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Welcome to our weekly property digest, where we bring together the best homes for sale and rent across the world. This week, we have a pioneering prefab in Los Angeles and a historic apartment in Lisbon among our discoveries.
Frescoed apartment in Lisbon
1 bedroom; 74 sqm; €440,000 via Fantastic Frank Lisbon
Walls of 18th-century frescoes tell of this Lisbon apartment’s past., discovered by the current owner who away layers of white paint to discover the romantic decor hidden beneath. São Cristóvão is located in Mouraria, with the bolthole sitting on a cobbled street below Lisbon’s castle. Take an online tour.
Victorian warehouse conversion in London
3 bedrooms; 1,168 sq ft; £1.2m via The Modern House
Award-winning practice Zuber Dobson Architects designed this Victorian warehouse conversion in east London. Exposed brick and timber beams are contrasted by sleek black concrete inside the Great Eastern Street loft. Original structural beams are on show while ZDA installed a dramatic ‘folded’ steel staircase in the living room to access a mezzanine playroom and the new rooftop deck. Get a closer look.
Raphael S Soriano’s Grossman House in Los Angeles
3 bedrooms; 3,880 sq ft; $3.275m via Architecture For Sale
Architect Raphael S Soriano designed this pioneering prefab home in Los Angeles. The 1964 Studio City bolthole is the architect’s first and only remaining all-metal house, built for aluminium contractor Albert Grossman. The live/work space has colourful period interiors and glass walls that allow the surrounding gardens to merge seamlessly within. Take an online tour.
A maximalist apartment in London
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4 bedrooms; 2,250 sq ft; £4.5m via Inigo
This maximalist apartment in London’s Carlyle Mansions is rich with history. Overlooking the River Thames on Chelsea’s Cheyne Walk, the 1880s red-brick building is known as ‘The Writer’s Block’ – it was once home to authors Henry James, T. S. Eliot and Ian Fleming. It’s officially named after historian, mathematician and sage Thomas Carlyle.
A converted stable and carriage house in London
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2 bedrooms; from £900 per night via Domus Stay
This 20th-century stable and carriage house conversion in London’s Notting Hill is a lofty live/work space near Westbourne Grove and Hyde Park. The St Petersburgh Mews property has an open plan design with exposed timber beams, stable doors, a wooden pitch roof, and a workshop.
