City Rooms

The new City Rooms has been born from December 2013! After having gone through some different structures, the company has changed to a new improved one. The goal is being involved with all the tenants’ issues, increase our responsibilities and awareness. We want to build long term relations with the clients, and provide them a higher value on a consistent, ongoing basis. What does Tenancy Managers means? The Tenancy Managers provide assistance to thousands of tenants who have rented their properties through our estate agency office. We want to make sure that each tenancy runs smoothly from start to finish and that excellent customer service is delivered. As well as mediating between tenants and landlords it is equally important to ensure that all the necessary paperwork is in place and all the relevant records throughout the length of a tenancy are maintained. Tenancy Managers also answer questions concerning contracts and offer guidance wherever possible to help...

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...

Anyone who’s browsed through our cool on Pinterest will know that we’re suckers for stuff a little out of the ordinary . This passion for alternative designs and interesting architectural form prompted us to produce a list of the weirdest buildings in London. Check them out and tell us which is your favorite! Container city If you've ever been to Wahaca's new place on Southbank, you'll know that shipping containers also make pretty good living and recreational spaces. Lloyd’s Building Slap-bang in the middle of city finance territory, Lloyd’s building is an enormous hub of bustling insurance activity, swarming with suited and booted Londoners who occupy its many trading floors. The structure looks so strange mainly because it was designed with services like lifts, stairs and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space within the building itself. The Thin House This building on Thurloe Square in Knightsbridge must be one of, ...