Regardless of what can politely be described as a testing market within the British capital this 12 months, the Black Brick staff has nonetheless helped its purchasers buy some £80m-worth of houses in 2025, starting from pied-a-terre residences to trophy mansions.
Whereas it won’t go down in historical past as a classic 12 months for London property, for a shopping for agent 2025 has in some ways been an ideal atmosphere wherein to work.
With some distributors clinging to the concept that their house is price greater than it truly is, patrons have actually wanted our skilled recommendation to keep away from overpaying. And a scarcity of significant patrons signifies that some excellent value cuts have been achieved.
These are our greatest offers of 2025:
Greatest low cost
The ink is simply drying on Black Brick’s most dramatic value lower negotiation of the 12 months – now we have simply helped a shopper shave £750,000 of the asking value of their dream household dwelling in Maida Vale.
The two,700 sq ft duplex house on sought-after Randolph Avenue was in the marketplace for £5.25m after we confirmed it to our purchasers, a European household who wanted to be inside a half-hour commute of the British Library. They cherished the beautiful light-filled flat, awash with interval options, and with its personal backyard and entry to a communal backyard. However they had been barely much less enamoured of the £5.25m price ticket.
We started a fragile negotiation with the promoting agent.
“We all the time take into account who the vendor is, why they’re promoting and what the comparable gross sales knowledge is telling us concerning the present marketplace for comparable properties within the space,” defined Tom Kain, a associate at Black Brick. “On this occasion the seller had a have to promote earlier than the tip of the 12 months for tax causes.”
This technique, mixed with the gradual and unsure state of the prime property market plus Black Brick’s fame and longstanding monitor file, labored. We secured the property for £4.5m – a reduction of greater than 14 per cent. As soon as the sale had accomplished we additionally launched our purchasers to a staff of tried-and-tested specialists, together with architects and contractors, as they now plan on upgrading the property.
Greatest off market deal
It’s no secret that a lot of London’s easiest properties by no means hit the property portals – as a substitute they’re bought in a discreet gray market primarily based very a lot on networks of contacts.
Black Brick went underground to supply a wonderful mansion flat on trendy Mount Road, Mayfair, for Swiss purchasers who wished a household flat they may share with their youngsters who’re residing in London for work and examine.
They wished to purchase in two of London’s hottest neighbourhoods, Mayfair or Marylebone. Safety was vital, and since one of many purchasers is an inside designer she had a eager eye for structure and lightweight.
Nothing on the open market fitted the invoice however we had been in a position to assist discover a beautiful first ground flat in a newly-renovated constructing. Provide on Mount Road, prized for its fastidiously curated vary of bars, retailers, and eating places, tends to be low, so the circa 1,000 sq ft house was an actual discover.
In reality, stated Camilla Dell, managing associate at Black Brick, the proprietor hoped to promote all the constructing however was persuaded to promote this trophy flat individually in a deal that took a 12 months to place collectively. “Our purchasers’ necessities had been robust therefore we needed to look past what was simply brazenly out there on the market,” stated Dell. “We’re in a position to assume exterior the field and patiently look forward to the fitting alternative.”
As soon as the deal was agreed we steered our purchasers and helped them navigate the unfamiliar shopping for course of, they usually paid £5.95m for the flat in Could – earlier than rival patrons had been even conscious it was out there. Our non-public shopper property administration staff is now caring for the flat, so it’s prepared each time our purchasers need to use it.
Greatest tremendous prime deal
A extremely particular property can override underlying market situations, and this Grade I listed villa in Hampstead was actually particular. The Grade I listed Georgian villa, as soon as dwelling of the a modern portrait artist, was being quietly bought off market by a boutique agent.
Used variously as an meeting room, full with ballroom and tea room, and an workplace through the years, the six bed room weatherboarded home was stylishly redesigned in 2012. Our purchasers fell in love with its mixture of conventional interval options and modern end. With a younger household they had been in the marketplace for a bigger London home with a spacious backyard and parking – however they didn’t need to go deep into the suburbs to search out it.
The property was initially listed for £25m, however the asking value had been dropped to £20m by the point we considered it. We had been nonetheless in a position to negotiate a considerable seven determine low cost.
As a result of this landmark property is near 300-years-old, and restoration of a Grade I constructing is complicated and costly, it was essential we did our due diligence in the course of the gross sales course of. “We due to this fact engaged a heritage specialist to have a look at the work executed and examine it complied with the mandatory heritage necessities,” stated Dell. “The property was additionally in shut proximity to a pub so we undertook specialist surveys to present our purchasers consolation that they might not be disturbed.”
Regardless of all of the work concerned we additionally acquired the deal accomplished in double fast time, taking lower than a month to get the keys into our purchasers’ arms.
Greatest townhouse
Tall, slim, and stylish, a basic London townhouse by no means goes out of style.
Our purchasers stay within the nation however wished a base within the capital after they got here to us having struggled to search out something appropriate on their very own. They wished a freehold home with no less than 3,000 sq ft of residing house, and a few exterior house, ideally inside a one mile radius of Soho.
We discovered them a fantastically renovated 5 bed room Georgian townhouse in Manchester Road, Marylebone, which comfortably exceeded their want for house, and had a candy courtyard backyard and is a brief stroll from the bars, eating places, and boutiques of Marylebone Excessive Road and Chiltern Road. We helped them shave £250,000 off the asking value they usually paid £7.5m for the property in Could.
Greatest interval pied-a-terre
Our purchasers wished a classy London crash pad near Paddington Station, and in a safe well-run constructing with a porter. Since they deliberate to carry their canine with them the constructing wanted to be pet pleasant, they usually wished a flat with good pure mild, interval options, and a porter for safety.
Our selection was a wise second ground flat in a beautiful white stucco constructing on Lancaster Gate, a 15 minute stroll to the Station and seconds from Hyde Park for lengthy canine walks.
Our purchasers concurred and gave us the go-ahead to barter. They purchased the flat in July for £4.6m, which was lower than £2,000 per sq ft and £350,000 lower than the asking value.
Sale of the 12 months
Though Black Brick is thought for its experience in shopping for property, it may possibly additionally assist purchasers promote their properties.
A former shopper, who Black Brick assisted with the acquisition of a loft-style house in Gloucester Studios, Primrose Hill, again in 2008 (a 12 months after we opened) acquired in contact earlier this 12 months. After virtually 20 joyful years within the house, she was shifting to Bathtub and wished our assist to promote the flat.
In a difficult market pricing is every thing – patrons are extraordinarily nervous of over-paying – and we inspired her to record the property for a smart value. In consequence, she discovered herself fielding a number of affords and bought the flat in September for £2.49m, £200,000 above the information value.
Rental of the 12 months
London’s gross sales market has been treading water for a lot of 2025, however the rental market is working scorching, with much more potential tenants than properties, significantly on the high finish of the market.
Nonetheless we had been in a position to assist a household of 5, relocating from Singapore, discover their good household home in London. They wished a wise home in a family-friendly neighbourhood with nice facilities, which introduced us to St John’s Wooden, near their youngsters’s faculties and helpful for his or her respective places of work. The property discovered was a totally renovated villa on Blenheim Highway, had not but been listed, and with our purchasers’ approval negotiated a 3 12 months tenancy at £16,466 per thirty days.
