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In course of the recent outing to Marylebone, the discussion turned to the price of flats in the area. An area which looked like a good place to have a flat, with good access to Marylebone High Street, Regents Park, Wigmore Hall and other attractions. Could we trade a modest suburban house in Epsom for one?

Shortly after that, we passed an estate agent offering a large, smart looking flat for £1.4m, quite a lot more than our house would fetch, but not beyond imagining. And shortly after that, I passed the block of flats in question, in Luxborough Street, right up against the side of the University of Westminster. And snap notwithstanding, they did not look nearly as smart outside as the estate agent pictures were inside. Did the block start its life as part of the Peabody Estate, or something of that sort?

Bottom line: we shall stay in Epsom!

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