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Lses Saw Swee Hock Student Centre The London School of Economic’s new Saw Swee Hock Student Centre has won the prestigious RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) 2014 Building of the Year award. The seven storey building houses a nightclub, gym, bar, cafe, multi-faith prayer rooms, broadcasting station, dance studio, careers advice and student union […]

Start Registering Now For September 2014 Apartments While September can seem quite far away, it will be upon us in no time. We are now starting reservations for our apartments for the September 2014 academic term.  If you would like to register your interest or to rent one of our properties, please let us know […]

Premium Student Housing Market Expands Beyond London Premium student housing costing parents between £250-£350 per week seems to be very much in demand. This is the price of a deluxe 1 person studio apartment in numerous student schemes across London.  While this is by all accounts just a small part of the student housing market, […]

Garage in Camberwell Peckham Borders Sells For 550000 A brick garage in Camberwell, South East London has sold for £550,000! The 568 square feet double height garage sold for nearly triple the £200,000 guide price in a property auction run by autioneers Andrew Scott Robertson. This is the most expensive garage ever sold in the […]

Sky Rocketing London House Prices Force Out Middle Class Soaring house prices are locking large swathes of professional middle class people out of London, leaving room for only “uber-middle” households or international buyers.  This is not just for luxury accommodation but rather, across the board. The Financial Times mentions that in 1995 architects, engineers and […]

Consumers are Now Using Less Energy in Their Homes British consumers are using less energy to light their homes than before.  Brits now use a third less energy to light their homes than they did 16 years ago, and 5% less than in 2008. This is largely due to  phasing out the old-fashioned incandescent light […]

Thames Barrier Protecting London From Flooding The Thames Barrier, the 520 metre wide barrier on the river at Woolwich, has been raised more than 20 times in the last fortnight. The barrier is used or raised to block the flow of water.  It can be used to prevent a high tide flowing into London and […]

London House Prices Rocket London house prices have now hit a new record at more than 20% above their pre-crisis peak! Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that annual house prices in London rose by 12.3% in December to hit an average of £450,000.  This is more than twice the 5.5% rate of […]

Telecom Users Can Now Switch Without Penalty From 23rd January, new rules from OfCom, the telecoms regulator mean that customers on mobile phone, landline or broadband contracts who are told by their supplier about a mid-term price increase can now switch supplier without penalty.  The same rules also apply where TV is included a part […]

New Baby Shard To Be Built For Luxury Flats London’s inconic Shard building, and also Western Europe’s tallest building, is to be joined by a smaller, junior Shard next door. The second Shard tower, also to be designed by Shard architect, Renzo Piano, will be 27 stories high and contain 150 flats plus retail space. […]