Chinese Version Leinster Mews - London
Freehold - Asking Price £5,350,000
Built by Trinovantium's British designer Alan Gower, a man with tremendous vision and a passion for form and function, this opulent property in a quiet and salubrious area would allow you to parachute yourself into the very heart of fashionable London – and let you rub shoulders with the rich and famous, the great and the good, who congregate there.
This Leinster Mews property has been described as ‘deceptively spacious’, ‘magnificent’, ‘exquisite’, ‘truly exceptional’, ‘stunning’, ‘finished to an exacting standard’ and ’unique’. It’s all true.
WHAT MAKES THIS PROPERTY TRULY UNIQUE
SIZE: IT's NOT SO MUCH A POLICE-BOX AS A TARDIS!
A typical mews property is between 100 and 150 square metres. But this unique Leinster Mews property, at 4 storeys, is much bigger than normal. It is almost 300 square metres! This certainly makes it large enough to be a home for a big family. Or for the owner to entertain VIPs in enormous comfort. Think of it another way: from the street it has a profile little bigger than a police-box, but entering it is like stepping into Dr Who's Tardis. It's massive!
GARDEN
A typical mews property has no garden. Only 2 mews properties in London have a significant garden. And this is one of them. It has a very large lawned (grass) garden, of over 150 square metres. In this area of London the garden alone is worth £1m (£1m is double the value of the very cheapest mews homes, which cost £1/2m). The garden is accessed through 7-metre-wide doors to the rear of the property.
A BRAND NEW HOUSE, NOT A REFURBISHMENT
Most mews homes are converted old properties dating back as far as the 16th Century. But the original building on this site was recently totally demolished and rebuilt to 21st Century standards. So it complies with the very latest building and environmental regulations. And it has never been lived in. It’s waiting for you!
LIGHT and AIR
Mews properties are usually dark because they have low ceilings and restrictive enclosed stairs. But this one features huge glass skylights, modern high ceilings and an open custom-built spiral staircase. Even the lower ground floor (basement) is very well-lit. The property is largely open-plan too. So the flexible space is truly immense.
RUNNING EXPENSES
Most older (‘period’) properties are expensive to maintain because they need constant repairs. But here there are no such problems. It’s totally new! Because it is a ’freehold’ property there is no lease, there are no restrictions on its use, and there are no expensive maintenance contracts (unlike most apartments in London). It is also within a very low Council Tax band (Band F, currently less than £1,000 a year).
SPACE-AGE FACILITIES
The property is stuffed with state-of-the-art technologies. It has a computerised lighting system and window-blinds. It has air-filtration on all floors. It has eco-friendly under-floor heating and cooling throughout. It has a wi-fi entertainment system, extensive plasma screens and cutting-edge audio-visual equipment. It has a ‘smart glass’ walk-on panel. And it even has an automated sprinkler system in the garden.
PRICE
It’s affordable. The asking price is just £5.35m though it has been valued at £6.9m. Yet the record price paid so far for a mews home, one measuring over 850 square metres in nearby Notting Hill, was £12.5m. And mews properties have held their value very well even during the recession. So generally they’re a good investment. But this fabulous Leinster Mews home is expected to outperform the market as an investment because it is an exceptional example.
