The International Herald Tribune tells the story of property developer Mike Spink and his choice to build a giant, 5,200-square-foot family house in the Holland Park Avenue district, in a space in which he could have built a row of mews houses. He says part of his reasoning is that he wants to produce a property that can't be compared (in terms of value) with anything else... because there isn't anything else remotely like it in the neighbourhood. Is it a good plan? Well, his record so far is pretty good - they say that none of his developments have remained on the market for longer than 24 hours. The new one is due for completion in the summer, and he's talking about £9 million. You can read more, here.