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The Househunter 25/9/15

Hello and Happy Friday, I've been running around London Design Festival this week finding lots of amazing things to show you, but I still found a couple of cool houses for you to virtually visit. Starting with this two bedroom penthouse in Clerkenwell. It's actually in Dance Square - how's that for a brilliant address?
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The Househunter 18/9/15

It's Friday so it's time for a spot of house porn. This week, we're going to focus a little more on getting the look of the rooms featured as I think it's highly unlikely any of you are actually househunting this way and also because I have just noticed that this one is around ten
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The Househunter 11/9/15

A mixed bag for you this week. A bit like the weather really. I have gone from putting the heating on and putting my sandals in boxes to getting them all out again and wondering if I can get away with a pair of shorts. So to start with we are off to Dorking, to
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Right there's no beating around the bush this week, get your coat we're off to Sweden. And we may be there for some time because this is a house we need to visit in detail. It's a masterclass of muted colours but with a twist. Look up at the ceilings. They have often been painted
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Good morning to you all. Or, perhaps good evening. Spot of lunch? Whatever you're doing, whatever time it is then Greetings. Time for our weekly installment of house envy as we go poking round the properties that are for sale and imagine how we would live given the requisite millions and time-travelling commute possibilities. First
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This is The Tailored House in West London, which has recently been completed by a young firm of architects called Liddicoat & Goldhill. It has five bedrooms and is on the market for £2,625,000 via The Modern House. It's a detached house, which already makes it unusual for London, and was given its name as,
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The Househunter in The Cotswolds

We're going a little more traditional this week with this gorgeous Georgian house in the Cotswolds. It has been completely modernised by the current owners; Julian Dunkerton, the co-founder of the cult clothing company, Superdry so it has a contemporary twist on the traditional property. It's Grade II listed and has seven bedrooms, four bathrooms
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The Househunter 3/7/15

Just one property for you this week. Because it's a rather special one and I wanted to have a proper look around. It's an early design by the architect Norman Foster, who, if you're not up on your architects is like the Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney of his world. A sort of architectural rock
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The Househunter 19/6/15

There's nothing like a bit of sunshine to make me feel all rural and bucolic. Until I realise that I forgot to buy more milk and it's a five mile drive to the shop. I am, rightly or wrongly, a city girl at heart - a fact which I blame entirely on the aforementioned bad
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I have reached that stage in the loft conversion where I feel like I'm making a huge decision every ten minutes and have no brain left over to decide whether to have cheese or ham in the lunch time sandwich. Not to mention spending money like it's gone out of fashion. Someone once likened moving
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The Househunter 22/5/15

Three beauties from The Modern House this week. The first is on for just under four million quid but let's not bother about that. It's been done by David Adjaye, who does amazing things that we can't afford but can, perhaps be inspired by. It's called Fog House because of the diffused light that enters
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The Househunter 7/5/15

Starting off with a house tour rather than a house for sale this week. This belongs to the artist and designer Sarah Hamilton who, having sworn never to renovate a house again, fell hook, line and sinker for this 1960s gem back in 2007. It was in a terrible state (much like The Mad House)
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The Househunter 1/5/15

Heading off to Devon this week to this newly renovated chapel house which is on the market with Strutt & Parker  for £895,000. This Grade I Listed family home was created from a former a convent school in the 1990s and has just been completely renovated throughout by the current owner and overseen by the interior designer,
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As it's the bank holiday weekend and many of you will be out and about rather than stuck to your screens (and that includes me) I thought we would use today to revisit some of the best rooms for sale so far this year. image by nic granleese How often do you find that there's
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The Househunter 20/3/15

From the outside this looks like a sweet little cottage doesn't it. Can you picture the inside? Low ceilings, neutral carpet (to maximise the light) low slung, slightly chintzy sofa and a country-style kitchen with an AGA. Well think again. I love how this house turns all your expectations on their head. Yes there are
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The Househunter 13/3/15

Look it's an 18 bedroom Grade I listed MOATED castle, who doesn't want to have a poke about inside? I mean, I get that most of you wouldn't want to live in it. I would. So you can all come and look at it with me. My blog my rules. Also it's three million quid, which
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The Househunter 6/3/15

We're going big and we're going bold this week. Wolf Hall may have finished but my delusions of grandeur remain, so we're heading off to Gloucestershire first. It's in Alderley, Gloucestershire with Knight Frank and it's POA sadly, but with ten bedrooms, seven reception rooms, outbuildings, secondary accommodation and land, I think we can assume
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The Househunter 6/2/15

Hard to know what's more exciting about this house - the black architraves, the concrete or (small intake of breath) the copper radiators. Yes COPPER. This terraced building in Notting Hill has been completely redone by Cubic Studios who have created this rather industrial space but with soft touches coming from the wood floors, natural light
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The Househunter 9/1/15

hello house by oof! architects image by nic granleese I know! What a great house. This floated past me on Twitter the other day and I thought it was so fantastic I had to go off and investigate so I could show you the rest of it for today's Househunter. Sadly it's not for sale.
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The Househunter: The House of My Dreams (No 1)

It seems fitting and, perhaps weirdly coincidental, that today, five years since I last went to New York and on the first full day of BlogTourNYC, that I have found this house to show you. For this is my dream house. This is where I stayed when I was last in New York and now
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