Househunter

I love this house. It's too expensive and it's too small and I would buy it tomorrow. It's in Hackney, east London, with two bedrooms and is arranged over three floors so you'd be forever schlepping up and down stairs and I still want it. It's on with The Modern House for £1,295,000 and it

Brrr now that the Beast from the East has finally arrived and settled in, there's nothing for it but to grab a cup of something hot and cosy up for a bit of a read. If you've missed the rest of this week's updates you can find them here and if you're up to speed

Well I can't say; hasn't the weather has been lovely so let's head out of town, but let's go anyway. To Chichester, in West Sussex, to see this extraordinary house which was built in 1980 and is one of very few 20th century properties to be given a Grade II* listing by Historic England. This

Off to west London first this week to this pretty Edwardian house which has three bedrooms and two bathrooms although that doesn't really give a sense of the space downstairs. It's on the market with Philip Wooller for £1,450,00 and belongs to an interior designer, which is why it's lovely. That grey floor might look a

A mix of old, new and just plain quirky this week. Ready to come on the tour with me and see what you think? First up this is Grade II listed village house on the market with Strutt & Parker for £1,650,000 in a village near Woking, in Surrey. This is the back view with

Right we're going to focus on the small flats this week as someone asked me a few months ago to try and include something that was, in theory, at least, more affordable. So first up is this one bedroom flat in Milner Square, Islington which is on for £575,000 via The Modern House. It was

Welcome back to the first Househunter of the year. Are you ready? Sandwiches packed? Tape measures in hand? Comfy shoes on? Right, let's see what we can find to start off 2018. First up we're going to Hampstead to have a look at this beauty on Flask Walk. It's on with Goldschmidt & Howland (via

And so we come to the final Househunter of the year. I have twice moved in December and I read a quote from an estate agent recently saying that December can be a good time to sell as you tend to receive (and see) only serious buyers as the timewasters are busying doing their Christmas

Now this house is a beauty. It's a proper Victorian doer-upper that is practically intact and is full of such charming period details that I hope whoever buys it really tries to preserve it and just updates the heating and electricity and adds a lick of paint. Come with me and have a look: The

And just like that it was the first day of the last month. So are you still up for a little fantasy house-hunting? The market dies down a little at this time of year although I have twice moved house on 10 December so there are people who are still looking either through desperation or

Three for you this week, all quite different in look and feel so hopefully a bit of something for everyone. First up is this converted piano factory in Camden, north London. Fancy coming in....? There will be 10 flats (the most expensive is over eight million quid - I know!) but the cheapest (I'm using

Starting off our house tour this week with a trip to Hampstead, always pretty in an idealised Richard Curtis London sort of way. For many years it was known as the home to academics, writers and media types it has, of course the massive Heath with swimming ponds and city views. And now that you

And it's nearly the weekend again already. Let's start of this week's house tour with this riot of Georgian colour below. It's a Grade II listed Georgian house in Clerkenwell which is on the market with Marsh & Parsons for £2.15m. This house may be familiar to some of you as the home of Paul

Over to west London first to have a look around television centre. Remember when the BBC moved up to Manchester and that fabulous round building in White City was abandoned. Well it's in the process of being turned into 950 homes and the first residents are due to move in next month. Built in the

Off to Beaconsfield and we're going modernist this week with this four bedroom Grade II listed house that was built in 1934 and is on the market with The Modern House for £1,999,500 - really who sets these prices - does it make that much difference psychologically that it doesn't start with a 2? It's

We're going to Highgate first of all this week to this two bedroom penthouse which was designed by the modernist architect Berthold Lubetkin for his own use. It's at the top of Highpoint 1, one of two buildings he designed and built between 1935 and 1938. At the time, this apartment was said to be

And we're off. To Brighton. Because the sun is shining (at the time of writing and following the wind and the torrential rain) and who doesn't like a trip to the seaside? So grab yer sunnies and let's start this week's tour with a look around this five bedroom Regency townhouse - with sea views

We're all about the open plan this week. A contentious issue (well not globally I grant you but here in this small corner of the internet at least) as when you have small children - you want to be able to see them or maximise the sense of space that having no internal walls can

Assuming the virtual gremlins haven't been chewing the computer wires in the wordpress engine room again there are three houses for you this week. First up is a five bedroom house in Bromley which is on the market with Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward for £1,500,000. And, as you can see, it's all about the kitchen

And we're back! Hello everyone. I hope you all had a good summer and didn't miss me wittering on too much - don't answer that. September is a going to be a bumper month packed with all sort of new discoveries, collaborations and styling ideas as well as things to buy for your homes,  but