Property News · October 26, 2012

Let's move to Pimlico, central London


It’s like a slice of London left over from the days of Mary PoppinsWhat’s going for it? Pimlico is magical. It could hardly be more central, with Westminster Abbey for a parish church and Tate Britain for the local museum. And yet there’s something in its streets that feels forgotten about, slightly empty and overlooked, like a fragment of London left over from the days of Mary Poppins. You can still find bookbinders, market stall scraps such as Strutton Ground, delicious Bakelite-era cafes such as the Regency (see Hang Out At…) and, on account of it being packed with (well-designed) housing estates, people other than central London’s usual slickly posh and moneyed inhabitants. One of the few slivers of zone one where you can buy a one-bed flat for £270,000, which is cheap in la-la-London-land. Important People rush past it en route for Victoria station or the M4 and don’t give it the time of day. Pimlico is London’s wallflower. I’ll have it.The case against The magic will doubtless burst when the coalition’s housing benefit plans make this last scrap as affordable as neighbouring Chelsea and Belgravia. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
Read more…Let’s move to Pimlico, central London

You may also like...