Press Coverage
Metro Wandsworth: This week metro's moves South-West to the Capital's least Taxing Place to Live Wandsworth is frequently referred to as 'prime London' by property pundits. The grid of streets off Wandsworth Common – known as the toast rack due to its shape from above – contains some of the most sought-after houses south of the river. Affluent families aspire to afford the rambling, period villas and a smattering of celebrities… more |
The Times
Cornwall Crescent, Notting Hill, London W11 – Townhouse with flat |
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Country Life The genius of Grade II-listed Clock House at Cowfold, near Horsham, West Sussex- currently for sale through John D. Wood & Co (020-7908 1108) at a guide price of £2.5m-is its designer, the Arts-and-Crafts architect Richard Barry Parker, who, with his partner Raymond Unwin, designed Hampstead Garden Suburb. Commissioned in 1913 by James Rolls-Hoare as a wedding present for his eldest daughter, Muriel, on her marriage to Sir Edmund… more |
Evening Standard Shoe designer to the stars Cleo Barbour — best known as Cleo B — is selling her super-funky Fulham house for £995,000. Celebrity fans of the trendsetter’s dazzling heels include Jessie J andPaloma Faith. And Londoner Ms Barbour’s three-bedroom home, listed with John D Wood & Co., lives up to her stylish reputation. But despite her love of its vibrant interiors and the property’s close proximity to Bishops Park, it’s time for… more |
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The Independent Sitting pretty: Stable Cottage, Filkins, Lechdale, Oxfordshire Price: £1,250,000 Agent: John D Wood & Co. 01865 311522 They say: Extremely pretty renovated five-bedroom Cotswold stone cottage with delightful gardens in this attractive village which is well-placed for a number of public and private schools. We say: Three of the bedrooms have sloping ceilings and you have to go through the dining room to reach the sitting room. |
The London Magazine
Hugo Headlam, manager of John D Wood & Co, Elizabeth Street, started out in the City, before joining John D Wood & Co in 2000. As a born and bred Londoner, and having been brought up in SW1, Hugo offers a wealth of knowledge on this area.
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Country Life Chelsea: for sale for £495,000 This one bedroom flat on the fifth floor of Swan Court, a popular 1930s portered mansion block on Chelsea Manor Street, is a classic pied a terre for an expatriate. It's functional and decorated in a neutral style, but the location just south of King's Road is the main attraction. John D Wood & Co. (020 7352 1484) |
The Sunday Telegraph
Grange Barn, East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, £1.85million |
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The Evening Standard
Puppy love, parakeets and an embarrassing pregnant pause
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Country Life Carla Passino finds some unusual extras are included in some country house sales, from pet hens to some risqué photographs Lucky buyers have occasionally come across valuable antiques stashed in the recesses of their new homes - Andy Buchanan of John D Wood & Co. in Chelsea knows of someone who found a complete set of Sheraton dining-room chairs. Sometimes previous owners leave their belongings behind by mistake and… more |
The Sunday Telegraph The home of Oscar Wilde, wit, playwright and gay icon, is coming to the market. In this tall, red brick house in Tite Street, Chelsea, he wrote all his most famous plays, became a fin-de-siècle celebrity and faced his spectacular downfall. He moved here during 1884 with his new wife, Constance, when the street was distinctly bohemian, full of painters and writers. Today it is among the most expensive addresses in the country. In… more |
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The Financial Times Chiswick has long been popular but now its spacious houses are drawing discerning buyers from Kensington and Chelsea. When the 19th-century industrialist Jonathan T. Carr set out to build the world's first garden suburb he settled on a 24-acre plot just north of the newly constructed Turnham Green station in west London. Just 30 minutes by steam train from the heart of the city, the pastoral landscape provided an outpost where… more |
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