I'd love to see some kind of "use it or lose it" law on unoccupied residences, where they would be subject to large tax penalties or worse. Unfortunately, the kind of people who would be hurt by this are also the kind of people who can and will hire experts to skirt, game, or flout the law. So there's your problem.
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Of course, even paying 4X council tax is nothing if you're a billionaire oligarch.> A mews is a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the early twentieth century. Mews are usually located in desirable residential areas, having been built to cater for the horses, coachmen and stable-servants of prosperous residents.
Back in the 1970s.
It was nice, then. It would probably be eye-wateringly expensive, these days.
Was expecting it to be higher, actually.
Naughty.
Missing a mews in central London where I used to work, but I suspect they're more focused on aesthetically pleasing locations.
Including an Electric Vehicle charging station:
https://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2018/04/12/mews-views...