{"id":8808,"date":"2016-10-21T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=8808"},"modified":"2018-10-05T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:52:09","slug":"this-weeks-hottest-property-news-21-10-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/this-weeks-hottest-property-news-21-10-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week&#8217;s Hottest Property News 21.10.2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<h1>Dog-friendly apartment building has a pup park on the roof &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2016\/10\/15\/this-dog-friendly-apartment-building-has-a-pup-park-on-the-roof-6194287\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_8809\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8809\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8809 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-600x389.jpg\" alt=\"Image source; http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2016\/10\/15\/this-dog-friendly-apartment-building-has-a-pup-park-on-the-roof-6194287\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-260x169.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-450x292.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pup-Apartment-21.10.2016-900x584.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2016\/10\/15\/this-dog-friendly-apartment-building-has-a-pup-park-on-the-roof-6194287\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Innovative thinking for dog owners in Washington DC &#8211; tenant&#8217;s dreams of dog ownership in the US capital can now become a reality, with a dog-friendly puppy park on the roof of this apartment building.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch this space as since the creepy clowns disturbed their way across the pond, let&#8217;s hope this will be the next hot trend from America to boost the happiness of tenants in the UK. We can but hope!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many people find that the biggest barrier to finally getting the dog they\u2019ve always wanted is the place they live.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s the pet-hating landlord, an allergic roommate, or a <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/building\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/building;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0cgh4;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Building\" >building<\/a> with a strict no-pets policy, trying to get a dog is difficult when the only option is desperately trying to find a new place.<\/p>\n<p>So when apartment buildings make an effort to be as dog-friendly as possible, we get excited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2016\/10\/15\/this-dog-friendly-apartment-building-has-a-pup-park-on-the-roof-6194287\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>NEVER BEAN SEEN Households could save hundreds by heating their homes with COFFEE as new \u2018coffee logs\u2019 hit the shelves &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/living\/2021301\/uk-households-could-save-hundreds-by-heating-their-homes-with-coffee-as-new-coffee-logs-hit-the-shelves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8812\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8812\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8812 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016.jpg\" alt=\"Image source; https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/living\/2021301\/uk-households-could-save-hundreds-by-heating-their-homes-with-coffee-as-new-coffee-logs-hit-the-shelves\/\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bio-Bean-21.10.2016-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/living\/2021301\/uk-households-could-save-hundreds-by-heating-their-homes-with-coffee-as-new-coffee-logs-hit-the-shelves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Now you finally have a use for your pre-loved coffee grounds. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>With coffee drinking on the rise across the UK, households can save on their heating bills with the bio-bean initiative. They have developed a unique process to re-cycle used coffee grounds to create carbon neutral bio fuels. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, &#8220;Go green with your bean<em>(s)<\/em>!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your morning cup of coffee could be a cheap and sustainable solution to heating your <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01l0mw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home\" >home<\/a> for less.<\/p>\n<p>COFFEE lovers can now\u00a0heat their homes with their favourite brew \u2013 and save themselves hundreds of pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Waste recycling company bio-bean\u00a0has launched its latest innovation, Coffee Logs, which\u00a0turns coffee\u00a0grounds into advanced biofuels and biochemicals to power homes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/living\/2021301\/uk-households-could-save-hundreds-by-heating-their-homes-with-coffee-as-new-coffee-logs-hit-the-shelves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Revealed: the city with a bigger property bubble than London. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/property\/house-prices\/revealed-the-city-with-a-bigger-property-bubble-than-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8815\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8815\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8815 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905-600x375.png\" alt=\"Image source; http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/sponsored\/travel\/explore-canada\/12102232\/Vancouver-holidays.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905-600x375.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905-260x163.png 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905-100x63.png 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905-150x94.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905-200x125.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905-450x282.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/british-columbia-image-e1477050459905.png 617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/sponsored\/travel\/explore-canada\/12102232\/Vancouver-holidays.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Didn&#8217;t think it could be possible? Well neither did we, but Vancouver in British Columbia has gone and outdone the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/london\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london;http:\/\/sws.geonames.org\/2643743\/;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04jpl;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/London;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/London\" >London<\/a> <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >property<\/a> bubble. Due to intensified outside investment from Asia, and the Canadian dollar in the slump, Vancouver <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"House price index\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house-price-index\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house_price_index;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/House_price_index;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0gn3x3;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House_price_index\" >house prices<\/a> have soared to new heights, making it the number one urban property <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Market (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/market-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/market_economics;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Market_(economics)\" >market<\/a> in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>London has been replaced by Vancouver as having the frothiest property market of any major city in the world.<\/p>\n<p>UBS\u2019 Global <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/real-estate\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/real_estate;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.023907r;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Real_estate\" >Real Estate<\/a> Bubble Index said London has the second most over-valued homes, and described it as being in \u201cbubble-risk territory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Only Hong Kong is more unaffordable than London, when taking into account increasing house prices and average earnings. In London, house prices are 15pc higher than the 2007 market peak, but incomes are 10pc lower.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/property\/house-prices\/revealed-the-city-with-a-bigger-property-bubble-than-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Sales of super-luxury homes fall off a cliff as tax hikes and enconomic uncertainty take hold &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/Alfred Hitchcock fans were delighted to hear that a new anthology series paying homage to the great director is in the works. Hitchcock researchers may like to pay a visit to Gainsborough Studios in Islington, built on the site of the original film studio where Hitchcock\u2019s first suspense thriller The Lodger was shot. He returned to film his later masterpiece The Lady Vanishes and a number of Forties melodramas were produced there.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Mail Online<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8827\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8827\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8827 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property-600x426.jpg\" alt=\"Image source;http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-3843428\/Sales-super-luxury-homes-plummet-tax-hikes-economic-uncertainty-bite.html?ITO=1490&amp;ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property-600x426.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property-100x71.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property-450x319.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Luxury-Property.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-3843428\/Sales-super-luxury-homes-plummet-tax-hikes-economic-uncertainty-bite.html?ITO=1490&amp;ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Summer luxury home sales in free fall compared to 2015 after new figures are released by London Central Portfolio following <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Land registration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-registration\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_registration;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.08xnz_;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Land_registration;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_registration\" >Land Registry<\/a> analysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LCP Chief Executive Naomi Heaton said: &#8216;Transactions increased 72 per cent in February as buyers sought to beat the 3 per cent additional rate stamp duty deadline, buoying overall\u00a0receipts.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Average price for biggest sales in June-August fell 25% from \u00a322m to \u00a316m<br \/>\nSeven times fewer sales of \u00a310m+ homes than during same period in 2015<br \/>\nFive high value property sales took place compared with 35 last summer<\/p>\n<p>Sales of luxury homes has plummeted by as much as 86 per cent this summer when compared with last year, new figures reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Just five properties went for more than \u00a310million in the three months to August, compared with the same period in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore the average price paid for the top five most expensive homes fell by 25 per cent from \u00a322million to \u00a316.3million, the Land Registry figures analysed by London Central Portfolio suggest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Sales of luxury homes has plummeted by as much as 86 per cent this summer when compared with last year, new figures reveal. Just five properties went for more than \u00a310million in the three months to August, compared with the same period in 2015. Furthermore the average price paid for the top five most expensive homes fell by 25 per cent from \u00a322million to \u00a316.3million, the Land Registry figures analysed by London Central Portfolio suggest. Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/property\/article-3843428\/Sales-super-luxury-homes-plummet-tax-hikes-economic-uncertainty-bite.html#ixzz4Nj5MY1ZL Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Hitchcock thriller home for sale: Islinton&#8217;s two-bedroom flat comes with panoramic views &#8211; and a large sculpture of Hitchcock&#8217;s head in the courtyard. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesandproperty.co.uk\/luxury\/celebrity-homes\/hitchcock-thriller-flat-for-sale-in-islington-a105536.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homes&amp;Property.co.uk<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8819\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8819\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8819 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-600x320.jpg\" alt=\"Image source;http:\/\/screenrant.com\/best-alfred-hitchcock-movies\/?view=all\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-600x320.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-260x139.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-100x53.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-200x107.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-450x240.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho-900x480.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/janet-leigh-psycho.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/screenrant.com\/best-alfred-hitchcock-movies\/?view=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Ever wanted to live in the film studios block where Hitchcock filmed some of the greatest thrillers of British cinema? Well folks, now you can&#8230;that is if you have a spare \u00a3895k at your disposal.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A two-bedroom apartment is for sale in Gainsborough Studios, which is built on the site of the original film studio where a number of Hitchcock movies were shot.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Hitchcock fans were delighted to hear that a new anthology series paying homage to the great director is in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Hitchcock researchers may like to pay a visit to Gainsborough Studios in Islington, built on the site of the original film studio where Hitchcock\u2019s first suspense thriller The Lodger was shot.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to film his later masterpiece The Lady Vanishes and a number of Forties melodramas were produced there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Alfred Hitchcock fans were delighted to hear that a new anthology series paying homage to the great director is in the works. Hitchcock researchers may like to pay a visit to Gainsborough Studios in Islington, built on the site of the original film studio where Hitchcock\u2019s first suspense thriller The Lodger was shot. He returned to film his later masterpiece The Lady Vanishes and a number of Forties melodramas were produced there.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Historic Country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\" title=\"houses for sale\">Houses For Sale<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/historic-country-houses-for-sale-2-10344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Life<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8830\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8830\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8830 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House-600x381.jpg\" alt=\"Image source;http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/historic-country-houses-for-sale-2-10344\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House-260x165.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House-100x63.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House-200x127.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House-450x286.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Country-House.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/historic-country-houses-for-sale-2-10344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>These incredible country houses have an intriguing past which adds to the character of these quaint rural homes &#8211; with properties\u00a0in Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, Chesterton, Oxfordshire and Bray in Berkshire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grevel House, in the image above, has come on the market after 63 years of ownership and is priced at \u00a32.5 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Described by the historian G. M. Trevelyan as \u2018the most beautiful village street now left in the island\u2019, Chipping Camden\u2019s elegant curving High Street encapsulates, in honey-tinted Cotswold stone, many of the great classic styles of English architecture: houses and cottages from the Elizabethan, Jacobean, Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods.<\/p>\n<p>This week, however, all of these are eclipsed by the Gloucestershire market town\u2019s s oldest building, the imposing, <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Listed building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/listed-building\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/listed_building;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01cq1t;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Listed_building;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Listed_building\" >Grade I<\/a>-listed Grevel House (Fig 1), claimed to be \u2018one of the finest unrestored <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"House\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >houses<\/a> of its age in England\u2019, which has come to the market for the first time in 63 years, priced at \u00a32.5 million through north Cotswold agent Mark Annett (01386 8\u201841622).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countrylife.co.uk\/property\/historic-country-houses-for-sale-2-10344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>This curved glass house used to be a water cistern &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apartmenttherapy.com\/this-curved-glass-house-used-to-be-a-water-cistern-236854?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fmain+%28AT+Channel%3A+Main%29&amp;utm_content=Netvibes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apartmenttherapy.com<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_8834\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8834\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-600x359.jpeg\" alt=\"Image source;http:\/\/www.apartmenttherapy.com\/this-curved-glass-house-used-to-be-a-water-cistern-236854?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fmain+%28AT+Channel%3A+Main%29&amp;utm_content=Netvibes\" width=\"673\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-600x359.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-260x155.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-100x60.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-150x90.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-200x120.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-450x269.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House-900x538.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Curved-Glass-House.jpeg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apartmenttherapy.com\/this-curved-glass-house-used-to-be-a-water-cistern-236854?utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fmain+%28AT+Channel%3A+Main%29&amp;utm_content=Netvibes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Image source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>This stunning villa in Casa Aljibe, a suburb outside of Madrid in Spain, has been transformed from a water cistern into a unique place to live. Originally built to hold well water in the 50&#8217;s, this house has undergone a Grand Designs style up-do by Spanish architects Valdivieso Arquitectos.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>From water cistern, to warehouse, to gorgeous glass house, Casa Aljibe is a unique sight in Alpredrete, a suburb outside of Madrid, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>The original stone structure was built in 1955 to hold well water, but Madrid-based architects <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdiviesoarquitectos.com\/\">Valdivieso Arquitectos<\/a> have transformed it into a gorgeous modern home. On the upper level, the curved wall of windows of the living and dining area overlook a central stone patio.<\/p>\n<p>The lower level\u2014which is the original cistern and former warehouse\u2014consists of bedrooms and bathrooms. While it is partially buried, there is also a walk-out patio with a corrugated steel roof for much-needed shade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/From water cistern, to warehouse, to gorgeous glass house, Casa Aljibe is a unique sight in Alpredrete, a suburb outside of Madrid, Spain. The original stone structure was built in 1955 to hold well water, but Madrid-based architects Valdivieso Arquitectos have transformed it into a gorgeous modern home. On the upper level, the curved wall of windows of the living and dining area overlook a central stone patio. The lower level\u2014which is the original cistern and former warehouse\u2014consists of bedrooms and bathrooms. While it is partially buried, there is also a walk-out patio with a corrugated steel roof for much-needed shade.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Find Properties for Sale in London and the Surrounding Area:<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/barnet\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Barnet<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/bexley\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Bexley<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/brent\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Brent<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/bromley\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Bromley<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/camden\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Camden<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/chelsea\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Chelsea<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/croydon\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Croydon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/ealing\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Ealing<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/enfield\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Enfield<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/fulham\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Fulham<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/greenwich\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Greenwich<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hackney\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Hackney<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hammersmith\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Hammersmith<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/haringey\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Haringey<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/harrow\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Harrow<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/havering\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Havering<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hillingdon\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Hillingdon<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/hounslow\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Hounslow<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/islington\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Islington<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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#f58350;\"><strong>Redbridge<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/richmond\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Richmond<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/southwark\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Southwark<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/sutton\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Sutton<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\/greater-london\/tower-hamlets\"><span style=\"color: #1e3b5d;\">Property for Sale<\/span> <span style=\"color: #f58350;\"><strong>Tower Hamlets<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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