WE KNOW WHY PEOPLE LOVE LIVING IN LONDON’S VILLAGES living Design inspiration, style and wellbeing treats for autumn food News, reviews and the who’s who of London’s culinary scene property 64 pages of the finest homes to buy and rent in London
AUTUMN 2014
WE’LL FIND YOUR PERFECT TENANT The perfect tenant is someone who gives you the best price for your home. Every year we invest millions online and in papers, marketing our clients’ properties in the places we know Londoners look. Call us now on 020 3441 9000 for a free valuation and we’ll ensure your home gets the maximum exposure and its perfect tenant.
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BOW
CANARY WHARF
CHISWICK
Sales: 020 8981 3666 Lettings: 020 8983 3669
Sales: 020 7987 6776 Lettings: 020 7093 1600
Sales: 020 8747 8601 Lettings: 020 8747 8093
CLERKENWELL
FULHAM
GREENWICH
HACKNEY
Sales: 020 7251 9449 Lettings: 020 7553 6020
Sales: 020 7610 6551 Lettings: 020 7371 8132
Sales: 020 8293 8555 Lettings: 020 8269 0844
Sales: 020 8986 2698 Lettings: 020 8986 1782
HAMPSTEAD
ISLINGTON
SHAD THAMES
STOKE NEWINGTON
Sales: 020 7443 9001 Lettings: 020 7435 4517
Sales: 020 7288 1681 Lettings: 020 7226 7319
Sales: 020 7089 6490 Lettings: 020 7378 9607
Sales: 020 7923 0158 Lettings: 020 7923 1850
BLACKHEATH Sales: 020 8293 1143 Lettings: 020 8318 0927 BLACKHEATH VILLAGE Sales: 020 8852 9522 Lettings: 020 8318 0927
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SURREY QUAYS
WAN STE AD
WAPPING
Sales: 020 7237 2320 Lettings: 020 7064 8109
Sales: 020 8989 1131 Lettings: 020 8530 4592
Sales: 020 7481 8811 Lettings: 020 7488 4886
WHY WE WORK LONGER HOURS We know what it’s like to live and work in London so we are available later than most agents. We take an increasing number of enquiries from 6-10pm. That’s why we’re available late on weekdays and at weekends. Simply put, if you choose a traditional 9-5pm agent, you may well be missing out on the perfect buyer or tenant. We’ll make sure you don’t.
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WE KNOW WHY PEOPLE LOVE LIVING IN LONDON’S VILLAGES London is such an amazing place because it’s not really one place at all. It’s a collection of neighbourhoods, each with their own character and charm. And at the centre of those neighbourhoods are the villages that Londoners are fiercely loyal to. Our success is rooted in our understanding of London’s villages. It’s not just about knowing schools, shops or transport; every agent should know these things. It’s about appreciating an area’s heritage, seeing the shifting shape of things today and most crucially, it’s about having a real grasp of why people love living there. It’s that knowledge of why people love living in London’s villages that we turn to our clients’ advantage to help them buy, sell, let and rent property in those areas. We operate in the following villages. They are distinctive areas each with their own property and each attracting a particular group of clients.
BLACKHEATH
BOW
Confusingly, Blackheath Football Club is the world’s oldest open rugby football club.
CANARY WHARF
Bone china was first developed and perfected in Bow in the late 1700’s.
FULHAM
CLERKENWELL
HAMPSTEAD
ISLINGTON
Early records of Hampstead can be found in a grant by King Ethelred the Unready.
SURREY QUAYS
Gunpowder plotter Francis Tresham was a resident of Hackney.
SHAD THAMES
STOKE NEWINGTON
WAN STE AD
With fine open spaces to view the night sky, early astronomers made Wanstead their home.
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HACKNEY
The world’s only museum devoted entirely to fans is on Crooms Hill.
Tons of Star Anise and other spices were held in dockside warehouses here.
At its height in the 1960’s more than 350 antiques dealers traded from the market off Upper Street.
The Mayflower Inn in Surrey Quays is the only UK pub licenced to sell American stamps.
Chiswick was the engine room for West London at the turn of the 20th Century
GREENWICH
The Saxon name ‘Fullenham’ means ‘place of fowls’. By the 1500s, dishonest men stole herons from its trees.
St John’s Square was home to a priory of the Knights Hospitaliers of St John of Jerusalem.
CHISWICK
Windmills that were used to mill the wheat and corn that fed London, lined the river wall here.
Daniel Foe, author of Robinson Crusoe was born in Stoke Newington in 1660.
WAPPING
Sailors and boat-builders worked and lived in Wapping – where the Thames was a thriving commercial waterway.