Keyword: housing

There was a time when a boutique was a shop where you could buy trendy clothes. It now seems to have become a term that is attached to almost anything if someone wants to imply that it's something not run-of-the-mill or offering a personalised, unique or individual service. It's used a lot to describe hotels and now it seems it can also apply to flats as shown by the banner outside this new development going up by Regent's Canal in Camden. What is a boutique flat? Small? Tren…