What started as a niche business in 2005, when architectural journalists Albert Hill and Matt Gibberd set up an agency to sell mid-century architecture to the Wallpaper-reading crowd, is infiltrating the mainstream, and setting the benchmark for estate agents in the age of social media and property porn.
This seven-bedroom conversion with fabulous views of the South Downs is made up of a Grade II-listed 19th-century windmill and attached roundhouse, a granary and a 20th-century mill house, all in 0.6 hectares (1.5 acres).
The modern design incorporates below-ground and staggered levels to maximize the house’s 1,600 square feet of living space, with a central glass atrium that runs from top to bottom.
Founding director Matt Gibberd breaks down five things all homeowners should know before putting their house on the market.
If the stamp duty holiday has you thinking of selling up and buying somewhere new, these are the questions to consider, as answered by Head of Appraisals at the Modern House, James Klonaris.
From the Cotswolds to the Peak District, these houses are the cream of the crop for a stamp duty holiday.
The multi-level home has seriously cool credentials.
Harewood in Great Missenden is on the market via The Modern House and unfurls across four storeys, with a soaring double-height atrium at its centre.
The Modern House, successfully selling some of Britain’s finest examples of residential architecture since 2005, has proved that there are exceptions to the rules of real estate.
Pobble House by Guy Holloway Architects, for example, sold last year via the Modern House with an asking price of £525k.
Hand-painted art nouveau tiles and a mahogany payment kiosk feature in this London former butcher’s shop, which hit the market this month.
The Modern House has recently launched a podcast that has also become a firm favourite – guests, who have included Edmund de Waal, Faye Toogood and Jonathan Tuckey, pick three of their favourite houses from across the world and discuss the importance of well-designed living spaces.
A north London house built in the early Sixties and preserved in almost entirely original condition is for sale on the open market for the first time.
This exceptional 1970s house has been carefully restored and is now on the market.
Everyone’s favourite estate agent The Modern House touts its new podcast, which invites a guest to share their top three favourite homes anywhere in the world, as ‘Desert Islands Discs for design lovers’.
We recently came across Justine Cook’s lovely, centuries-old cottage in the Welsh countryside. Its snug dimensions, spare interiors, and soothing palette are just what we need right now to calm our pandemic-heightened nerves.
The architect originally designed the property for himself, purchasing a three-acre plot with a 150-year-old barn that was given a contemporary overhaul by replacing one gable end with glass.
Most promising newcomer goes to the podcast of the Modern House, the design-led estate agency co-founded by Matt Gibberd.
This converted barn is a genuine playground for adults and children alike, but one amusing feature is the slide which runs adjacent to the staircase.
How marine met modern — and created some of the world’s most magical waterfront homes.
Head to Hebden House, near Gerrards Cross, in bucolic Buckinghamshire, and you’ll find a home that not only subverts the stereotype, but also stylishly celebrates the best of the decade — with not one avocado bathroom suite in sight.