In an uncertain property market, the fact a developer has been unable to sell any flats (priced from £365,000 for a one-bed) in a Sixties tower block next to the A12 repeatedly voted Britain’s ugliest seems unsurprising. Especially since the concrete building’s construction made it tricky to secure a mortgage.
The £57m refurbishment for sale of the Brutalist Balfron Tower in Poplar was also not without its share of controversy.
