Inside The Iconic Charcoal Black Townhouse in Notting Hill, London
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
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Episode Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Front Exterior & Street View
02:10 Entrance
02:22 Living Room
03:23 Kitchen
04:30 Garden
05:34 Basement
06:10 Swimming Pool
06:48 Main Bedroom Suite
08:36 Guest Bedrooms
08:44 Portobello Road - Zábava
looks like they used the most expensive materials just for the sake of it. without any taste tbh.
@Dalliskay, The more money someone has, the less style they have it seems. This house looks computer generated
Definitely you can't buy taste. Sometimes it's better to find an interior designer
Yeah I cannot with the marble stairs to floor to kitchen island
Agree. Too crass n loud
Ugly home agree money doesn’t buy class or taste it’s horrible
I used to work across the street from this house, always felt jealous of whoever lived there and wondered what it looked like inside... Now I know it looked horrible and I am not jealous AT ALL! thank you so much!!
This comment made me smile. Never be jealous of anyone because, as I've learned, often these mega-house owners are mortgaged up to their eyeballs with huge monthly payments plus astronomical running costs, structural issues, neighbour wars and the rest.
Lmao 😂
no chill XD
😂😂😂😂
Unfortunately this house is very depressing.
I UNDERSTAND NOW WHY THIS TOWNHOUSE HASN’T SOLD
😂😄🤣👍
The black paint makes it quite dark and needing more light
Must have been a beautiful property once before “interior designers” ruined it - shocking
Totally agree. An elegant and beautiful house ruined. Heartbreaking.
possibly no interior designer was involved in the first place. such a sad bad design
is it me, or do they like a bit of marble !!!
Yeah I doubt they hired an interior designer here. This looks like it was designed by the owner, possibly a Russian Oligarch.
@@cboy0394 Russian Oligarchs don't live in houses with such terrible construction quality.
Whoever designed this place needs to go to jail, it’s abominable! How can they call “outside area” the garden ?
A mad man designed that townhouse! The principle suite has padded walls where it feels like the walls are closing in on you. For that amount of money can I have some space? All of the rooms are small and closed in. Oh and I 100% agree with you on the "garden" area. It's not a garden. There was not one blade of grass anywhere. I have no idea what they were talking about when they said you can decorate the garden. There's no room to put anything. My blood was boiling when he called that large tub downstairs a pool. You can't do any laps in that thing. Let's just call this place what it is...a party house for some social media influencer.
Lol, abominable is a bit strong but I agree it's very bare and cold without plants or soft furnishings.
Someone wasted an awful lot of money on the redo of this house. Terrible design, narrow and almost claustrophoic. The "terraces" outside are all COMPLETELY useless with those glass floors, because you can't put any furniture out there on any level - you will cut off the light for the level(s) below, not to mention people downstairs will be looking at the underside of furniture and up the skirts of people above. I laughed at the "gym" which fit exactly one stationary bike. You'd have to spend a mint more just to make this place functional, and another mint for interior redecoation to make it beautiful and worth of its location.
😂😂😂😂😂😂funny innit???🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Just say u cant afford it
Row /townhouses are always narrow. This one is very airy and filled with light.
It’ll be a cliche in a couple of years if it isn’t already. As soon as it’s purchased all that stuff will be ripped out and put on the skip. Short shelf life interior sadly.
Hmmm... However, if you were filthy rich (which I wish I was), surely a stunning mansion in the country would be your main home, but this for when you had to 'go into town' for business or entertainment would be lovely. Ideal home for Boris and his ever growing multiple wives/girlfriends family.
This house gives me the shivers. A totalitarian, dystopia, burtalism aesthetics which is completely horrifying and horrific. Actually tragic with the plastic plants outside. Before, I suppose, there was greenery in the small backyard. Was the interior designer on drugs? Is this design a sort of revenge, becaue people who could afford this would freak out "living" inside this prison/tumb-like house., and the designer hates rich, mindless people? Perfect for horror movies about schizophrenia and apparitions. Really bad, yikes.
This doesn't look like brutalist interior, more like shity glam.
IYHO
Thanks for sharing this with us - I've often driven past this house and wondered what it's like inside. Shocked to see how bad the renovation is: Claustrophobic, stark and austere with terrible use of the space, useless terraces and a courtyard that looks like a prison (Oh and as for that hideous marble.......). At £8.5m it's grotesquely overpriced in my view (not on a pure price per sq ft basis because £2,575 psf is probably about right) but on the basis that any buyer would need to spend *at least* £2.5m completely redesigning it.
Completely agree. And on top of that too hard and shiny, too much like a knocking shop.
Horrible and so dark.
wonder how they got permission to paint facade horrid depressing black ?
You just nailed it with your comment, totally agree.
@@jojot9342 Doubtful if even retrospective planning approval with work here. Maybe Luxury Homes agent who proudly shows us the property may shine some light on this question as it might effect our joint offer bid ? lol
I love Art,Architecture, Interior and exterior Design, Style, Haute Couture, etc.. but to be completely honest there is only one feature to this home that excites me and that is the black painted facade.
Same here love the outside and the windows but depressing inside
This house is going to sit on the market for a very long time. I thgt Notting Hill was a nice place to call home. I remember watching that Julia Roberts movie years ago thinking it was a lovely place. I saw none of that in this video. I do not see why anyone would want to live across the street from so much public foot traffic. Makes no sense to me.
Money really can’t buy you taste.
Thank You!
Your response was so simple and very straight to the point. 💯
The marble is ruining the whole decor for me. Marble on the countertops is absolutely fine but using marble everywhere makes the house look like a cold clinic. Does not give off cozy vibes at all. The house otherwise is gorgeous
Marble looks nice but I feel like I would get a drop of water and fall on my ass all over this house because marble and glass everywhere.
I know - like a morgue in a hospital!!
It comes across as feeling very cold in there and all for show,due to all that marble , I can't imagine who thought that would be a great idea for a London property, there is nothing warm ,cosy & homely about this dwelling..
It would personally drive me nuts trying to keep all that glass clean from fingerprints, it's not really a child or animal friendly place at all,is it.
Imagine a child running about in their socks i am presuming it would be like walking on an ice rink,while walking through a maze of glass.
No thank you .
The "garden" is a misunderstanding
Honestly this may be the worst property I’ve seen I mean the rooms are small and the space been wasted with aesthetics that don’t matter like the chandelier.
And the huge glass doors all a waste of space on that landing view area as well to the hideous garden !
"Like a chamber" indeed. It will be perfect for the personality-free buyer who will get to live in the anonymous hotel room of most people's nightmares. That said, I respect that you (the channel, clearly not the designer) have tried valiantly to make it into something to look at for the show. Imagine, if the owners hadn't removed most of the furniture -- you wouldn't have had room to even walk around!
"if the owners hadn't removed most of the furniture -- you wouldn't have had room to even walk around!" - THIS 😂😂😂
"You have tried valiantly...", that sentence took me out 😂😂😂😂
8.5 million and the garden view was a 30ft prison brick 🧱 wall 😂😂😂😂😂😂. Also, Never mind the guests… Good luck if the spouse has a small car to park as well. 😂😂😂😂
" 30ft prison brick 🧱 wall 😂😂😂😂" - Yes travelsphere!! That was *exactly* what I was thinking too when I saw it. Hideous.
It looks lovely from the front, but that's where the appeal ends for me.
You never want to use marble for kitchen countertops. Marble is a soft stone as will stain easily by food / drink.
Don’t be silly: Marble has been used in kitchens for thousands of years. If you are careless enough to spill something and not wipe it up, you probably shouldn’t be allowed near the knives or stove. Order take out.
@@mtmslg You assume that everyone will abide by this material mandate. Acidics especially, like vinegar and wine are especially bad. Those pristine Carrera marble tops end up looking trashy after awhile. Better to go with an engineered stone like Quartz that can be made to look the same, but does not require the maintenance of marble.
@@mtmslgMarble is terrible for kitchens, also don’t use it for the foyer or anywhere that has shoes walking on it. My neighbor did marble for the foyer and it got wrecked from shoes walking on it.
Clearly the person who buys it will never cook here anyway.
@@mtmslg Totally agree. I've had marble worktops in my kitchen for 10 years and it is as good as new. I am a serious cook and I look after my kitchen. Marble is so cool and beautiful for working on, too, which is why it has, as you say, been used in kitchens forever.
Whoever the interior designer was that convinced the owner this look is a great move is so wrong. I get the price tag for the area but that’s it. I’ve always learnt, keep it simple so that potential owners can put their mark on it. All I kept thinking was the money I would spend changing it so this must be a niche market. And the swimming pool, that should have been an extra bedroom 😂😂😂
Imagine the pool parties. It already has 4 bedrooms.
I agree, it all needs painting WHITE and a complete refit
Agreee. They did so much deep digging already but a bit more might have produced an "elevator garage" for an extra car ? Most people have 'em these days
I am a Interior Designer and no I do not like this house, except, for exterior black paint, very disappointing
@@lyndaryan5673 Plese do your future clients a favor and inform them you clearly, without reservation, adore the mat black incongrous facade of this house. You really think it had planning permissionand no reservation from neighbours ?
Cool video! I liked it until I saw the inside its so cold and looks like an art gallery. The "garden" is actually horrible. I don't see furniture making it livable for me. is the place next door cheaper? Another thing I noticed about the stuff skipped through in the end of the tour 8:36 is the quality seemed to plummet as you went upstairs.
Doesn't feel homely, feels more like a gallery. Doesn't even feel family friendly and cosy. Very interesting though 😊
No way hugh grant could live here owning a little bookstore.
That barely sells any books
Well, if he inherited money then yeah he could live here. Rich people move different...
Reminds me of a mausoleum,
I don’t know why anyone would do this to a historic townhouse 😢 Worth noting that in Brooklyn, the equivalent of £9m would get you an absolutely stunning designer brownstone in the most prime neighborhoods. But hey at least there’s a Jigsaw across the road 😅
No youd need 180million for equivalent location Brooklyn isn't equivalent of somewhere between Knightsbridge and Kensington
Looks like the developers moved in next door, so they decided to move rather than endure years of digging and building noise (what goes around comes around as they say!). You get much more for your money just moving further out of London.
@@minixtvbox What would make you say that? I don't live in NY but I own an apartment building in Brooklyn. Brooklyn may not be technically as nice as those areas but it is still very nice. I have not been to England in quite some time but there is no evidence that those areas are that much nicer than Brooklyn and worth that much more. I would say the $9 million assessment is spot on. I could take my apartment building and gut it and redo it for maybe $3 million and it would look as nice as this place.
@@venom580980% of the value is post code prestige, ie the value of the plot
@@venom5809 in Park Slope it would be lovely. But some people just go for labels, what can you do.
Money doesn`t buy you taste it would seem.
What a shame, should of kept original features. Too cold looking, not to my taste at all.
Agree. The only thing I liked was the chandelier. Even the swimming pool is too small. 🤔
Completely agree with you! Cold, uninviting and stark. Ghastly. It's like a cross between an art gallery and a marble factory.
Wow .. what a waste
@@howdan1985 it’s as if they thought “marble is expensive, I’ll use that absolutely everywhere.” 😂
It’s a great location and the exterior looks great.
Its very close to post war council development and area still run down in parts. Parking is a nighmare
Sorry but a busy street is NOT an incredible view
It sits boldly amongst a row of pastel toned houses. (Except for the other black one almost immediately next door bar one) LOL.
to be honest, my 'favorite feature of the house' is the presenter guy!! Wow. lets forget about that 'Marble House' let talk about him 🤩
OMG it’s monstrous
I really like the way the outside of the house looks. The house looks like a novice interior decorators very expensive 1st or 2nd project. Lots of wasted space and poor design choices …so sad.
Kitchen looks like Stilton.
😂😂😂
Love it. The use of reflective surfaces all over and glass peers everywhere, even that ornate cut out wall...such a great use to let in natural light. And velvet everywhere to warm up the cold marble and soften the sound. What a gorgeous home.
I really hope someone bought this house with a view to renovating it to make it more like a home.
This is home without a soul. So sad they ruined such an incredible historic townhouse. No wonder it hasn't sold.
Not to my taste at all. Being French and having lived in England for 3 years, I enjoy seeing real “British” homes, which is not the case here. Has anyone else noticed that the gigantic door opens right in front of what seems to be a bench ??? Plus it looks like the other part of the door doesn’t open 😮.
Thank you for sharing. I am afraid the house wasn't nicely done from my point of view. The architect destroyed the ground floor, which is like a corridor. I am sure someone may love it, but if I had the money I will bring it back to its original form...
In my humble opinion, it is a travesty how these classic homes are renovated with the most sterile, ultra modern decor that completely strips away all the house's original character. Ugh! 😢
I completely agree with you. It's absolutely horrid what is being done to what would otherwise be a timeless home.
Garden - and not a single plant. 😂
EIGHT and a half MILLION?! That place is going to be on the market for a few years ; then it will finally come down to a slightly reasonable 2 million.
Feels kinda cold to be honest
Opposite shops on a busy road - not where a lot of people would like to live, but the house has seen care lavished on it.
I'd remodel the entire house and make it a 4 bed minus swimming pool
9 mils for a townhouse is too much. If I've to spend that kind of money, I will definitely go for a villa in some other part of the city or in suburbs. I already have a nice car with chauffeur to drive so I don't mind traveling for a few more minutes to reach my expansive state with ample parking space, privacy, calm nature and large rooms in 2-3 flour horizontal building. And if I have to stay in London once or twice a week, I will rather buy a penthouse or a modern apartment with 2-3 bedrooms suites and a kitchen. And if there's a common swimming pool in the building, I won't mind since I won't need to use it mostly.
But you don't have the money....................
@@trooper1972 That's none of your business
What a splendid lush green garden 💚 Ample of space to plant more trees as well.
I was curious what were the comments. Few, what a relief that almost everyone thought this was simply ugly.
The house has not been renovated to my taste, I’m afraid! Nice presentation though 😊
oh dear.
It definitely needs more trees and grasses.
There is absolutely no way I would spend that sort of money and not have to garage for at least 4 vehicles
‘And here is the garden ‘
I’m still waiting for the garden
There should be a strict set of rules that state properties of this level can not be altered in this way. You must maintain the history when you can. Shame on these people. On the other hand the outside is breath taking.
That house is truly hidious
The beautiful black exterior is the only high point of this house for me.
A great area, and they’ve spent a lot of money on quality materials and construction. Still, it looks more like a boutique hotel than a home. With none of the character of the original period property retained…which seems to be par for the course nowadays, when it comes to many building renovations in the UK, unfortunately.
The internal design simply does not go with these beautiful old houses. This is an example of money over style
I love all the original features they kept
The terrace with the view of a wall 😂😂😂. This is art, a real masterpiece, to see 💩 and talk about it like it’s a 💎 😂. INCREDIBLE HONESTY
I’d love to know what the renovation costs and purchase price were.
Nightmare place to live when it's Notting Hill carnival time... 🙄
Word.
For-shaw
💯 this is what so many people forget - Every August Bank Holiday your front garden becomes a public toilet for all the Carnival-goers.
@@howdan1985Or, one can make some money selling overpriced jerk chicken and rice. Something has to pay for the book matched marble.😂
@@jameswalker366 Now *that* sounds like a very entrepreneurial idea 😂
The best part is when you manage find your way out and run away.
Aiming for a cohesive color palette like this home complements the space and creates a harmonious atmosphere. Love it! 🖤🤍
That comment! I knew you must be selling houses. Please😅
I can't get the beauty of that garden with not slightest green plants there.
It unfortunately is devoid of warmth and nature, but the parking is a great touch.
what's special about 1 car parking space ?
Good luck with all those stairs
Reminds me of the foyers of apartments blocks in Spain. Imagine spending all that money to achieve that impersonal, soulless result.
Great materials and amazing area- it explains the price tag, but not enough privacy / premium details.
how on earth did they get those big glass windows in the back? There seems to be no access from the back
Looks like and office, fully isolating themselves from the charming surroundings
What a modem mess off a house soulless looks cold looking .
"swimming" pool? Paddling pool maybe. Two strokes before you reach the other end!
another stone mausoleum. I have fancy natural stone in part of my kitchen, but thats where it ends, Some of these recent properties have shoved in marble everywhere, and in a narrow dark property, it just looks like a crypt. A home needs to be at least somewhat inviting and cosy. This was the opposite.
Just won £2.90 on the Euro Million Lottery!!!! But I won't be buying this house. Don't like it. It feels so depressing and claustrophobic. 😜
How are these period properties just ripped apart without even a thought and I can’t even get double glazing in the uk
Samą siebie zaskoczyłam - bardzo podoba mi się budynek czarno- biało- zielono- błękitny. Wygląda nowocześnie, a jest przecież stylowy. Naprawdę udana aranżacja zewnętrzna. Jednak środek rozczarowuje. Mimo wielu ciekawych rozwiązań, wnętrza są zimne, mało przytulne. Minimalizm nie musi być szpitalny.
Plants. I would do plants, because the complete absence of greenery is a little dire.
Gentrification destroyed London 😢
As for the "decor", we have a term in Brazil and it is CAFONA
I like the sage wardrobes and the bathrooms, that's about it.
Excellent presentation. Those doors 🚪 🙌
Jokers 🃏 8.5m
Love the view of the shops.
Notting Hill carnival goes right past here I’m sure
Love the different coloured ones compared to all white ones, love that street.
Love the marble!! amazing place.
The only thing I loved about this house, was the door leading out.
the fact that the kitchen is that accessible from the street does not feel right at all
I used to live (grew up) down that road. Westbourne Grove! Ha ha ha ha ha Mum had to sell due to family arguments bla bla bla. (fun fact- I know which pop star lives there!) Mum sold late 90s early 2000. But my God! It was the saddest day. It's crazy how this area blew up. But ah well. I'm lucky I have house at all. But I do miss the area. Every Saturday Mum dragged me to Portobello. We sold hot dogs outside the house one year during carnival- it rained! Ah well ah well.
That's swimming pool is too claustrophobic for me, who wants to swim underground?
Honestly, if I had this kind of money, I'd bring an interior designer like Sophie Paterson or Rebecca Robeson in and redo the whole place. That would be truly gorgeous.
Is really awesome to see how Jelousy in peoples turn them to haters so they try to explain their frustation. The house is very masive and very big unlike the apperance it has. Even if most peoples hate it i love it, i'd live in it, you can add some flowers to make it little more alive, and some touches of your personality to it. Whoever has that home is good. I love it.
Rich people: money's no object
Designer:do you want it ugly, tacky, impersonal, impractical?
Rich people: yes, all of that. I want it to feel like a non human entity like a AI robot would find it cozy
This comment 🤣🤣🤣
I get night club vibes
Way way too much marble, I have done that before with a house and it was just too much. You need a break with carpet and nice woods. Fantastic location though.
Yes, I thought the same thing as well. Marble used sparingly looks nice, eg for the island and kitchen countertop, this is an overkill, and you get tired of looking at the marble after a while.
Glad to see we all hate how it looks. Thought I was the only one at first.
I actually don't hate it. It's not my taste but I would stay there for a weekend getaway.
It’s like a giant death tomb, like a big urn to keep ashes.
Look down to the garden? What garden? And a magnificent view of………a brick wall😂
Love to watch your every single vlog and today you have matching outfits❤
8 & half million?? If I bought that property my friends would think that I had gone mad....
Every time I see glass I just think about the time it takes to clean it. Also, if you get those marble stairs a little wet you're going down them very fast, and not the way you want to 🤣
This property tells you that you can construct whatever you can think and imagine , it’s all about execution of the plan 👍
That marble is gorgeous! 🌟
The definition of more money than sense... buying a terraced house in London. Pure insanity... spending £8500000 on it! All the space and comfort of a shoe box. You can keep it thanks, couldn't pay me to live there.
Could not of visualized a better home until right now!
Awesome
Have a great 2024
Congratulations 💋