“What I like about it is that it’s quite LA,” says Jade Jagger of her east London house, built 20 years ago by a roofer. What the jewellery designer describes as a “weird door” opens up into a vast open-plan living space and kitchen, which looks out on to a gorgeous, secluded terrace. And the artist feels it reflects some of her own personality. “It’s an introverted house with a lot of flora and fauna and gardens. I think it’s unusual, it’s not what you expect, it’s open-planned and unified once you’re inside.”
Jagger moved here from west London 12 years ago when she was looking for something a little different from your classic period townhouse. “I definitely wanted to stay in a more alternative living arrangement. The upstairs, downstairs thing of the traditional Victorian house — I think I’d lived my time in that … I couldn’t stand having to go back upstairs for someone’s socks!”
