It's still Kensington, just a few blocks away from Chelsea. You can walk on both legs. You can also walk to Green Park, Hyde Park and a series of museums; In fact, it's only a 15 minute drive from Buckingham Palace.
This area is not only the most densely populated area of the rich and the elite in the whole city, but also the most expensive area in the whole city. When the rooms in other parts of London are more or less affected by the economy, they are still rising steadily.
The Dunlop family's urban residence, where Langley arrived when he first returned to London, Langley's personal apartment at Knightsbridge and Arthur's current personal residence in London, are all located in this area, which is the most concentrated area of London's elites.
Now, Langley's private residence in London is also purchased here.
The gray white walls and black door panels are hidden in the London Style gloom, revealing a solemn and steady temperament; Victorian Style window lattice, gold and copper door bolt, big red mailbox, sharp fence, these small details outline the unique historical details of Kensington district. These buildings have successfully escaped the destruction and destruction of those catastrophes after the artillery fire of World War I and the bombing of World War II, and now become the witnesses of the city, It records the traces of those years and time, and injects irreplaceable unique temperament here.
Outside the green garden stands the Gothic style black fence. The climbing tiger's vines freely and rampantly cover the corners of the fence, setting up a natural barrier to separate the house from the street and block those who try to covet the scenery in the house.
Looking from the external wall alone, we can't find much special. It seems to be the same as the multi span villa in the whole street, but lanli fell in love with it at a glance.
Because of the row of trees behind him, the garden in front of him, and the green in front of his eyes, he vaguely revealed an ordinary and simple warmth. It was not a palace or castle, but a safe harbor where he lived. He was willing to stop here.
Philip opened the door for lanli, and then lanli stood beside the door, with a smile on his face toward Matthew. "Hey, I'm home."
Ma Shin looked at blue rite without expression, and went to make complaints about it. "It took a long time."
Lan Li couldn't help laughing.
Matthew then cast a glance at Blue's back. "Why are you back with your tail?"
Without looking back, Langley knew that Matthew must be talking about the paparazzi, "Hey, this is London. They are the king of this land, OK?" Even the royal family could not resist the paparazzi's all pervasive, "I never expected, they never know my residence, this is an impossible task. It's better to be generous than that. "
"... and then they started to garrison at the gate." Matthew make complaints about it without mercy.
Blue Li also followed Chi Chi ground to smile, "be like New York?"? In fact, Andy is also persuading me to move to the upper east side, or long island, but unless it's a single family villa, with layers of shelterbelts between the main house and the road, I still can't get rid of paparazzi. "
"There are almost no paparazzi at the door of New York's apartment now, because they know that you don't stay there many times a year, and even the apartment in Los Angeles seems to be more lively." Matthew kindly "corrected" lenley's mistake.
As a result, lanli said, "wait, are you looking forward to the paparazzi or refusing?"
Matthew gave blue Li a silent look.
But Lan Li still pointed to the direction behind him, "do you need me to introduce you?"
"No, thank you." Matthew flatly refused.
Langley shrugged. "I think so, too." Then he stepped forward to the room in front of him and looked into Matthew's eyes with a smile on his face
Matthew didn't answer. Instead, he stepped back, opened the door, made an invitation gesture, waited for Langley to enter the room, and nodded to Philip, "it's hard."
Philip made way. "Master Matthew, please." It means that he will finish the rest, and now Matthew can go in first.
Matthew did not refuse, nodded again, and then followed Lan Li's steps into the house, only to find that Lan Li was standing in the porch and did not go in, "what happened?"
Lan Li didn't speak. He just stood quietly, waiting for Matthew to stand side by side with him, looking forward at the room in front of him.
In fact, this is a typical British residential building with a two-story composite structure. You can hardly see anything special in the entrance. It's just a straight corridor. In front of the right hand is the staircase leading to the second floor. In front of the right hand is the kitchen. That's all you can see in the entrance area.
But lanli stopped and stopped here.
Porch corridor part can't see too many scenes, but still can savor the different, close to the staircase wall, you can see a brown chestnut closet.
Near the door is a desk, on which is an antique vase of emerald green, with a bunch of flowers in it. Next to it is a glass bowl of the same series, in which there are several scattered keys; Then you can see today's fresh "times" and "Guardian" stacked on the side.
The part near the kitchen is a bookcase, in which a large number of books are piled up neatly. Even if you don't go to the front of the bookcase, you can see the full of books by virtue of the shadow on the side. People can't help but want to stop, read carefully, and slow down to roam in the sea of books.
Although the pace has not entered the room, just the entrance part can feel a distinctive aura, a kind of approachable closeness.
"Do you remember the first time Ruth felt on board the Titanic?" Lan Li said.
Matthew glanced at Lan Li and said helplessly, "No. I don't like movies that much, remember? "
She said, "it's been eighty-four years now, and I can still smell the smell of paint. The porcelain is brand new, and the sheets have never been used. The Titanic has been called the 'dream ship', which is worthy of its name."
Philip also came in, crossed his hands and stood at the porch, quietly watching the back of Lan Li.
The words were cut off here, and Langley didn't go on, but the hidden meaning was clear enough, which made Matthew and Philip silent. The sound of drizzle outside the window had a moving rhythm, and the atmosphere became quiet and full of faces.
Then Langley's voice rang out again, "well, now it's full of Matthew."
Matthew has black lines all over his head. "Does that mean dissatisfaction?"
"Satisfied, very satisfied, very satisfied, how can you not be satisfied?" "In fact, I think that's the taste of home, just like New York," said Langley in a panic, repeating the same meaning and expressing his unswerving attitude As Matthew drew back his eyes, lanli wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of exaggeration. Some childish appearance made Philip standing behind smile.
"The first floor is the living room?" Blue Li finally stepped forward, walked along the porch corridor, Matthew also followed to make the introduction.
On the left side of the corridor on the first floor is the waiting room, which is mainly of smoke gray, stone blue and dark gray. Occasionally, you can capture a little off white and tender green, instantly lighting up the quiet and generous space. However, the simple and neat interior decoration makes the whole space deeper and further, enhancing the visual effect.
On the right side is the study, which is mainly maroon, dark red and light gray. The iron cyan and ivory edge brightens the whole reading space. The mosaic fragments splicing desk lamp, dark brown log desk, smoke gray linen sofa and wine red carpet create a stable reading environment.
Through the porch corridor to the kitchen, you can see the dining room next to the kitchen, the spacious porch and backyard, the other three small rooms and a storage warehouse. The green in the eyes becomes fresh in the simple milky white and lemon yellow. It seems that even the air can capture the exuberant vitality.
The whole decoration design has continued the clean and experienced industrial style, without too much complicated design, but through the superposition of desk lamp, desk, curtain and other details to create a little retro style, showing a rich heritage; But for the layman, he can't even detect anything unusual
I always feel that it's a little bit powerful, but I can't say exactly where it is, and then I think it's really not powerful.
From the first floor to the second floor, then into the bedroom area.
A master bedroom, six guest rooms, three public bathrooms, a studio and a smoking room, and entertainment room make full use of all the architectural space to create a unique private residence.
The overall size is slightly smaller than Matthew's villa next to Green Park, but it is basically of the same level, with a total area of 4800 square feet (455 square meters) - certainly not comparable to manors and castles, but as a family base, there is no problem at all.
The market price of such a house is only 3.3 million pounds. For the former hall family, it was a cost they could not afford at all; But for lanli now, it's not a problem at all. After Matthew's purchase, he completed the renovation work on the basis of the original house, and finally showed what lanli saw now.
This also means that "Langley hall" also has a base in London. Can this be regarded as the rise of a new family?