Monthly Archives: April 2014

Keeping Your Distance

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty discovers a house in Rhode Island where it’s easy to get away from it all – but just as easy to stay in touch. Leading broker, Lila Delman Real Estate, showed him the way. Whilst … Continue reading

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Lasting Impressions

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty visits marine residence in Jamestown, Rhode Island that he will not forget in a hurry. It’s being marketed through Lila Delman Real Estate. You can’t judge a book by its cover. And you shouldn’t … Continue reading

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Love Me Tender

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty takes a loving look at a wonderful mid-century modernist house in Palm Springs, California with a real claim to fame. It is being handled by the Altman Brothers through Hilton & Hyland. One could … Continue reading

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Downsizing Greenwich Style

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty finds that downsizing can be fun at a very smart waterside penthouse in Greenwich, Connecticut – being sold by Houlihan Lawrence. The kids have left home for college; the house is very large for two; … Continue reading

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Bullseye

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty enjoys a very special New York house that borrows  some distinctive English architectural details, shakes them up a bit – and it all comes out more than all right in the end. Houlihan Lawrence … Continue reading

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Time Machine

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty spends an unforgettable few hours in one of the Hudson Valley’s finest homes -now on the market with Houlihan Lawrence. Le Corbusier, the éminence grise of modern architecture, said that a house is a machine … Continue reading

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Living the Dream

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty finds out exactly what an entrepreneur saw in a tidal Florida island in 1900 – and how that dream has become a delightful reality. It’s illustrated by a wonderful waterside home in St Petersburg now on … Continue reading

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Lee ho

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty crosses over The Solent in the south of England to the Isle of Wight and a particularly fine Victorian house and garden of great importance and presence – now on the market with Biles & … Continue reading

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Tally ho

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty visits Red Gate, a very fine home in rural New Jersey now on the market with the local experts, Turpin Realtors. Seth E Thomas was a pioneer of mass clock production. He started out … Continue reading

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Herbal Remedy

Nick Churton of Mayfair International Realty visits a building on the market through Turpin Realtors that started life before American Independence and now offers a delightful home in an area of outstanding natural beauty. It’s funny what you remember a … Continue reading

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