Five-bedroom family home, lived in by award-winning architect and interior designer Marek Wojciechowski, has been listed for sale by Aston Chase for £9,750,000.

Originally built in 2005, the 4,758 sq ft (442m2) house was then bought and renovated in 2015-2016 by the architect.

The visionary architect Marek Wojciechowski and his team at his own firm, Marek Wojciechowski Architects MWA, used their expertise to reimagine and transform the traditional "family home" style layout, making it more appropriate for modern family life.

With a total value of £255 million, MWA's current portfolio consists of highly sought-after homes.

The Marlborough Place gated property is arranged over five floors and comprises five bedrooms, six bathrooms and four reception rooms.

Wojciechowski has relocated the family space to the lower ground floor where the now 20 ft kitchen/dining room connects via Crittall steel doors to a bright, generously sized living room which benefits from full height glazing and direct access to a patio and raised south-facing garden. 

The garage has been turned into a games room for kids, complete with a guest bathroom and plenty of storage space. The driveway is outside, atop the games room.

The family now primarily uses the kitchen as an informal entrance because the lower ground level was repurposed, transforming the house into a townhouse.

Unlike many other homes in the vicinity, this property is not listed, and Wojciechowski took advantage of that by installing the home with a lift that serves throughout the rear of the building, adding a unique edge rarely found in the area.

The ground floor level has its own raised front entrance that creates a sense of grandeur and occasion and leads to the main entry hall, which Wojciechowski has made appear to be double-heighted by removing volume.

A light and airy formal reception room is to the right of the entry hall, opening through a set of imposing Crittall steel doors. Another set of Crittall doors leads to a study with access to a south-facing terrace that overlooks the garden.

The first floor, which includes two bedrooms, a family bathroom, and a utility room, is reached via a concrete staircase with a green velvet runner and wrought iron stair railing.

The large principal bedroom suite occupies the second floor. It has two walk-in closets, an en-suite bathroom, and a separate shower room. On the third floor, there are two additional bedrooms, two bathrooms, one of which has an en-suite.

The architect chose his current Marlborough Place property after being charmed by the quality of the build, with its steel frame and concrete planks, along with some of the advanced specification incorporated by the previous developers which included a heated driveway, triple-glazed windows and early forms of climate cooling that were scarcely seen in other homes of the time.

After graduating from University College London in 1998 and working on a number of residential and arts-based projects in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Wojciechowski returned to London and completed significant projects such as the award-winning redevelopment of the Baltic Flour Mills in Gateshead and the Royal Academy of Music in Regents Park.

In 2004 Wojciechowski founded MWA, and his specialised focus became the central London property market, with particular expertise in the complexities of listed buildings and conservation areas. In contrast to other firms, MWA publishes their planning and success data, which plainly presents that they achieve the top level of permission, with 150/151 planning permissions granted within the City of Westminster.

One notable project in nearby Regents Park is The Diorama, the conversion And reimagination of an early French concept theatre behind a Grade I listed John Nash façade, into high-quality offices flanked by two single-family homes to either side. 

The property now provides an abundance of wall space to hang art, perfectly exhibited by Marek and his Art Dealer wife, Penny’s extensive collection which undoubtedly benefits from their Patronage of the Royal Academy, helping to support and fund students through their training, and in turn accessing an early opportunity to purchase the art that the students produce.

Marek Wojciechowski, Principal at MWA commented: “I bought this home on Marlborough Place because it came onto the market at the right time, and I had a strong vision for the project. It gives me great joy to see how my team and I have transformed it into a significantly more spacious and appropriately modern family home. My family has had a wonderful time living here and we are now ready to pass it on to the next lucky family.”

Max Curtis, Associate Director at Aston Chase says: "I have admired Marek's work over many years and subsequently referred several clients to MWA all of whom, without exception, have been hugely complimentary of Marek and his team, so it was a great privilege to be given the exclusive mandate by Marek & Penny to represent their wonderful family home."

Mark Pollack, Co-Founding Director at Aston Chase says: "Marlborough Place represents a rare opportunity for discerning buyers to own and live in a home specifically designed by a leading London architect for the use of his own family. Consequently, not only is it aesthetically striking but it is also a superbly planned and fully functioning family home benefitting from great attention to detail. The leafy village of St John’s Wood, only minutes from the West End, has long been extremely popular to both local and international buyers many of whom are attracted by the presence of The American School in London, providing American education to an international student body, St John’s Wood Underground Station (enabling access to Canary Wharf on the Jubilee Line in just 20 mins) not to mention Regent’s Park, the largest open recreational space in London which, along with the adjoining iconic Primrose Hill, are both on the doorstep so it is hardly surprising that NW8 has become one of London's golden postcodes.

Indeed, with demolition works having finally started on the St Johns Wood Barracks site (destined to be one of London's landmark prime residential developments) the area will greatly benefit from the awareness generated by a project of this scale and quality and, in due course, the premium prices that will inevitably be sought will positively impact on the value of the surrounding properties. So, not only does Marlborough Place provide an outstanding opportunity to purchase an exceptional family home but also the potential for meaningful future capital growth."

For more information please contact Aston Chase on Tel: +44 (0) 207 724 4724

Photo credit: Tony Murray 2022