west London terrace reverse the blue-door-fronted home made well-known by the Notting Hill film is to be made into luxurious flats as a part of a £30 million mission.
Straight throughout the street from the house lived in by fictional character William Thacker, performed by Hugh Grant within the 1999 movie, 305-317 Westbourne Park Highway can be reworked into seven residences and a row of boutique outlets.
Due for completion in autumn, the brand new residences may have two to a few bedrooms, vary from 980 to 1,292sq ft in measurement and value from £1.95 million.
The row of properties being redeveloped was dwelling to constructing supplies provider Nu-line Builders Retailers on the time of filming and seems in numerous scenes all through the cult traditional starring Julia Roberts as actress Anna Scott. The terrace was bought for redevelopment final yr.
The discharge of the movie triggered a requirement for W11 properties in a development dubbed “the Notting Hill impact” by native property brokers. In 1999, the typical property worth within the Kensington & Chelsea borough was £286,000 in comparison with in the present day’s common of £1,452,000.
Hugh Grant’s character in Notting Hill lived in the home with the blue entrance door reverse the brand new growth
/ HandoutThe 1999 romantic comedy, which earned greater than £300 million on the field workplace, centres on the connection between bookshop proprietor William Thacker (Hugh Grant) and Hollywood actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts). When the couple first meet, with William spilling juice over Anna on the street, there’s a glimpse of the outlets as he factors out his flat throughout the street as someplace she could change in non-public.
The Victorian terraces seem regularly within the movie, together with when Anna is swarmed by paparazzi after staying the night time at William’s home.
Nu-Line, which had existed at 305-317 Westbourne Park Highway since 1965, was bought for redevelopment in 2021.
The residences will price from £1.95 million
/ HandoutThis yr, development started on the seven high-end residences and outlets which is able to occupy the 24,511 sq ft Victorian terrace.
The event will include three two-bedroom and 4 three-bedroom residences, starting from 980 to 1,292 sq ft in measurement. They are going to include south-facing balconies and roof terraces, with cinema rooms in two penthouse flats.
Hugh Grant’s flat at 280 Westbourne Park Highway final bought for £4,575,000 in 2014, whereas the unique blue door bought for £5,750 at public sale in 1999.
A CGI displaying the proposed design of a bed room in one of many growth’s seven houses
/ HandoutThe newly put in blue door continues to draw followers, whereas the journey bookshop owned by William within the movie is now a memento store. The actual-life bookshop on which it was primarily based has since been rebranded as “the Notting Hill Bookshop” to capitalise on commerce from the movie.
“Greater than twenty years after Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts sparked the unique Notting Hill impact, this stays one of many capital’s most in-demand areas,” says Martin Gilsenan, COO of the event’s lender Atelier.
“[The project] will create a collection of comfy houses and vibrant companies on the epicentre of the Notting Hill phenomenon.”
