The Doer-Upper Diary

I find tired, badly configured, run-down properties and, hopefully, turn them into beautiful places to live. It's not always easy! You can also follow me on Twitter @beachcomberpage. Instagram @alanjpage. Or at www.primeresi.com.

Sunday, 12 November 2017

A Week turns into months and months and months: The London Property Week diaries.

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Across from me at Brasserie Zedel table was a man I'd known for years. What I didn't know was how he'd react to my idea. He...
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Thursday, 20 July 2017

From Doer-Upper to Starter-Upper: The London Property Week diaries.

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I don't like risk.  And, believe me, I can see risk in almost anything. The centuries old bridge I'm crossing will surely choose...
Monday, 26 June 2017

A postcard from Paris.

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171, rue Saint Jaques, Paris V.  Rue Saint Jacques is unusually wide and straight for a pre-Haussmann Parisian street. It runs sou...
Monday, 26 September 2016

Little Englanders and Tricky Trots: The only hot properties in town.

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Its been a funny old summer. And I'm not just talking about the weather. As the thermometer see-sawed, so too has my view of the prop...
Monday, 4 July 2016

The Big Lemon: Letter from Amalfi.

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Two days after the referendum result, we flew to the Amalfi coast to meet up with a couple who come from Hong Kong and Seattle. As we tri...
Wednesday, 22 June 2016

In for a penny......

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Oh no! It's finally referendum day. Decision time. Nobody with a brain above their shoulders wants to be even partially controlled b...
Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Letting themselves down.

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We are between homes in London. Truth is we are unsure what to do next. And as the weeks slip relentlessly by and we need to move from th...
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