Journal

Who built a red-brick house on Frognal in 1898, and why its garden is twice as deep as its neighbours’.

Mallord Street was built for painters, and one of its houses still has the room they needed most: a studio under the roof, facing north.

How a new top floor was added to an Edwardian mansion block in Marylebone without anyone on the street noticing.

London’s mews were built for horses and the people who looked after them. A century later, they are some of the most sought-after houses in the city.

On the Ladbroke Estate, the best gardens cannot be seen from the street. A walk through the communal gardens of Notting Hill, and what it means to hold a key.

Listed buildings come with history, and with obligations. What to ask before buying one, from someone who used to design alterations to them.

A painted house on Chalcot Square sold in three weeks without a single advertisement. Its buyers had been watching it from across the square for six years.

An apartment in a white Holland Park villa, owned by one family since 1979, sold after a single viewing. How we prepared it, and who bought it.