An apartment fit for McQueen: Inside the amazing three-bedroomed Mayfair property the fashion designer never got to live in

• .The luxury pad boasts three bedrooms, two of which have courtyards
• .In a nod to the flamboyant designer, the wine store has been retained
• .The renovations have been made in the three years since McQueen's death

By STUART WOLEDGE

A luxury apartment that was being renovated by flamboyant fashion designer Alexander McQueen has gone on sale three years after his death.

It is unlikely that the luxury Mayfair property in the heart of the capital has been decorated to the eccentric style that the former chief designer for Givenchy would have chosen himself.

But the 2,500sqft three-bedroom pad - two of which have their own private courtyards plus en suite bathrooms - is a home for the truly well-heeled nevertheless.

For sale: The home that was being renovated by Alexander McQueen has finally gone on the market three years after the designer's death

Modern: The living room has been decorated in cream with a dark wooden floor, perhaps a more conservative tone than McQueen would have chosen himself

Once home to the author PG Wodehouse as well as a grandson of Queen Victoria, the property in Dunraven Street is about to go on the market through estate agent Knight Frank for £7.25 million.

A blue plaque on the exterior of the building pays tribute to Wodehouse, whose work includes the satire of the newspaper industry, Scoop.

 

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The year after McQueen was found hanged after committing suicide in 2010, the property was snapped up by property development company Aspire.

Chief executive Gary Brine set about finishing the work started by McQueen, according to an article in The Times yesterday.

Dream home: Alexander McQueen was found dead at another of his properties before he got the chance to move into his new home

And while the interior's neutral colours may be a little on the conservative, the designer has retained the wine store, a feature McQueen spoke enthusiastically in his last interview before he died.

Each year the Pinault family, the French majority shareholders of the McQueen fashion house and owners of a Bordeaux vineyard, sent the 40-year-old a case of their finest wine.

Speaking to Harper's Bazaar, he had said: 'My cave should be full of Latour - I've still got 28 bottles left.

'Francois-Henri Pinault sends me a case each year with a note asking that we leave them for at least six years.

'But I drank a whole case at Christmas - loved it.'

McQueen spoke enthusiastically to the magazine's Godfrey Deeny, who wrote: 'One can tell he's desperately keen to move into his new home, anxious to get the art he's bought installed, keen to walk is dogs in Hyde Park and determined to do lots of cooking.

'McQueen gets very excited explaining how to make a good bouillabaisse.'

But he never did get to rustle up his favourite fish soup in his dream home.

He was found hanged by his housekeeper at another of his properties in Green Street, London in February, 2010, shortly after the interview.

Easy living: Two of the bedrooms have their own private courtyards as well as en suite bathrooms

Fish soup: McQueen was looking forward to his new kitchen, where he would have prepared the perfect bouillabaisse

Life of luxury: The courtyards, which can be accessed through two of the bedrooms, have been lined with shrubs