Marcus Cooper Group - the developers behind Witanhurst - are back with a gala development... seven listed office buildings in the prime real estate area around Regents Park are to be turned back into the mansion they once were. Plans - lodged with Camden Council - suggest something on a truly grand scale... 50,000 square feet, two staff houses and a car park. People are already talking about London's first £100m home. More here.

Witanhurst plans dig deep [September 25, 2009]
Witanhurst - flipped, but slowly [July 17, 2008]

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Apparently it's over a ten-foot high metal (no less) fence, she and husband Chris Martin want to build around their garden for security reasons. Mmm... the Pentonville look.

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All of a sudden, I’ve elevated my social standing…life is good; finally I’m getting the respect I deserve.

And then she bumps into Chris Moyles.

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Daily Mail readers, apparently.

I live on my own but my older brother, Gareth, lives in Islington so it is good to have family nearby.

For the love of God, please, no more...

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You see, this is why the Rat and Mouse loves its readers. Thanks to everyone who pointed me in the right direction (see directly below). One fellow blogger (you know who you are) even attached photos.

Without further ado... a lovely three-bedroom Hampstead Village house, somewhat contemporary inside, but you'd expect nothing else, since it's the party palace of none other than Russell Brand himself. We particularly like the use of inverted commas around yoga in the particulars.

The top floor bedroom suite currently serves as a generous and bright office or study whilst the 2nd bedroom is used as a 'yoga' room.

If these walls could talk... Austrian Nazi edition [November 5, 2009]
If these walls could talk... they'd say "re-wind" [October 21, 2009]

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Craig David's former penthouse in Hampstead, yours for £6,000 a week. Particulars, here. (Mmm, something says aspirin.)

If these walls could talk... Liz Hurley's Fulham flat [October 5, 2009]
If these walls could talk... Ingmar Bergman edition [August 13, 2009]
Craig David's hot tub - what's he got on his mind? [August 30, 2005]

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Not a double-headed celebrity, because that would be horrible. Two celebrities, each with one head. First off, Sean Pertwee is - they say - selling his five-bedroom Islington house (below). It's one of those nice townhouses with iron railings in Angel's Liverpool Road. It's with Foxtons, at £1.575m... particulars, here. Secondly, we're hearing suggestions that Amy Winehouse might be considering a move, after more neighbour-problems. It appears she likes to rehearse and record in the dark hours, when her neighbours like to sleep. So, where to next? Somewhere with a bit of space around it? Oh, and it better be cheap.

Nice fish.

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Why the long face?

Michelle Young - wife of multi-millionaire property tycoon Scot Young - has been served a possession order on the £10,000-a-month Regents Park rental where she and her teenage daughters have been living since the marriage broke down. Mr Young has - apparently - ceased making payments, after claiming to be penniless due to the recession. Mrs Young - apparently - is threatening to squat. So to speak.

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Plans submitted to Camden Council reveal ambitious basement plans for the Highgate mansion and star of Fame Academy, including an underground swimming pool, cinema, car park (for 24 cars), and living/dining room for servants. It's believed to a be a record-breaking project, and the Highgate Society is described here as cautious here about setting a precedent that could see an underground building spree around Hampstead Heath. Interestingly, the piece, in Camden New Journal, describes the owner as "currently anonymous". Does that mean Elena Baturina has flipped the property already?

Witanhurst - flipped, but slowly [July 16, 2008]
Witanhurst - ready to flip? [September 4, 2007]
Plans for London's most expensive home [July 19, 2007]

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The Primelocation blog wonders why Jade Jagger's £1.5m Queens Park flat still - after a year - hasn't shifted. Could it be the strippers' pole (see where I place that apostrophe... the Rat and Mouse provides itself on an extravagant imagination) in the bathroom? Those things are expensive to install, you know? Particulars, here.

Celebrities who don't sell [April 16, 2009]

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