Pockets Picked
Evening Standard, Homes & Property, Wednesday 15th October 2008Clerkenwell, the birth place of loft living, still packs a punch. Since the first wave of factory and warehouse conversations in the early Nineties, the area has attracted developers keen to push the boundaries of design.
It has a catchment of creative businesses and a local pool of buyers for whom a cool apartment is not just a badge of success but an extension of their lives. Boutique apartment schemes are a Clerkenwell staple but in recent years little of note has been built because development opportunities dried up.
Just south of Clerkenwell Road, Thornsett Group is building 124 apartments behind ancient Charterhouse Square, Prices start at £395,000. Apartments have walnut floors, limestone bathrooms and Paggenpohl Kitchens.
Six two-bedroom “premier” apartments with an enhanced specification by Swedish designer Staffan Tollgard have been released for sale. These start at £685,000. For information, call Currell Residential on 0207 253 2533.