Westbourne Grove and Queensway, Bayswater W2
A tired corner building bought at auction, its tenants bought out and its rent more than doubled. Valued at £3m.
Emperor’s Gate, South Kensington SW7
A declining Victorian building turned into six apartments with an added floor and roof terrace. Sold for £9m.
Conduit Street, Mayfair W1
Retail sold on day one, the upper parts converted to three apartments. GDV £20m in twenty-one months.
Whittingstall Road, Parsons Green SW6
A plain house with a large garden turned into four apartments, three of them pre-sold. GDV £3.8m.
Park Street, Mayfair W1
A Georgian house extended above and below ground, sold to the neighbour for £6.8m.
York Buildings, Covent Garden WC2
An eighties office block returned to residential: eleven apartments including two penthouses with river views. GDV £17.5m.
St Martin’s Lane, Covent Garden WC2
Restoring the building that housed Thomas Chippendale’s workshop, with consent for three apartments.
St Edmund’s Terrace, St John’s Wood NW8
Consented for nine apartments on land between Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park, in use until now as a car park and porter’s lodge.
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