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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Lettings agency spreads positivity among tenants with live videos

X1 Lettings, which provides student accommodation and homes for young professionals, has been using Instagram to connect with clients in lockdown.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Ten ways to add space and value to your home Nottingham Estate Agents

Selling your home quickly and for the right amount is about giving your property the edge over others. Major conversion projects, such as excavating basements or building conservatories, take time and money but they can yield excellent returns. Loft conversions, for example, can add up to 15 per cent to a property’s selling price. But […]

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How can billions of people 'stay home' to beat Covid-19 without a safe place to live? | Leilani Farha

This pandemic has shown governments can solve homelessness. Here’s a must-do list to provide housing for all

It has taken a deadly global pandemic to shake governments to the core and trigger an understanding that having a safe home might be central to human survival.

In my six years as the UN’s watchdog on housing and human rights, the concept of home has never been under this kind of global spotlight. But it is bitterly disappointing that billions of people living in deplorable housing conditions with no access to water or sanitation, being homeless, or constantly at threat of eviction did not merit this kind of attention before.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

A €22m chair? Eileen Gray, the design genius who scared the pants off Corbusier

Her ravishing interiors shocked Paris, thrilled the avant-garde and gave the world its most expensive chair. But the fast-living aristocrat wasn’t just overlooked – Le Corbusier actually vandalised her work naked

‘A room fit only for nightmares and insomnia.” This was the response of one critic to Eileen Gray’s radical scheme for a bedroom in 1923, installed at the 14th Salon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris. The Irish designer’s daring Boudoir for Monte Carlo was a shock to French tastes. Her zebra-wood divan stood before wall panels lacquered with abstract red and white shapes. It was flanked by two screens made of glossy white bricks, while a blue lantern dangled above a carpet swirling with further abstract squiggles. “A chamber for the daughter of Dr Caligari in all its horrors,” concluded another reviewer.

Despite all the abuse, Gray received an admiring postcard from JJP Oud, the leading architect of the Dutch De Stijl movement, who saw her installation pictured in a journal. “I am highly interested and should like to see any more of your works,” he wrote. “I saw until now very few good modern interiors.” In a PS, he added: “Do you have any modern ‘movement’ in your country?”

You might think of 1920s Paris as being at the cutting edge of modern style, but it took the bedroom fantasy of an Irishwoman from County Wexford to catch the eye of the European avant garde. Her curious design is reproduced in a substantial new book from Yale University Press, published this month to accompany an exhibition on Gray at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery in New York – which has now, like every other venue, been forced to close its doors. When it reopens, visitors will be treated to a collection of 200 objects, including never-before-exhibited furniture, lacquer works, architectural drawings and ephemera. Like the book, these paint a complex picture of Gray as a multifaceted creator.

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Nine top tips for selling your home if you have a pet Nottingham Estate Agents

Not every buyer will feel the same as you do about your beloved pet. OnTheMarket agent Aberdein Considine offers top tips on how to ensure potential buyers are not put off by the negatives which sometimes come with owning a pet. Minimise the negatives 1. Remember to repair any damage caused by pets, including carpets, […]

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