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Wrexham

The Filter Rooms is situated inside a Nuclear Bunker in Borras, 1 mile from Wrexham and 8 miles from Chester

Built in 1962, Borras was the Royal Observer Corps' No.17 Group HQ, in the UKWMO Western Sector and was the first place to detect the Chernobyl disaster on the 26th of April 1986

It was decommissioned in 1992 and soon after the main observatory room was turned into a recording studio by K Klass. In 2006, an extensive renovation project of the entire building began, to create live rooms to accommodate bands, musicians and artists, as well as continue with the successful remix projects. Rewiring and renovation was completed in 2008.

Apart from the 13 rooms on the ground floor of the building, and one room upstairs (Studio 4) there are rumours that there are more secret rooms underground. Intriguingly, during our final renovations in our Leads room corridor under the stairs, we have recently uncovered some “concrete” evidence to support this!!

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Superior Vinyl Mastering unit for sale in London. (choice of 3 lathes available) subject to contract

• Professionally designed acoustics. Installation geared to high level cuts.
• Secure premises (AGM Redcare) in South London.
• All local amenities within walking distance.
• Off road parking for clients, ground floor access, Double gates and shutters, 24 hour operation.
• Vinyl cutting Engineer and maintenance staff available.
• Lathe set up and maintained by S W Davies Ltd
• Support areas - office and CD duplication / storage facilities.

Turnkey operation to let as a going concern from £49,500 for the room including the Neumann VMS80.

(Rental: currently £12,500 p.a.)

Please contact us for a viewing.

Mortlake,
London SW14

HOUSE WITH RECORDING STUDIO
This is a ‘unique’ opportunity to purchase a ‘legendary’ property.

This property offers a fantastic combination of living and working space rarely found, particularly in a tree lined road so close to Central London and Heathrow Airport.

Many well known recording artists and producers have made ‘hit’ records in this studio over the past 35 years.

This recording studio, with its ‘creditable’ history, has been an integral part of the English music business since the
early 1970’s. References appear in many rock biographies, autobiographies and music biz folk-lore. It even appears in
the Guinness book of Records!!!. The current owner has enjoyed much success over the last 17 years writing many high
profile TV and film scores as well as producing ‘cutting edge’ bands and artists.

The studio has the benefit of being ‘totally invisible’ from the outside world and has it’s own separate entrance from the
house. It is fully self contained over 3 levels providing 2 office rooms, toilet facilities, a listening room, and 2 sound
proofed studio rooms. Currently one room is a live room and the other a control/mixing/programming room.

The house dates from the early 1900’s, originally built as a corner shop/ house with a large cellar. Purchased in 1971
the original owner created one of the first ‘home’ studios in this country. The cellar was utilised to provide a basic
‘multi track’ recording facility. In 1974 he bought the house next door and made the two houses into one large house.

Excavations were carried out over the next few years resulting in the formation of a suite of rooms below the ground
finished to a high standard both structurally and acoustically. A full set of technical plans are available to view. Over the past 17 years these rooms have been updated and maintained to a high contemporary standard.

The living accommodation is luxuriously spread over three floors. The ground floor offers a fabulous reception room
which embraces a huge area and has a triple aspect overlooking the courtyard which links the house to the adjoining
studio annexe. The kitchen which boasts many built in appliances adjoins the dining area of the reception room. On the
first floor there are 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bedroom has en suite facilities and a double aspect.
Two further bedrooms, one with a double aspect share the second bathroom. The third floor is a superb attic conversion
that offers a further double bedroom or attic/study/office space. The house is double glazed throughout and has gas
central heating.

The house is a corner property located in a prosperous residential area close to a choice of transport links where travel
to Central London is 30 mins and 30 mins to Heathrow Airport. There are many local facilities very close at hand. A
thriving local community offers bars, restaurants, pubs and shops close by.

Offers for the freehold are invited in the region of £1,500,000

Or rental at £3,000 pcm excl.

Camden Mews, Camden, NW1

A two bedroom modern mews house located within the Camden Square conservation area.

This individual house is arranged over three floors with a conservatory on the ground floor and roof terrace on the top floor. Arranged over the ground floor are two bedrooms, both leading to the conservatory, en-suite bathroom to one bedroom, separate shower room and a fully sound proofed professional recording studio. A staircase leads up to the first floor where the open plan reception and dining area with balcony are arranged along with the kitchen, a spiral staircase then leads up to the roof terrace.

This charming house features wooden cladding to the ceilings, wooden flooring and high level windows. Well located for access to Camden Town and the new Eurostar terminal at St Pancras. This house is also in the catchment area for the prestigious Camden School for Girls.

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Freehold £750,000

New instruction!

London NW5

To rent: production studio in Kentish Town with natural light and a fully fitted inventory of equipment for audio and music to picture.

We present a unique 2nd floor workplace in Queens Crescent, Kentish Town, in a quiet street – but only 5 mins walk from the main street with banks, restaurants and other general amenities.  This facility has produced a stream of successful creative projects and is now coming on the market through mjQ. There is also plenty of natural light in both rooms and the studio comprises a fully fitted airconditioned studio on the 2nd floor with Control room, Live room with Foley Stage,

Kitchen, bathroom, & extensive storage area.

The Foley Stage was built into the live room in 1997, so that the room can be quickly adapted for both uses.

The ambient noisefloor is very low and there is a direct sightline into the control room.

Building costs at that time were approx £80,000

The property has its own garage at the rear behind secure gates. There is free parking on the street after 11 am during weekdays and the studio is close to both major underground and bus routes

In addition broadband is fitted - 8Mb Internet connection, and also state-of-the-art AIRCONDITIONING, with 2 wall mounted units.

LET

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Leasehold, Subject to contract.

Leasehold live/work studio in SE1

The property is a 300-year-old crypt of an old church, built and designed by Hawksmoor, the celebrated architect (St Pauls, Kensington Place etc.) who studied under Christopher Wren. The walls are 3ft deep in some places and there are absolutely no sound insulation problems.

The studio is a long leasehold and the working parts have been cleverly integrated into the building together with unique and interesting living accommodation. The building has natural light, is extremely secure and is close to major bus and train routes enabling speedy access to the West End and the City. The much celebrated and refurbished Bermondsey St is close at hand providing all the usual amenities - also enjoyed by recently installed neighbours: Robert de Niro and Zandra Rhodes.

The overall area is approx 1000 sq ft and comprises the control room, Live room with booth, living room / music area, Bedroom, shower room, and kitchen / reception.

The whole presents a compact live / work environment ideal for a long term project with maximum creative seclusion.

All services are laid on - water, electricity, phone, cable and broadband. At present the studio is equipped with HD recording and instruments.

Preferences can be discussed at the time of viewing. Early viewing is recommended

Shepherds Bush Leasehold
48 track Studio. Live room, booth & well-stocked control room. Fully automated console with total recall, Radar ll and 2” MTR90. Good mic selection and FX. Well-maintained.

Also with first floor refurb 2 bed spacious flat w/kitchen, bath, 26’ lounge. CH. Internal access to studio. Recently refurbished to high standard. Good separation, direct street access to studio, Walled garden. £3750 per month + one month deposit in advance

PRODUCTION ROOMS TO LET
per week . per day .. or 1 month max ..

2 MINS FROM OXFORD CIRCUS.

"ROOM 4": great for mixing movies etc., with projection .. this could be rented on 1 day jobs or per week or per month .. it's a great sounding room for mixing films or commercials . 5.1 systems with Genelec 1032's on the back. Equipment includes an HD3 system but it could be rented for dry hire.

"ROOM 2". This production room is ideal for a film music or commercials composer, or indeed a picture editor or designer. Great location, with air-con and 2 very fast internet lines .24 meg and 8 meg.

"Room 4":

"Room 2"

Funky Bunker Studios

COMMERCIAL STUDIO complex For Sale (leasehold) subject to contract.

A professionally built boutique studio comprising 2 air-conditioned control rooms with a common soundproofed live area in the centre of Notting Hill
completely self-contained with own parking.

Especially suited to the songwriter/artist/producer genre, the rooms were designed by Gary O'Toole (Guy Chambers room at Mayfair studios, Pete
Waterman's rooms in the GLC building) & built by Paul Kennedy.

Appointments to view can be arranged through this office by calling Malcolm Jackson Tel: 01923 285266 or 0771 281 7533 starting Monday 10th March 2008. Book early to avoid disappointment.

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Also visit their website through their website to read a full spec of the studio, see a video tour, pictures & spec lists in this area of the site.

London NW10

Cygnus Business Estate
Dalmeyer Road, London NW10 2XA

The unit comprises 3 floors at approx 150 sq metres per floor.

Accommodation includes a fully operational ground floor recording studio built to the highest specification by Recording Architecture and includes a spacious control room and Live room, a completely separate self-contained pre Production suite and complementary support areas. There is natural light in most rooms.   The live room serves both control rooms and is connected accordingly.

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Offers of £750,000 are invited for the interest in the Freehold.

The Sound Suite, Camden.

Studio equipment includes an Amek Hendrix 40 channel 24 monitor console with HD3 Protools accel system, and complete range of professional studio microphones and outboard FX, with a  7’6” Bechstein grand piano and all the necessary equipment to ensure that a new owner can walk in , switch on, and start recording.

Based in the trendy area of Camden, the Sound Suite has produced quality recordings for a rich and varied range of artists since 1978. In its early years local bands such as Madness, Kajagoogoo, Culture Club and many others were keeping the studio busy 24 hours a day. In the 80`s if you stayed outside on the cobbled street of Camden Mews you would see The Fine Young Cannibals, 5 star, Alison Moyet, Aswad, Boy George and even Demis Roussos!

At around this period the studio recorded hits such as "19" by Paul Hardcastle, one of the first tracks to use a sampled voice recording! Another classic track "Video Killed the Radio Star" quickly followed and the studio went from strength to strength.

In the 90`s top producers like Trever Horn and Pete Watermen used the studio to develop artists and songs..

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Offers are invited for the Freehold to include the recording studio and all list equipment at £749,950
subject to contract.

West Sussex

Top billing for Brighton!
Brighton, with its lively arts scene and seven miles of beaches, is the most popular British resort... according to a survey published by lastminute.com this week (Daily Telegraph Saturday May 5th 2007)
Burgess Hill is 12 miles from Brighton and is already feeling the burgeoning effect of Brighton having been recently nominated a City.

125 Junction Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex

PROFESSIONAL RECORDING STUDIO WITH 5 BEDROOMED HOUSE

A spacious turn of the century, end of terrace property in a residential street with recording studio (with separate entrance). The ground floor comprises an entrance hall, dining room, kitchen and lounge with a large integral double garage. The first floor comprises a spacious master bedroom with ensuite bathroom /shower room/ WC and views over the rear garden; 2 double bedrooms; 2 single bedrooms; family bathroom and an additional WC.

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full particulars and photos

Freehold Price: £399,500
subject to contract
incl. Andy Munro studio installation

REDUCED

Production Suite 1 is now available in a friendly studio complex in Bromley (12 miles SE of Central London )

Rental details: Acoustically treated production suite with vocal booth and machine room. The room is housed in a studio complex in a peaceful part of Bromley, just 15 mins by train from London Victoria station. Close to shops and all amenities. The studio has been built to a very high spec. Features include:

• Air conditioning
• Custom maple desk area suitable for console etc
• Communal lounge and kitchen area
• Vocal booth
• Machine room
• Large skylight
• Oak flooring
• 8Mb broadband internet

£12,000 per annum inc bills
Subject to contract.

Finchley, London N12

This property is currently withdrawn but will be remarketed in 2008

Project studio and 19th Century cottage in Finchley

A unique opportunity for a record producer, songwriter, musician or DJ to enjoy a beautifully presented small family home with the added bonus of a completely independent studio with its own entrance at the rear of the property. The house, built in the 1830's and under a slate roof, is located in an attractive residential street just off the High Road and main bus route and only 500 yards (approx) from the North Finchley Multiple Shopping Centre at Tally Ho Corner. The studio is separated from the house by a very attractive small garden with two sitting out terraces and the rear entrance leads on to a driveway approach from the High Road.

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SW London protected Leasehold.
Fully equipped SSL 48 track. Live room, 2 programming rooms. Established clientele. Long lease, parking for 10 cars, Kitch, chillout room, tech room. excellent security, storage and aircon

Recording Studio To Let

• 48sq m (155sq ft)  
• 20sq m soundproofed room & four offices/store rooms (options for another soundproofed room)
• Parking available on site
• Ideal location – close to M6, M42, A45, NEC, International Railway & Airport

£14,500 per annum

Studios available in West London. 2 control rooms with shared central live room. Separate entrances for each room. Could be 3 programming rooms. Storage.

The Mill Studios,
Mill Lane, Cookham, Berks.

A fine residential studio on the Thames with a long History of Hits. A creative haven within striking distance of all the major UK record companies.

This is the studio where Gus Dudgeon recorded many famous hits

Chris Rea: Fool if you think its over
Lindisfarne: Run for Home
Elkie Brooks: Pearls 1
Elton John: Ice on Fire and others
Jimmy Page: Death Wish ll

and where Elton John also recorded. It was then owned by Jimmy Page, Rod Halling and currently Chris Rea (12 years). The area is one of outstanding natural beauty, yet is is 21 miles from Heathrow and on the West side of London. Access to M4 and M40 motorways running between London and the West.

SOLD

Beautifully restored 3 bed thatched cottage, cottage garden and separate self-contained professional studio in converted chapel. Located in quiet Oxfordshire village within 5 miles of M40.

SOLD

Beethoven St, Queen's Park
London W10

Various spaces to let as production rooms

A Charming and unique cottage-style live-work unit close to shops and main facilties on the Parkside of Sheen. This attractive and modern 3 storey terraced house has a recording studio on the ground floor, with kitchen, diner and 2 bedrooms above.  There are bathrooms on each floor and all fitted to the highest standard. The presentation is faultless and the whole unit has the advantage of masses of natural light on every floor.

The building has a security gate at the front leading to a front porch and then a hallway leading to the studio and WC. The studio is fitted with a built-in acoustic vocal booth, isolated with a soundproofed door.  There is no equipment installed at present, but it has been used extensively for recording all kinds of artistes from bands to solo singers/musicians until quite recently.

Summary of facilities:

• Live/ Work Property
• Living Area
• Kitchen / Dining Room
• Two Bedrooms
• Two Bathrooms
• Music Studio
• Parkside Location
• Parking Space
• Bedrooms: 2
• Total floor area is approx 1050 Sq ft

Early viewing recommended

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Price: £450,000
subject to contract

SOLD

LONDON

SPIRAL MUSIC - LONDON

This West London studio is in a buzzing media complex close to Fulham Broadway Station. With parking.

Sahara Studios premises is in the same complex & downstairs. ( formerly BJG). A couple of hundred metres from North End Rd Market, restaurants,
banks, and all the record co majors headquarters.

It is run by Joe and Cliff, a writing team. The accommodation comprises a good size main control room, live room, drum booth and another booth which could be an offic . There is a 48 channel Soundtracs desk plumbed in but no other gear. There is a smaller pre-production room which could also be available. The unit has a kitchen/chillout, reception and parking. The location is good for local amenities as is the public transport situation.

(The main studio is capable of being shut off from the rest for privacy if required)

See: http://www.spiral-music.com/. for more details

Spiral studio dimensions:
LIve room: 7.50m x 2.80m
Control room: 5m x 4.50m
Vocal booth 4m x 3m access from Live room
Second booth: 5m x 3m. access from Control room

Rental cost is £500 / week or more space by negotiation. Subject to contract

LET

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