Real Estate

London Luxury Home Buyers Now Need Somewhere to Park Their Jets

  • Wealthy clients use more private jets amid global travel curbs
  • They are seeking homes with access to small local airports
Windsor Park Hall in Surrey is near Farnborough Airport.Source: Beauchamp Estates

Buyers of luxury homes and mansions in and around London are demanding a new amenity in the age of Covid-19: proximity to private airports.

Super-rich clients are making more journeys in private jets now the pandemic has curbed commercial air travel, according to luxury London real-estate agent Beauchamp Estates. That includes foreign buyers who have been using private planes to fly to England and view properties since the virus struck.