The Other House to auction its Covent Garden fit-out
Thousands of pieces built for a 149-room hotel that never opened go under the hammer this month, after new owners chose a different design direction for the Covent Garden site.
The Other House will auction off thousands of pieces commissioned for its Covent Garden hotel, a 149-room site that changed hands before it ever opened to a single guest.
Pro Auction runs the sale over three days, from 17 to 19 November, after a by-appointment viewing on 16 November. The catalogue lists bespoke headboards, marble and terrazzo dining tables, sculptures, fine art and multi-tier chandeliers, all built to five-star commercial standards and BREEAM Excellent compliance.
A hotel that never opened
Usually, an auction of this scale follows the conclusion of an established operational lifecycle.
The Covent Garden property was in its final fit-out, heading for a planned 2027 opening, when the investment firm Aendre bought all three of The Other House's London addresses — Covent Garden, South Kensington and Belgravia — in June 2026. Founder Naomi Heaton left the company in February, taking a role as executive chair at LCP Private Office.
Aendre is pursuing a different brand and design direction for the sites, so the commissioned interiors were packed into storage rather than installed. Neither Aendre nor The Other House has said what the Covent Garden building will become, or when, leaving the finished rooms empty while the paperwork for a new concept is worked out.
"Usually, an auction of this scale follows the conclusion of an established operational lifecycle," said Pro Auction director Simon Rose. At Covent Garden, the lifecycle ended before it began.
The second clearance in four months
The sale follows an unreserved three-day auction of the South Kensington property's contents in July 2026, which ran past 2,100 lots. Both buildings used The Other House's "residents' club" format, pairing hotel rooms with members' amenities such as pools, screening rooms and co-working space.
Aendre has not announced plans for the Belgravia site. The news lands days after NielsenIQ counted 19 UK hospitality closures a week, and months after London logged a decade-high number of restaurant openings alongside record closures.
For now, the Covent Garden chandeliers and dining tables move from storage to a saleroom, bound for whichever bidder wants a five-star fit-out with no hotel attached. The building itself, Wellington Block, keeps its vitality pool and sound bath intact for now, waiting on the brand that will eventually use them.
