The house is now live! You can inspect all the lovely historic detail here and book a viewing. uniquepropertycompany.co.uk/property-results/london/london-city/historic-huguenot-house-princelet-street-london-e1/ Thanks again for watching Simon
I arrived in London in 1974 and already the destruction was massive. I saw many small shops and workshops in the Convent Garden area demolished and replaced with huge office buildings. In other areas of London similar stories. I had an extra job whilst at college in Convent Garden so I knew the area very well 'back then', today it's unrecognisable to me. I then moved to Paris in 1978 and again a lot more destruction with the 'Marais' area being redevelopped and many grand homes boarded up and neglected into ruin. Luckilly people spoke up and much was saved but the whole Halles area went under the bulldozer and the incredible cast iron market vaults torn down. The area was 'developped' with some of the ugliest buildings ever with really poor flashy materials that have not aged well at all ! It has since been 'redevelopped' AGAIN, a little better this time. It' seems unimaginable that these Spitalfields buildings would have gone under the wrecking ball and replaced with tasteless 60's and 70's horrors !
I moved on a Work visa from my Company from Canada to London in 1970 and lived there for 3 years. Lots of changes and I go there 4 times a year. Loved the quaintness. It’s getting like everywhere even where I live. I still do love Covent Garden though. Even around Columbia Flower market used to be so quaint and interesting, all changing.
Thank you for your comments, and I love your historic observation of how things have occurred over the last 50 or so years. It is lovely that these gorgeous houses have survived
To compound matters we have planning commissions being run by people not even born in the country who did not grow up with British or English culture and will have even less attachment to historic buildings. We know the native culture is under attack from the flag to the history, even rewriting swathes of it to be inclusive to groups that were never even around at that time.
If you know it well you’d know it’s Covent Garden? There aren’t really huge office buildings, the streets are still pretty traditional Georgian/Victorian ones? And Seven Dials has been tarted up.
The house is gorgeous. Whoever did the restoration had great attention to period details down to the way the floor was installed. This has to be one of my favorite neighborhoods in London. Love it!
Thanks for your comments. This was all carried out under the watchful eye of Chris Dyson. There’s a link to his architectural practice below. Thanks for watching.
If you want to live in Princelet Street even for a week check out the Landmark Trust who own and let the property next door. We have stayed there a number of times and that area is great fun.
Wow thank you for this info. This part of history is huge part of my family history. I will definitely be looking into staying . Don't know why I didn't think that there would be an opportunity to stay in one of these properties
Dr. Johnson's London by Liza Picard is fantastic and focuses on 1740 to 1770. So a short period of time in which Dr Johnson was alive and living in London, but its a pretty dense book in terms of detail including architecture with some fascinating insights into Georgian water pipes and sewage systems. Stephen Inwood's A History of London covers its entire history from the Roman Londinium to 1997 a year before the book was published. I love Spitalfields, my favourite place in London.
It's truly wonderful to see your genuine passion for these homes come through in every video. Thanks for all the hard work--please know it's greatly appreciated!
That’s very kind, thank you very much and appreciate your comments. I’m glad you can feel the enthusiasm I have for the Properties I deal with. my videos are never going to be staged and a bit fake. It’s the real me. 😊
I used to live on Hanbury street, I think right near this house.... thank you for the tour I've always wanted to see inside the houses on Princelet street!
Wow! This is incredible. A wonderful, unique location. Such potential for a fabulous home / business. Honestly, a bit messy for my taste but the potential! Love your videos - thanks for taking us into a different world!!
Thank you for a great viewing. I was taken away into another dimension haha. So dreamy with their beautiful books and paintings. The history of London is fascinating.
Guess they didnt know you were coming… 😂 Your reaction to the guest loo and ignoring the chinese laundry in the bathroom 🫣. Though, these houses sell themselves so a quick tidy isn’t their priority.! Love your genuine approach, you’d be great as someone just viewing old London Houses for historical interest & how they’ve stood the teat of time for us who’d love to see the inside of these beautiful homes.
I suppose yes it could get a little bit exhausting but once you’re up there hopefully feel it’s worth it. You could also reconfigure the house and move the kitchen to a lower floor. You wouldn’t take a huge amount of effort. Thanks for watching
Dan Cruickshank’s The Secrets of Georgian London is an interesting and pretty easy read. Outside of your timeline but Rob Baker’s High Buildings, Low Morals has to be worth a read for a particular take on 20th century London!
I love this house and the mess made it all the more real, life happens. I especially loved the paint colours, it looks like farrow and ball paint. Any idea of the colour palette that was used?
Hi Simon I really enjoyed seeing these spitalfield properties. May I recommend CJSansom shardlake novels. Dissolution is the first. You won't be disappointed.
This is fantastic, great home. What a place to live ❤ incidentally, is there lift to get your shopping up to the kitchen, as well as take rubbish to ground level?
Thank you very much for watching and your comments. There is a “dumb waiter” hidden in the walls, but I can’t remember whether it runs up to the very top or not. I’ll need to check with Chris
@@simonatuniquepropertycompany thank you - no need to check on my account, I was curious as everything else seems very considered. So nice to see historic property conserved and lived in. Best wishes, Maureen
Interesting property I bet if it could talk it would have a story to tell. Could be reconfigured into small flats you would have to be very creative to do it. If it were me personally bottom to top would be all one home question is how to fit the lift. If I had lottery funds I would do just that. Thank you Simon :) I can't think of a book just this minute but if you look at 'Rob's London' here on YT he has some fascinating well researched documentaries on London.
It's a very unique home with a lot of room. The kitchen on the top floor would not be very practical for a family with kids or many relatives. Celebration in the colder months in just the kitchen would be very cramped since the living room is on a different floor. So if you want a snack you got to climb a whole bunch of stairs. Thanks for the tour.
Dan Cruickshnk is right next door. He knows everything there is to know about London's architectural history. He could recommend a book or two, or you could try one of his. As much as I like Ackroyd's storytelling I prefer Dan's first hand accounts and knowledge.
Lord ha'shem it's so so quiet, if I was to be moving from County Tipperary for sure I would be in my element it is a grand house indeed but I be thinking to myself it's very much out of my way of purchase, Co TIPPERARY IRELAND 🇮🇪 ☘ SHALOM
As a former ‘house stager’ I highly recommend you hire a good eye to clear the excess in the houses you are putting on the market.Ideally no one lives in the house when showing/selling. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
A beautiful house tour spoilt by the huge amount of life's detritus and excess clothing everywhere, if it's a guest bathroom then leave it as a guest bathroom, if its a dumping ground for all the cleaning paraphernalia you failed to design and allow for then rip out the loo.
Thanks for your comments and I do understand where you’re coming from. The thing is my tours are always going to be a little bit more real. These are houses that are lived in. Thanks for watching though.
I would like to think it would be an ideal investment for anyone, but yes, if anyone from the UAE was interested, I’d happily chat to them! Thanks for watching
well thats an eye opener. It's still a gallery though, I had no idea WC had moved out. I walk through Hoxton Sq about three times a week and never noticed they'd gone. thanks for watching.
I do like it, it’s nicely done, great location, but all that visual clutter in a space so big is very telling to the lack of adequate storage. That book looks chunky btw I’ll doubt you’ll ever have time to read anything else ever again.
Another stunner but kitchen on the top floor?🤔 All that heavy shopping to be lugged upstairs? Will be on my lottery win wish list but like @eileencollins8799 said my heart belongs to the last Huguenot property you showed us. Thanks for the tour.
The house is now live! You can inspect all the lovely historic detail here and book a viewing. uniquepropertycompany.co.uk/property-results/london/london-city/historic-huguenot-house-princelet-street-london-e1/
Thanks again for watching
Simon
Thank you for another brilliant tour Simon. You are always in the zone, even when your not 🤓
Thank you for watching and your continued supposrt, its not gone un-noticed. All the best, Simon
Absolutely love your videos.
You know what, it’s comments like that that really keep me going. Thank you so much
Carrying food, etc to the top floor seems pretty laborious. I thought my house was cluttered, but, having seen this l don't feel so bad.
I arrived in London in 1974 and already the destruction was massive. I saw many small shops and workshops in the Convent Garden area demolished and replaced with huge office buildings. In other areas of London similar stories. I had an extra job whilst at college in Convent Garden so I knew the area very well 'back then', today it's unrecognisable to me. I then moved to Paris in 1978 and again a lot more destruction with the 'Marais' area being redevelopped and many grand homes boarded up and neglected into ruin. Luckilly people spoke up and much was saved but the whole Halles area went under the bulldozer and the incredible cast iron market vaults torn down. The area was 'developped' with some of the ugliest buildings ever with really poor flashy materials that have not aged well at all ! It has since been 'redevelopped' AGAIN, a little better this time. It' seems unimaginable that these Spitalfields buildings would have gone under the wrecking ball and replaced with tasteless 60's and 70's horrors !
I moved on a Work visa from my Company from Canada to London in 1970 and lived there for 3 years. Lots of changes and I go there 4 times a year. Loved the quaintness. It’s getting like everywhere even where I live. I still do love Covent Garden though. Even around Columbia Flower market used to be so quaint and interesting, all changing.
Thank you for your comments, and I love your historic observation of how things have occurred over the last 50 or so years. It is lovely that these gorgeous houses have survived
To compound matters we have planning commissions being run by people not even born in the country who did not grow up with British or English culture and will have even less attachment to historic buildings. We know the native culture is under attack from the flag to the history, even rewriting swathes of it to be inclusive to groups that were never even around at that time.
@@mcc5901It is truly sickening, the demise of beautiful culture.
If you know it well you’d know it’s Covent Garden? There aren’t really huge office buildings, the streets are still pretty traditional Georgian/Victorian ones? And Seven Dials has been tarted up.
The house is gorgeous. Whoever did the restoration had great attention to period details down to the way the floor was installed. This has to be one of my favorite neighborhoods in London. Love it!
Thanks for your comments. This was all carried out under the watchful eye of Chris Dyson. There’s a link to his architectural practice below. Thanks for watching.
I agree with lovely dark moody colors and wonderful warm lighting!
If you want to live in Princelet Street even for a week check out the Landmark Trust who own and let the property next door. We have stayed there a number of times and that area is great fun.
Yes!. It’s actually next door to this property. Good observation. Thanks for watching.
Wow thank you for this info.
This part of history is huge part of my family history. I will definitely be looking into staying . Don't know why I didn't think that there would be an opportunity to stay in one of these properties
Dr. Johnson's London by Liza Picard is fantastic and focuses on 1740 to 1770. So a short period of time in which Dr Johnson was alive and living in London, but its a pretty dense book in terms of detail including architecture with some fascinating insights into Georgian water pipes and sewage systems. Stephen Inwood's A History of London covers its entire history from the Roman Londinium to 1997 a year before the book was published. I love Spitalfields, my favourite place in London.
You're so kind, thank you for the suggestions, love the sound of Dr Johnsons London. All the best, Simon
It's truly wonderful to see your genuine passion for these homes come through in every video. Thanks for all the hard work--please know it's greatly appreciated!
That’s very kind, thank you very much and appreciate your comments. I’m glad you can feel the enthusiasm I have for the Properties I deal with. my videos are never going to be staged and a bit fake. It’s the real me. 😊
I used to live on Hanbury street, I think right near this house.... thank you for the tour I've always wanted to see inside the houses on Princelet street!
I love Hanbury Street. There’s some great loft apartments along there. Thanks very much for watching.
Highly recommend "London" by Edward Rutherfurd.
Thank you, I will.
Wow! This is incredible. A wonderful, unique location. Such potential for a fabulous home / business. Honestly, a bit messy for my taste but the potential! Love your videos - thanks for taking us into a different world!!
And thank you for watching.
What a dream! Stunning home ❤
I’m glad you like watching it as much as I liked filming it!
Thank you very much for visiting this incredible house ĺ ❤
My pleasure, and thank you very much for watching!
Thank you for a great viewing. I was taken away into another dimension haha. So dreamy with their beautiful books and paintings. The history of London is fascinating.
That’s very nice of you to say, I really appreciate you watching
Love everything about this house, so many nooks and crannies!!!! The chandelier in the livingroom was so pretty!❤
Thank you for watching.
Great video and this area was Jack the Rippers Haunt !
Thanks for watching, it’s certainly was.
Guess they didnt know you were coming… 😂 Your reaction to the guest loo and ignoring the chinese laundry in the bathroom 🫣.
Though, these houses sell themselves so a quick tidy isn’t their priority.!
Love your genuine approach, you’d be great as someone just viewing old London Houses for historical interest & how they’ve stood the teat of time for us who’d love to see the inside of these beautiful homes.
The kitchen on the top floor would involve much carrying and schlepping up and down stairs.
I suppose yes it could get a little bit exhausting but once you’re up there hopefully feel it’s worth it. You could also reconfigure the house and move the kitchen to a lower floor. You wouldn’t take a huge amount of effort. Thanks for watching
Dan Cruickshank’s The Secrets of Georgian London is an interesting and pretty easy read. Outside of your timeline but Rob Baker’s High Buildings, Low Morals has to be worth a read for a particular take on 20th century London!
Thank you so much for your comment. That’s the second Dan Cruikshank recommendation. I’ve just ordered that book. I’ll report back when I read it.
Nice, but my heart was lost to the last Huguenot beauty you showed us.
Yes that’s a tough call isn’t it. I can see the merit in both. Thanks again for watching
Nothing like an " authentic squeak ", eh Simon ? Also, that creak of the front door and the slam, love it ! So many designated spots to discover.
Ha ! Thanks for sharing the pleasure in creaky boards!😄
Looks beautiful 🎉❤
I love this house and the mess made it all the more real, life happens. I especially loved the paint colours, it looks like farrow and ball paint. Any idea of the colour palette that was used?
Thanks for watching. I’ll find out the colour and come back to you
Update, Chris has just let me know that the stairs are Farrow and Ball, “Mouses Back”
Thank you so much.@@simonatuniquepropertycompany
Hi Simon I really enjoyed seeing these spitalfield properties. May I recommend CJSansom shardlake novels. Dissolution is the first. You won't be disappointed.
Wonderful house .
Thank you
This is fantastic, great home. What a place to live ❤ incidentally, is there lift to get your shopping up to the kitchen, as well as take rubbish to ground level?
Thank you very much for watching and your comments. There is a “dumb waiter” hidden in the walls, but I can’t remember whether it runs up to the very top or not. I’ll need to check with Chris
@@simonatuniquepropertycompany thank you - no need to check on my account, I was curious as everything else seems very considered. So nice to see historic property conserved and lived in. Best wishes, Maureen
@@maureenshaw737 Thank you.
Interesting property I bet if it could talk it would have a story to tell. Could be reconfigured into small flats you would have to be very creative to do it. If it were me personally bottom to top would be all one home question is how to fit the lift. If I had lottery funds I would do just that. Thank you Simon :) I can't think of a book just this minute but if you look at 'Rob's London' here on YT he has some fascinating well researched documentaries on London.
I think you struggle with planning to install a lift. But, I’m with you on the lottery win. Thanks very much for watching
It has a listing for a reason.
@@nicolad8822 always yes. Soon to be two people occupying nearly 5000 sq ft is too much for them. Thanks for watching
You might enjoy the crime fiction by Andrew Taylor set in London in 1600,s very atmospheric
Great, thank you I’ll explore that one
I enjoyed Ackroyd's book very much.
Wonderful isn’t it. Thank you very much for your comment.
It's a very unique home with a lot of room. The kitchen on the top floor would not be very practical for a family with kids or many relatives. Celebration in the colder months in just the kitchen would be very cramped since the living room is on a different floor. So if you want a snack you got to climb a whole bunch of stairs. Thanks for the tour.
And thank you very much for taking the time to watch. Interesting points.
I would definitely put the kitchen in the basement. No need for a tenant. I prefer my privacy. It's fun "redesigning" the house in my head!
It’s not for those type of people though?
amazing, Simon...
Thanks very much for watching
Dan Cruickshnk is right next door. He knows everything there is to know about London's architectural history. He could recommend a book or two, or you could try one of his.
As much as I like Ackroyd's storytelling I prefer Dan's first hand accounts and knowledge.
That’s amazing. Thank you! I will
The current Owner needs more space...so much stuff!
Lord ha'shem it's so so quiet, if I was to be moving from County Tipperary for sure I would be in my element it is a grand house indeed but I be thinking to myself it's very much out of my way of purchase,
Co TIPPERARY IRELAND 🇮🇪 ☘
SHALOM
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As a former ‘house stager’ I highly recommend you hire a good eye to clear the excess in the houses you are putting on the market.Ideally no one lives in the house when showing/selling. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
A beautiful house tour spoilt by the huge amount of life's detritus and excess clothing everywhere, if it's a guest bathroom then leave it as a guest bathroom, if its a dumping ground for all the cleaning paraphernalia you failed to design and allow for then rip out the loo.
Thanks for your comments and I do understand where you’re coming from. The thing is my tours are always going to be a little bit more real. These are houses that are lived in. Thanks for watching though.
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What price is it?
An ideal asset for a non-resident investor from Hong Kong, UAE...
I would like to think it would be an ideal investment for anyone, but yes, if anyone from the UAE was interested, I’d happily chat to them! Thanks for watching
white cube Hoxton square has been closed for over a decade....
well thats an eye opener. It's still a gallery though, I had no idea WC had moved out. I walk through Hoxton Sq about three times a week and never noticed they'd gone. thanks
for watching.
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I do like it, it’s nicely done, great location, but all that visual clutter in a space so big is very telling to the lack of adequate storage. That book looks chunky btw I’ll doubt you’ll ever have time to read anything else ever again.
Feel sorry for who ever purchased 20. Princelet Street . It had one of its main supports removed illegally by the then owner . Basement kitchen area .
Hey enough of all the bowing , scraping and cap doffing
Another stunner but kitchen on the top floor?🤔 All that heavy shopping to be lugged upstairs? Will be on my lottery win wish list but like @eileencollins8799 said my heart belongs to the last Huguenot property you showed us. Thanks for the tour.
You’d get fit 😅
@@birdsong62 At 70 I try and make my life easier so I have the energy to do the things I really want to do and carrying shopping isn’t one of them!😆
Thanks for watching. Appreciate the comments and feedback. It really is a tough call between this and the house opposite.