Urban gardens are going vertical: London's latest new-build homes celebrate summer with private roof gardens and thoughtful landscaping
New homes in blocks with courtyards and rooftop gardens are launching for summer buyers.
Vista, overlooking Battersea Park, has apartments with terraces facing on to landscaped grounds. Prices from £895,000. Call 020 3811 2012.
Valentine Place in Southwark is a low-rise development of 42 apartments and townhouses near the Old Vic and Young Vic theatres. Set around a central courtyard garden, the restrained architecture blends brick and warehouse-style windows, and retains the original façade of the former bakery and dairy.
The courtyard garden has thoughtful landscaping and lawns, patio areas and benches.
Apartments are priced from £699,995, with houses from £2,149,995. Call Crest Nicholson on 020 3437 1294.
Paddington Gardens is a scheme of 335 flats in four blocks set around an acre of gardens.
To enhance the green backdrop, balconies come with planters with irrigation systems. Prices from £825,000. Call 020 7318 4677.
