Good Morning househunters. Or Nosey Parkers depending on which camp you fall into….I’m definitely in the latter these days and no shame in that I say. So then, where shall we go today? Let’s begin with a trip over to west London to see this two bedroom garden maisonette which is on the market for – if you’re sensitive look away now – £2,500,000 via Domus Nova.
Now once you’ve got over the shock of the price, it’s a pretty good gaff. There’s a large sitting room and dining room, a good size kitchen which leads onto that glass eating area. The master bedroom has a dressing room, separate sitting room and its own bathroom. The sitting room could be used as an occasional third bedroom too.
The whole internal space is almost 1900 sq feet which was about the size of this whole house before we did the loft so that gives you an idea of the size of it.
This is a fantastic bedroom too although I would be sorely tempted to paint that wall in dark grey and keep it all more monochrome – particularly with that fantastic Orla Keily blanket.
Right moving away from that we’re off to Islington now to see this enormous white house below.
This is on the market with Currells for – wait for it – £8,500,000. Shall I wait while you pick yourselves up off the floor? The thing is we weren’t going to trump the beauty of last week’s house so we had to go for something completely different this week. And this is, clearly a beautiful house. In an amazing location. And it’s detached, which may seem normal to people reading in the country, or in other countries come to that, but in London that’s an extraordinary thing.
Inside it’s all very open plan, which, as I have observed before, is fine when your children are small and you need to supervise, but less good when they won’t go upstairs before 11pm and like to listen to a spot of thrash metal while doing their homework. It’s just impossible for Newsnight to compete with that frankly. Even in the days when Paxman was shouting at everyone. Now that it’s gentle Evan Davies you can forget it. You need walls. And closing doors.
But it is a great space and I love the bold use of dark grey which ties all the spaces together. You can see from this how grey goes well with both modern and antique furniture as well as so many colours including tan leather, purple and blue.
Love the shutters in the bedroom, big fan of plantation shutters, have them in every room!
That place is beautiful *swoons* my dream house!
I would kill for those 2 purple chairs. Also love that Army green color on the walls.
I’m a newcomer to your blog and am head over heels for it. I love your sense of humor, your observations (especially relating to teenage children), and the sense that we are old friends sneaking into a realtor open house. Thank you!
What a lovely comment, thank you so much for coming to visit. I hope you will come regularly XK
I love the garden maisonette – it only when you view the property particulars that you really get a sense of how big this pad really is. Lots of details have caught my eye … including the price tag of course, really like the painted window area in the sitting room, use of posters, the blue wall in bedroom works for me. My fav area is the kitchen – solid grey units. When can I move in?
Kate thanks for the great posts this week!
Great houses – thanks for showing them to us! I think I actually like the dining area of the first house the best, beautiful subtle colours and a mix of old and new, which works really well against the more moody blues and greys of the living room in the background
always like a bit of a nosey friday am.
totally agree that as our ‘little babies’ (teenagers!) grow up I’m all for having a few more doors ……
Hi Kate, what colour would you say the bay window is painted in the first photo? Do you think it’s a true representation of the colour ? I do love the ‘ blue-y-ness ‘ of the grey.
TGIF……….Elayne
Good morning Kate,
I love the first place and agree with you for the colour in the bedroom, however I do love that blue!
Have a great Friday and a lovely WE.
Maria