Make a move on a piece of history
Iconic sites are now being transformed into luxury homes, so why not…
WHEN it comes to buying property, there are few more attractive prospects than purchasing a beautiful new home in an iconic location. Whether you’re a car fanatic interested in living at the historic home of the motor industry or a Blue Peter fan keen on residing where the show was filmed, there’s sure to be a property to excite your retro tastes in 2019.
In London, it is now possible to live in a place that dominates the skyline – Battersea Power Station. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott – the architectural genius behind the red telephone box – this was where the London Power Company generated electricity for the capital from the 1930s until 1983. Prices range from £565,000 for a studio to £2,580,000 for a river-facing, splitlevel three-bedroom apartment.
Meanwhile, in Hayes, pop fans can buy a property in the converted EMI record plant, where albums by The Beatles and Pink Floyd were pressed.
In The Boiler House part of the development, there is even Help To Buy on two-bedroom apartments – available from £382,500, with stamp duty paid.
A thrilling prospect for car-lovers is a new venture in Luton. A £1.5 billion regeneration project is under way on the site of the former Vauxhall Motors factory, where some of Britain’s best-known cars were once built.
When complete, the development will comprise more than 785 one- and two-bedroom apartments, with prices starting at £185,000.
BBC Television Centre in West London, where the Blue Peter studio once stood, is also being converted into homes. ‘This is the most radical reinvention of a building I’ve ever seen,’ says Paul Monaghan, of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, one of the lead architects on the project. You can register to discover how to acquire a piece of this ‘modern masterpiece’ and take a virtual tour of its show apartments online.