Showing posts with label property market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label property market. Show all posts

April 30, 2012

Former pro- footballer builds on prestigious Gleneagles Estate


Chartwell magazine are delight to present a Chartwell Estates exclusive... Once top of the league, now at the peak of the property ladder, former pro-footballer Jimmy Carter and Chartwell Estates are proud to introduce Jimmy's latest project – a prestigious family home on the world –renowned Gleneagles Estate – ' Grosvenor House'.Jimmy started his football career in the early 80's at Crystal Palace, QPR, Millwall before moving onto Liverpool, Arsenal and Portsmouth, and finishing his football career at Millwall in the 90's - a career which span over 15 years. Whilst Jimmy was spending every morning training on the pitch, he spent the rest of the day on building sites, and got into property developing at a young age. Over the years Jimmy has also developed a buy-to–let property portfolio, in addition to this he is still keeping busy in the football industry, being the first professional Asian footballer, Jimmy has just taken on an ambassadorial role with AsiaEurope, an organisation encouraging Asian footballers into the footballing profession.

In 2002 Jimmy made his first property move in Scotland – to a castle, a short drive away from Edinburgh, where he lived with his wife and two children, and 2008 when he purchased the Gleneagles plot, which will be Scotland's most expensive housing development.  The lucky buyer won't be far from the Ryder Cup, when it is hosted at Gleneagles in 2014 and will be only a short stroll from the beautiful grounds and spa at the 5 star resort.

'Grosvenor House' - the 10,000sq ft property set within a 0.7 of an acre plot, will boast; 6 en suite bedrooms, his and hers bathrooms and dressing rooms for the master suite,  a grand hallway ,a state of the art kitchen, which will feature a 4m island, double cooker, integrated coffee machine and appliances, bespoke designed furniture.

Finishes include; a natruel slate roof, cast iron guttering and downpipes,Traditional Architectural stone detail for Quoins, Sills , lintels along with spectacular full height Portico with detail pediment supplied by leading bespoke team specialising in bespoke traditional homes of character and importance, traditional hardwood sash and case thermal double glazed windows with security glass throughout and feature turning staicase in Carrera white marble.The house will come complete with a full ten year NHBC warranty, automatically controlled electric gates, video intercom to concierge, landscaped grounds and NACOSS approved smoke and security alarm systems.

For more information please contact Chartwell Estates – sole agent – 0207 409 0533 www.chartwellestates.co.uk 

January 25, 2012

Dubai property market booms






More than Dh42.9 billion ($11.6bn) in property transactions were registered in the capital last year, the Abu Dhabi Municipality said.
Of that total, Dh3.7bn involved land sales and Dh39.1bn concerned mortgage transactions, it said. It did not offer historical comparisons. Registration dates do not necessarily reflect when the property was actually sold.
Municipality officials could not be reached for comment.
The volume of registered mortgage transactions peaked in August, when deals worth a total of Dh9.82bn were filed with the agency.
The lowest amount was Dh1.1bn, registered for last month.
October's figure of Dh4.38bn included a Dh367 million deal, the largest single mortgage transaction recorded in the year.
"Selling transactions" hit an all-time high of Dh917m last month, the Municipality said. The low point for sales transactions was July, when deals totalling Dh91m were registered.
More than 23,000 new homes are scheduled for completion in the capital this year, including 18,800 apartments.