I received an unusual amount of email following a very modest item of linkage about the arrival of Israeli squillionaire Lev Leviev. Where's he living? everybody wanted to know, in a way that suggested they could only be looking for loans. The truth was... and even after some enquiries... I didn't know. So - now - it's kind of the Rat and Mouse's duty to point readers in the direction of this revelation in the Sunday Times, that he's spent £35m on a bullet-proofed ten bedroom house in Barnet.

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I've just received a press release that reads thus:

Properties at Grace Court are surprisingly affordable, with the three bedroom house on the market at £1.35m.

Only in London, eh? Or, to be precise, in the cute north London village we call Totteridge. Grace Court is a development of old and new based around Crossways, a Victorian house designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt (who designed - amongst other buildings - the Eton school dorms). The whole development of eight homes lies in five acres of landscaped gardens. More here. Anyway, news is that the development's now open for viewings. Contact Banner Homes for more details.