SOME HUGE RENTALS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 7

SOME HUGE RENTALS

FOR CORONATION WEEK

Prices-for' accommodation on, or near, the route of the Coronation procession are increasing, says the "Daily Telegraph", of January 29. The highest are being paid for houses, or flats, from which a view of the procession may be .obtained. Large sums have also been paid for houses* near the Coronation route. Responsible agents, it is stated, are resisting a Coronation rents "ramp." Here are some examples of actual ■"lets" for Coronation Week:— With.View. -■■... ; House, in Park .Lane, 1500 guineas. : Smaller houses in Park Lane, £600. Flatlet in.Oxford Street, 80 guineas. Without View. Flat in St. James's Street, £600. Service flat .in' Haymarket, 300 guineas,..' Period--houses' in Belgravia,. 100; guineas. «:..;:. . : • Flat in Lowndes Square, £50. Country ;house;near Winchester (servants and two cars), 450 guineas. Flat in Gurzon: Street, £50. Small ."-flat at Brixton, £25. ; Fantastic ideas of some : property owners about rent obtainable are, however, causing- house agents anxiety., A leading.West End . agent said: "We have on our books a peer who insists on receiving £2000 for a fortnight's' tenancy of his house in Mayfair: ".This amount has not been obtained." . . A member of a firm of estate agents of Mayfair. said: "We-have opened a speciar.Coronatibn accommodation department, .'and have a register of property available. "We/are' telling our customers to expect a 40 per cent, increase on normal rent values, and that is what most receive. There-are still houses and flats available. We are also doing a brisk business in Coronation seats, at prices from five to 25 or 30 guineas." A member of another leading Mayfair firm of estate agents said: "There are many rumours about the fabulous prices being paid for Coronation accommodation—Mr. Charles Chaplin is said to have paid £ 1000 a week for a house —but we have not been able to substantiate'them. Actually, we can provide accommodation to suit most purses."