MAKE SUGGS’S ‘OUR HOUSE’
Pop band Madness is still going strong despite 37 years having passed since their first hit album, One Step Beyond, was released.
The hits have continued to flow, including 15 top ten singles and a No.1 – House of Fun. The band’s mix of ska, witty lyrics and outrageously silly videos has given Madness a loyal following across the generations, helped by a relentless gigging schedule.
Much of its ‘nutty boys’ persona is down to lead singer Suggs who, as well as regular appearances on TV, writes much of the band’s material.
He, like the rest of Madness, hails from Camden in North London and despite fame and fortune hasn’t wandered far.
One of his early homes in the area is currently for sale. It’s a mews house he occupied during the early years of Madness and was bought by the current owner from the singer during the late 1980s.
Suggs bought the property in 1981 and in his autobiography recalls how he “finally arrived at my newly purchased house in Camden Mews. It had been part of the stables for the bigger houses at the back. It was pretty, but tiny. One half of the downstairs was a garage which we were eventually going to convert”.
It has subsequently been expanded and now includes a fully fitted kitchen, large reception room, three double bedrooms and three bathrooms.
It’s for sale at £1.95m. Call Savills on 0203 428 2900 for more information.