The 2023 London property trends barometer: from mega discounts on mega-mansions to the quirkiest auctions
The property and interiors trends we will be taking into 2024, and the ones we will leave firmly behind us.
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Wacky auctions
All sorts of weird and wonderful structures went under the hammer in 2023.
A 150-year-old Victorian boathouse in Teddington achieved a hammer price of £537,000, while a former convent in Chelsea sold after the nuns moved out and it was listed with a guide price of £50 million.
For lovers of abandoned buildings with sea views there were a plethora of properties, including: a Grade II listed post Napoleonic Welsh fortress (guide price £190,000); a mid-19th century gun tower on the Thames off the coast of Kent (hammer price £159,000); a First World War watch tower on Tyneside converted into a three-bedroom home (offers over £500,00); and a beachside (guide price £50,000).
