リトルベニスの中心部、パディントンの近くにあるかなり離れた家

Bob & I have lived in the W9 area all our adult lives and moved here - literally round the corner - after we downsized from a beautiful semi-detached stucco Victorian house overlooking the Grand Union Canal in Blomfield Road. It is such a pretty and quiet street, in fact, the entire area is regular location for filming as featured in the recent Paddington Bear film, in the historic war film Allied and earlier productions such as A Fish Called Wanda. Our three daughters have grown up and left home - two married to Australians and now based in Sydney & Singapore respectively where our first Grandson was born last year (see the photo!). They love to come back to London to stay with us and to see our two precious dogs Nellie & Basil and to go back to their favourite local restaurants such as the Red Pepper in Formosa Street - where Georgio Locatelli began his illustrious London career in the early nineties and designed the (on-going) menu and also to enjoy the canal-side walk for dim sum at Pearl Liang, to visit the Puppet Barge, or hire out a Go-Boat and for leisurely brunches at the Quince Tree Cafe in Clifton Gardens' Nurseries. Bob specialises in Chinese Art and Antiques and we were the proud owners of a beautiful Mayfair Gallery 1994-2005 until he decided to focus on international fairs and shows. I was elected to Westminster City Council for the Abbey Road Ward in 2007 and have run twice as the Parliamentary Candidate for this local Constituency (Westminster North) and served 2018/19 as the Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster. I previously worked for Thames Television and worked with Bob in the family business for all the years the children were growing up after studying at SOAS on their Asian Art programme. Our travels and style are reflected throughout our home of which we are very proud, though the focus is primarily on comfort. Such is our love for living here, we rarely dine out of the area and always shop locally for top quality, organic produce.

Pineapple Lodge is perfectly located for everything one might want to do either locally or in central London and that was why this was the only house we looked at when we moved. It is spacious, comfortable, clean and easy to live in with a wonderful new kitchen in which to cook. We travel a great deal and are always so happy to come home to our pretty London house with its state-of-the art facilities and comforts. We love the pub where we often meet friends and family before we retreat into our private dining space - either in the walled garden (as in the photo) or inside at our Balinese teak dining table when the weather is inclement. A take-out from Michelin starred Kateh over the road, is also a superb hassle-free way to entertain. No Uber or Gett Black Cab ever takes more than five minutes to be outside.