And then there was one: the last resident of Bond Street

With Dior, Cartier and Asprey as neighbours, Ollie Claridge is now the only true local on the famous street. He reveals what it's like to live among the super-rich

From his vantage point at the oriel windows of his Bond Street flat, Ollie Claridge has an unrivalled view of the super-rich going about their business. In London's most opulent shopping street, where a billion pounds is spent each year, this might involve choosing a 5,000 handbag, trying on a 3m diamond ring, bidding at auction for a Mercury Cougar used in a James Bond movie or sipping pink champagne mid-morning as flawless shop assistants flutter around.

Claridge is a part of this world and apart from it. I'm a bit of an anomaly," he says. Lowering the tone."