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by Francis Mansbridge British Properties has often displayed show homes as useful forms of promotion. The 1948 Kenwood "House of Ideas", the first home of Fairmile Drive, with five functional rooms, was priced at $11,500. It was completely decorated and furnished by Spencer's Interior decorators in a Chinese-modern decorating scheme. A brochure described its "free and easy spaciousness created with the incorporation of outside grounds and interior by the extensive use of glass, the patio, the sun deck seems to double the living area". Gardens and a southern exposure enhanced its attractiveness. Six electric kitchen appliances included a garbage disposal and a dishwasher. A built-in bar, a built in shower with ultra violet lamps, and wall to wall-carpeting were state of the art amenities. successful salesperson from 1947 to 1960, and a trailblazer in many ways. A single mother, she had borrowed $100 in 1942 to take a business course at the Sprott Shaw Business College. In November 1944, Arnold Shook of Shook Realty asked her to work for him. She borrowed $1,000, which she paid back in a month of commissions. In 1947, Perry Willoughby of British Properties asked her to take over as sales representative for their company. Over the next two years she travelled widely throughout North America, and was enormously successful at promoting British Properties, her pleasant appearance front and centre in many ads. In 1949, a New York industrialist flew in to buy six lots for $19,600, which went a long way to giving the company credibility. "What a place to bring the little woman" commented one local. And how would Muriel May respond to that? Interesting Bits from Francis The elegant Muriel May, sometimes referred to at the time as "the world's most glamorous real estate woman" was British Properties' hugely Muriel May, the sales representative for the British Properties and her hat in 1953 page 7