City Rooms

Why Flat sharing? You might be thinking about why flat sharing is a better alternative to renting a house or even buying one, and so here are some reasons why flat sharing is the way to go. Flat Sharing Flat sharing is renting a room in a flat, which means the kitchen, toilet, and your room is all on the same floor in a flat. Flats are more like an apartment. Some of our rooms have amazing views overlooking canary wharf, the river thames, even central london. We also have flats with a gym, swimming pool, a spa, and private parking in a garage. Flats are also usually brand new properties, and so you might be the first person to ever live in that room. Flat sharing is usually 2-3 rooms per flat, and so there are usually less rooms than a house. House Sharing House sharing is when you rent a room in a house, the toilet and kitchen may not be on the same floor, and there might be a living room, or maybe a garden.  House sharing is great because a group of friends can ...

Trinity project got the go-ahead from the City of London. You might not have heard of Trinity. It’s a cosy threesome of office buildings set for construction in that obscure corner of the City known as Minories. Just shy of 100 m tall, its loftiest section will stand taller than the Westminster Clock Tower. Not so exciting in its own right. But when you look at some of the other upcoming projects around town, a trend emerges. Architects seem to have a newfound penchant for the bulky and bulbous, in three shades of grey. Take Foster’s ‘ cyborg cathedral ’ (left, above), a development in Walbrook just a few feet shorter than St Paul’s. Its unusual profile has led some to dub it the Darth Vader helmet. The ponderous, melting mass will replace the little-lamented Bucklersbury House. Then there’s this Allies and Morrison brute (right) at 120Moorgate , which recently received planning permission. The Pythagorean plaything was last seen 400 miles off Newfoundland, wh...