Cottage - St Issey, Cornwall

I don't usually feature terraced properties on WOW, but this caught my eye (and not just because it's next door to a pub).
Trevear Cottage is possibly the oldest home in the cute Cornish village of St Issey, a couple of miles from Padstow.
The three-bedroom, stone-built cottage is thought to date from the 1700s and wears its history on its sleeve, with ancient slate flagged floors and beamed ceilings, through to a dinky 50s tiled fireplace and carpets that map the decades.  It desperately needs renovating by someone with the sensitivity to reveal rather than bury its past.
There's a large, overgrown garden with a garage. And it's got an apple store in the loft - how cool is that!
It's on the market through Cole Rayment White at £195k, more details here.

Cottage - Chittlehamholt, Devon

Now here's where me and hubby part ways. Whereas I think there are few things lovelier than a thatched country cottage, he (having previously owned one) still has nightmares about living under the thatch.
This sweet detached cottage and former forge in one of Devon's prettiest villages comes not only with a fulsome thatch (rethatched 2003), but with Grade II Listed status and a shedload of original features and quirky leftovers from its honourable past. It also needs complete renovation and modernisation (and someone who doesn't fear spiders).
It has three bedrooms, a big chunk of garden area and backs onto open fields. It's in Chittlehamholt, in the Taw Valley.
The cottage is on the market through Webbers, with a guide price of £200k - more details here.

Searching for a 'wreck' in West Sussex

Charmaine at Location, Location, Location got in touch, wanting to know if I could help find a 'wreck' in West Sussex for one of the programme's featured couples.
The couple have a budget of c£400k, which in most areas would be plenty. But in Sussex, finding decent renovation properties is crock of gold and rainbows stuff.
Which made me think about what advice I might be giving this couple were I Kirsty, or that bloke.
Firstly, focus on where you want to be. Find the location you want (plus option B and C), then look for any detached properties with a big garden or some land for £50 to £150k under your maximum.
Why? Because in a popular area like this, it's easier to find something to rebuild or extend, rather than renovate. The best renovation properties disappear before they even make it onto a website.So look for uglier and cheaper than you wanted, but in the right location, and budget to rebuild.
Here are some suggestions. Clarke and Charlesworth has a sweet Edwardian detached bungalow in Storrington, with 200ft garden and neighbours that have already substantially extended, at around £299k. And, if you're considering bungalow-gobbling, King and Chasemore has this dull-looking three-bed in Midhurst that has a stunningly-beautiful rear backing onto the lake. Or what about this gorgeous three-bed Victorian villa in Wivelsfield Green, bang on budget at £400k through Mansell McTaggart, but desperately needs modernising.
However, my personal favourite is this pretty detached cottage (pictured above) in Bognor Regis. Only two-bedroom but, at £250k, it leaves plenty in the pot to turn that garage into a double extension.
Do you have a three-bed property for sale in Sussex (or thinking of selling one) in need of renovation? Contact Location, Location, Location researchers Holly.Sandford@iwcmedia.co.uk or Charmaine.Evans@iwcmedia.co.uk

Houses - Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk

Definitely pluses and minuses on this one - but, hey, it's a wreck!
So, on the plus side is location. The property is just outside the pretty Suffolk village of Walsham le Willows, around six miles from Bury St Edmonds, backs onto open countryside and comes with 1.7 acres of land.
Also on the plus side is size. Originally two clay lump-built cottages, what you've got here is the potential to squish them together to create a substantial four-bedroomed country home.
On the negative side, aside from the squishing together, both properties need repair and substantial renovation and I think it's fair to say that the interior pictures (link here) didn't exactly set our renovation hearts a-fluttering. We're talking rip it out and start again. Oh, and the electricity and water situation is, well, complicated.
Also, there's no planning permission to do any of this squishing and renovating, the property having seesawed between being two houses, then one house and back again over its history (did I mention it's called Bribery Cottage?).
The property is on the market through Lacy Scott & Knight at £250k. PDF here

Former offices, The Aboretum, Nottingham

The big public buildings sell off doesn't look like it'll be slowing down anytime soon. Great for any of you looking for something more substantial than a home for you and your 2.4 munchkins.
There are some interesting development opportunities coming onto the market, like this - Melrose Place, a Nottingham County Council property offering over 7,000sq ft of detached, period loveliness in the middle of a conservation area.
Close to Nottingham Trent University, it's one of the former council properties up for auction on January 26th through Savills.
There's an auction guide price of £200-£250k and more details are here.
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House and land - Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire

Some people will have hit the New Year running: itching to get back to work and just GET GOING! Yeah!! And some of us just want to run away to an all together slower life.
If that's you, this sweet detached Cambridgeshire farmhouse might be worth a look. It needs refurbishment rather than rebuilding, but basically offers three-and-a-bit bedrooms and bathroom upstairs, two reception, kitchen and a walk-in pantry downstairs.
Most importantly, it comes with around five acres of land, most of it taken up with orchard, and more than enough space for ducks, chickens, bees....or anything else that makes up your Good Life dream.
There's a gaggle of outbuildings and sheds and plenty of parking space.
It sits on a country lane, about half-a-mile outside the village of Wisbech St Mary; around three miles from the lovely old town of Wisbech, and around 20 miles from Peterborough.
The property is on the market through Maxey Grounds at £250k. There's more information here.