were lying low. The Citizen’s listening campaign (Brighter Futures) was very attentive, but some young people didn’t want to have a dialogue with adults. It was rumoured police would ask teachers which young people had been involved – so they didn’t talk.

And what about the future for KLS? AB: In January 2013 I became the Director of the Katherine Low Settlement. My background is in charities and it will be my remit to open up the cupboards and find out what makes KLS tick. I will also be producing a three year strategy plan for the organisation so that we can continue to deliver help and support to vulnerable people in our local community. n

For more information contact: aaron@klsettlement.org.uk The Katherine Low Settlement, 108 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HP 020 7223 2845 (klsettlement.org.uk; katherinelowsettlement.tumblr.com) - 22 -

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THE CLASSROOM A focus on educational news and details of local term dates

AINSLEY HARRIOTT DOB: 28 February, 1957 Born in Balham Parents: Chester Harriott (pianist) and Peppy Strudwick (nurse) Attributes Confident ‘I was a bit of a show-off at school.’ (Daily Mail, dailymail.co.uk) Cheeky ‘Some of the lads got up to some awful pranks. They’d take the geometry compass, carve out holes in the chalks and hide a Swan match inside so when the teacher started to write on the board it caught fire! I myself was never that bad.’

(Daily Mail, dailymail.co.uk) Multi-talented ‘As a youngster, I got used to theatrical and musical people living in our house, so it’s sort of ingrained into me. Then I went round Europe on one of those InterRail tickets with a friend. We used to play music, as the Calypso Twins, and we got paid in small change.’

(Time & Leisure, timeandleisure.co.uk) Local ‘I still have the same friends I did when I was five years old. We’ve grown up together and our children are doing exactly what we did.’

(Suite 101, suite101.com) Education • 1962: Honeywell Primary School, Honeywell Road, SW11 6EF

‘The naughtiest thing my mates and I did at Honeywell was try to drink as many bottles of the creamy free milk as we could. Delicious!’

(Daily Mail, dailymail.co.uk) • 1968: Wandsworth Boys’ School, Sutherland Grove, Southfields, SW18 • 1973: Westminster Catering College, W1F 0HS Experience Harriott rose from apprentice to commis chef at Verrey’s, the West End restaurant, before taking up a post as chef tournant at the Strand Palace. He then had fun on the continent as part of musical double act the Calypso Twins, before returning to London and stints at premier hotels and restaurants: The Dorchester, Brown’s, The Hilton, The Westbury, Café Pelican and Quaglino’s. Finally, at the Long Room, the Lord’s cricket ground restaurant, Harriott attained culinary gold, being appointed Head Chef in the early 1990s. Meanwhile his entertainment career took off, starring in programmes such as Red Dwarf (1993) and More Nosh, Less Dosh (1990-95). He was soon hitting the big time with his own US programme The Ainsley Harriott Show, before becoming a household name through his incredibly popular show Ready Steady Cook in 2000.

Books Ainsley Harriott has written twelve books and has sold over two million copies worldwide.

Pyjama Party As schoolchildren around the country buzz in excited anticipation for the national day of fun and games that is Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day, a school in Battersea is hoping to start a fundraising trend by encouraging other schools to follow its lead and implement a pyjama dress code when the big day rolls around this March. St Mary’s R.C. Primary School hopes the fun yet practical choice of clothing will be an innovative way to encourage charitable donations to one of Britain’s favourite charities. Don’t forget to wear your nose!

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pre-Preparatory SCHOOL

CONTACT DETAILS

TERM DATES

Eaton House The Manor Pre-Preparatory Head: Mrs Philippa Cawthorne

58 Clapham Common Northside, SW4 9RU 020 7924 6000 Email: admin@eatonhouseschools.com Website: eatonhouseschools.com

Term 1: 1 0 January - 21 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 18 April - 11 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May) Term 3: 5 September - 12 December (Half-Term: 21-25 October)

Broomwood Hall Head: Lady Colquhoun

The Vicarage 192 Ramsden Road, SW12 8RG; 50 Nightingale Lane, SW12 8TE 020 8682 8830 Email: broomwood@northwoodschools.com Website: broomwood.co.uk

Term 1: 9 January - 21 March (Half-Term: 11-15 February) Term 2: 17 April - 4 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May)

Primary & Preparatory SCHOOL

CONTACT DETAILS

TERM DATES

Newton Prep Co-educational Preparatory School Head: Mr Nicholas Allen (BA)

149 Battersea Park Road, SW8 4BX 020 7720 4091 Email: hmpa@newtonprep.co.uk Website: newtonprepschool.co.uk

Term 1: 8 January - 27 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 17 April - 10 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May) Term 3: 4 September - 17 December (Half-Term: 21 October - 1 November)

Alderbrook Primary School Head: Ms Seana Henry

Oldridge Road, SW12 8PP 020 8673 4913 Email: info@alderbrook.wandsworth.sch.uk Website: alderbrookprimaryschool.co.uk

Term 1: 8 January - 28 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 1 6 April - 24 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May)

Belleville Primary School Head: Mr John Grove (MA)

Webbs Road, SW11 6PR 020 7228 6727 Email: info@belleville.wandsworth.sch.uk Website: belleville-school.org.uk

Term 1: 8 January - 29 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 1 6 April - 24 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May)

Dolphin School Head: Mrs J Glen (BA Hons)

106 Northcote Road, SW11 6QW 020 7924 3472 Email: admissions@dolphinschool.org.uk Website: dolphinschool.org.uk

Term 1: 7 January - 27 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 22 April - 11 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May) Term 3: 5 September - 13 December (Half-term: 21 October - 1 November)

Thomas’s Day School, Clapham Head: Mr Philip Ward (B.Ed. Hons)

Broomwood Road, SW11 6JZ 020 7326 9300 Email: clapham@thomas-s.co.uk Website: thomas-s.co.uk

Contact school for further details

Allfarthing Primary School Head: Ms Alison Silke

St Ann’s Crescent, SW18 2LR 020 8874 1301 Email: info@allfarthing.wandsworth.sch.uk Website: allfarthing.wandsworth.sch.uk

Term 1: 8 January - 28 March (Half-Term: 18-26 February) Term 2: 15 April - 24 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May) Term 3: 5 September - 20 December (Half-Term: 28 October - 5 November)

Clapham Manor Primary School Head: Mr B J Hazell

Belmont Road, SW4 0BZ 020 7622 3919 Email: admin@claphammanor.lambeth.sch.uk Website: www.claphammanor.lambeth.sch.uk

Term 1: 8 January - 28 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 1 5 April - 23 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May) Term 3: starts 3 September

secondary & college SCHOOL

CONTACT DETAILS

TERM DATES

Lambeth College Head: Mr Richard Chambers

45 Clapham Common South Side, SW4 9BL 020 7501 5010 Email: courses@lambethcollege.ac.uk Website: lambethcollege.ac.uk

Contact school for further details

La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School Head: Mr J Conway

Atkins Road, Clapham Park, SW12 0AB 020 8673 5644 Email: schsec@laretraite.lambeth.sch.uk Website: www.laretraite.lambeth.sch.uk

Term 1: 7 January - 29 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 1 6 April - 19 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May)

Bolingbroke Academy Head: Ms Claire Edis

Wakehurst Road, SW11 6BF 020 7924 8200 Email: enquiries@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org Website: www.arkbolingbrokeacademy.org

Term 1: 8 January - 28 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 16 April - 23 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May)

Battersea Park School Head: G. M. Keller

401 Battersea Park Road, SW11 5AP 020 7622 0026 Email: admin@batterseaparkschool.org Website: batterseaparkschool.org

Contact school for further details

Chestnut Grove Academy Head: Ms Margaret Peacock

45 Chestnut Grove, SW12 8JZ 020 8673 8737 Email: info@chestnutgrove.wandsworth.sch.uk Website: chestnutgrove.wandsworth.sch.uk

Term 1: 7 January - 28 March (Half-Term: 18-22 February) Term 2: 15 April - 19 July (Half-Term: 27-31 May)

*All dates and details were correct when compiled in February 2013, but may be subject to change, please contact the schools directly for further information

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THE PLAYGROUND Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are

Little Sailors This spring, the launch of Petit Bateau’s S/S 2013 collection can’t help but inject an extra glow into your children’s wardrobes. The label holds a virtual creative monopoly over the nautical fashion trend and the new season sees it continuing to do what it does best: stripes galore and boldly beautiful primary colours. Firmly appreciative of the fact that comfort and versatility are key to young ones’ attires, the range features plenty of staple basics that are complemented by feminine touches and neat embroidery for the girls and a hint of suave tailoring for the boys.

133 Northcote Road, SW11 6PX (petit-bateau.co.uk)

Unique Designs

Easter

at Battersea Park Zoo 29 March - 1 April

Easter Egg Hunt, £1.50 entry

2-4 April

Count the Golden Rabbits

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Putting kids’ sartorial tastes decisively above that of their parents, Balham based designer and mother Kate Emamooden has created Mooka Kids, a range of printed clothes and accessories designed specifically to appeal to children.

The graphic prints feature smiling monkeys, pandas and chicks and went down a treat with Kate’s own two sons before they became popular online at notonthehighstreet.com and in Balham’s Bunka Boutique.

(www.mookakids.com) Words: Lulu Rumsey

Parent Trap NappyValleyNet.com has become an online sensation in the three years since founder Susan Hanage, aka. Annabel, unleashed it, with over 80,000 visits to the site. An invaluable tool for parents based in south west London seeking to swap tips and share advice, we’ve teamed up to post some of the most pressing topics on your mind

Shocked by nursery fees!

Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:49 pm Hi All,

can do. The most important thing to remember is that these people are taking care of your child, so there is no point trying to save on it. Sometimes a nursery needs to hire an extra person just for one child, so it would be unfair to fire them just because someone goes on holiday.

Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:48 pm

I’ve been looking at nurseries for my daughter, who is 21-months old, and I’m shocked how expensive the fees are. Given that it’s a government objective to get parents back into work I find the child care provision costs an outrage.

Hi, Did you ever consider a Ofsted registered child-minder? It’s usually a much cheaper option.

Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:09 am

Can anyone recommend an excellent nursery in the Wandsworth common / St John’s Hill area that have a slightly more practical approach to budgets?

Re: Shocked by nursery fees!

Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:04 pm There are a few family centres/playgroups around Tooting that do morning sessions for over two-year olds. You can drop them off for about £9 to £11 per session. One is called Derington Family Centre and the other is Rookstone Playgroup. There might be some nearer to Wandsworth Common that do this? Good luck in finding something more affordable.

Look at the website for Wandsworth Primary Play Association.

Under the groups section there are details of the various pre-school playgroups in Wandsworth. They are much cheaper than the private nurseries and tend to run in term time. The youngest they usually take is two-and-a-half-years old.

Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:08 am Hello, Third Door (Workhub & Nursery) on Point Pleasant, has very competitive rates. One of the unique selling points is that we are flexible. So if you were to go on holiday for two weeks, you can downgrade your package (naturally there is a notice period needed for downgrades).

One of our customers recently went to New Zealand and downgraded her package so she wasn’t paying for childcare whilst on holiday, and upgraded it on her return.

I’m the Nursery Manager and the founder is a local mum, so we might be a bit biased with this post. But I can say hand on heart, that our nursery is very flexible. Please come and visit: Third Door, 16 Point Pleasant, SW18 1GG, hello@third-door.com, 020 8877 0098 (third-door.com)

Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:25 pm Hi, I agree, nursery fees are crazy but there is not much you

Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:35 pm With more than one little one, we quickly did the math when I went back to work and hired a nanny!

To The Stage In defiance of the itchy feet that inevitably seem to set in during the holiday period, Battersea Stagecoach will be holding musical theatre workshops this Easter.

The workshops will feature songs from some of the theatre’s most beloved productions, including Les Mis, Wicked and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Booking is recommended in advance.

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I was very impressed with Wee One’s in Wandsworth (they have plenty of spaces at the moment), for £798 per month. If, however, we wished to go on holiday for two weeks, it would still be £798 per month. Why are we paying for services we haven’t used? I believe this is common practice amongst private day nurseries.

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‘Tis the season for a spring clean and this extends beyond the remit of the home.

Katie Randall speaks with nutrition consultant and Clapham resident, Claire Harper about rejuvenating your diet

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s spring rolls around, attempts to ditch winter comfort foods that have become something of a treasured old friend are continuously thwarted. I’m a fish out of water when it comes to adapting my diet for a new season and kicking bad habits. This March, however, you will find me rummaging through the shelves at Dandelion on Northcote Road for super healthy Chia seeds (an Aztec seed that sustains energy levels), and swapping the pasta and bread in favour of nutrient-rich antioxidant

fruit and veg. How, you might ask, have I managed such a feat given my previous track record?

The Residents’ Journal sought out the assistance of food-guru and nutritionist, Claire Harper and quizzed her about the best ways to get ready for the new season.

SW4-based Harper consults from her clinic on Clapham High Street and can also regularly be found in Dandelion, the health-food haven for whom she occasionally works, sharing her knowledge and advice with its customers. She recommends picking up seasonal fresh groceries here and also from Today’s Living on Clapham High Street, a great local resource for nuts and seeds, gluten-free snacks and coconut water. Her theory is that once you know where to look for healthy alternatives to junk food, you can start to overhaul your habits.

It is bad cycles and a tendency to rely on winter comfort food that we are discussing today. Claire speaks in an open and friendly manner, with not even a hint of the holier-than-thou attitude that you might expect from a nutritionally enlightened being. Don’t be fooled though, she is no quack, having studied for four years at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in Richmond. A registered practitioner of both the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, she is more than qualified to deal with all dietary quandaries laid at her feet.

‘Kick-starting health through a cleansing diet of alkalising and liver-supporting foods and drinks is a great way to say hello to spring,’ Harper reveals. She’s got our attention, ‘Eat beetroot, which is a powerful cleansing vegetable that increases bile flow, helping the liver and digestive system do a good job of removing toxins and waste from our bodies.’ Sluggish systems crave an alkalising boost and according to Harper, the best way to incorporate this into your diet is with a spoonful of wheatgrass powder in water each day.

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Cut out wheat altogether for two weeks.

There is no quick-fix... it is often found to be the simplest way If weight loss is your goal, then chilli peppers should become your new best friend, mainly because, as Claire says with a smile, it’s difficult to over-eat spicy food. These little vegetables boost your circulation and metabolic rate and help to open up blood vessels, which deliver nutrients and oxygen to the cells.

With many diets, it is often not until several weeks into the programme that people give in to temptation.

Normally one starts filled with a sense of purpose and determination, but then, tired of regimented restrictive plans and in need of a calorific or sugary hit, we stray from the path of health. I entreated Harper to share her secrets on sticking with a balanced meal plan. Her answer is frank: ‘Cut out wheat altogether for two weeks. There is no quick-fix and this may sound like the hardest way to change your diet, but is often found to be the simplest way, and it makes the biggest difference to energy levels and weight.’ She suggests removing all starchy, stodgy foods such as bread, pasta, pizza, cous cous, pastries and biscuits.

You can then fill the gap with vegetables and salads, and for something starchy to satisfy the void, try quinoa, whole grain rice, rye bread, or sweet potato. If you are now recoiling in disgust, take a second and come back to us, Harper has a point, ‘After two weeks, you’ll hopefully be experiencing such positive results that you may even wish to continue for another week or two.’

It is important at this point to ensure there is a portion of protein in each meal or snack to help balance energy levels and avoid cravings. For example, some seeds and a spoon of natural yoghurt with fruit or porridge for breakfast, a handful of nuts and an apple as a snack, some fish or prawns with a salad for lunch and some meat or eggs as part of your evening meal. If you’re vegan, go for a combination of quinoa, peas, legumes, wild rice and fermented soya, along with nuts and seeds.

At this time of year, Harper reminds us that our larders and fridges should be crammed full of brightly coloured edibles. ‘In March we are getting to the end of the season for brussel sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, chicory, leeks and kale so make the most of these this month,’ she says. ‘Then we’ll be seeing more peas, broad beans, courgettes and asparagus as we move into April.’ She recommends using kale as a side dish with some melted butter, which helps us absorb its fat-soluble vitamins, especially vitamin K. Harper is an advocate of simplicity: ‘Fresh spring peas, beans, courgettes and asparagus shouldn’t be messed around with, gently steam and add to a salad with chopped mint for a lovely vibrant flavour.’

As for the type of diet plan, Claire admits that everybody is ‘biochemically different.’ One method may work well for one individual but another might not reap the same results. This is why her consultations, taking place in either her clinic or at your home or office, cover all bases with a thorough discussion of your diet, your relationship with food and factors affecting your health.

The food we eat does not just affect our waistline, it also has a knock-on effect on our appearance. Before our time is at an end, Harper imparts one last tip for radiant

skin, ‘introduce a big surge of antioxidants.’ She says that skin is being bombarded with free radicals from pollution on a daily basis in the city and needs a helping hand from antioxidants to prevent cell damage. ‘Eat a rainbow of different coloured fruit and vegetables every day, the deeper the colour the more antioxidants. Think red peppers, purple grapes, pumpkin and watercress.’

Armed with a battery of delicious healthy foods, I leave feeling decidedly better about the up-coming season.

Harper’s passion for food in all its varieties has inspired me to try a bit harder – it is partly laziness that has me reaching for the stodge. I shall see you in Dandelion rooting around for Baobab powder – it provides healthy food for the good bacteria in the gut, don’t you know? n

For more information email: claire@thenutritionguide.co.uk or call: 020 3532 2017 (thenutritionguide.co.uk)

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Claire Harper’s top supplement tips I am a huge fan of supplements, but they must be chosen carefully. Some brands include too many excipients like binders and fillers that have no benefit to health 1. As part of an all-round health improvement plan, I find clients benefit from a probiotic, a multivitamin and a mineral supplement and fish oils. The probiotic helps to balance the bacteria in the gut; the multivitamin covers a wide range of nutrients that may be scarce in the diet; fish oils provide omega-3 fatty acids, which are anti-inflammatory, protective for the heart and balance hormones.

2. Choose the best quality and most natural product you can find.

3. Generally in the UK we don’t eat enough fish to provide omega-3 which counteracts the omega-6 found in vegetable oils. Flax seed oil and walnut oil are good alternatives for vegans.

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Planning & Development We charter all of south west London’s regeneration developments – from the ground up

Bright lights on the river Sean Ellis, Chairman of St James, the developer behind the Nine Elms-based Riverlight project, talks to the Residents’ Journal

and features will create beautiful and dramatic borders to public and private areas.

What does the Riverlight project encompass?

Riverlight by St James has been created by world-renowned architects, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. The development consists of six modern and elegant pavilions, rising in height from 12 to 20 storeys, specifically designed to maximise the sunlight within and optimise the views out. Nine Elms spans an area four times the size of London’s Canary Wharf and will potentially be the last time that such a significant transformation and creation of a new district will take place in London.

A large amount of land has been allocated for outside space, why?

London is famous for its green spaces and Nine Elms, as a new district in London, should continue to provide people with green oasis’ in areas in which they both live and work. 75 per cent of Riverlight is dedicated to open space, with the riverfront visible between each building. Landscaped gardens, a riverside walkway, pocket park and art gallery encourage relaxation and play. The linear spaces between the buildings are dedicated to tranquil private gardens, creating a secure and relaxing environment for residents.

Why has the Battersea and Vauxhall area become such a hive of activity?

A multi billioninvestment programme is transforming the largely industrial area into a brand new residential and business quarter. This includes investment into new infrastructure in the area, including two new tube stations (an extension of the Northern Line) and the creation of a new Linear park which spans the width of Nine Elms on the South Bank. The relocation of the American Embassy has also highlighted the belief that Nine Elms will be a vibrant new district in London.

What is the design aesthetic behind Riverlight?

Riverlight is set to be an architectural icon of the future.

The six elegant pavilions rise in height, all with north-south orientation. Their unique design – featuring prow-like ends, floor to ceiling glazing and inverted balconies – aim to let in daylight, maximising views of both the river and the surrounding city. The Thames is an intrinsic part of London, as well as to Riverlight. The ebb and flow of the water has been incorporated into the design and surrounding landscape, with undulating green landscapes blending seamlessly with water features and the riverfront walkway. Waterfalls

Can you tell us about the exclusive resident’s clubhouse?

The exclusive residents’ clubhouse offers a unique ‘third space’ between home and work in which to socialise and exercise.

Set in a spectacular triple-height complex, the clubhouse will feature a state-of-the-art gymnasium, double height swimming pool, holistic spa, as well as an indoor golf centre and private cinema.

What is the ethos behind St James?

Established in 1996 as a fully owned subsidiary of The Berkeley Group, St James is an award-winning, design conscious, creative and sustainable developer with a record of culturally successful and diverse projects.

When is Riverlight expected to be completed?

It is set to be complete by 2017. Initial occupations for the first phase of the development are anticipated for 2014.

(berkeleygroup.co.uk/property-developers/st-james)

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Green Mile A beautiful green avenue is set to transform Ballymore’s Embassy Gardens development in 2014. It will carve a path from Vauxhall station through the heart of Embassy Gardens and the adjacent new US Embassy building to Battersea Power Station. Linear Park, as it will be known, will be created by the landscape architects Camlins, the company behind the London 2012 Olympics Legacy Masterplan Framework (2009). The kilometre-long green corridor will wind its way through Embassy Gardens’ 2,000 homes and vibrant mix of bars and restaurants, as well as 130,000 sq. ft. of retail space. Camlins has revealed that the Linear Park is modelled on New York’s hugely popular High Line. Huw Morgan, Director of Camlins adds: ‘The Linear Park is a new London green: a fusion of enclosed garden squares, open green commons and majestic tree-lined streets. A 24-hour park for a 24-hour city.’

The kilometre-long green corridor will wind its way through Embassy Gardens’ 2,000 homes and vibrant mix of bars and restaurants

Focus on: Green space Picnic in the park Residents will be able to enjoy a new park this summer as plans for a temporary green space outside Battersea Power Station were approved in February by Wandsworth Council.

The lush and verdant green will be completed in time for the warmer months and the site’s owners hope to open it to the public as often as possible within the constraints of their construction programme. The power station redevelopment will be taking place over the next ten years and once finished, the temporary green space will be replaced with a permanent six acre public park. Wandsworth Council’s planning chairman, Councillor Nick Cuff says: ‘A new riverside park would be a major attraction in its own right but this one will be right alongside one of the capital’s most iconic buildings. It will be the first time Londoners have been able to set foot on the site and get a close up view of the power station. The temporary park will be one of the first pieces of new public space created in Nine Elms.

The larger permanent park, which will follow, opens up a whole new stretch of the South Bank and creates a fantastic network of green space.’

Sign up for news about Nine Elms at: nineelmslondon.com/ e-newsletter

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PROPERTY WATCH Experts share their invaluable local knowledge and shine a light on local developments and property news

Above: Laura Wilcox-Chandley, Tom Crabtree and Rose Holden

Clapham

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lapham remains popular for both end-users and buy-to-let investors, which contributed to the average price increase of 14.1 per cent in 2012. Going forward, Tom Crabtree, Associate Director in the Clapham office explains that, ‘early signs for 2013 are good, and with the traditional surge in demand at this time of year, trading prices are increasing.’ He adds that all three Marsh & Parsons offices surrounding Clapham Common, and the extended network of prime central London offices, are experiencing a shortage of property coming onto the market. ‘In Balham and Clapham South, for example, families are desperately trying to secure good quality homes. Just this week, we attracted five separate offers for a house on Dagnan Road, which sold for substantially over the asking price.’

Laura Wilcox-Chandley, Sales Manager for the Balham and Clapham South office explains that, ‘for as long as there is a lack of available property on the market, in an area that offers great transport, parks, schools and amenities, property prices will continue to increase.’ Properties in the school catchment areas of Battersea, or ‘between the commons’ as it is affectionately known, continue to attract premium prices.

According to Rose Holden, the Senior Manager of the Marsh & Parsons Northcote Road office, ‘refurbished houses in this area are reaching £700-750 per sq. ft., whilst flats with outside space are also achieving in the region of £650-700 per sq. ft.’ As buyer demand in this area continues to grow, Holden expects a ‘similar rise in property values to that of 2012.’

Whilst there is also a shortage of houses in Clapham, where soughtafter family homes are being snapped up quickly, Tom explains that the greatest requirement from buyers is for two-bedroom garden flats. He predicts that the traditionally busy spring period will bring a new wave of available property, which could help to stabilise property prices for buyers.

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Stats

Balham

Battersea

Clapham

Number of buyers per available property

13.5

21.6

18.6

Quarterly price change

2.70%

2%

0.70%

Annual price change

18.50%

8.50%

14.10%

£537

£649

£584

Average price per square foot

Angharad Gabriel, Head of Savills South West London Lettings comments:

Robin Chatwin, Head of Savills Wandsworth, Battersea and Clapham comments:

Savills South West Lettings teams are expanding to cater for the demand of rental property in the area. In prime South West London, rents have risen in the quarter, and year on year are up by 0.4 per cent and 1.8 per cent respectively. In the area there is increased demand from young professionals and sharers which means that one and two bedroom flats can command the highest prices at around £29 per sq. ft., with yields of 4.0 per cent or more.

To satisfy the increasing demand in the South West, Savills have appointed Clare Neville, from the Savills Clapham office, as Head of Lettings in Battersea. Clare has more than eight years experience in the industry and has made some significant deals in the Battersea and Clapham area. Additionally, Nathan Yendle, who has more than nine years experience in lettings and management has joined Savills Clapham as Head of Lettings.

We are thrilled to announce the expansion of our Wimbledon and Barnes teams, and our Chiswick office has also moved to a larger premises. We will have 10 offices in the South West in 2013 and expect our teams to go from strength to strength.

Here at Savills we believe that the right agent will be able to tailor their service to the client’s needs. They will be ARLA licensed and will honestly discuss the market with their client. A high proportion of landlords come to Savills’ lettings office because of personal recommendation. Landlords want honesty and reliability above all else, and that means accurate rental pricing, finding high quality tenants, and then managing and maintaining the property to a high level. It is important to note that it is not all about the highest rental price and the lowest fee; it is about honesty, service and longevity of the tenancy with the best tenant that can be reached by a global network at a local level.

2013 has started off in a completely different vein to 2012. Here at Savills in Wandsworth, Battersea and Clapham, our applicant levels have risen by over 70 per cent in comparison to the same period last year. We are fortunate to have some exceptional properties on our books and we have already achieved strong sales in the first weeks of this year, including one property at £1,000 per sq. ft. I think the theme for 2013 will be a shortage of properties on the market which will sustain the current levels being achieved throughout the coming year.

Savills are lucky, with our three offices combined to make one sales team, we are able to offer unique exposure to both the local, central London and international markets. This is key at the moment to ensure you achieve the best possible price.

First time buyers are finally getting back into the market due to preferable mortgage rates. Rental yields are remaining high throughout most of the South West and low interest rates ensure that there are some excellent returns to be found.

What does the future hold for South West London? With the capital facing a major shortage of 90,000 primary and secondary school places over the next four years, locals are grateful for the new ‘free school’ at Bolingbroke Academy, which opened last September with the first 120 year seven intake. By 2018, there will be 600 places for 11-16 year-olds and a sixth form. Additionally, the Battersea Power Station and American Embassy development is well underway, and this, along with the Northern Line extension, provides even more reasons why South of the river is becoming as sought-after as the North.

To see some of the widest selection of properties for sale or to let across the whole of South West London please visit: savills.com

Trinity Road, SW18 One of Savills’ most recent properties to the market is Trinity Road, a modern fivebedroom family house with idyllic garden space a stone’s throw from Wandsworth Common. The semi-detached home is also moments from the amenities on Bellevue Road and most notably the Michelin-starred Chez Bruce. The ground floor comprises a study and two grand interconnecting reception rooms, both of which lead directly into the spacious and light kitchen/family room. The area is further extended with folding glass doors opening onto the attractive 113ft south west-facing garden. The upper floors benefit from a master bedroom with an en-suite dressing room and luxuriously appointed bathroom and a guest bedroom.

For sale with Savills Wandsworth for £2.75 million.

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mountford mansions SW11 Savills presents a beautiful first floor apartment with extensive entertaining space set within an attractive converted old college building. This sits within a gated development, backing onto Battersea Park. The characterful property offers stylish accommodation comprising an amplesized reception room, with space for a dining table, an open-plan kitchen/breakfast room, a bathroom with a large walk-in shower, a double bedroom with built-in wardrobes and an en-suite bathroom and a second large double bedroom.

This stunning flat comes with allocated underground parking for peace of mind and access to a large communal roof terrace to enjoy local views. Kingsway College is a striking building located close to both Battersea Park and Queenstown Road Mainline stations.

To let with Savills Battersea at £730 per week.

For more information call: 020 3402 1900 (savills.com)

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Room with a view Knight Frank currently has a spectacular five bedroom riverside apartment up for sale in the exclusive Ensign House, part of the Battersea Reach development. Panoramic and uninterrupted views out across the Thames are visible at every turn, with stunning floor-to-ceiling windows framing the vista and emphasising the light and lofty feel of the property. The beautifully appointed open-plan kitchen and reception space benefits from sleek work surfaces, contemporary fixtures and fittings, wooden floors and ample entertaining space. It also overlooks the wrap-around terrace, which boasts yet further breath-taking vantage points.

On the upper level, the luxurious master bedroom suite extends to his and hers dressing rooms, an en-suite with twin steam showers and a sunken bath set in sumptuous marble-tiled surrounds and access to a second terrace. A gym and family room complete the enviable package, and feature double height ceilings and triple aspect views.

The guide price of £7.25 million includes a 24-hour concierge, secure underground parking, an exclusive residents’ health and fitness suite and a convenient on-site supermarket. Wandsworth Town train station is just a handy five minute stroll away, with speedy 15 minute connections to Waterloo.

On the market with Knight Frank Riverside for £7.25 million. For more information call: 020 3597 7670 (knightfrank.co.uk/riverside.co.uk)

a house with history The former family home of documentary creator Louis Theroux and, more recently, radio presenter Johnny Vaughn and his wife Antonia is on the market with Savills.

Significant renovation took place during the Vaughn’s tenure, with Antonia Vaughn taking the opportunity to utilise the expertise she has developed since studying design with interior designer Kelly Hoppen. Taking inspiration from the number of stunning hotels around the world that the couple have visited, the transformation saw the property evolve into a child friendly home with refreshing use of maximised daylight and plenty of functional storage.

Located on the historic Elsynge Road, built in the Victorian era for the Great Exhibition and now a conservation area, and conveniently close to the open expanses of Wandsworth Common, the three bedroom

property is set over four floors, away from the main road.

With wide appeal thanks to its high ceilings, neutral colour palette and wooden floorboards throughout each room, the property has been carefully and intricately developed over the last three years. The extensive kitchen/breakfast room has glass doors leading into a spacious family room, as well as concertina doors opening into the garden, for London’s summer season.

A raised ground floor features an attractive bay windowed study, alongside a stylish drawing room featuring two sets of French windows and a balcony overlooking the enclosed rear garden. Upstairs, the first floor master bedroom boasts a luxurious en-suite bathroom and a spacious dressing room. The top floor is a veritable kid’s kingdom, with two further double bedrooms, a family bathroom and a loft.

Opportunely located close to bustling Clapham Junction, residents will have excellent transport links to central London and national railway lines.

For sale with Savills Wandsworth for £3.5 million.

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Your local agents A comprehensive round up of the most knowledgeable property experts in the area

Douglas & Gordon Clapham Southside 30 Abbeville Road SW4 9NG 020 8675 4400 (sales) 020 8675 0888 (lettings) Battersea Park 236 Battersea Park Road SW11 4ND 020 7720 8077 (sales) 020 7498 5243 (lettings)

Savills Battersea 238A Battersea Park Road SW11 4NG 020 3402 1900 Clapham 57-59 Nightingale Lane SW12 8ST 020 8673 4111

Marsh & Parsons Balham & Southfields 45 Balham Hill SW12 9DR 020 8673 4377 Battersea 118 Northcote Road SW11 6QP 020 7228 9292 marshandparsons.co.uk

arket

Battersea 128 Northcote Road SW11 6QZ 020 7924 2000 (sales) 020 7924 2002 (lettings) Southfields & Earlsfield 24 Replingham Road SW18 5LR 020 8874 8822 (sales) 020 8874 8844 (lettings) douglasandgordon.com

Hamptons Battersea & Wandsworth 98-100 Northcote Road SW11 6QW 020 7411 9965

Wandsworth 12 Huguenot Place, SW18 2EW 020 8877 1222 savills.co.uk

Knight Frank Battersea & London Riverside 7a Albion Riverside 8 Hester Road, SW11 4AX 020 3597 7670 Wandsworth 26 Bellevue Road, SW17 7EB 020 8682 7777 knightfrank.co.uk

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Dagnan Road SW12, £925,000 Freehold Marsh & Parsons, Balham & Southfields, 020 8673 4377

Dagnan Road SW12 £925,000 arket

n the mhouse boasts stunning reception space including, on the ground floor a double reception roo ThisO stunning a large family kitchen leading out to a private garden, a utility room, cellar and WC. On the upper floors th property comprises a master bedroom with fitted wardrobes, three additional double bedrooms, a family bathroom and a shower room. Freehold. EPC=C. Sole Agents.

BALHAM: 020 8673 4377 sales.bal@marshandparsons.co.uk

Clapham 27-31 The Pavement SW4 0JE 020 7717 5295 Balham 11-13 Bedford Hill SW12 9ET 020 8970 7002 hamptons.co.uk

Keating Estates Clapham 23 & 25 Clapham Common South Side, SW4 7AB 020 7720 2113 keatingestates.com

Narbonne Avenue SW4, £900 per week Furnished/Unfurnished Douglas & Gordon, Clapham Southside, 020 8675 0888

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Wilberforce Mews SW4 £899,950

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The Directory Whether whim or wish, all of the essentials are taken care of in our round up for harmonious living

BOUTIQUES FASHION Pretty Pregnant 102 Northcote Road, SW11 6QW 020 7924 4850 prettypregnant.com Bunka 24 Bedford Hill, SW12 9RG 020 8675 2345 bunka.co.uk

Opus Shoes 57 Northcote Road, SW11 1NP 020 7978 4240 opusshoes.co.uk

Iris 97 Northcote Road, SW11 6PL 020 7924 1836 irisfashion.co.uk

Siena 18 Bellevue Road SW17 7EG 020 8767 1961 sienafashions.com

JZD 45 Old Town SW4 0JL 020 7720 8050 jzdstyle.com

BEAUTY & FITNESS BEAUTY

HAIR SALON

Verde 113A Northcote Road, SW11 6PJ 020 7223 2095 verde.co.uk

Gro Arch 641 Voltaire Road SW4 6DH 020 7627 0169 and 4 Lavender Hill, SW11 5RW 020 7585 1325 grolondon.co.uk

So Me Beauty and Wellness 21 Clapham High Street SW4 7TR 020 7720 3330 so-me.me Charlotte Cave 17 The Polygon, SW4 0JG 020 7622 4665 charlottecave.co.uk Whispers 51 Abbeville Road SW4 9JX 020 8675 7700 whispersbeauty.com

Alan Reeves 54 Abbeville Road SW4 9NF 020 8675 6290 alan-reeves.co.uk

FITNESS

Witches Hut 45 Balham High Road, SW12 9AN 020 8673 3222 and 13 The Pavement, SW4 OHY 020 7720 3666 witcheshut.com Willie Smarts 11 The Pavement, SW4 OHY 020 7498 7771 williesmarts.co.uk

Balance Physio 113 Gauden Road SW4 6LE 020 7627 2308 balancephysio.com Virgin Active 4-20 North Street, SW4 0HG 020 7819 2555 virginactive.co.uk Tulip Studio 3B 9 Park Hill, SW4 9NS 020 7622 7274 tulipyogastudio.co.uk

HEALTH & WELLBEING DOCTORS The Heritage Medical Practice 119 Northcote Road, SW11 6PW 020 3370 9131 www.heritagemedicalpractice.co.uk

The Awareness Centre 41 Abbeville Road SW4 9JX 020 8673 4545 theawarenesscentre.com

DENTIST Trinity Fields Dental 194 Trinity Road, SW17 7HR 020 8672 7766 trinityfieldsdental.co.uk - 36 -

FOOD & DRINK Bakery

Cafes

Greengrocer

Gail’s 64 Northcote Road, SW11 6QL 020 7924 6330 gailsbread.co.uk

The Pantry 342 Old York Road, SW18 1SS 020 8871 0713 thepantrylondon.com

Fruits of the Forest Grant Road, SW11 2NU 020 7223 8844

Bars

The Black Lab Coffee House 18 Clapham Common Southside, SW4 7AB 020 7738 8441 blacklabcoffee.com

The Ship 41 Jews Row, SW18 1TB 020 8870 9667 theship.co.uk

The Frog 32 The Pavement, SW4 0JE 020 7622 5230 thefrogclapham.co.uk The Doodle Bar 33 Parkgate Road, SW11 4NP 020 7223 7115 thedoodlebar.com

Confectioner Cake Boutique 31 Lavender Hill, SW11 5QW 020 7228 0023

Pubs

The Draft House 94 Northcote Road SW11 6QW 020 7924 1814 drafthouse.co.uk

The Magic Garden 231 Battersea Park Road SW11 4LG 0207 622 4844 magicgardenpub.com

Restaurants Marco Polo on the River Eastfields Avenue, SW18 1LP 020 8874 6800 marcopolo.uk.net Doukan 350 Old York Road, SW18 1SS 020 8870 8280 doukan.co.uk

home & Culture ANTIQUES

ARCHITECTS

FURNITURE

Braemar Antiques 113 Northcote Road SW11 6PW 020 7924 5628 braemar-antiques.com

Jones Lambell Architecture and Design Ltd Studio 10, 37 Clapham Old Town SW4 0EG 020 7801 0822 www.jlad.co.uk

Revamp Interiors 33 Bellevue Road SW17 7EF 020 8767 7222 revampinterioris.co.uk

Susie Watson Designs 125 Northcote Road SW11 6PS 020 7228 9955 susiewatsondesigns.co.uk

The Paint House 52 Northcote Road SW11 1PA 020 7924 5118 thepainthouse.com

Eclectic Interiors 65 Abbeville Road SW4 9JW 020 8673 0572 eclecticinteriors.co.uk

Hotel Verta Bridges Wharf, SW11 3BE 020 7801 3500 hotelverta.com

The Alma Hotel 499 Old York Road, SW18 1TF 020 8870 2537 almawandsworth.com

The Lavender Guest House 18 Lavender Sweep, SW11 1HA 020 7585 2767 thelavenderguesthouse.com

The Windmill Hotel Clapham Common South Side SW4 9DE 020 8673 4578 windmillclapham.co.uk

Clapham Guest House 685 Wandsworth Road SW8 3JE 020 7819 9997 claphamguesthouse.com

Travel Agent

William Hill 164 Falcon Road, SW11 2NY 0800 223 311 sports.williamhill.com

Nappy Valley Nannies 75 Swaby Road SW18 3PJ 020 8946 5320 nappyvalleynannies.co.uk

Clapham Flowers Unit I Clapham South Station Nightingale Lane, SW4 9AE 020 8673 2958 claphamflowers.co.uk

Wilson Electric 12-18 Radstock Street SW11 4AT 020 7228 3343 wilsonelectric.co.uk

FARA 254 Battersea Park Road, SW11 3BP 020 7924 5575 faracharityshops.org

Domestic House Cleaning 44 Battersea Park Road SW11 4JP 020 3404 2452

Wandsworth Library 11 Garrat Lane, SW18 4AQ 020 8871 5588 wandsworth.gov.uk

Amco Newsagents 69 Webb’s Road SW11 6SD 020 7228 1029

Les Sardines 63 Abbeville Road SW4 9JW 020 8675 3900 lessardines.co.uk

GIFT SHOP Zeitgeist 17 The Pavement, SW4 0HY 020 7622 5000

travel & social HOTELS Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel & Spa 354 Queenstown Road, SW8 4AE 020 7062 8000 pestana.com Rafayel Hotel 34 Lombard Road, SW11 3RF 020 7801 3600 hotelrafayel.com

STA Travel 18 St John’s Road, SW11 1PN 0871 222 9726 statravel.co.uk

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1 A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE ON SPENCER PARK spencer park, sw18 Imposing family house ø planning granted for 6 bedrooms ø 6 bathrooms ø 5 reception rooms ø swimming pool ø access to private park with tennis court ø in and out driveway ø some images are computer generated ø EPC = E

Guide £6.5 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth Robin Chatwin rchatwin@savills.com

020 8877 1222

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1 A STUNNING NEW DEVELOPMENT OF FIVE CONTEMPORARY TOWNHOUSES sisters avenue, sw11 Sample accommodation: family room ø living room ø study ø kitchen ø master bedroom suite ø 4 further bedrooms (1 en suite) ø family bathroom ø utility room ø 2 guest cloakrooms ø garden ø from 239 sq m (2,573 sq ft) to 256 sq m (2,763 sq ft) ø EPC = B Prices from £1.725 million Freehold

Savills Clapham Christopher Lewis cblewis@savills.com

020 8673 4111

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A SUBSTANTIAL AND ELEGANT HOUSE SITUATED IN THIS POPULAR ROAD BUILT FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION elsynge road, sw18 Family room ø playroom ø drawing room ø kitchen/ breakfast room ø 4 bedrooms (1 en suite) ø balcony ø cloakroom ø south-west facing garden ø off-street parking ø 270 sq m (2,913 sq ft) ø EPC = E Guide £3.5 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth

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Robin Chatwin rchatwin@savills.com

020 8877 1222

A SENSATIONAL SEMI-DETACHED FAMILY HOUSE WITH SECURE OFF-STREET PARKING trinity road, sw18 Drawing room ø sitting room ø kitchen/family/dining room ø 5 bedrooms (2 en suite) ø family bathroom ø cellar ø utility room ø guest cloakroom ø 97ft south-west facing garden ø off-street parking ø 305 sq m (3,290 sq ft) ø EPC = E Guide £2.55 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth Emma Seaton eseaton@savills.com

020 8877 1222

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A SUPERB GRADE II LISTED FAMILY HOUSE WITH SECURE OFF-STREET PARKING AND WALLED GARDEN rectory grove, sw4 Double drawing room ø dining room ø study ø kitchen/ breakfast room ø master bedroom suite ø 4 further bedrooms (2 en suite) ø family bathroom ø utility room ø cloakroom ø garden ø off-street parking ø 341 sq m (3,680 sq m ) ø EPC = D Guide £3.25 million Freehold

Savills Clapham

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Caroline Kennaway ckennaway@savills.com

020 8673 4111

A SENSATIONAL WIDER THAN AVERAGE FAMILY HOUSE wandle road, sw17 Drawing room ø dining room ø family room ø conservatory ø study ø kitchen/breakfast room ø 5 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø south-facing garden ø off-street parking ø 257 sq m (2,776 sq ft) ø EPC = E Guide £2.25 million Freehold

Savills Wandsworth Robin Chatwin rchatwin@savills.com

020 8877 1222

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CROCKERTON ROAD, sw17

HONEYWELL ROAD, sw11

7 bedrooms ø 4 bathrooms ø 4 reception rooms ø open plan kitchen ø garden ø EPC = D

6 bedrooms ø 3 bathrooms ø 3 reception rooms ø open plan kitchen ø garden ø EPC = E

£2,095 per week Unfurnished

£1,800 per week Unfurnished

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Savills Wandsworth ehayward@savills.com 020 8877 4820

Savills Clapham hhoyland@savills.com 020 8772 6989

ACRIS STREET, sw18

BATTERSEA PARK, sw11

4 bedrooms ø 3 bathrooms ø reception room ø open plan kitchen ø patio garden ø EPC = C

2 bedrooms ø 2 bathrooms ø reception room ø open plan kitchen ø off-street parking ø EPC = C

£800 per week Unfurnished

£730 per week Unfurnished

Savills Wandsworth ehayward@savills.com 020 8877 4820

Savills Battersea cneville@savills.com 020 3402 1905

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The Isis Penthouse Introducing the Isis Penthouse, London’s finest new riverside residence. This spectacular home sets a new standard of living with exceptional river views, living and entertaining spaces, expansive terraces, wine cellar, gymnasium, jacuzzi, steam room, sauna, and a private garage. The Isis Penthouse goes above and beyond offering the highest level of style and design all set within this stunning new riverside destination. The results are mesmerising.

£8,950,000 Fulham Reach Riverside Show Apartments & Marketing Suite Opening times Mon–Fri 10am–8pm, Sat–Sun 10am–6pm Distillery Road London W6 9RU +44 (0)20 7870 9500 enquiries@fulhamreach.co.uk www.fulhamreach.co.uk

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Dagnan Road SW12 £925,000 This stunning house boasts stunning reception space including, on the ground floor a double reception room, a large family kitchen leading out to a private garden, a utility room, cellar and WC. On the upper floors the property comprises a master bedroom with fitted wardrobes, three additional double bedrooms, a family bathroom and a shower room. Freehold. EPC=C. Sole Agents.

BALHAM: 020 8673 4377 sales.bal@marshandparsons.co.uk

Wilberforce Mews SW4 £899,950 Finished to a high standard throughout, this fabulous property comprises a spacious kitchen/dining room ideal for entertaining, a reception room leading out to a large patio area, a cloak room, a double bedroom with stylish en suite bathroom, two further double bedrooms both en suite and a private patio. The house further benefits from a wonderful roof top garden/terrace and a spacious private garage. Freehold. EPC=C. Sole Agents.

CLAPHAM: 020 7501 3666 sales.clp@marshandparsons.co.uk

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Laitwood Road SW12 £950 per week

Rectory Grove SW4 £650 per week

This stunning house comprises a large eat-in kitchen leading out to a private garden with patio area, a double reception room with feature fireplace and utility room with separate WC. Upstairs boasts a master suite with a Juliet balcony, four large double bedrooms and a family bathroom. EPC=D

This immaculate property in located in the heart of Clapham Old Town, comprising a reception room, separate kitchen, three bedrooms, a bathroom, a decked private roof terrace and a private garden. Rectory Grove is just a stone’s throw from the Clapham Common Tube Station.

BALHAM: 020 8673 4377 lets.bal@marshandparsons.co.uk

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Victorian Heights SW8 £600 per week

Gowrie Road SW11 £395 per week

This fabulous apartment is located within one of London’s most impressive school conversions. The apartment boasts double height ceilings and windows surrounding three reception areas, a galleried bedroom overlooking the reception room, a further double bedroom and a family bathroom. EPC=D

This superb property has been finished to exacting standards throughout. The accommodation comprises a double reception room, a stunning kitchen leading out to a beautiful garden, a large double bedroom and a modern bathroom. EPC=F

CLAPHAM: 020 7501 3666 lets.clp@marshandparsons.co.uk

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Broxash Road SW11 £1,450,000 A truly exceptional Victorian house located ‘between the commons’, close to the amenities of Clapham South and Northcote Road, and moments from Clapham South Underground. The accommodation has been beauitifuly refurbished and now provides a double reception room leading to a stunning kitchen/breakfast room, a cellar, four double bedrooms, three bathrooms (one en suite) and a private garden. Freehold. EPC=D. Sole Agents.

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Muncaster Road SW11 ÂŁ1,150,000 Beautifully presented throughout, this pretty Edwardian house retains many period features. The accommodation includes a double reception room leading to an open plan kitchen/breakfast room, five good sized bedrooms (one en suite) and a family bathroom. Muncaster Road is located close to excellent local schools and the amenities available of the fashionable Northcote Road. Freehold. EPC=D. Sole Agents.

BATTERSEA: 020 7228 9292 sales.bat@marshandparsons.co.uk

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020 7717 5439 Clapham@hamptons-int.com

Rodenhurst Road, SW4 Covering over 3900 sq ft with the added benefit of off road parking, this lovingly refurbished house has been very well thought out to give flexible accommodation for family living, and offers space and versatility to cover all eventualities.

Hamptons Clapham 020 7717 5439 clapham@hamptons-int.com

ÂŁ3,000,000 Freehold 6 Bedrooms Reception/Dining Area Roof Terrace Gym Garden Driveway

Hamptons Clapham

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Broadhinton Road, SW4 A superb and very nicely presented period cottage on the always popular Broadhinton Road in Clapham Old Town, offering fantastic living and entertaining space and a larger than average private rear garden.

Hamptons Clapham 020 7717 5439 clapham@hamptons-int.com

ÂŁ995,000 Freehold 3 Bedrooms 2 Reception Rooms Kitchen/Breakfast Room Bathroom Cloakroom Front and Back Photos

Hamptons Clapham

Lettings: 020 7717 5541 Claphamlettings@hamptons-int.com

Larkhall Rise, SW4 ÂŁ2,000 per week

A truly imposing and elegant semi-detached period property set in Clapham Old Town. This property is split over five floors and offers six, beautiful and spacious double bedrooms. It also boasts an extensive, and impressive, entertaining space opening onto a large private garden.

The Chase, SW4 ÂŁ1,400 per week Situated on a popular road close to Clapham Common, this newly renovated property is split over four floors, and has five good sized bedrooms and a wonderful entertaining space. The kitchen opens onto an impressive paved garden, with a lawn, and an off-street parking space.

Hamptons Balham

020 8618 2013 Balham@hamptons-int.com

Trinity Crescent, Sw17 ÂŁ645,000 Share of Freehold

A stunning three bedroom split level apartment occupying the top two floors of an iconic period building. Offering over 1000sqft and a roof terrace with a southerly aspect this apartment provides some excellent period features as well as some well placed and complimentary additions.

Hillbury Road, SW17 ÂŁ1,999,950 Freehold

A magnificent double-fronted Victorian family home. Offering in excess of 4,000 sq ft this outstanding property boasts 6/7 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms, a large basement and a wonderful mature garden stretching to nearly 50ft. This superb property is offered to the market with no onward chain.

Hamptons Balham

Lettings: 020 8618 2014 Balhamlettings@hamptons-int.com

Alderbrook Road, SW12 ÂŁ1,100 per week

A lovely 5 bed family home with Study/Nursery room set in the sought after Nightingale Triangle. The property comprises a large eat in kitchen which opens into large reception rooms and a patio garden area. Perfect for entertaining.

Manville Road ,SW17 ÂŁ1,495 per week Hamptons International present to the market this beautiful double fronted 7 bedroom period family home. This property is situated in the sought after Heaver Estate and a is a short walk from the excellent transport links of Balham. The open spaces of Tooting common are close by along with a choice of excellent schools.

Hamptons Battersea & Wandsworth

020 7924 2170 battersea@hamptons-int.com

Thurleigh Road, SW12 An extremely elegant and beautifully proportioned double fronted family home with a large garden, extensive basement living space and a garage. Situated between the commons and close to the excellent local shops and restaurants on Northcote Road, this exceptional family home extends to over 4,000sqft.

Hamptons Battersea & Wandsworth 020 7924 2170 battersea@hamptons-int.com

ÂŁ3,500,000 Freehold 6 Bedrooms 5 Reception rooms 3 Bathrooms Semi detached house Garden Garage

Hamptons Battersea & Wandsworth

020 7924 2170 battersea@hamptons-int.com

Baltimore House, SW18 A unique and individual double penthouse apartment with stunning views up and down the river Thames and across Central London. This extraordinary property is situated on the 7th floor of Battersea Reach – an award winning development by St George, and also benefits from two secure underground parking spaces.

Hamptons Battersea & Wandsworth 020 7924 2170 battersea@hamptons-int.com

ÂŁ2,000,000 Freehold 3 Bedrooms 1 Reception room 2 Bathrooms Upper floor Roof terrace Private parking

Hamptons Battersea & Wandsworth

Lettings: 0207 924 2998 battersealettings@hamptons-int.com

Spencer Road, SW18 A truly stunning detached family house that is extremely unique to the area, featuring excellent space, secluded garden, off street parking and wonderful period features.

Hamptons Battersea & Wandsworth 0207 924 2998 battersealettings@hamptons-int.com

ÂŁ2,500 per week 5 Double bedrooms 2 Reception rooms 3 Bathrooms Secluded garden Off street parking Period features

Knight Frank Ramsden Road, Wandsworth SW12 Contemporary living

The property has been architecturally designed throughout and beautifully refurbished. It has well-balanced family accommodation and enjoys an abundance of natural light. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (2 en suite), double reception room, kitchen/family/ dining room, utility room, garden. EPC rating D. Approximately 258 sq m (2,777 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ2,375,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Wandsworth wandsworth@knightfrank.com 020 8682 7777 (Wnd070297)

Clapham Common West Side SW4

Great views and garage A handsome and well-presented Victorian family house of substantial proportions located in a popular residential area with far reaching views across Clapham Common.

4/5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (2 en suite), 2/3 reception rooms, kitchen/dining room, cloakroom, garden, garage. EPC rating E. Approximately 262 sq m (2,820 sq ft) Freehold Guide Price: ÂŁ2,450,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Wandsworth wandsworth@knightfrank.com 020 8682 7777 (Wnd110038)

Knight Frank East Hill, Wandsworth SW18 Modern development

Two stunning and highly individually built detached houses set in a quiet gated mews development off East Hill.

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 en suite), double reception room, kitchen, cloakroom, utility room, courtyard, private 43ft garden, underground parking. EPC rating D. Approximately 132 sq m (1,421 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: £940,000 and £930,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Wandsworth wandsworth@knightfrank.com 020 8682 7777 (Wnd120165)

Herondale Avenue, Wandsworth SW18 Beautiful family house

The property offers well balanced family accommodation with generous living space with a large garden and off street parking. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 en suite), reception room, kitchen/dining/family room, utility room, study, large garden, off street parking. EPC rating D. Approximately 246 sq m (2,648 sq ft) Freehold Guide Price: £2,450,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Wandsworth wandsworth@knightfrank.com 020 8682 7777 (Wnd120076)

Knight KnightFrank Frank Chelsea Vista, Imperial Wharf SW6 Three bedroom apartment

A unique and modern three bedroom apartment in Imperial Wharf near the Kings Road with floor to ceiling views of the Thames. 3 bedrooms (2 with en suite bathrooms), further bathroom, reception room, kitchen, study, 24 hour security, concierge. EPC rating B. Approximately 168 sq m (1,808 sq ft) Leasehold Guide Price: ÂŁ2,300,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Riverside riverside@knightfrank.com 020 3597 7670 (RVR130016)

The Panoramic, Pimlico SW1V

Three bedroom apartment Beautifully renovated throughout, this riverside property has stunning views of the Thames and London skyline.

3 bedrooms (2 with en suite bathrooms) guest bathroom, reception room, kitchen, guest cloakroom, study, laundry room, 24 hour security, concierge. EPC rating tbc. Approximately 237 sq m (2,551 sq ft) Leasehold Guide Price: ÂŁ4,250,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Riverside riverside@knightfrank.com 020 3597 7670 (RVR130022)

Knight KnightFrank Frank Albion Riverside, Battersea Park SW11 Two bedroom apartment

This spacious two bedroom apartment has magnificent views of the Thames towards Chelsea and also Battersea at the rear of the property. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 en suite), reception room, kitchen, utility room, 24 hour security, concierge, 1 secure parking space. EPC rating D. Approximately 134 sq m (1,442 sq ft) Leasehold Guide price: ÂŁ1,650,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Riverside riverside@knightfrankcom 020 3597 7670 (RVR090033)

Centurion Building, Chelsea Bridge Wharf Two bedroom apartment

This apartment enjoys fantastic views of the Thames and benefits from a rare double aspect offering a balcony to the north and south side. 2 bedrooms (2 en suite bathrooms), reception room, kitchen, guest cloakroom, 2 balconies.

EPC rating C. Approximatley 129 sq m (1,389 sq ft) Leasehold Guide price: ÂŁ2,150,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Riverside riverside@knightfrankcom 020 3597 7670 (RVR130032)

Knight Frank Dorlcote Road, Wandsworth SW18 South facing garden

A spectacular family house offering unbroken views across Wandsworth Common with a beautiful private south facing garden. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms (3 en suite), 2 reception rooms, kitchen/ dining room, downstairs cloakroom, coat room, media/cinema room, utility room, south facing garden. EPC rating D. Approximately 290 sq m (3,122 sq ft) Freehold Guide Price: £2,950,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Wandsworth wandsworth@knightfrank.com 020 8682 7777 (Wnd120306)

Nicosia Road, Wandsworth SW18 Prime location

A handsome and beautifully presented family home with basement extension located on the much sought after “Toast Rack”.

5/6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (1 en suite), 2 reception rooms, kitchen/dining/family room, playroom, gym/cinema room, study, large garden, off street parking. EPC rating D. Approximately 236 sq m (3,509 sq ft) Freehold Guide Price: £3,500,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Wandsworth wandsworth@knightfrank.com 020 8682 7777 (Wnd120165)

Knight Frank Altenburg Gardens, Clapham SW11 Four bedroom home

This superb property offers spacious accommodation and has recently been refurbished to an extremely high standard throughout. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (3 en suite), reception room, open plan kitchen/ dining room, front and rear garden, basement. EPC rating D. Approximately 196 sq m (2,111 sq ft).

Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ1,700,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Battersea battersea@knightfrankcom 020 3597 7670 (RVR120212)

The Quad, Battersea SW11 Four bedroom home

An architect designed contemporary four bedroom detached house for sale.

Situated in a gated development, this superb property offers light and space throughout. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception room, kitchen,garden, roof terrace, balcony, 2 garages. EPC rating D. Approximately 186 sq m (2,002 sq ft) Freehold Guide price: ÂŁ1,250,000

KnightFrank.co.uk/Battersea battersea@knightfrankcom 020 3597 7670 (BAT120015)

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£2,295,000 Freehold Brynmaer Road SW11 An immaculate Victorian family house, located on one of Battersea’s most desirable roads.

Battersea Park Sales Office: 020 7720 8077 battpksales@dng.co.uk

5 double bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, Double reception room, Open-plan kitchen/breakfast room, Utility room, Garden, EPC = D.

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ÂŁ1,850,000 Freehold Elms Road SW4 Located on the premier road is this impressive family home boasting an array of period features.

Clapham South Sales Office: 020 8675 4400 clapsthsales@dng.co.uk

6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 cloakrooms, 2 reception rooms, Kitchen/ breakfast room, Utility room with shower, Study, Cellar, Garden, EPC = E.

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ÂŁ1,195,000 Freehold Sarsfeld Road SW12

A stunning, natural four storey house a short walk from Wandsworth Common.

Balham Sales Office: 020 8673 0191 balhamsales@dng.co.uk

3 double bedrooms, Further bedroom, 2 bathrooms, Reception room, Kitchen/family room, Dining room, Utility room, Garden, EPC = E.

ÂŁ899,950 Freehold Alverstone Avenue SW19

A bright and airy family home with an impressive large west-facing garden.

Master bedroom with en-suite, 3 further bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen/family room, West-facing garden, Prime grid location, EPC = E.

Southfields Sales Office: 020 8874 8822 sthfldssales@dng.co.uk

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ÂŁ775,000 Freehold Wickersley Road SW11

A beautifully presented three double bedroom Victorian terraced house over two floors.

Battersea Park Sales Office: 020 7720 8077 battpksales@dng.co.uk

3 double bedrooms, Bathroom, Double reception room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Cloakroom, Garden, Roof terrace, EPC=E.

ÂŁ675,000 Leasehold Old Park Avenue SW12

This immaculately presented garden flat has a wonderful feel of style and flair in every room.

2 double bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Communal cellar, Garden, EPC = E.

Battersea Sales Office: 020 7924 2000 battsales@dng.co.uk

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£600,000 Share of Freehold Hambalt Road SW4

£599,950 Share of Freehold Shuttleworth Road SW11

A fully-extended ground floor flat with a south-west facing garden, finished to a very high standard.

A fantastic opportunity to purchase this bright and beautifully presented garden flat located in this popular residential road in North Battersea.

2 double bedrooms, Bathroom, Kitchen/reception room, Cellar, South-west facing garden, EPC = D.

3 bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen/dining room, Patio, EPC = D.

Clapham South Sales Office: 020 8675 4400 clapsthsales@dng.co.uk

Battersea Park Sales Office: 020 7720 8077 battpksales@dng.co.uk

£575,000 Leasehold Barmouth Road SW18

£575,000 Share of Freehold Hambalt Road SW4

This very spacious and well presented purpose-built maisonette benefits from a sunny west-facing garden.

A spacious, ground floor maisonette offered to the market chain-free.

3 bedrooms, Bathroom, En-suite shower room, Reception room, Kitchen/ dining room, Study, Eaves storage, Loft space, West-facing garden, EPC=E.

2 bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen/dining room, Garden, EPC = D.

Battersea Sales Office: 020 7924 2000 battsales@dng.co.uk

Clapham South Sales Office: 020 8675 4400 clapsthsales@dng.co.uk

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£570,000 Leasehold Ramsden Road SW12

£450,000 Leasehold Replingham Road SW18

A stunning, split-level garden flat in this pretty Victorian conversion.

A beautifully refurbished ground floor maisonette in this popular Southfields location.

2 double bedrooms, Family bathroom, Reception room, Open plan kitchen, Dressing area, Garden. Close to local amenities, EPC = E.

2 double bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Eat-in kitchen, Private rear garden, EPC = C.

Balham Sales Office: 020 8673 0191 balhamsales@dng.co.uk

Southfields Sales Office: 020 8874 8822 sthfldssales@dng.co.uk

£445,000 Leasehold Marjorie Grove SW11

£425,000 Leasehold Mapleton Road SW18

This light, bright and well presented flat is situated on the ground floor of this Victorian property and has the benefit of a garden.

Located in the heart of Wandsworth, this fantastic eighth floor apartment offers far-reaching views.

Double bedroom, Bathroom, Reception room, Kitchen/breakfast room, Cellar, Garden, EPC = D.

2 double bedrooms, Bathroom, En-suite shower room, Open-plan kitchen/reception room, Balcony, Parking space, Concierge, EPC = B.

Battersea Sales Office: 020 7924 2000 battsales@dng.co.uk

Southfields Sales Office: 020 8874 8822 sthfldssales@dng.co.uk

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£900 per week Furnished/Unfurnished Narbonne Avenue SW4

£646 per week Unfurnished Lavenham Road SW18

This wonderful family home is beautifully presented throughout and offers fantastic entertaining and living accommodation.

A lovely, large four double bedroom house with off street parking situated in the popular Southfields Grid.

5 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Shower room, Double reception room, Kitchen/family room, Cellar, Garden, EPC = D.

4 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, Kitchen/breakfast room, Cloakroom, Garden, Off street parking. EPC = D.

Clapham Southside Lettings Office: 020 8675 0888 clapsthlets@dng.co.uk

Southfields Lettings Office: 020 8874 8844 sthfldslets@dng.co.uk

£450 per week Part-furnished Elsley Road SW11

£450 per week Unfurnished Marney Road SW11

A pretty two bedroom terraced house located in the ever popular Shaftesbury Estate which has the added advantage of a private garden.

A two bedroom garden flat, perfect for two professional sharers.

Master bedroom, Double bedroom, Family bathroom, Double reception room, Kitchen, Cloakroom, Patio garden, EPC = E.

2 double bedrooms, Bathroom, Reception room, Garden, EPC = D.

Battersea Park Lettings Office: 020 7498 5243 battpklets@dng.co.uk

Battersea Lettings Office: 020 7924 2002 battlets@dng.co.uk

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