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News
Through Faron Sutaria's dedicated Press Office our media reach is extremely wide, regularly receiving coverage in both national and London publications. Listed below are extracts from some recent articles that have appeared.
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The Evening Standard
GETTING MORE IN W4
This sleek, high-spec Chiswick flat, now reduced by £30,000, comes with two double bedrooms, each with fitted wardrobes, and a chic bathroom with a super-wide basin and slate tiling. The open-plan kitchen/living room is a monochromed showcase of dark wood floors and white units and leads to a landscaped garden.
Property: two-bedroom flat
Price: £350,000
Agent: Faron Sutaria (020 8994 4111)
January 2010
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The Guardian
Tall Storeys SIX FEET WIDE £550,000
A house in west London has gone on sale for more than half a million pounds, despite being only 1.8m (6ft) wide.
In estate agent speak, the house for sale in Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, is "historic and enchanting" and "internationally recognised for its unique character".
But to most £549,950 is a lot to pay for a property which is no wider than a disabled toilet cubicle, however enchanted they may be by its idiosyncrasies.
The five-floor property is being sold by estate agents Faron Sutaria, who with clever photography have managed to suggest that anyone swinging their cat in the living room would not give their pet a nasty bang on the head.But there is no disguising that the bedroom is so thin you can only climb into the built-in bed from one end.Despite its width, however, the little house packs a lot in. It boasts two reception rooms, a dining room, an extremely narrow kitchen in the basement, a bathroom, shower room, two bedrooms and a study.
Sceptics can visit the house tomorrow or Sunday as part of the estate agent's open house weekend.
The price reflects the property's novelty value, according to Simon Beatson, of agents Faron Sutaria. "It's unique," he said. "For pounds per square foot it's actually incredibly good value."
He is confident of reaching a good price as a shortage of stock across London and low interest rates continue to drive prices up.
December 2009
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Mail on Sunday
LADDERS
One bedroom flat, Roland Gardens, London SW7, £406,000
Sold through Faron Sutaria 020 7590 0300
London’s South Kensington is famed for its Gallic charms, with streets packed with boulangeries and patisseries, so it is unsurprising that this period conversion with three sets of ‘French’ doors was in demand when it came to the market in August.
On the first floor of an oh-so-chic 19th Century building, not only did it have all the usual desirables – tall ceilings, a private balcony, and a share in the freehold – but, for those burdened with heavy shopping, there was the added delight of a lift.
It didn’t take long for prospective buyers to register its attractions and, within weeks, three competing bidders drove the asking price up from £400,000 to £406,000.
November 2009
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The Times
GET IN: A terrace in West London
What you get: Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen/dining room, reception room, and a patio garden.
Where is it? On Lanfrey Place; close to West Kensington Tube station.
The house offers white-washed ceilings with beams and wood flooring create a homely, country feel. Four double bedrooms with plenty of storage space. The quiet cul-de-sac location provides a relatively safe environment for young children.
Price: £715,000
Contact: Faron Sutaria, 020 7610 2080
October 2009
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The London Magazine
Hot Property – Waldemar Avenue, SW6, £1,450,000
INSIDE: A four bedroom, Victorian terraced house with elegant spaces, like this airy bay-windowed reception room
OUT: The 29-ft decked roof terrace has gorgeous views, and outside the kitchen there’s a well-tended, mature garden
TLM LOVES: The Victorian details mixed with contemporary styling
AGENT: Simon Corringham, Faron Sutaria 020 7610 2080
September 2009
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The Independent
Victorian value: Wendell Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, W12
Price: £750,000
Agent: Faron Sutaria, Tel: 020 8994 4111
They say: A beautifully presented and well preserved four-bedroom home with through reception, kitchen/diner, two bathrooms, one en suite as well as a garden and large roof terrace.
We say: The owners have done their best to maximise the space but it means there's no room for you to add value - you're going with the market on this one, although this is not a bad price for a house of this size in this location. And it's always far better to be living in that the enormous roof extension that looking at it from the house across the road.
August 2009
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The Sunday Times
Streets of Learning
School may be out for summer, but it’s not off the agenda. The battle for the best free school places is hotting up, and could offer homeowners who live near a good state school the chance to cash in on the credit crunch. Mark Kraven, lettings manager of the Notting Hill branch of Faron Sutaria, now receives twice as many inquiries for homes near the heavily oversubscribed Fox primary school as he did a year ago. Competition is so intense, parents are making huge sacrifices to get a home on the right street. “We had one family of two adults and two kids who lived in a one-bed for six months,” Kraven says. “The parents slept on a sofa bed in the living room while the kids slept in bunk beds.”
July 2009
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The Evening Standard
ACE VIEW IN WEST KENSINGTON
With the Queen’s Club Championships in full swing from next Monday, tennis fans will love this two-bedroom flat in West Kensington, which nets a prime view over the famous club’s grass courts. Inside, the apartment is given a blank canvas of pale walls and light wooden floors. Plenty of useful storage cupboards line the hallway, while the south-facing reception room/open-plan kitchen enjoys the sunniest of outlooks. Barons Court tube is only five minutes away.
Property: two-bedroom flat
Price: £325,000
Agent: Faron Sutaria (020 7610 2080)
June 2009
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The Times
Photoshopping may help celebrities to lose some pounds in cover shoots, but one well-known West London house has not been subjected to such treatment. It is only 6ft wide, being tall and extremely slender, just like the models who used to call there when Juergen Teller, the edgy fashion photographer, was a resident in the 1990s. The last time the two-bedroom house in Goldhawk Road, Shepherds Bush, changed hands in 2006 for £488,500, its dimensions won it headlines throughout the world. As the owner is, er, upsizing, it is once more on the market for £595,000 through Faron Sutaria (020 8740 7766). The scruffy but hip neighbourhood has changed a little since. The Westfield shopping mall, ten minutes away on foot, arrived last year. Previously there was a massage parlour next door; in an upwardly mobile development, the premises are now a chapel.
May 2009
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The Independent
It may be generosity, but with base rates at 0.5 per cent, many parents view helping their offspring as a shrewd investment. Simon Corringham of Faron Sutaria says that, if current rate cuts continue, the market will be overrun with cash buyers who no longer trust banks to safeguard their cash: "They're fed up with their money earning paltry interest in the face of inflation at three-something per cent and feel their money would be better spent on a buy-to-let investment or a home for their children. There's a trend for parents buying a flat with several bedrooms, allocating one to their son or daughter and renting the rest to their child's friends."
April 2009
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The Times
What you get: Six bedrooms, three bathrooms, kitchen/dining room, two reception rooms, garden, and off-street parking. In all, 2,155 sq ft.
Where it is: On South Parade, a six minute walk from Turnham Green underground station.
Upside: This spacious sem has attractive period features, as well as underfloor heating, and those three bathrooms. Plus Acton Green Common is just over the road.
Downside: South Parade, although not a main road, can get quite busy as it is served by two bus routes.
Price: £1.075m
Faron Sutaria 020 8994 4215
March 2009
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The Sunday Times
TOP OF THE DROPS: Down 42% to £1.75m
The price of this eight-bedroom Victorian terrace in Fulham, southwest London, has been reduced by a staggering £1.25m. The 4,600 sq ft property, which has a high-ceilinged double living room, two further receptions, six bathrooms and a kitchen with an Aga and french doors leading to a small, secluded garden, came onto the market in June 2008 for £3m; the price was cut to £2.4m in October and £1.75m last month. “Last year, we sold three houses on the same street, one of which went for £1.7m, and was half the size,” says Simon Corringham, director of the Fulham office of the selling agent, Faron Sutaria. He has noticed a shift in buyers from City workers to European businessmen and those with euro savings: “At this price, it is an amazing opportunity.”
March 2009
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The Evening Standard
Be in W12, close to the action
Price: £250,000; Agent: Faron Sutaria 020 8740 7766
Save £50,000 on the original asking price of this Shepherd’s Bush flat and catch the last of the sales at the glamorous new Westfield shopping centre, which is just 15 minutes’ walk away. In the first-floor reception room there is ample light, space and style, thanks to high ceilings, a large bay window, dark-stained floorboards and huge mirrored recesses either side of an open fireplace. Open-plan to the living/dining areas is a white glossy kitchen, in cool green mosaic tiles. Another large sash window and fitted wardrobes can be found in the bedroom, while the bathroom is very hotel chic with its twin sinks and walk-in slate-floored shower. Goldhawk Road and Shepherd’s Bush Tube stations are nearby, along with the open spaces of Ravenscourt Park.
January 2009
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The Sunday Times
Simon Corringham, director of Faron Sutaria, which has branches in west and central London, has been targeting the euro-rich Germans and Italians in Fulham. “Four-bedroom houses go for between £850,000 and £1.2m in SW6,” he says. “We introduce French families to each other.” Five-bedroom houses on Hazlebury Road, near L’Ecole des Petits, are popular: “The nanny can walk the children down the road.” Corringham’s other clients have included German rock singers, and Italians after pieds-à-terre. “They can’t stand hotels, and are looking for comfy, spacious flats near the Tube,” he says. “We’ve had cash buyers spending about £500,000 in the area.”
October 2008
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Money Week
Munster Road, London, SW6. A Victorian terraced house (102 sq m) with Adams-style fireplaces, open-plan reception area and an attractive kitchen leading onto the small garden. 3 bedrooms, bathroom, double reception, kitchen/breakfast room, garden. £599,950 Faron Sutaria 020-7610 2080
August 2008
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The Week
A renovated terraced house (153 sq m) close to West Brompton and Earls Court tube stations and Fulham Broadway. The house has wood floors, open fireplaces and a fully-extended contemporary kitchen/breakfast room. 4 beds, 2 baths, recep, cellar, garden. £775,000 Faron Sutaria 020 7610 2080.
July 2008
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