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PROPERTY NEWS, EVENTS, CULTURE
AND LIFESTYLE IN W6 AND W12
ISSUE 1 FEBRUARY 2014
THE RETURN
OF SOPHIE
ELLIS-BEXTOR G R E AT
OF F E RS !
The Hammersmith singer takes our local
Check out eals
the wraps off her new album Partners d 3
Wanderlust during her triumphant PAGE S 11–1
Bush Hall homecoming gig
SEE PAGES 8–10
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CONTENTS NEWS ROUND-UP BRIDGE CLOSES FOR REPAIRS
on weekdays until the end of February.
NEWS ROUND-UP 2–3 The southbound lane over the
A quick look at what’s been going on bridge (A306) will be closed between
in Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush 7am and 3pm every Monday to
Friday from until February 28, to allow
YOUR SHOUT:
NEW TOWN HALL 4–5 1,000 essential repairs to the 126-year-old
bridge’s wooden decking panels.
There will also be three full weekend
Local residents sound off on plan to
New homes fo
rebuild ugly town hall extension block r closures, which are currently proposed
BBC TV for January 25-26, February 1-2 and
LOOKING BACK: Centre site February 8-9, from 8am on Saturday to
HAMMERSMITH CREEK 6–7
Hammersmith Bridge is still closed 5am on Monday. The diversions will
WELCOME TO OUR PATCH
AND...
southbound for urgent repair works be via Fulham Palace Road and Putney
Once one of London’s worst slums,
it’s now a leafy haven
during weekdays and on selected Bridge for southbound traffic and north- FROM JOHN HORTON
weekends. The essential work means bound traffic will be diverted to Chiswick
H
that the bridge will be partially closed Bridge during the weekend closures. ammersmith and Shepherds
COVER STORY:
ACTION!
Bush has been my home and
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR 8–10 place of work now for over
Returning home never felt so sweet
for the local singer and mum BOJO: NEW RIVERSIDE STUDIOS IS GO GO 17 years and in that time my
love for the area has only grown.
For me, it offers an array of fantastic
PARTNER PROFILE: The Mayor of London Boris Johnson features and landmarks which really set
BRACKENBURYS DELI 11 has given the green light to it apart from other more expensive and
Two top offers from our first Plans to regenerate the world-famous television studios, the restaurant developers to build a state-of-the-art traditionally more fashionable areas of
Partner with two great local delis former BBC Television Centre in White and drama blocks, the east tower facility for Riverside Studios with London. Features such as the river, the
City – preserving the Grade II listed and connected buildings with up to new production studios, a cinema, bridge, the parks and the fantastic array
PARTNERS & MAPS 12–13 central ring, the famous Studio 1 and 1,025 homes, a hotel, cinema, health theatre facilities, rehearsal space, of local businesses all feed the thriving
Shop local! We bring you six more other historic features at their heart – and leisure club, restaurants, cafes new riverside restaurant and café/bar, and friendly community at its heart.
local businesses and their free offers have been approved. and offices. as well as 165 new apartments. A new
Developer Stanhope, the new owner One storey will be added to the riverside walkway will finally connect There’s more to experience
of the five-hectare site on Wood Lane, height of Television Centre and two the Thames Path to Hammersmith
WHAT’S ON 14–15 will now build more than 1,000 homes, will be created at basement level, Bridge. The plans, supported by local as a real ‘purple patch’
From the Empire to the Apollo, the
a hotel and new shops. The plans – while the façade of the Grade II-listed comedian Bill Bailey (left), Jo Brand seems to be under way
best in theatre, music, comedy and arts
which bring £10 million in community building will be retained and restored. and Simon Callow, were vocally
improvements and could create around The well-known central ring, Studio 1 opposed by some local residents. And these are the things which
TALKING HEADS: 2,745 jobs according to the developers and Helios sculpture will also remain we’ve set out to celebrate and report
JEAN SHIPTON 16–17 – will enable the centre to remain at with the current courtyard being on within this magazine. Expect local
The life of the St Peter’s primary the heart of the community where it opened up to create a new public news, events, offers and exclusives
SUPER HOOPS ON RIGHT TRACK
headteacher is certainly never dull has stood for the past 53 years. space and a new path that links Wood – our aim is to keep you up to date
The scheme involves replacing four Lane to Hammersmith Park. with everything that’s worth knowing
TO NEW STADIUM IN OLD OAK
MAKING GOOD: about in Hammersmith and Shepherds
OUR FEATURED PROPERTY 18–19 Bush. Hopefully we can fit everything
I’ve seen many improvements, FILM CREW FALLS IN LOVE in! It seems there’s more to see and
but none as good as this!
WITH ‘GLAMOURSMITH’ Queens Park Rangers
have signalled they
district with up to 24,000 new homes
and 55,000 jobs.
experience every month as a real
‘purple patch’ seems to be under way.
PROPERTY GRID 20–22 A group of Cambridge film students want to build a 40,000- QPR and their development From an estate agent’s point of view,
The search for your dream home chose Hammersmith as the subject seater sports stadium partners, Stadium Capital you need only look at the local property
in W6 and W12 starts here of their latest short film. Shooting last in Old Oak Common. Developments, unveiled plans prices to see how things have changed.
autumn, the students set out to try to Sitting just to the for an ambitious mixed-use According to Rightmove, our borough
CYCLE COMPETITION 23 capture the true spirit of the borough north of Wormwood Scrubs, district focused on a new is now the third most expensive in
Win £150 of Bikeworks vouchers! FREE WI-FI IN LYRIC SQUARE and showcase its best features in less
than two minutes! The project will now
the ground would be near the
location for a new High Speed
stadium and leisure
complex in December.
London with only our central Zone 1
neighbours Kensington and Chelsea
PUBLISHED BY DISCLAIMER Hammersmith workers, residents and be sent off to be marked as part of the 2 (HS2) and Crossrail station, QPR chairman Tony and Westminster ranking higher – a
Horton and Garton We thank our advertisers
www.hortonandgarton.co.uk for supporting Our Patch, visitors can celebrate as new wi-fi has students’ final dissertation. potentially making it one of the Fernandes, said: “Loftus staggering statistic which shows the
but Horton and Garton does
not accept responsibility been installed in Lyric Square. Now The film, entitled ‘Why Hammersmith best connected railway stations Road is – and always will be – a rest of London is finally starting to take
EDITOR
Geoff Cowart
for goods or services offered
by advertisers Hammersmith’s prime public space is Is Home’, is now available to view in the UK. special place for the club and our notice of the neighbours to the west!
DESIGN fully interactive, as people can connect on the Horton and Garton Youtube The 155-hectare site around supporters, but we need more than Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush
Printed by Purbrooks
Michael Stafford & Alison Tilley Distributed by to the HammersmithLondon wi-fi for channel. Visit: www.youtube.com/ the proposed station is set to be 18,000 seats. With no option to is definitely where my heart is, and I’m
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YOUR
SHOUT NEW PLANS FIT FOR A
KING STREET APPROVED
New proposals would replace one of the £150m
area’s ugliest blocks and welcome a new Regeneration
Curzon Cinema to Hammersmith scheme to
go ahead
TIMELINE Does new town hall a further five responses in favour And Teresa Taylor of Addison
scheme fit the bill? during the consultation. And even Gardens, Hammersmith, said: “I’m
better, the new town hall and public in favour of it if it doesn’t cost the
After many years of wrangling, H&F square will come at no cost to local taxpayers. And the money also needs
EARLY 2014 Council has been given the green taxpayers as it will be financed by to be spent on the rest of King Street –
Greater London light by its planning committee for the sale and letting of the homes and it’s a mess!”
Authority set to give its £150million plan for a new-look offices in the larger scheme. But not everyone was blown
verdict on scheme town hall and the regeneration of the away by the watered-down plans.
western end of King Street. But what do you think? John Barrett of Riverside Gardens,
Goodbye ugly town hall extension. Hammersmith, said: “My mother
END OF 2014 Hello modern glass box. Goodbye We hit the streets to find out. And lives opposite the town hall and she’s
Work starts after site Cineworld. Hello to the new three- it wasn’t hard to find locals with worried the new buildings will obscure
assembly, tendering screen Curzon arthouse cinema. something to say. the light into her flat.”
of construction works And we’ll also be saying hello to “Anything is better than the If all goes smoothly, work will start
and mobilisation of a new public square, and a new way it is now!” said Noelle Healy at the end of this year, and be finished
contractors etc supermarket and shops, 196 new of Emlyn Road, Shepherds Bush. by 2018.
is complete homes and new offices.
The Grade-II listed town hall will
have its former ceremonial stone steps
BY 2017
reinstated to link up with the new
Works to west of Nigel
public piazza while the replacement
Playfair complete
council offices will be built to the
west of Nigel Playfair Avenue. The
BY 2018 developer will also provide £5.25m
Everything finished towards a regeneration fund to boost
the surrounding area and refurbish
the original town hall, which was
built in 1938.
A previous plan, which included
taller buildings and a bridge across the
motorway to Furnivall Gardens, was
referred to the Mayor of London but
then withdrawn in December 2011
New shops and restaurants will
breathe fresh life into the western end
following anger from local residents.
of King Street, while a new town So now, none of the new buildings
square will be designed for events in the new scheme will be taller
than the current town hall extension.
The council received just eight Looking across the square
objections to the development and
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t Peter’s primary school – For me this is really sad as we won’t
located over three sites in get to see the children start in the
close proximity to St Peter’s nursery and come all the way through
TALKING Church – is a school which
boasts a rich history. One
the school.
The brilliant thing about how
HEADS of the first charity schools
set up in west London, the school
the school was founded is that Lucy
Hannah Scott’s influence continues to
was founded by George Scott and his this day and whatever is done with the
daughter Lucy Hannah Scott in 1849 nursery site now, it has to be for the
when they realised that there was an benefit of the local children. Because
acute shortage of even the most basic of this we can’t sell the site and while
education for the children of labourers we don’t know what will become of it
who lived in the district. in the long term, in the short term we
This policy of inclusivity is one that will move some classes to this building
headteacher Jean Shipton explains while work is done on a possible
continues to be very much at the core extension to the main building.
of the school’s ethos today. If approved, work will take around a
year and a half to complete so it’s going
How long have you been at to be a challenging time ensuring that Jean Shipton in the classroom
the school? the school still operates at its best and
I’ve been at the school for around 23 we manage the health and safety of the
years and I’ve been head since 2000. children through this period. in others and it’s about supporting
I joined originally as a maths them in these areas.
co-ordinator and after working in a What do you think makes The way the parents interact with
variety of areas eventually became St Peter’s School special? the school is another very special thing.
deputy head. When the previous head I think it’s the school community. We have the brilliant ‘FOSP’ (Friends
left, the school couldn’t appoint, so as Most people when they visit the school of St Peter’s) which is made up of
deputy I had to take the role and after feel that it’s a very strong community. parents and local members of the
a few months in the role – by which We are a church school and that community who volunteer to help
point I’d decided I really liked it – I was makes a big difference; lots of people organise events which not only raise
officially appointed. money but also continue to draw
the community into getting
What changes have you seen involved with the school.
in that time?
I’ve seen quite a few changes in What do you think of
that time, for example when I first the new West London
joined, the school hall was in the Free School?
middle building. We’re a school When the new site opposite
spread across three sites: a Key the Polish Centre on King Street
Stage 2 site, a Key Stage 1 site and opens it may well have an
ST PETER’S SCHOOL
an early years site, and it was very effect as there will be more
small and cramped. Since then competition at primary school
the hall has moved to the larger level. However, looking at their
Key Stage 2 site which was a fairly mission statement and what
from the 1950s
major change. A school photo they believe as a school it differs
HAMMERSMITH
In terms of the intake of children greatly from what St Peter’s offers.
I would say it has stayed fairly Ours is very much inclusive and
similar, but we’ve probably seen an come here who are from a church focuses on the whole child approach,
increase in children from different background. But then we have people and though the Free School is also
ethnic groups and a higher number of of lots of other different faiths as well very interested in the whole child the
EAL (English as an additional language) and so it’s very important to remember focus is very much about things such as
Headteacher Jean Shipton talks to James students. So I would say that the
demographic has changed and is
that while we are a church school, we
are not a church. This means that the
competitive sport, Latin and smartness
which differs from us slightly.
Beck about her 23 years at the school
changing slightly. children won’t hear that Christianity Obviously the biggest difference
is the only way – it’s about respecting is, as a free school, they have a lot
What changes are coming to others’ beliefs. more freedom to do what they want
the school in the future? We’re also an inclusive school so whereas we have to follow the national
The biggest change will be that our we have children of all sorts of abilities curriculum. My view is that we have
nursery will be closing in the summer. and needs and we try to meet those plenty of freedom to do what we want
This is because of changes at local level needs as much as possible. For example to do within the national curriculum
which means that our funding has we have some very gifted dyslexic as the flexibility within it is huge and
unfortunately been cut and we literally pupils who, while they may struggle allows us to tailor the structure to our
can’t afford to keep it going. with some aspects of school, really excel children and our community.
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COVER
STORY
SOPHIE
ELLIS-BEXTOR
The Hammersmith star chooses Bush Hall
to launch her fifth album, Wanderlust.
Working with Shepherds Bush troubadour
Ed Harcourt, it marks a strong return for
the singer/songwriter hitting the charts at
number four. Helen Clarke joins the party »
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ammersmith’s Sophie Ellis- fiercely loyal fans she’s spent 14 years the crowd. She was joined on stage by
Bextor chose a venue close collecting. But it was a gamble that paid Harcourt and the rest of the musicians
to her home – and heart – off; Wanderlust charted at four in its who played on the album – including
to return to the stage to
unveil her fifth album.
first week of release – a slap in the face
to some of the negative early reviews
her step brother Jackson Ellis-Leach
on drums and husband Richard Jones, PARTNER
“Wanderlust means an it earned. who plays bass with The Feeling.
PROFILE
F R EtEour
impulse to travel. So it’s kind of funny The pair met when he auditioned
that I’m launching the album about 10 Wanderlust means an to be in her backing band, and they
minutes from my home,” she laughs. impulse to travel. So it’s kind married in Italy in 2005. They weren’t
Luckily, 10 minutes from home for her the only family members watching
of funny that I’m launching
means Uxbridge Road’s Bush Hall, in proudly; her father was also looking on
C he c k o u e r s !
great of f –13
all its red velvety, chandelier splendour. the album about 10 minutes among the friends, fans and guestlisters.
The perfect venue for a highly polished from my home She closed the evening perched atop
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pop princess. the hall’s famous grand piano played
Born in Twickenham to former It must be a nail-biting time; putting by Harcourt at the back of the room,
Blue Peter present Janet Ellis and film her money and reputation on the line, sending the crowd on its way with the
director and producer Robin Bextor, but if she was nervous at the launch refrain of “I’m heading home tonight”.
she moved to Hammersmith at the age show, she hid it well, and she beamed Which in many ways is exactly what
of 11, when she joined St Stephen’s throughout, making easy chitchat with she’s doing with Wanderlust.
Primary School – right across the
road from the Bush Hall – and later
Godolphin and Latymer public school.
Mum Janet is also a Hammersmith
lifer, having lived in the same house
for some 23 years and playing an active
role in the local community, including
BRACKENBURYS DELI
volunteering at Tudor Rose Children’s
Centre, in Shottendane Road, Fulham.
Since her previous record, Make a
Scene, was released in 2011, Sophie has
taken a step back from the limelight,
focusing on looking after her three
sons – Sonny, nine; Kit, four; and Ray,
one. But, after a timely appearance on
BBC 1’s Strictly Come Dancing, that’s all
about to change, as she unleashes her
In every issue of Our Patch we will showcase a local
first independently released album.
The Bush Hall show saw her perform
business from our Partners scheme. The new Horton and
the record in its entirety – and those Garton scheme aims to reward residents for shopping locally
expecting more of the disco dancefloor
fillers that she’s best known for were in and supporting the community. First up, Brackenburys Deli
for a shock.
F
Written and recorded with prolific
Shepherds Bush-based singer/ ounded in 2011 by local So what do they put their success I think it is becoming more like a
songwriter Ed Harcourt, its roots are residents and long-time down to? Sharon says: “One of the village as we are seeing more people
much closer to her teenage indie days, friends Sharon Isaac-Upton things we wanted to focus on when we supporting local businesses, and again
as a singer in guitar band theaudience. and Tom Roche, the deli opened was good coffee, and all of our I’d say the majority of customers at the
This time around Sophie, 34, has business started after Sharon coffee is hand roasted to order.” W12 branch are regulars.”
thrown a little more drama into the decided to pursue her love of Tom adds: “We also try to use as And Tom adds: “We actually see some
mix. How would she describe the end excellent coffee and fine food. Coupled many local suppliers as possible to people twice a day – they start off in
result? “The soundtrack to an eastern with Tom’s background in catering, make sure we get products which have a our Askew Road shop and then later
European 70s film,” she reckons. they were on to a winner. And less than bit more of an origin and that bit more the same afternoon we see them in our
There are some things that you can’t one year later, they opened a second quality, and we do seem to get a very Brackenbury Village shop!”
really talk about in dance music,” she branch in Askew Road, W12. positive response.”
explains, before listing some examples: “We now have a third branch in As long-term residents in the www.brackenburys.co.uk
“Trips to Eastern Europe, fairytales, Barnes which we opened as a weekend area before opening Brackenburys, Email: info@brackenburys.co.uk
Roald Dahl’s short stories, Twin Peaks….” café in September 2013 and this is also what is it that Tom and Sharon feel
Turn the page to see the
The change in themes and sound available for events and functions,” says makes the areas their two shops are
full list of Partners and
isn’t the only difference with this Sharon with a proud smile. “And we located in so special? “For me I think
Singer/songwriter Sophie offers. To find out more,
record. It was, she proudly told the also run a food distribution business it’s the community,” says Sharon.
Ellis-Bextor would give keep an eye out for
crowd, entirely self-funded and released from the W12 branch, which distributes “Brackenbury is really is like a proper
her right arm for her family our Partner stickers in
on her own label, EBGBs. It was a brave hand-made produce to Waterstones village within a very busy Zone 2 area
windows in W6 and W12!
move that risked isolating the army of which they sell in-store.” of London. In terms of Askew Road,
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l The Musicians of www.bushhallmusic.co.uk www.riversidestudios.co.uk 0844 249 1000
Bremen, Lyric Theatre W6 14 Feb www.eventimapollo.com The second wave of Secret
Charming 45-minute 7 Feb 12 Feb to 2 Mar l Gill Manly and the Simon Theatres have been announced
after Secret Theatre 3 at the Lyric
children’s show at 11am, l Del Amitri, l Kiss Me, Figaro!, Wallace Trio, Posk W6 26 Feb
was a controversial success
1pm and 3pm, suitable for Eventim Apollo W6 Riverside Studios W6 Valentine’s Night l Noah Francis Johnson,
ages 3-9. It’s a puppet show, It may have been 30 years A rom-com with music from performance of the Etta Bush Hall W12
billed as Toy Story meets the
Brothers Grimm. £8
since their debut single, but
the Glasgow rockers are still
Mozart, Handel and Puccini,
performed by the Merry
James story comes to the
Polish Jazz Café in King
Funky singer shows off tunes
from his debut solo album. SECRET THEATRE 4
020 8741 6850
www.lyric.co.uk
doing their stuff. 7pm.
£33.25
Opera Company. 7.30pm.
£22.50 (£20 concs)
Street. Hits will include
Hoochie Coochie Girl and
7.30pm. £10
020 8222 6955
LYRIC THEATRE W6
0844 249 1000 020 8237 1111 Something’s Got a Hold on www.bushhallmusic.co.uk Feb 7 to March 8
www.eventimapollo.com www.riversidestudios.co.uk Me. 8pm. £8 The popular Secret Theatre season returns as its 20-strong
020 8741 1940 27 Feb ensemble of actors, directors, writers, designers and
www.jazzcafeposk.org l Gavin DeGraw, O2 dramaturgs promise another season of taking risks.
Shepherds Bush Empire W12 For theatre-goers who like a surprise, this is the hottest
With a new album, Make A ticket in town. Buy a ticket, turn up and enjoy. No details
Move, the performer’s vocal about the play or the cast are announced in advance.
talents will be on show and For its fourth incarnation and because of the extensive
broadens the scope of his building works at the Lyric, the show will take place in a
music. 7pm. £22.50 space where the company has not previously performed.
020 8354 3300 And for a further hint, the work is a new take on a classic,
www.O2shepherdsbushempire. written by an exciting new writer. 7.30pm. £15
1 Feb co.uk 020 8741 6850
l Steve Morrison and Alan www.lyric.co.uk
Glen, Brooks Blues Bar W6
Bluesmen come to Polish Jazz
Café, Posk, in King Street. FREE FIRST NIGHT!
Glen was one of the early Live or work in Hammersmith & Fulham? If so, you can
Yardbirds, so the pair have a claim two free tickets to see Show 4 on Friday, February 7,
terrific pedigree. Backed by at 7.30pm. Bring proof of your home or work address to
drummer Mark Walker and 15 Feb the Ticket Office on either the Friday or Saturday before
the performance to pick up their free tickets.
BRITAIN: ONE MILLION YEARS
pianist Tim Penn. 8pm. £8 l A Roo in my Suitcase,
07810 647199 Lyric Theatre W6
www.brooksbluesbar.co.uk
OF THE HUMAN STORY Intriguing title of a children’s
show with shows at 11am
1-8 Feb 11 Jan to 27 Sept and 1pm. Ages 3-7. £8 28 Feb
Ciphers, Bush Theatre W12 Major exhibition at the Natural History Museum (daily 020 8741 6850 l American Hustle (15),
Last week of Dawn King’s spy 10am-5.50pm. Adults £9, children £4.50. Family discounts). www.lyric.co.uk Riverside Studios W6
thriller about the life and A look back at Britain before the Romans, Saxons and Christian Bale stars in this
death of a female intelligence Vikings pitched up, with rarely seen specimens on display 22 Feb tale about a conman which
officer. Blanche McIntyre including a skull from the earliest known Neanderthal in l Jack Whitehall, has been nominated for a
directs at the Uxbridge Road Britain, and the oldest spear in the world Eventim Apollo W6 host of Oscars, and won the Steven Webb and Leo Bill
22 Feb in Secret Theatre 3
theatre. £19.50 (£12 concs) 020 7942 5000 He has hosted Live at the Golden Globe for best film
Jack Whitehall 020 8743 5050 www.nhm.ac.uk Apollo and performed in 020 8237 1111
Eventim Apollo www.bushtheatre.co.uk Royal Variety shows, as well www.riversidestudios.co.uk
14 / 15
OUR PATCH FEBRUARY 2014 OUR PATCH FEBRUARY 2014
LOOKING
BACK
THE CREEK
Furnivall Garden
s, today
The High Bridge, c1920
& LITTLE WAPPING
HAMMERSMITH
E
ver wonder what the merchants packed into every available lodgings’ of Little Wapping who
riverside in Hammersmith space. Between the factories was a swung on his gate.
was like 100 years ago? labyrinth of slum housing, known As part of the Southern
The streams which formed as Little Wapping. Improvement Scheme of 1922,
the Stamford Brook joined A report of 1913 vividly described Hammersmith Borough Council The creek, Late 19th century
the River Thames at The The Creek area as “one of London’s planned to clear the area and build
Creek which divided the Lower poorer and apparently more hopeless new housing and in 1927 the
and Upper Malls at Hammersmith. districts… situated in the alleys, council bought property around
Until the 1930s the inlet, which unpenetrated by any road…The The Creek for £8,000. Old houses
extended as far as King Street, was inhabitants are costers, flower sellers, were demolished to make way for
lined with buildings, both industrial casual labourers, chronic invalids; blocks of flats at Riverside Gardens.
and residential, and was spanned by mothers habitually tired; and children, Preparations for the construction of
a wooden humpbacked bridge called children, children…The housing the new Town Hall in King Street
the High Bridge. accommodation is what you might began in 1936 when The Creek was
The Creek is believed to have been expect – in one street there is one culverted and the bed of the inlet
one of the earliest areas of settlement water-closet to four houses…in another filled in.
in Hammersmith, forming a sheltered the costers’ donkeys are led through The district changed beyond all
harbour for fishermen and riverside the houses entering at the front door, recognition after a flying bomb
dwellers and providing wharves for and going along the passages, to the destroyed factories and properties
barges to transfer goods between the hovels in the yards at the back.” along the riverside on the night William Morris was
Thames and the main highway.
The area became heavily
In his book-lined study at Kelmscott
House in Upper Mall, designer
of 24 July 1944. Furnivall Gardens
was created in 1951 on the site of regularly disturbed by
industrialised with lead and oil
mills, malt houses, boat builders,
William Morris was regularly disturbed
by the ‘yells and shrieks’ of street
The Creek, sweeping away the last
remnants of the area known as
the ‘yells and shrieks’
lime sheds, timber yards and builders’ urchins from ‘the foul and degraded Little Wapping.
of street urchins
16 / 17
OUR PATCH FEBRUARY 2014 OUR PATCH FEBRUARY 2014
MAKING
GOOD BEFORE
A ‘shell’ actually goes no way to
describing the state the property
& AFTER
The rough diamonds in the property market
was in – ‘dump’ was probably a are in higher demand than the finished product.
more apt description So are we all property developers now?
asks expert estate agent John Horton
H
as the renovation bug bitten had they put the windows back in, but
you? Thanks to property they had transformed the entire interior
programmes such as and exterior of the house. The most
Grand Designs and Homes impressive addition was a new floor
Under the Hammer, it’s an with an excellent west-facing roof
increasingly profitable way terrace and a new kitchenette to enable
to shop for a property. And locally, convenient outdoor entertaining.
un-modernised properties are now in far After a few weeks of marketing we
higher demand than the finished article. achieved a sale of £1.225m to a young
I’ve seen a few examples in my local couple. Obviously, the vendor
17 years as a local estate agent, with achieved a healthy margin, but I can
varying results. But no doubt the most only look back and wonder what the
spectacular transformation I’ve ever house would have achieved in today’s
seen is a house I have sold – twice! market. My guess would be significantly
I was unsure of what to expect but The property is in Hammersmith’s more based on our sale of a flat in
Southerton Road. A ‘shell’ actually Southerton Road just last year which
excited to see what the new owner had goes no way to describing the state the attracted no fewer than 70 viewings
made of it, however I was not prepared property was in – ‘dump’ was probably and 20 offers.
a more apt description. It was so bad you What was really interesting to
for the transformation I walked into... had to wipe your feet on the way out! observe, however, was that the house
It was clear from the beginning achieved significantly more interest in
that it was going to take a buyer with its un-modernised state compared to
some imagination. After all, it was the second time round. With today’s
being squatted and was completely competitive market and the wave of
dilapidated as a result. It lacked heating new buyers arriving in W6 and W12,
and electrics – even the windows had many prospective buyers already have
been replaced by breezeblocks. their architect, builder and interior
Viewings began in January which designer ready to go. So, if you decide
meant a torrid few weeks with freezing to take on your own ‘grand design’
visits by torchlight. But thankfully, it project, be prepared for intense
paid off and we sold the property to a competition and be sure you’re ready.
professional developer for £620,000. No buyer wants to pay asking
A few months passed and I was very price or above, however it is the buyers
pleased to receive a call to go in and who can dig deeper and who have
re-value the property. I was unsure of extra spending power that are closing
what to expect but excited to see what the deals and when it comes to an
the new owner had made of it. un-modernised property, there’s a
However, I was not prepared for the good chance it could be money very
transformation I walked into… Not only well spent.
18 / 19sales@hortonandgarton.co.uk lettings@hortonandgarton.co.uk 176 King Street
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Overstone Road, W6 £425,000 Leasehold
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Private garden | EPC Rating = D | Brackenbury Village
Boscombe Road, W6
LD
SO
£550 per week
A stunning two double bedroom coach house with
a secluded courtyard garden. The property has
recently undergone extensive refurbishment works
whilst retaining the character and many original
features of this artist’s home.
The bright and spacious ground floor arrangement
provides ample living and entertaining space with
a wood burning stove, whilst there are two double
bedrooms and a modern bathroom to the first floor.
• Two double bedrooms • Private garden
• Converted Victorian coach house • Furnished
• Bespoke feature spiral staircase • EPC rating = D
• Recent new kitchen and bathroom and redecoration Nasmyth Street, W6 £1,100,000 Freehold
Three bedrooms | Two bathrooms | Unmodernised
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