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London Mews Directory
- zeristor 4y agoAshburn Mews with contemporary photos. Including an Electric Vehicle charging station: https://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/mews-views/ https://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/mews-views...
- V__ 4y agoFor anyone else, who, like me, never came across the word before: > A mews is a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the early twentieth century. Mews are usually located in desirable residential areas, having been built to cater for the horses, coachmen and stable-servants of prosperous residents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mews
- kibwen 4y agoI'd never heard of that usage before, and I was prepared to be flabbergasted at the idea that London might be home to over 12,000 falcon roosts: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mews_(falconry) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mews_(falconry)
- Lio 4y agoI believe they come from the same linguistic root and that this usage for stables/flats is derived from the falconry term.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoI used to live in Ennismore Mews: https://www.lurotbrand.co.uk/mews-property/ennismore-gardens-mews-knightsbridge-london-sw7 https://www.lurotbrand.co.uk/mews-property/ennismore-gardens... Back in the 1970s. It was nice, then. It would probably be eye-wateringly expensive, these days.
- bodyfour 4y agoLooks like currently one property is for sale there -- 3 bed / 2 bath for £2M. https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/53538778/ https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/53538778/ Was expecting it to be higher, actually.
- taylorius 4y agoThat's a maisonette, so only one floor of the house. Closer to a flat (apartment) really.
- Reason077 4y agoEven so, that does seem cheap for a 3-bed flat in Knightsbridge. I'm guessing this is a leasehold property with a relatively short tenure, information that is curiously missing from the sales page.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoWe had the whole house, back then. Nice neighborhood. I used to walk to Harrod's.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoBTW: I don't think we owned it. We lived in some very nice places, as I was growing up, but my father didn't make that much. I think his company (it used to be "The Company") owned or leased the properties.
- temp_account_32 4y agoSurprisingly, it's not a leasehold. From the Zoopla ad: Share of Freehold With 960 Years Remaining
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- josh_fyi 4y agoWhat has London come to? Housing for horses and servants now serves as £10m money-havens for foreign oligarchs.
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoI live in an American city that is also popular as a piggybank for kleptocrats. It also has huge housing costs, and hence a huge homelessness problem. I'd love to see some kind of "use it or lose it" law on unoccupied residences, where they would be subject to large tax penalties or worse. Unfortunately, the kind of people who would be hurt by this are also the kind of people who can and will hire experts to skirt, game, or flout the law. So there's your problem.
- Reason077 4y agoIn many of London's more upscale boroughs, such as Westminster, there are council tax penalties which apply to properties that are unoccupied for more than 2 years: 2-5 Years - 100% Premium 5-10 Years - 200% Premium 10 Years + - 300% Premium Of course, even paying 4X council tax is nothing if you're a billionaire oligarch.
- _Wintermute 4y agoThough council tax rarely aligns with desirability or average property price of a borough. Funny you picked Westminster for the example, the one with the cheapest council tax of all.
- fgkramer 4y agoThanks for sharing, I always wanted to see what was inside these beautiful properties! (If you go to the lettings section you can actually see individual properties and their HEFTY price)
- bejd 4y ago> * { scrollbar-width: none; } Naughty. Missing a mews in central London where I used to work, but I suspect they're more focused on aesthetically pleasing locations.
- LoganDark 4y agoYeah, this is a choice for the user, not the website. (Coming from someone who applies that CSS globally.)
- MichaelZuo 4y agoFor Knightsbridge that is surprisingly affordable.
- voisin 4y agoI had the joy of living on Adam and Eve Mews in Kensington for a period. It was cobblestone and just steps from Kensington Palace and Hyde Park. Amazing to see these photos and I’m thankful someone is documenting these magical little streets.