Saatchi sale nets millions

Advertising guru Charles Saatchi is £7.25 million richer having finally sold his five-bedroom Georgian house in St Leonard's Terrace, Chelsea, through Russell Simpson. The new owner is a middle-aged computer whizzkid, according to a neighbour. Saatchi moved out last year after splitting up with his second wife, Kay, and now lives with TV's "Domestic Goddessî Nigella Lawson in an Eaton Square flat. Meanwhile, American-born Kay is renting a two-bedroom flat from friends in Knightsbridge.

Landowner Charles Verey has sold 17th century Barnsley House, near Cirencester, where his late mother, Rosemary Verey, created her world-famous garden, for an estimated £2.25 million through Knight Frank. The 11 acres of flowerbeds, lawns and woodland include an ancient Tuscan temple and a carved frog fountain. Rosemary, the inspiration behind Prince Charles's garden at Highgrove, died last year aged 82. Her son, having been born there in 1940, was reluctant to sell but found the upkeep, which includes three full-time gardeners, too high. "Mother always said that gardens don't outlive their owners,î Charles said. The purchasers are Cotswold restaurateurs Tim Haigh and Rupert Pendered, who plan to turn Barnsley into a country house hotel.

A rose-covered West Sussex cottage is the new home of actress Alexandra Jay who plays Sally Bowles in the Chichester Festival production of Cabaret. "It's only four miles from the theatre,î she says. "I'm renting it on my own because I want to get really focused. I want to go home after the show and go straight to bed so that I can do a good show the next day.î This conscientious 19-year-old became an overnight success last year when she understudied the ailing Martine McCutcheon as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

A two-bedroom maisonette in Montagu Square boasts more Beatles/rock connections than a Sixties jukebox. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were busted there after renting it from Ringo Starr, Sir Paul McCartney rented the basement from Ringo as a recording studio and Jimi Hendrix and legendary pop manager Chas Chandler were also former residents. This ultimate rock pad can now be yours for £650 a week through Alexanders.

German supermodel Susanne Wohnberger plans to follow in the elegant footsteps of Claudia Schiffer and settle in London. "She has been staying with friends in Holborn,î says her agent, Premier Models Management. "But when she returns from her six-week holiday in the Far East, she wants to find her own flat, possibly in Notting Hill or Chelsea.î The Berlin-born Berlei bra model particularly enjoys London's trendy clubs and bars.