House For Sale In Earlsfield, London, SW18. £710,000

House for sale in Earlsfield, SW18. A lovely four bedroom semi detached house, extended and refurbished eight years ago. In the sought after Magdalen Conservation Area, close to Beatrix Potter School and 8 mins walk from Earlsfield mainline station ( Waterloo 12 mins). Approx. 1,285 Sq. Ft. of light and airy accommodation with solid oak flooring to the hall & living areas.

SEMI DETACHED HOUSE

1930’s BUILT

FOUR BEDROOMS

FAMILY BATHROOM

EN SUITE SHOWER ROOM

THREE RECEPTION ROOMS

FULLY FITTED KITCHEN

CLOAK ROOM

HALL

50′ S.E. FACING REAR GARDEN

SHED

GREEN HOUSE

PEA SHINGLED FRONT GARDEN

SOLID OAK FLOORING

EXTENDED EIGHT YEARS AGO

GAS CH

ALARM SYSTEM

DOUBLE GLAZED

SIDE ACCESS

GOOD TRANSPORT LINKS

JUST 8 MINS WALK TO EARLSFIELD STATION,LOCAL BUSES FOR CITY ACCESS AND SAINSBURY’S LOCAL SUPERMARKET

PERFECT FOR BEATRIX POTTER SCHOOL AND BURNTWOOD SCHOOL

PLEASANT ASPECT

1,285 Sq Ft

PERMIT PARKING OUTSIDE THE HOUSE

CONSERVATION AREA

Merry Christmas

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our clients, customers, suppliers and friends from everyone at Field & Sons Borough, Shad Thames, Limehouse & Kennington.

Lettings Negotiators Required

 

Lettings Negotiators required for our busy offices at Borough, Shad Thames and Kennington.  Applicants should ideally have three to four years experience in the lettings market and be prepared to work long hours to maximise their earnings potential. Forward thinking and proactive approach to business essential, togther with the ability to be good team players within the office environment. Clean driving licence essential.

Please apply by e-mail with full CV to sharon@fieldandsons.co.uk  

Christmas Fee Reductions

OUR BOROUGH AND SHAD THAMES OFFICE ARE REDUCING THEIR FEES

FOR ALL NEW INSTRUCTIONS

RECEIVED THROUGHOUT DECEMBER 2010 AND JANUARY 2011

Field and Sons pleased to help

 

Phil Spence in  Channel 4’s  TV show location Location Location recently sourced a property for first time buyer Claire, with a budget of £1.7m, in fashionable Bankside and Field and Sons were the agents marketing the apartment.

Masses of space and great views of The City.

Well done Phil & the team & congratulations to Claire………  everyone hopes that you enjoy living in SE 1.

61,000 new tenants enter the rental market

According to Countrywide, tenant demand reached new heights in quarter three (Q3) 2010 with over 61,000 new tenants registering for rental accommodation – a 19% increase compared to the previous quarter -.

These latest figures their network of 1,300 letting and estate agency branches show the number of tenants looking for rental accommodation has jumped by 44% during 2010, with July seeing over 20,000 applications – the highest number for a single month since records began.

A combination of record demand and supply issues have caused the total number of properties available to rent in the UK to fall by 6.9% in Q3 2010 compared to Q2 2010 – a 27% fall on the total number of properties available to rent in Q3 2009.

There is now an average of 5.8 tenants vying for each property across the UK – up from 5.5 in Q2 2010. Whilst apartments made up the greatest percent of stock on agents books, two bedroom houses continue to be most popular with an average of 10.2 tenants vying for each property. In contrast to Q2 2010 when houses were the most sought after property type, demand for one and two bedroom apartments have jumped sharply, most notably in London and the North West.

The latest findings also reveal that properties are being rented out within 13 days of entering the market – a reduction of one day compared to Q2 2010 and 7 days quicker than at the start of the year, with many properties let within hours of coming onto the market.

Couples under 35 made up the highest percentage of new tenant applications in Q3 2010. However the demographic of tenants remained broadly similar to Q2 2010 levels despite the seasonal influx of student tenants experienced during the summer months.

John Hards, Co-Managing Director of Countrywide Residential Lettings said: “Record levels of demand are seeing the number of available properties reaching critical levels with many properties having lets agreed before the previous tenants’ contract has ended.

“Our findings prove that new tenant applications have increased dramatically and existing tenants are choosing to rent for considerably longer periods of time, which is impacting on the amount of properties available to rent. With demand at an all time high, now is exactly the right time for private home owners to consider renting their property if they are unable to sell but still want to move.

“The private rental sector is the only viable option for a growing number of people and this issue will only intensify, especially in the wake of the government’s cuts to the social housing budget. The government must do more to incentivise cash investors and help private landlords in need of buy-to-let mortgage funding as rental supply is a growing national concern.”

HFS London are Recruiting

Accommodation Inspections Officer

HFS London works in the language travel sector with Language Schools and Universities to place international students in accommodation here in London. Our core service is ‘Homestay’ where international students stay with a host family when they arrive in London.

Now entering its third year HFS London is a dynamic, ambitious and growing company. We have an exclusive partnership with London’s oldest independent estate agency, Field & Sons (offices Limehouse, London Bridge, Tower Bridge, and Kennington) to offer our clients accommodation options outside of Homestay.

We are looking for a Full Time Accommodation Inspections Officer to:

Assess and inspect new host families and their accommodation to continue to build HFS London’s portfolio of London host families in zones 1-4 of the London Tube/Rail network.

Receive enquiries from new host families and explain all aspects of the service as well as our expectations from them. Assess suitability based on initial qualifying discussions and information they supply.

Organise weekly diary to schedule new host family visits. Either drive or use public transport to inspect at least 15-20 new host families every week spending between 30-45 minutes per inspection visit. Photograph all accommodation. Expect to spend 40% of the time in the office and 60% of the time on visits.

Complete follow up administrative work to visits and update team as to profiles of new host families.

Assisting the Placements team when matching international students with the most suitable new host families.

Post visit contact with host families which may for example involve helping them with issues or concerns where a student has subsequently been placed.

Provide general reception and administrative duties including answering telephone, taking messages etc.

Attend training where beneficial.

Adhere to health and safety policy and other requirements relating to the care of equipment.

Working hours: Monday to Friday 8.40am-6pm

Annual Salary: £17-20k depending on experience, plus travel allowance (if using public transport or own car)

Reporting Into: Accommodation Manager

Term: 6 month probationary period with view of permanent contract thereafter

Minimum Requirements: British/EU passport holder or suitable working visa; excellent written and spoken English; strong computer literacy skills including knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel ESSENTIAL, clean driving licence and own car preferred (but not essential).

Waterloo……. Bankside….SE1….. Buying there?

This coveted patch of SE1 offers a slice of Victoriana and the cultural delights of the South Bank

The street names in Borough and London Bridge may sound Dickensian, but it is in the lesser-known residential roads of neighbouring Waterloo that a real sense of Victorian London is to be found. While the main streets around Waterloo station and The Cut bring together a vibrant mix of well-heeled commuters, partying students and café-loving thesps, a small cluster of quiet but increasingly coveted brick terraces just below the clamour of the South Bank give the area a lived-in village feel that London Bridge lost long ago.

Where is it?

Just below the Thames, with Blackfriars Road to the east, Westminster Bridge Road to the west and St George’s Circus to the south. The abundance of bridges means that traffic is never too busy.The diversions of the South Bank — including the London Eye, British Film Institute and the Southbank Centre — are on your doorstep, although not all residents count this as “proper” Waterloo.

What is the property like?

The grid of streets between the South Bank and The Cut is increasingly popular. Two-bedroom terraces on pretty Roupell Street sell for close to £1 million and are popular with young professional couples. Double-fronted houses with up to four bedrooms on nearby Whittlesey Street sell for up to £1.2 million. Agents say that property prices have shot up since the revival of the South Bank ten years ago — doctors working at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals used to buy here but can no longer afford to.

Properties in this area do not come to the market often — many residents have lived here for years — but, as local agents  say: “They’re like buses. You don’t get one for years and then several come along at once.”

Field and Sons, the agent, has a £999,995 two-bedroom house for sale on Roupell Street, with a patio garden and a basement that can be used as a guest bedroom (fieldandsons.co.uk; 020-7407 1375).

Other popular streets include Theed Street (with some warehouse conversions) and Mitre Road. First-time buyers can find one-bedroom flats above shops on The Cut from £300,000. For those prepared to venture farther afield, Gladstone Road is a little oasis just below St George’s Circus (on the cusp of Elephant and Castle), with white stucco-fronted terraces that wouldn’t look out of place in Chelsea.

Any architectural gems?

Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has a 12th-century crypt. Although John Penrose, the Architecture Minister, recently refused to list Waterloo Station, English Heritage insists that it is the first great modern railway station, with its magnificent Victory Arch.

What is there for culture vultures?

There is something for everyone — theatrical greats at the Old Vic  (whose artistic director, Kevin Spacey, is rumoured to own property near by), contemporary plays at the Young Vic, film at the IMAX or the BFI, festivals at the Southbank Centre … the list goes on. Leake Street, which runs under the platforms of Waterloo and where Banksy adorned the walls with artwork two years ago, is now covered in spectacular graffiti that changes daily.

Restaurants and bars?

The Cut has seafood restaurants, curry houses, traditional British grub (The Anchor and Hope, which serves dishes such as tripe, was called “the most exciting new restaurant I have been to since I started writing this column” by Giles Coren, the Times critic) and the excellent Eastern European restaurant Baltic, with its fantastic cocktails, is just around the corner. Isabella Street, tucked away behind Southwark station, looks like a Mediterranean marina with its open-air bars and cafés.

 Our thanks to The Times for this article

One Blackfriars Road development

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has placed a 52-storey skyscraper project on Blackfriars Road into administration.

The major mixed-use scheme, called ‘One Blackfriars Road,’ was tipped to be worth as much as £1 billion on completion. It had secured planning permission for 64 luxury apartments as well as a 261-bedroom Jumeirah hotel.

The £500 million commercial project was backed by The Beetham Organisation, a Liverpool-based developer and Mirax, the property company founded by Russian property tycoon Sergei Polonsky.

RBS has now appointed administrators to the project ‘following the breakdown of the relationship between RBS and Beetham’s Russian partners,’ says The Beetham Organisation.

Beetham added that it hoped to be able to lever the project out of administration with the help of new investors, but did acknowledge that the site could be sold. The company said that they would be expecting bids of around £150 million from potential buyers if the site was to come onto the market.

BDO Stoy Hayward has been appointed administrator. Knight Frank has been instructed to act on behalf of Beetham and Mirax, while CB Richard Ellis is acting for RBS, who supplied the original loan, although it has since been shared with other banks.

Apartment for sale in E14 – Isle Of Dogs

1 bedroom flat for sale in E14. £249,950 Leasehold. This recently built apartment is finished to a high standard and comprises a large reception room with balcony, open plan to fitted kitchen, a double bedroom and a bathroom. There is a porter and gym on site and Galaxy Tower is well located being less than a mile from the bars restaurants and amenities of Canary Wharf, and half a mile from Mudchute station (DLR).  Offered with no onward chain.

  

ONE DOUBLE BEDROOM – RECEPTION ROOM OPEN PLAN KITCHEN- BALCONY – PORTER AND GYM – UNDER A MILE FROM SHOPS, BARS & RESTAURANTS OF CANARY WHARF – HALF A MILE FROM MUDCHUTE STATION (DLR) – NO ONWARD CHAIN

To arrange a viewing, call our Field & Sons Limehouse office on 02077909832