Harriet, who co-runs Projekt 26, in her transformed Sixties home
(Picture: Adrian Lourie)In 2022, most house hunts start online. But when Harriet Williams set her heart on Little Brownings in Forest Hill, there were no properties up for sale. So she took to letter writing, petitioning almost a dozen owners to consider selling.
Williams was in luck. One resident who had bitten off a renovation more than they could chew was desperate to move on. “I looked at quite a few areas, but really the only one that ‘worked’ for us location-wise was this row of houses. So I wrote letters — and it worked!” says Williams, who loves the spacious, mid-century design of the estate’s homes, its leafy location near Sydenham Hill Wood and the proximity to schools.
