The Modern House Estate Agents

Unless your living under a rock, in which case well done for still keeping up to date with We Heart Stuff, then you will be well aware of falling housing prices, unachievable mortgages and high street brands going bust on a weekly, if not daily, basis. Not exactly boom time for estate agents then! Unless of course you’ve cornered your very own niche in the market that is, and that’s exactly what ‘The Modern House‘ have gone and done. The Modern House is a unique estate agency that is dedicated to architect-designed property in both urban and rural locations across the UK, so if you’ve got the money for your very own Grand Designs project but haven’t got the time or patience (or just can’t be bothered with that annoying git gloating at how overtime and over-budget you are), then these guys have your answers.
We’ve picked some of the most interesting featured properties currently on offer, right after the jump…..

Photographs © James Morris
If your struggling to find a high street bank that will part with their cash for a mortgage and happen to have £4,000 a month burning a hole in your pocket, then this letting property in Somerset could be for you. The Dairy House is an achingly hip conversion of a 1901 cheesemakers cottage that has been the focus of much attention from design press and country-bumpkin reads, such as Country Life, alike.

Built on the site of what was a single-storey wine vault, squeezed in between two Victorian buildings, and set back slightly from the street this unique property in popular Maida Vale, London, is obscenely clean and minimal, as will be your bank balance after it’s been shed of £6,000 a month!

For just short of a million quid you can get your hands on this 2/3 bedroom penthouse of more than 1,500 sq ft in one of London’s most critically acclaimed apartment blocks. Described by Jonathan Glancey of The Guardian as “a minor masterpiece”, Number One Centaur Street was designed by the famous de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM) architects.

Finally, this 6 bedroom apartment is described as ‘perhaps the most significant architect-designed apartment to be built in London in recent years’. The penthouse which was built on top of an existing warehouse was designed by the firm Tonkin Liu in collaboration with Richard Rogers who is best-known for pioneering public projects such as the Pompidou Centre, the Lloyd’s Building and the Millennium Dome. If you are looking to aqcuire a living piece of architectural history you can expect to pay some serious money, as you may imagine, price is on application only.