Barnet couple would prefer prison to "Olympic tax" [This Is Local London]
Brown's interior design plans for Number Ten [Times]
Thames Gateway project attracts McFly songwriter and serious flood risk [Telegraph]
London least energy-efficient region in UK [BBC]
Harry Hill (not that one) considers management takeover of Countrywide [FT, via Renthusiast]

The Rat and Mouse - it's about your house

Wednesday afternoon linkage - eviction imminent [September 6]