The International Herald Tribune turns its attention to the (always, we thought) competitive market for historic homes, and writes about a Mayfair house formerly belonging to America's second president (and the first to eventually occupy the White House), John Adams, when he was spoiling us as ambassador. There's a brief chat with developer Ben Carson, about how he's protecting the period features while installing Lutron lighting, electric curtains, under-floor heating and connected up audio-visual systems. Clearly, nobody's going to find a rough draft of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States under these floorboards. I believe the house is 9 Grosvenor Square. If you're as nerdy as I am and want to read some fascinating detailed history of the building - its former owners, and even how much rent they paid - have a look at this.

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