tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24252223532784290142024-03-19T03:28:13.747+00:00Wreck of the weekAward-winning renovation property blog. Regular pick of houses, cottages, farms, churches and public buildings for sale to renovate, refurbish or build your own grand design.Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-55541998001010138452022-11-04T18:41:00.000+00:002022-11-04T18:41:50.521+00:00How to find and buy your wreck<p><b>This is by way of a holding post. A sign that I've pretty much drifted away from Wreck (as regular readers will have noted) but haven't quite let go of the idea of <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2022/07/three-homes-with-views-and-some-tears.html">old-lady-gone</a> houses, neglected beauties, and the dreamscape of space and peace Wreck represents.</b></p><p>So, this is a page to bookmark. Here's the amalgamation of everything I've learned from 12 years of finding <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2017/07/a-castle-mansion-and-island-renovation.html">amazing</a>, <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2013/02/wreck-is-all-at-sea-today.html">interesting</a> or <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2015/03/raf-control-tower-and-zombie-safe-house.html">weirdly wonderful</a> properties to help you in your own search.</p><p><b>1. You're not looking for a "forever home"</b></p><p>It's a nice marketing concept but the reality is that what you need from a home will change over time and the likelihood of finding one property that will work for every change you'll live through is pretty remote. Today you may desperate for a <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2018/06/off-grid-cumbria-farmhouse-to-renovate.html" target="">remote, off-grid escape</a> from city living, tomorrow you might mostly want a hip replacement.</p><p><span><b>Exhibit A: </b>This handsome farmhouse and barns (separated by a road) on the Orkney coastline at Burwick, sent to me by reader Elizabeth. Offers over £125k, details and lots of <a href="https://www.dandhlaw.co.uk/property/sales/burwick-farmhouse-south-ronaldsay-orkney-kw17-2rw">pictures here</a>. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWR1kgsG_xsddtFQfzAxx0NHqo_0M8TEYLQ-tejZfGcDZmYfnLYccq4W-l3WBcePbRQJ2oKYPgpqWY--PmS65k-JeIbRm8Z00NbyOp2U48A4V0VYzGwUdAc_AYKRw0GWRRTdlYddFC8JeMrdCElvP6G4XE_61rm_6iyzEN6jzi6GbwLUDcpaWFg/s1933/Burwick.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1933" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWR1kgsG_xsddtFQfzAxx0NHqo_0M8TEYLQ-tejZfGcDZmYfnLYccq4W-l3WBcePbRQJ2oKYPgpqWY--PmS65k-JeIbRm8Z00NbyOp2U48A4V0VYzGwUdAc_AYKRw0GWRRTdlYddFC8JeMrdCElvP6G4XE_61rm_6iyzEN6jzi6GbwLUDcpaWFg/s320/Burwick.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_iR-eYBQWwqP09lk_2B3BU-4zuQJPfrx4ds77zCctccsGRYsW0Df-RcqKiV1zLp5kmGwCS7BT9-QfPaO74_EFTVVAZLSSXUeBlwsaO_9XPDeRdRd6rGyliTbJZFILgX5SRtwBOcf9TjXaDx4zLjV5cs8SMiJ7hkq_5SS3m55aAhGz_UXZ6cASg/s1847/Burwick2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1847" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_iR-eYBQWwqP09lk_2B3BU-4zuQJPfrx4ds77zCctccsGRYsW0Df-RcqKiV1zLp5kmGwCS7BT9-QfPaO74_EFTVVAZLSSXUeBlwsaO_9XPDeRdRd6rGyliTbJZFILgX5SRtwBOcf9TjXaDx4zLjV5cs8SMiJ7hkq_5SS3m55aAhGz_UXZ6cASg/s320/Burwick2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGoho94pECu8CGUiW_lG1QrZiMBOmBriSz6YSK4gKFehZhZNFjktpYTlWD834FzYcjXf2kn6WshonkG3r_6gl2Nf897EW4zZywSr35WsZuqAe_qoIo3RCHzhcMqRyKSir-wmuIiNqar7ATLkt49hz0QlUlyqwfKiH_zpld3Y39ag2pi2d2Y_twA/s1847/Burwick3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1385" data-original-width="1847" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGoho94pECu8CGUiW_lG1QrZiMBOmBriSz6YSK4gKFehZhZNFjktpYTlWD834FzYcjXf2kn6WshonkG3r_6gl2Nf897EW4zZywSr35WsZuqAe_qoIo3RCHzhcMqRyKSir-wmuIiNqar7ATLkt49hz0QlUlyqwfKiH_zpld3Y39ag2pi2d2Y_twA/s320/Burwick3.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>2. Don't buy to your funds limit</b></p><p>Don't spend every penny and max the cards on a do-up, unless the people who will live in it with you are equally committed to living in a <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/p/project-church.html">caravan/hut</a> and spending every weekend doing the doing-up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHItG3mzFh1HQ8ToqA6Cqdk5bAofclU03SwYLJIEw7vTmEn__u_qs01JGRF2VtmMQQBs1csweyGmLBMotWLJqzGjxRw99_uGHRUI3XYDVVd8ZcOuCg71V6UopZKpuswvGjYSeBrgYhbSnH5rJHZh5Om663UNH9TTyY7Dc4wty7Hq9Pvs2rP5K_Ug/s936/Mumsnet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHItG3mzFh1HQ8ToqA6Cqdk5bAofclU03SwYLJIEw7vTmEn__u_qs01JGRF2VtmMQQBs1csweyGmLBMotWLJqzGjxRw99_uGHRUI3XYDVVd8ZcOuCg71V6UopZKpuswvGjYSeBrgYhbSnH5rJHZh5Om663UNH9TTyY7Dc4wty7Hq9Pvs2rP5K_Ug/s320/Mumsnet.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span>And definitely don't spend your savings and max the cards on a second home or home-to-let do-up. Friend, this is the wrong country at the wrong time right now for that sort of financial risk. </span></p><p><span>I've featured many </span><a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2015/01/two-unfinished-grand-designs.html">unfinished do-ups</a><span> over the years and always find myself wondering what that represents; a renovation dream ended but also maybe debt, a broken relationship, homelessness perhaps? The emotional kick that comes from finding you're not quite up to your ambition? </span></p><p><span>Basically, you've got the purchase price, plus 20 percent for buying costs, plus the estimated costs of immediate works (the bits that get you to being able to move in), plus 20 percent contingency, plus the longer term works you'll do to make the house comfortable or profitable, plus 20 percent contingency, and another chunk of cash you'll need to hide somewhere to cover the boiler breaking down on Boxing Day or the car conking out on that still muddy access road, or the <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2021/10/beauty-and-beastly-properties-to.html">dog getting sick</a>.</span></p><p><b>Exhibit B:</b> Three-bedroom farmhouse, barns and almost six acres in the Yorkshire Dales. Sent to me by reader Paula: "<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">I thought this one might
be it, within commutable distance.... and also
within our budget. But on closer inspection it would take at least double that
budget to get it habitable!" On the market with Richard Turner & Son, more <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/128497979?utm_content=v2-ealertspropertyimage&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailupdates&utm_campaign=emailupdates1day&utm_term=buying&sc_id=41468948&onetime_FromEmail=true&cid=e2b63124-3fca-4d86-bbbc-b064682bae0a&csg=dd8368d9d8583c4be16e33f714d13d09598236b0b41fb333e035beb0ee87e196#/?channel=RES_BUY">pictures and details here</a>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdi9-SLJUL-41pqYrrwMrJuJNFcCMYYJmGR0c2XK6szPLyeWwM-NZq4PQtcdiGgZsVabv9IMuToncP35kDywiIgeUhkguMekdT3TaB66blDLDkEzh7DsYYWhhtJNLx1F82LX4sCaugJCpM8JWB8J6L5_YPC8LEXf1LEyafrxVHmHTppSirxN0a3w/s493/Deepdale3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="493" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdi9-SLJUL-41pqYrrwMrJuJNFcCMYYJmGR0c2XK6szPLyeWwM-NZq4PQtcdiGgZsVabv9IMuToncP35kDywiIgeUhkguMekdT3TaB66blDLDkEzh7DsYYWhhtJNLx1F82LX4sCaugJCpM8JWB8J6L5_YPC8LEXf1LEyafrxVHmHTppSirxN0a3w/s320/Deepdale3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYT5aIQSHAWFWE80G9u6wF9VttGylHDuTS95-fTuE_Q1lrCMKFwautgP1elGcaCWI43lPzdHuYRNvIf5lGmmeI31MYSxXfoUGI3t89Cg_k7cMKx-6rhBgod_2nNIQViW0EwZGzpmPi66s2ML61rB0l6g835In8AtE8-_q02TTsWNkbDUEe_fYrQ/s1024/Deepdale.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYT5aIQSHAWFWE80G9u6wF9VttGylHDuTS95-fTuE_Q1lrCMKFwautgP1elGcaCWI43lPzdHuYRNvIf5lGmmeI31MYSxXfoUGI3t89Cg_k7cMKx-6rhBgod_2nNIQViW0EwZGzpmPi66s2ML61rB0l6g835In8AtE8-_q02TTsWNkbDUEe_fYrQ/s320/Deepdale.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7ljSyjkeJgRmwjQS1nNkcx--jOirpd7EhOwl2mZa1fG3pmp12pQrm8U3FWANRr8tW0wTPnyqHAcAyQhO9SVAzuSyOSI7hmZE71BL_jEogwTVAvZxEz8EH5_o6936RqL8dj1WAytST-b4v_WwtslqfyKhDHSL84TPNQjmqswNMG3Ma-72J_Vnjw/s1024/Deepdale1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7ljSyjkeJgRmwjQS1nNkcx--jOirpd7EhOwl2mZa1fG3pmp12pQrm8U3FWANRr8tW0wTPnyqHAcAyQhO9SVAzuSyOSI7hmZE71BL_jEogwTVAvZxEz8EH5_o6936RqL8dj1WAytST-b4v_WwtslqfyKhDHSL84TPNQjmqswNMG3Ma-72J_Vnjw/s320/Deepdale1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><b>3. Look in "wrong" places on the upturn</b></p>This is a difficult one. Basically, you need to develop your ability to recognise when an <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2022/05/three-detached-homes-in-less-popular.html">unpopular location</a> may be on the turn towards popular. Start with one big thing - coast, views, space - the element that would add several hundred thousands to the price if it was commutable from London, and focus on anonymous little towns and villages that offer that big thing.<p></p><p>I'll give you an example. Hubby and I are currently making our third attempt at buying a second home. The other two were on popular holiday locations and had everything we were looking for in terms of size, privacy, weekend driving distance. We got cold feet and pulled out, first time over deed issues, second after the big Ts crashed the economy.</p><p>This third house has the same space, privacy and (just about) driving distance, but is also a two-minute walk from the sea - something we couldn't afford in the other two locations. Yet it's £70k cheaper. </p><p>The difference? There are more vape shops than bric-a-brac shops on the high street, and the journey there is awkward, sometimes ugly.</p><p>But what this seaside town does have are the three things I look for in a "wrong" place on the turn upwards - <b>anonymity, art, community</b>. </p><p>Anonymity. If no-one you know has heard of that place, that's a good thing. Reputation is a cost, up or down.</p><p>Public art investment can change the feel as well as the look of a town. New art on a spruced-up promenade is a signal of local pride and ambition. And if <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staithes_group">artists move into an area</a>, that always changes that place for the better. Gentrification follows a generation behind them.</p><p>I mentioned the vape shops but that was a cheap jibe. What this particular place also has are several community hubs, advice centres, and local charities. A down-at-heel resort that's rich in community - people who are actively trying to help each other get by, is worth a dozen Cornish <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/map-shows-uk-ghost-towns-27250221">ghost villages</a>.</p><p>And there's a fourth thing I suggest you look for - skips! Active home renovation and improvement means home owners who can afford to invest and who believe in the area enough to want to invest.</p><p><b>Exhibit C:</b> This historic semi in little-known <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skelton-in-Cleveland">Skelton</a> has wraparound gardens and a wonderful 70s G-Plan vibe. Have a look at the <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123248003#/?channel=RES_BUY">inside pics here</a>. On the market through Harvey Brooks at £240k.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhitJEQ9ypomiZm7dsCFH_4nyr6Zy4R8VgiPa4RXC1IetALE6anD3njBXbjxQ5-TxqYwYGp6vi9Ys31tfTMbyl12kzkj2sIKFfo7aTbatprNwB1gZyAvSgF9l6NrLps-QUHGQp3mo5y3PnVes76fQS1VVSJi6eGrYCgg1NUuaT4cEN7dPl5KHlLQ/s1024/Skeltonnew1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhitJEQ9ypomiZm7dsCFH_4nyr6Zy4R8VgiPa4RXC1IetALE6anD3njBXbjxQ5-TxqYwYGp6vi9Ys31tfTMbyl12kzkj2sIKFfo7aTbatprNwB1gZyAvSgF9l6NrLps-QUHGQp3mo5y3PnVes76fQS1VVSJi6eGrYCgg1NUuaT4cEN7dPl5KHlLQ/s320/Skeltonnew1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjGwvmOOH4L-pBpMflpGgIR2p0T5p_vSqailt_P5_-ET8mRHxJBkuxlrBku1vECqvnyAN33t33cbRaq-gMZwCAca6L2k4iYovKwqeluaJKKGUoZlcPOBLE0bEqmReWD7ZD4cT13XjsKjVIsMksTERhRbJsEfwz4ha5zH0d7SYDsmqoJxU2Oq4mg/s1024/Skeltonnew.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjGwvmOOH4L-pBpMflpGgIR2p0T5p_vSqailt_P5_-ET8mRHxJBkuxlrBku1vECqvnyAN33t33cbRaq-gMZwCAca6L2k4iYovKwqeluaJKKGUoZlcPOBLE0bEqmReWD7ZD4cT13XjsKjVIsMksTERhRbJsEfwz4ha5zH0d7SYDsmqoJxU2Oq4mg/s320/Skeltonnew.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span><b>4. If you can't afford to buy space, aim for a view that can't be built on</b></span></p><p><span>River, sea, deed-protected playing fields, <a href="https://duchyofcornwall.org/leases-and-freeholds.html">Duchy land</a> (rarely developed), boggy land, wobbly land or hilly land that's expensive to build on (developers <a href="https://www.propertynotify.co.uk/news/press-releases/britains-hoarding-housebuilders-increase-land-banking-plots-during-the-pandemic/">own more than enough</a> easy land to build on).</span></p><p>I prefer to feature detached wrecks with plots of land on Wreck - the dreamier side of property. But that's not something I've ever been able to afford myself - hubby and I work in cities; our children live in cities. So all our homes have been terraces or end-terraces. But with views that feel outside the city. </p><p><b>5. Take your time, do your research.</b></p><p>Each Wreck post takes me best part of a day to produce (six hours so far on this one). That's because when what you're looking for is a type of property, a property that offers a particular lifestyle rather than one in a specific location or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/sep/27/25000-wreck-25m-home-indoor-pool-three-house-sales-modern-britain">at a set price</a>, you do a LOT of scrolling.</p><p>I've written before about how I search and find my Wrecks, and given tips on that process for you <a href="https://www.tat-london.co.uk/post/wreck-of-the-week-by-sue-greenwood">here</a> and <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2020/02/the-joy-of-before-and-after-and-wrecks.html">here</a>, while <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/p/public-property.html">this page</a> is a (hopefully still) useful round-up of places to find more unusual properties.</p><p>But, going back to point 1, allow time for your initial ideas to change. Every time I post, there is at least one property I really, really want to live in. I'll share it with our children; buy a lottery ticket; keep looking at it on my phone until that STC notice is added. </p><p>But, months or years later, I'll spot it again on Wreck and I rarely have that same response. Obviously homes are like band names, they may not seem to suit at first but they grow on you. But my point is that lust isn't love. Take your time to find comfortable. </p><p><b>Exhibit D:</b> And, if your comfortable is definitely a Scottish wreck, with breathtaking views across the Trossachs, stone steadings and half an acre - go for it! On the market at offers over £250k via Galbraith. <a href="https://www.galbraithgroup.com/property/str220162-cloney-farmhouse-kippen-stirling-stirlingshire-fk8-3ez/">More here.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJrxBNk7kWxx0eT6q7udyQZ6sIBweCy95ltW-9lqUIXsVVJcoYVgfJdAjLdypGTJ08XJZD_7wmESmizVs2ekmNS1f_bK_Ew19n_7dLIQdamak0wnsLLsYMbMUEoJ8yZnVFRascOUqHkl-Z3eK__2K2ta29SyX1gWGazRqB0v1DUcpDB_kIN54Yw/s1266/Kippen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1266" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJrxBNk7kWxx0eT6q7udyQZ6sIBweCy95ltW-9lqUIXsVVJcoYVgfJdAjLdypGTJ08XJZD_7wmESmizVs2ekmNS1f_bK_Ew19n_7dLIQdamak0wnsLLsYMbMUEoJ8yZnVFRascOUqHkl-Z3eK__2K2ta29SyX1gWGazRqB0v1DUcpDB_kIN54Yw/s320/Kippen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lDWs0tdXG-JzsPkw5f-vLsqGObNXX084T-oRvA7OMavNgvexqnqJNMEdfEevNNDbLQkEuTB6d_3U2hQALOPJ0SGlHbP7IWg75ls_rt-eFExvQoE-TXZBeG_Yr2ZFmzYIKc9c6x4TlC1Y8eTGAPrW9g4o6IrpG4PJkS060BaYprGbTJp5jarG3A/s1266/Kippen1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1266" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lDWs0tdXG-JzsPkw5f-vLsqGObNXX084T-oRvA7OMavNgvexqnqJNMEdfEevNNDbLQkEuTB6d_3U2hQALOPJ0SGlHbP7IWg75ls_rt-eFExvQoE-TXZBeG_Yr2ZFmzYIKc9c6x4TlC1Y8eTGAPrW9g4o6IrpG4PJkS060BaYprGbTJp5jarG3A/s320/Kippen1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-22140082867673331142022-09-05T11:07:00.004+01:002022-09-05T11:07:50.808+01:00Gazprom-free living - two off-grid wrecks to renovate<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7wcORdravFnOHY44wzDUvx058jV4ijn_8EMO5KYUyeb7x929yyfDk2EQ3Z1Gzi-2xJyDy7jN4ZmNCRme_rVA9nJJ2Yzv4sFfqAuubnXKLQnaJ20KhuMDiQi1v9pfUQs-U6z4AhURl2Dbh7mxcNrWu5phRkLi9m3ObPdpSzXlS6i7Uhg4WuHjYQ/s1024/Pockleaf1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7wcORdravFnOHY44wzDUvx058jV4ijn_8EMO5KYUyeb7x929yyfDk2EQ3Z1Gzi-2xJyDy7jN4ZmNCRme_rVA9nJJ2Yzv4sFfqAuubnXKLQnaJ20KhuMDiQi1v9pfUQs-U6z4AhURl2Dbh7mxcNrWu5phRkLi9m3ObPdpSzXlS6i7Uhg4WuHjYQ/w400-h225/Pockleaf1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><b>Hubby and I have always had a bit of a prepper mentality. Not in that scary guns and desert lockers way, but in the sort of way our grans always made sure there were "reserves" salted away in hard-to-reach bedroom cupboards in case of financial bombshells, or an unplanned party.</b><p></p><p>Nowadays, after every catastrophe that's pummelled the UK in last two (12) years, and having some sense of what's to come, we're having real conversations about moving off grid. The unused solar panels that have followed us through two house moves have been dragged from the back of the shed; our thrifty summer coal buying has doubled in scale; we're buying one, putting two away.</p><p>And we're very, very conscious that this "prepping" is a mark of our privilege. This isn't the place for me to talk about how angry I am that <a href="https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/pay-and-income/household-income/latest" target="_blank">20% of the UK</a> earns between £800 and £1600 a month - before tax - and 45% take home under £400 a week. Most families just can't buy now to save later.</p><p>So let's talk off-grid wrecks instead.</p><p>Starting here, with this remote and gorgeous cottage in Scotland - no electricity or gas, spring-fed water supply, septic tank and coal-fired heating and cooking. Plus 6.6 acres of land and woodland. Get a chainsaw and you can step away from energy market shenanigans forever...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamCq2-CM-Y3VSUtj3VFWwt0nOhlccS3Hu2744QpGVCsJbjO-rFMixQYHrkBu-VVLSC3z-puM5QFOrQUyMiBtomAyPdddv22RZAZEjChJOid53yAKECSZZIN1pBvEweNA6kdOhM14j0SW1xu3CceRTVWJYMCGxhKcLlhcA_LDK6ZozcIPSZ1oaSA/s1024/Pockleaf.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamCq2-CM-Y3VSUtj3VFWwt0nOhlccS3Hu2744QpGVCsJbjO-rFMixQYHrkBu-VVLSC3z-puM5QFOrQUyMiBtomAyPdddv22RZAZEjChJOid53yAKECSZZIN1pBvEweNA6kdOhM14j0SW1xu3CceRTVWJYMCGxhKcLlhcA_LDK6ZozcIPSZ1oaSA/w400-h225/Pockleaf.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkraHCdwrIQ602j3TVbAYWXNLEVBlNNbQCKvPgruhidM4JvBFtOpb-GLef7LJWNdTnCnJ6nQru6JelGmoJY6E4Q4JzLeCDeRp2cdeOYfmTJRN6OD_dtV0a-p_7BVABbSG2rcNQsgO0fDLFutvhd6aLPVSm0Q0KlfrqyUb53JWO1MNzxFJcFD6A0g/s1024/Pockleaf4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkraHCdwrIQ602j3TVbAYWXNLEVBlNNbQCKvPgruhidM4JvBFtOpb-GLef7LJWNdTnCnJ6nQru6JelGmoJY6E4Q4JzLeCDeRp2cdeOYfmTJRN6OD_dtV0a-p_7BVABbSG2rcNQsgO0fDLFutvhd6aLPVSm0Q0KlfrqyUb53JWO1MNzxFJcFD6A0g/w400-h225/Pockleaf4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Pockleaf cottage was sent to me by reader Melanie ages ago but, as per usual me, I've only just got around to taking a good look at it. Which is an issue for you because the closing date on offers is this Friday - September 9th. Sorry!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1d3fUP-9-dqQBU5VnnAoDWI0udjHAfcJknne4MS0coxbuz7TmENTKsmFmoPE2pOoU_Bno2wmb4Nefmefa2-dTcFir2Eh9hOaxvMzTLqXzLXNpdOqdtaJokEtZFwOWhAlOvszpUWzs42ZZ9TT6KbYZHxGXdtLNs9m96j7ky8nh-ZUpmva1ou4jQ/s1024/Pockleaf1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1d3fUP-9-dqQBU5VnnAoDWI0udjHAfcJknne4MS0coxbuz7TmENTKsmFmoPE2pOoU_Bno2wmb4Nefmefa2-dTcFir2Eh9hOaxvMzTLqXzLXNpdOqdtaJokEtZFwOWhAlOvszpUWzs42ZZ9TT6KbYZHxGXdtLNs9m96j7ky8nh-ZUpmva1ou4jQ/s320/Pockleaf1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDWd7EMRc6ytrAHajUTGWKd31LdRtZOMkUnfHHvuVc-rkA0Az32FfeilV5xt7y_I0Xe32eGquxxHAwvevzeaDQUSzT8sXZNp5_ssg3CpbacejkSEqsyubzif39PdDeXCT8Nh3oGMxjQ1xTqeI5uW17AoS10qSEOp29jdqrk-wuaSo1IJwmePuxQ/s1024/Pockleaf3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDWd7EMRc6ytrAHajUTGWKd31LdRtZOMkUnfHHvuVc-rkA0Az32FfeilV5xt7y_I0Xe32eGquxxHAwvevzeaDQUSzT8sXZNp5_ssg3CpbacejkSEqsyubzif39PdDeXCT8Nh3oGMxjQ1xTqeI5uW17AoS10qSEOp29jdqrk-wuaSo1IJwmePuxQ/s320/Pockleaf3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Described by the agent at a "much-loved family retreat/private holiday home" the cottage has two large bedrooms upstairs, two large reception rooms, plus bathroom, kitchen and larder downstairs. Attached is a stone store/stable, giving scope to extend, and outside is a two-room, large detached stone outbuilding offering more options.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsKWe20dYNtUcoeIpPvZqmxu_kDHIue3uTORRFEHigPtwSAkMUQG7LbrB4zA_MwW_J_xMb7VHdSeErwgQELdhc4aL6cqdELZ6UYF2uZgwmOg_fGlxoC2t520VtTmmcYQYBMxKM8yg2vHHRmjVITfwg3vTLwltViSDVXOPOvkx5affokgG_O-5QA/s1024/Pockleaf2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsKWe20dYNtUcoeIpPvZqmxu_kDHIue3uTORRFEHigPtwSAkMUQG7LbrB4zA_MwW_J_xMb7VHdSeErwgQELdhc4aL6cqdELZ6UYF2uZgwmOg_fGlxoC2t520VtTmmcYQYBMxKM8yg2vHHRmjVITfwg3vTLwltViSDVXOPOvkx5affokgG_O-5QA/w400-h266/Pockleaf2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJMMweZ9cEHZTAYE2yL2EuLUJXXHRtXYxKXWV3fd_QaSBP8TD6S-BigsHxMh2OpUVB6uZxK3ZGRiJ2-ZF1j3gbCWG4SwclRoVVnXPLcUzNBWpsHsJ_TEKjwFqg6C4rCrVyHakRh4Ed_hHnX6lo_JplzOG5E13PqTH_hfADqZArwnp7z-FislSkQ/s1024/Pockleaf5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJMMweZ9cEHZTAYE2yL2EuLUJXXHRtXYxKXWV3fd_QaSBP8TD6S-BigsHxMh2OpUVB6uZxK3ZGRiJ2-ZF1j3gbCWG4SwclRoVVnXPLcUzNBWpsHsJ_TEKjwFqg6C4rCrVyHakRh4Ed_hHnX6lo_JplzOG5E13PqTH_hfADqZArwnp7z-FislSkQ/w400-h266/Pockleaf5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjsGPDBAQqY-FjQEnJ00SEBa3GurE-AhUnHPDpDUhZ535zgxO6TP7-qTsYBUVpTvdelE3Q3pCS3NS1jzKMYfPhTd6env7pJO3jBwECuoL23RbYGtSavvC1UM_8zRxcDBMGH-fkl6c9Uf3PtsBunCKfA9xuiJOM2s3spgpdkTof_hrQmwnJ--_vA/s1024/Pockleaf6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjsGPDBAQqY-FjQEnJ00SEBa3GurE-AhUnHPDpDUhZ535zgxO6TP7-qTsYBUVpTvdelE3Q3pCS3NS1jzKMYfPhTd6env7pJO3jBwECuoL23RbYGtSavvC1UM_8zRxcDBMGH-fkl6c9Uf3PtsBunCKfA9xuiJOM2s3spgpdkTof_hrQmwnJ--_vA/w400-h266/Pockleaf6.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXsL7muwRhPR0zR1mdupZRGSEqd9QYhBVc5QuIW1zYgqGVEC6MyW4N7dYMNc_8LYAkhABt2oVfJ2ESsSW0CRK5aD5BM_A9D5dmynsQXXAH32M84bsUgYcCm_ARROVbYiJGvmV0NoWJPMfDMBUI9xpCudA7m6r_AEYBtn8DSK3datzAbi34J6xQA/s1024/Pockleaf7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXsL7muwRhPR0zR1mdupZRGSEqd9QYhBVc5QuIW1zYgqGVEC6MyW4N7dYMNc_8LYAkhABt2oVfJ2ESsSW0CRK5aD5BM_A9D5dmynsQXXAH32M84bsUgYcCm_ARROVbYiJGvmV0NoWJPMfDMBUI9xpCudA7m6r_AEYBtn8DSK3datzAbi34J6xQA/w400-h266/Pockleaf7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpIUPCJdlPCHzog3SU9p6gpcXOmbNRE9omxdUsUo8Lv6TTlxkvqFOp5WqPExh-lvaQ6DNxmWEoyOYPTnlEf40gat3HURNwqkqlSv5ttMePlJUWOU9H7Di3wDgShqBu_VVB_MVSNMLCeJUw2gU89OnyyVOquH8T3n0xSU5icfQZExy7EFdDKZvKg/s1024/Pockleaf8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpIUPCJdlPCHzog3SU9p6gpcXOmbNRE9omxdUsUo8Lv6TTlxkvqFOp5WqPExh-lvaQ6DNxmWEoyOYPTnlEf40gat3HURNwqkqlSv5ttMePlJUWOU9H7Di3wDgShqBu_VVB_MVSNMLCeJUw2gU89OnyyVOquH8T3n0xSU5icfQZExy7EFdDKZvKg/w400-h266/Pockleaf8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Closest village is the pretty <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eskdalemuir/eskdalemuir/index.html" target="_blank">Eskdalemuir</a>. Access is over a mile-long grassy track, leading from the main, shared forestry road. All drivable in the right vehicle.</p><p>It's on the market at offers over £150k, which in Scottish buying parlance means expect to offer 20-25% more. On the market through C&D Rural more details and <a href="https://www.cdrural.co.uk/property/eskdalemuir-langholm-dg13-4/" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126306533?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://app-street-live-public.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/properties/attachments/1722719/Brochure---Pockleaf.pdf" target="_blank">PDF here</a>.</p><p>Further south (and therefore pricier) is this equally remote and largely services-free Dales cottage sent to me by regular reader/property spotter Tim.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBm7K8O80QH7vhVdf0cXajp_v0NFn9-iHre1O-ptiaeXDk9E38M3ByZJP-BqhHGlSczD-fM8Rj13TBwcaN1YjGcQDr4-VqmnqrwhK8XE03zvtqbOlwYr__CU22nUdcBbYEitpeJnixjDQl3MPX8EXwtTVTJ1mKuUpVtTJrIh_tSSr1ZrN2AVpzQ/s850/Bleamoor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="850" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBm7K8O80QH7vhVdf0cXajp_v0NFn9-iHre1O-ptiaeXDk9E38M3ByZJP-BqhHGlSczD-fM8Rj13TBwcaN1YjGcQDr4-VqmnqrwhK8XE03zvtqbOlwYr__CU22nUdcBbYEitpeJnixjDQl3MPX8EXwtTVTJ1mKuUpVtTJrIh_tSSr1ZrN2AVpzQ/w400-h266/Bleamoor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On a Three Peaks hiking route, it's perfectly positioned for serious walkers/runners, and the views are pretty damn spectacular -including of the trains that run along the Settle to Carlisle line just in front of this former railway worker cottage. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kYFTl6KUKIXgKQzjte8dBIPklqsaFNX4eu3EmtUO-4f8HVdGzZqAYoRUvfdbhP1HgUe4h1Q5gZa4eKd8mxTSBcKSvnV6_CeLho6UW8AYSKGqmgl5FLCIg_yQizp7brDLWosIxwe4qyCZihFMaMCt-d7xxbpKPPDgssVrbDDV-HWf4Bo9n8FuMA/s850/Bleamoor6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="850" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXyUv9yZWKyARrbOJ5NDkM2oWgKMK9OWydAPthCrKU9999qvwufv1jVgZoYGakxgptUEe7K0WMydvcJ5Wm6hYZYpZpveZowJM2KSmipWh9tJEaFfNo-tsqMwQNTfwUVyrJxp8IeBZX3nZ2wRPIhdcXHUJ0K0kgi1ZOZNP-zSWI9GTlmIZzIx0Pg/s320/Bleamoor5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>There's not much in the way of land (not that you'll want or need it up on Whernside) and there's a weirdness over vehicle access over landowners' land that could stymie any commercial/holiday let mortgage bid. It's a bit of an ugly box (my advice; hack off that damp-trapping concrete render and find a builder who understands extreme weather) and a tad overpriced given the condition of both the property and the market rumblings to come, but the location is pretty awesome. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdJBAaMQ9dQPfF88XB9fdR1zhwic2HiWlpgVpQd40IDWVxL-NWQlN_VyC0ZARpr3hAc6PVvM4h41dTmBiPsS4lyS1lJqp5h0QSuBEp7A84pE2J5WbqT0I3QtEIhnqRf5qTBzKiGN3fWXok68Cs0fsKFTYq8wTrfLqjqOCzhwtwiLpD9Nxmaz8QQ/s850/Bleamoor1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="850" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdJBAaMQ9dQPfF88XB9fdR1zhwic2HiWlpgVpQd40IDWVxL-NWQlN_VyC0ZARpr3hAc6PVvM4h41dTmBiPsS4lyS1lJqp5h0QSuBEp7A84pE2J5WbqT0I3QtEIhnqRf5qTBzKiGN3fWXok68Cs0fsKFTYq8wTrfLqjqOCzhwtwiLpD9Nxmaz8QQ/w400-h266/Bleamoor1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through Fisher Hopper at offers over £300k. Details and more <a href="https://www.fisherhopper.com/property-details/31681635/north-yorkshire/chapel-le-dale-carnforth/bleamoor-cottages" target="_blank">pictures here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comLangholm DG13 0QR, UK55.335839099999987 -3.263094627.025605263821141 -38.4193446 83.646072936178825 31.8931554tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-67042422816819021052022-07-29T12:55:00.004+01:002022-07-29T12:55:51.553+01:00Three homes with views, and some tears<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-U2QYAJlGxClGkrzFMFiv5QEe8F5WMKWBcsRDnuIgcwKGtI_v2yY3TU9jCsBKGn7rxHLEOCwicRYE7ht3q-kGDqUzlIrGWvmITa1F0rqelqiNDBQXgw8SoFrdJ0ZKuIdksMohokPF0s4-lsRyUmGa-EVECg3kuNWf91Hp6fFFCIPbbBStsZ4Ddw/s1024/Drumcrea2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-U2QYAJlGxClGkrzFMFiv5QEe8F5WMKWBcsRDnuIgcwKGtI_v2yY3TU9jCsBKGn7rxHLEOCwicRYE7ht3q-kGDqUzlIrGWvmITa1F0rqelqiNDBQXgw8SoFrdJ0ZKuIdksMohokPF0s4-lsRyUmGa-EVECg3kuNWf91Hp6fFFCIPbbBStsZ4Ddw/w400-h268/Drumcrea2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><b><p><b>I found myself weeping in the bedroom of an old-lady gone house last week. I <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2020/02/the-joy-of-before-and-after-and-wrecks.html" target="_blank">often write about them</a>, but it's less often that I actually find myself actually viewing one. But this particular Weardale cottage (<a href="https://www.robinsonsestateagents.co.uk/search/property-for-sale/33137/House---detached-property-in-Front-Street-Bishop-Auckland-3-Bedroom-1-Receptions" target="_blank">sold now</a>) reduced me to tears.</b></p></b><p></p><p>I lost my mum in January and, if you've been there yourself, you'll know that grief has a habit of barging in and messing up what should have been a perfectly run-of-the-mill moment. It was the super-tidy bedrooms with neatly made-up bedding and a single photo left on a dresser. A daughter had been there, done that.</p><p>Anyway, here's to all those house-proud now-gone old ladies. May your homes refill with life and love.</p><p>Let's kick off this week's picks with a proper wreck. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPr16XcZUfdGJRA5yhW4_LeDg9kIdk_HqlWo8ei9buh_xU63ICPJZ8mHf2EG3YBiBKTAhpoctTvx5aGQrXSDMt3qNsLkCEvIytGUoXB0yYOF9OEmRS4AHf6qqj1CglJ1FGVub2noV7QDbYGrgmS_A5m7sueIfSyApQh8gCkLbdtaxxEdgdWUP19Q/s1215/Kilkaugh1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1215" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPr16XcZUfdGJRA5yhW4_LeDg9kIdk_HqlWo8ei9buh_xU63ICPJZ8mHf2EG3YBiBKTAhpoctTvx5aGQrXSDMt3qNsLkCEvIytGUoXB0yYOF9OEmRS4AHf6qqj1CglJ1FGVub2noV7QDbYGrgmS_A5m7sueIfSyApQh8gCkLbdtaxxEdgdWUP19Q/w400-h258/Kilkaugh1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the gorgeous <b>County Kerry</b> coastline, views of both mountains and water, seafront position (and sort-of access; you'll need to build your steps) an acre of land, plus a great Irish <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g4045372-d6366769-Reviews-Helen_s_Bar-Tuosist_County_Kerry.html" target="_blank">bar and restaurant</a> within staggering distance - all for under £150k. Honestly, I'm spoiling you with this pick ; )</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjON_Ntcnm8JH9ES-lh6G0dPDfDzTV4ZXFTrtWeg4KfCmkN7_60CAXEYwtpAxLrYX-T8EDLJLV4bgkCEgcMlOEUrkuTduUdj1shLxNMPXJBG3e6-2qlziUdLFrC1UGMSzL6gkWAgbaZL2lat66wH_wENMCY6zIoRwFLJTxgov5jgVxRwG8M9EbgJw/s1217/Kilkaugh2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1217" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjON_Ntcnm8JH9ES-lh6G0dPDfDzTV4ZXFTrtWeg4KfCmkN7_60CAXEYwtpAxLrYX-T8EDLJLV4bgkCEgcMlOEUrkuTduUdj1shLxNMPXJBG3e6-2qlziUdLFrC1UGMSzL6gkWAgbaZL2lat66wH_wENMCY6zIoRwFLJTxgov5jgVxRwG8M9EbgJw/w400-h256/Kilkaugh2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmR54Sd7LIx1GhYtUzV514wWqvU1-Axq3dLe2GlbSJcScQuGmGDu3pPBRRai-e4Bh8QBxzdnSwFWwhTRZW6kfyntOkc0Zln7HbduDP6CEYny8W-EFY9CizxwexMdbBMLZ1XjCyXjSJFeeypAFeS_pk8cTdZtkurOYhnbyGezYfZtPQnetd8bXkg/s1219/Kilkaugh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>On the market via Connor-Scarteen Auctioneers at Euro 175k. Details and more <a href="https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-kilmakilloge-lauragh-co-kerry/3977009" target="_blank">pictures here</a>.</p><p>Overend House, below, may be a bit of an ugly box, but it does have plenty of space, a chunk of land and views across the Irish Sea from its coastal town location.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymtsRRYyMgduhMjIhBIH6JHdWegJwDhj9NG4segx-02RRRDdRjdgiNGpPzVSuiHFqDMAn1YhM0a9evDS1Cp3UVqKm9nbePB4HR14_i5XFxS1PACMuhtKLArEsOqhRbrP2Q1IkJPM8H0ynA5yjJlOuogEBY8qOVqoOr3as78ZOZ7qWUBv_mPS_-g/s984/Whitehaven.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="984" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymtsRRYyMgduhMjIhBIH6JHdWegJwDhj9NG4segx-02RRRDdRjdgiNGpPzVSuiHFqDMAn1YhM0a9evDS1Cp3UVqKm9nbePB4HR14_i5XFxS1PACMuhtKLArEsOqhRbrP2Q1IkJPM8H0ynA5yjJlOuogEBY8qOVqoOr3as78ZOZ7qWUBv_mPS_-g/w400-h286/Whitehaven.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The three-bedroom house is in <a href="https://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/whitehaven/" target="_blank">Whitehaven</a> and some works have already been done (reroofed less than ten years ago; a new kitchen). Although the upstairs rooms need rather more work.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4I8WRS5QSlWze_wCmF0qFNpp4FPWqgOpQ1cUqRU2OsgaY_ANR3E43PI3uTCBOGqKpaGdGAB17ktPTduFCBjc3kICfcIpEszCbCMs0paqtHb4LR8aH8leZuYpj1pFpAIEILF2ZY6u_tdM4FYdZ5GzuaW9ySXWqV2XNbuQBs_nmdNq_F6KKviqcA/s982/Whitehaven2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="982" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4I8WRS5QSlWze_wCmF0qFNpp4FPWqgOpQ1cUqRU2OsgaY_ANR3E43PI3uTCBOGqKpaGdGAB17ktPTduFCBjc3kICfcIpEszCbCMs0paqtHb4LR8aH8leZuYpj1pFpAIEILF2ZY6u_tdM4FYdZ5GzuaW9ySXWqV2XNbuQBs_nmdNq_F6KKviqcA/s320/Whitehaven2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZrKKugMDbSKzUMaWBQBGGh6_D4UpGBdU7VbGQ6kFi67LKWUvFCWnbKeHVlkbAF0UZybTxmHH6O-IayDkjMLNHcFlAPRrjDtK143s30I8QOWDQ7XwSVzRZgWSgVtARRqZROcLUZcJHlyAOOyXge7ud3GVh6TLcm_0FAGai541nXaF3oQANa0jjg/s997/Whitehaven3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="997" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZrKKugMDbSKzUMaWBQBGGh6_D4UpGBdU7VbGQ6kFi67LKWUvFCWnbKeHVlkbAF0UZybTxmHH6O-IayDkjMLNHcFlAPRrjDtK143s30I8QOWDQ7XwSVzRZgWSgVtARRqZROcLUZcJHlyAOOyXge7ud3GVh6TLcm_0FAGai541nXaF3oQANa0jjg/s320/Whitehaven3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>There's an attached two-story garage/store that offers more scope, and the street view shows a pretty private location, on the edge of an estate and backed by a park and fields.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y5F1Jp9j1qLOzX31nCj5EmujbFfCUpsSKBm8kIgbaiy9KE5ltHejtIRDqBgMQXKokqp7WUcgroiWhhpJvJTLt2-nWJM-h78poQunuuCh9W_lKBe7AqLKOc9b3FcG8RBftZpfYUc701D1Tyw0r9fJIf86xSoX2dR_BfLOPHvOGi74TC5nMj6hTg/s1920/Whitehaven5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1920" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Y5F1Jp9j1qLOzX31nCj5EmujbFfCUpsSKBm8kIgbaiy9KE5ltHejtIRDqBgMQXKokqp7WUcgroiWhhpJvJTLt2-nWJM-h78poQunuuCh9W_lKBe7AqLKOc9b3FcG8RBftZpfYUc701D1Tyw0r9fJIf86xSoX2dR_BfLOPHvOGi74TC5nMj6hTg/w400-h155/Whitehaven5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-nzp63yutzNR0nYKc-mp36NiI0cwJ07MCMGX7xwzPnQk9Lg32B_xyLcdjjdjsxwV6kIDNFZ80G6UuB1mMryme2dugE2qN48F3gEGjkzYRzd7VBbb9XgefcZX3yzLnESRvDmCVd6fXYgWGh-jzeche0GKWy6HhOGuiyw7KbK7BDDnqIh0b8k9mw/s988/Whitehaven1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="988" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-nzp63yutzNR0nYKc-mp36NiI0cwJ07MCMGX7xwzPnQk9Lg32B_xyLcdjjdjsxwV6kIDNFZ80G6UuB1mMryme2dugE2qN48F3gEGjkzYRzd7VBbb9XgefcZX3yzLnESRvDmCVd6fXYgWGh-jzeche0GKWy6HhOGuiyw7KbK7BDDnqIh0b8k9mw/w400-h272/Whitehaven1.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p>On the market through Mitchells at £230k. Details and more <a href="https://www.mitchellsauction.co.uk/land-agency/properties/for-sale/427717/overend-house-richmond-hill-road-whitehaven/" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118635104#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>So, Ireland, England and now <b>Scotland</b> for my final pick. Also detached, with a chunk of land/garden and set apart from its neighbours, is Drumcrea, in Stanley, around eight miles from Perth.</p><p>Pictured at the top of this post and below, the five-bedroom villa is more tired than wrecked. Fiddly rooms that will need some remodelling, not least to add at least one more bathroom and double the size of the kitchen, but SO much scope - and gorgeous original features.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiVEMr_mzDTHLqWUJlGmkYQz4OIF7oeRPERGpqFhfbTzsLCfyXryIWGb2oBifJOlTihLcJidoz97xtJIJXt6xt_Wtzdv017Ty05Q0d9WrgbK3hMtpZM4avNarkJIQJXrrrzB9-bG4PHnYNxDOGHnge_oFixVzgDWM34hOVL_9l8fUJZPv16TJww/s1024/Drumcrea.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiVEMr_mzDTHLqWUJlGmkYQz4OIF7oeRPERGpqFhfbTzsLCfyXryIWGb2oBifJOlTihLcJidoz97xtJIJXt6xt_Wtzdv017Ty05Q0d9WrgbK3hMtpZM4avNarkJIQJXrrrzB9-bG4PHnYNxDOGHnge_oFixVzgDWM34hOVL_9l8fUJZPv16TJww/w400-h266/Drumcrea.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4aNINvEU0veY9_lHUzC6uFBSHQ7da7NEvqMTITPIfkykHrzQCXEWR0viH2ppydK9NxOBVuL6KkVWSpwxnDq5rijq2SI2Cl4pn7B5DfZXpJfE8tdmEMcjGjpGjjKLfQqdHmixAhKOda182bNlasQyGsWajjEjIAu6xnwKCXy_9IFZsylkDp4Wsg/s1024/Drumcrea3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4aNINvEU0veY9_lHUzC6uFBSHQ7da7NEvqMTITPIfkykHrzQCXEWR0viH2ppydK9NxOBVuL6KkVWSpwxnDq5rijq2SI2Cl4pn7B5DfZXpJfE8tdmEMcjGjpGjjKLfQqdHmixAhKOda182bNlasQyGsWajjEjIAu6xnwKCXy_9IFZsylkDp4Wsg/w400-h266/Drumcrea3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_5n1R0NJwn9-kzLP2S3SoyaFEmGait9JWAjRjUqUo0Z8k8SapOjgY-f10I83l_L72TSTx7offVToL3JCRfdHq5ScwhXJFJJJ6dzyRSEzCYTzjEY2LY1t6xACErMs9N7vZNfd5Z2ULm9csnDyXcH988dtQxscioGBZi0TiAEB3-TsGTJeJYxREA/s1024/Drumcrea4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_5n1R0NJwn9-kzLP2S3SoyaFEmGait9JWAjRjUqUo0Z8k8SapOjgY-f10I83l_L72TSTx7offVToL3JCRfdHq5ScwhXJFJJJ6dzyRSEzCYTzjEY2LY1t6xACErMs9N7vZNfd5Z2ULm9csnDyXcH988dtQxscioGBZi0TiAEB3-TsGTJeJYxREA/w400-h266/Drumcrea4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>On the market via Savills at offers over £375K. Details and more <a href="https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbperscli225168" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/125443928#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comW Brougham St, Stanley, Perth PH1 4NH, UK56.481756 -3.451956628.171522163821152 -38.6082066 84.791989836178843 31.7042934tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-15326121386114607402022-06-22T11:05:00.000+01:002022-06-22T11:05:02.261+01:00Dorset farm renovation story (and a bonus pick)<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToms7Xxo_VrQIa2T8wbVYeEgOcJ7j9UWzh8UiqZBD7I4sPWRTo67zIr0bL2tVe7UysnjOrbAlawDFpyiQ2oAudi18B0xJdd1nfXiIPqx2gdknH3mUIBQ_UFHO8X8gCMayVw2Y8h79eXkAZwoAWuZONs-QVQPVDT9mR7SwKgPnIR-vgEe6GV--NQ/s1024/charminster5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToms7Xxo_VrQIa2T8wbVYeEgOcJ7j9UWzh8UiqZBD7I4sPWRTo67zIr0bL2tVe7UysnjOrbAlawDFpyiQ2oAudi18B0xJdd1nfXiIPqx2gdknH3mUIBQ_UFHO8X8gCMayVw2Y8h79eXkAZwoAWuZONs-QVQPVDT9mR7SwKgPnIR-vgEe6GV--NQ/w400-h266/charminster5.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />It was the lime green gloss kitchen that did it.</b><p></p><p>Closely followed by those brick and stone stripes - banding - and my first encounter with Dorset's beautifully creative approach to mixing <a href="https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/download/EHCountyAtlases/Dorset_Building_Stone_Atlas.pdf" target="_blank">local building materials</a>. </p><p>Anyway, the upshot was that back in May 2018, I picked Grade II-listed Hayden Farmhouse, in <a href="https://www.visit-dorset.com/listing/charminster/112385301/" target="_blank">Charminster</a>, as my wreck of the week. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB99yToST9ux9_Fk3P60m6CvFjP2HmmCrTKNad6-7fJ0n9eEoQWsWix-OjOx0nc-vhwbZoaeA-E3jvmFlu3VD1RPjZBEjXktCQuF9pEpZt2vZG5g7kcBpKJQ1TPxWDFhXezBB5V52UQTiSmrBxfNukXFvy7Xy1B4yS9efJaGJRPeIr9i0Br1FMjQ/s1024/charminster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB99yToST9ux9_Fk3P60m6CvFjP2HmmCrTKNad6-7fJ0n9eEoQWsWix-OjOx0nc-vhwbZoaeA-E3jvmFlu3VD1RPjZBEjXktCQuF9pEpZt2vZG5g7kcBpKJQ1TPxWDFhXezBB5V52UQTiSmrBxfNukXFvy7Xy1B4yS9efJaGJRPeIr9i0Br1FMjQ/w400-h266/charminster.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The five-bedroom house (above) had been empty since Olive Miles, the last of the Miles family's generations of owners, had died at 97, and was up for auction with a guide price of £575k. </p><p>With the house came nine acres of land, a bunch of farm buildings, and a pretty stunning village location. And also, <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2018/05/farmhouse-with-outbuildings-and-nine.html" target="_blank">as I noted at the time</a>, Japanese Knotwood.</p><p>Obviously it wasn't just me that was charmed by graceful Hayden house. The property attracted a lot of interest and on auction day, 83 bids before the <a href="https://www.symondsandsampson.co.uk/news/detail/round-of-applause-at-symonds-sampson-auction" target="_blank">hammer dropped at £848k</a>.</p><p>Last week, one of the family who bought Hayden House and has spent the past three years restoring and improving it, talked to me about that renovation work and their mission to put the house back at the heart of the village community.</p><p>The renovation work took around two years, interrupted by lockdowns and building shortages alongside the usual challenges: "If you can think of it, it happened!" Sophie, who now manages the house on behalf of her partner's aunt and uncle, told me. There were planning battles, listings concerns, but also a real drive to not change too much.</p><p>"The house just has very good bones. It's a very enjoyable and happy house. Juliette [and Dave, the owners] said this really important thing right from the start. She said that she doesn't want to over-develop it, she wants to <u>under-develop</u> it."</p><p>Juliette is from a "long line" of antique dealers, alongside her brother, and her nephew - Sophie's partner, Sam (good taste is "in the blood", said Sophie). That taste floods the house, alongside a commitment to buying sustainably and sourcing craftspeople from within a 25-mile radius whenever they could. Here's a couple of before and afters as illustration.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZjBGmDR8tG7Wk93U9mUVupsvYz2KtOr-API-SFMQyMW-C_4Pw4DxEZjKr0gK-foLsjC5KJeKyan8V92CV_0TB5NtPW0Bi9TjVo5Xavy3LQGWvvNoLukVZbNX4t2ZDMZZARLIJ2tIH6C_KtKvFnWx23mWNZsCAZNfHcjUG2E2ytU38Zl303tDXQ/s1024/charminsterdin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZjBGmDR8tG7Wk93U9mUVupsvYz2KtOr-API-SFMQyMW-C_4Pw4DxEZjKr0gK-foLsjC5KJeKyan8V92CV_0TB5NtPW0Bi9TjVo5Xavy3LQGWvvNoLukVZbNX4t2ZDMZZARLIJ2tIH6C_KtKvFnWx23mWNZsCAZNfHcjUG2E2ytU38Zl303tDXQ/s320/charminsterdin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDUR-PtgBfX_aH2169oqhJh6LAXzEtcGmu7jkGVyKDkGRYeH8crFUymdszAcM6pSJori4DnZE0IHVpBfILpiSMnMyzLEZGe35yor9qZ1HrfAKvL9BZNf1ZPP4FjK7S-oUhL6yRdJLlizE_aR4bRRI6YvRKLHFRy3eDiUAS7SvTZFlpYPaAp86DQ/s968/Charminsternewdin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="968" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDUR-PtgBfX_aH2169oqhJh6LAXzEtcGmu7jkGVyKDkGRYeH8crFUymdszAcM6pSJori4DnZE0IHVpBfILpiSMnMyzLEZGe35yor9qZ1HrfAKvL9BZNf1ZPP4FjK7S-oUhL6yRdJLlizE_aR4bRRI6YvRKLHFRy3eDiUAS7SvTZFlpYPaAp86DQ/s320/Charminsternewdin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZaVA1PzciMBK9phMA12eTimYfeDy1GyFB6dFshDC8Kg-dT-K8tA2jedt4pU7HfUPzcNrOPXkwDFAKXkTDMwoPZ0YTgaNc8mlSOkVJNLjhXP59gATuCzEYQ953bvA7l8cNkMSDZMHRyQt-y63jppo-PfJqXJuUEuwcP9HsIwgLmc8Nfe-9nVjag/s1024/charminsterbed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZaVA1PzciMBK9phMA12eTimYfeDy1GyFB6dFshDC8Kg-dT-K8tA2jedt4pU7HfUPzcNrOPXkwDFAKXkTDMwoPZ0YTgaNc8mlSOkVJNLjhXP59gATuCzEYQ953bvA7l8cNkMSDZMHRyQt-y63jppo-PfJqXJuUEuwcP9HsIwgLmc8Nfe-9nVjag/s320/charminsterbed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2t9BmWRQNMokFZVHUZA9xmNAZZC3_PI1NT4PaBRR6utREnB6Fbk14kRfMSKpObGL5FRMVqqY_87nB6vYMepsF01xzDUde-Rz6up96rklqAb2rv42muIAyLIwNziuv15HmkWfiGK83NKmiNPvx91BbydLuMGt7i7QkqfMYWpsJdlidKxJ3zX_0g/s1444/Charminsternewbed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1444" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2t9BmWRQNMokFZVHUZA9xmNAZZC3_PI1NT4PaBRR6utREnB6Fbk14kRfMSKpObGL5FRMVqqY_87nB6vYMepsF01xzDUde-Rz6up96rklqAb2rv42muIAyLIwNziuv15HmkWfiGK83NKmiNPvx91BbydLuMGt7i7QkqfMYWpsJdlidKxJ3zX_0g/s320/Charminsternewbed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMKjmTgLwCxnr5P8WHkRgWvENwmB-A7_LzjD5qqwrl8OSCeyCxUQYodUuCc6JU4AxZmm_2jxUUqKXEE8ZsAX0D6YE2imU3CLrQRcqessH60_1OASrb139fQiqAJ9FR_TLuC5Q0oL-Op7gFFsRnAKGq85zmERDUWTFhQ7klyKACv6wnrQOvuJuRQ/s967/Charminsternew.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="967" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMKjmTgLwCxnr5P8WHkRgWvENwmB-A7_LzjD5qqwrl8OSCeyCxUQYodUuCc6JU4AxZmm_2jxUUqKXEE8ZsAX0D6YE2imU3CLrQRcqessH60_1OASrb139fQiqAJ9FR_TLuC5Q0oL-Op7gFFsRnAKGq85zmERDUWTFhQ7klyKACv6wnrQOvuJuRQ/s320/Charminsternew.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lime-green paint is long gone...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The original plan had been for Juliette and Dave to develop and live in the house, but things changed. Not least through the pandemic. Sam and Sophie did move to the property, leaving London to run their own businesses from the barn and preparing the house as a large group holiday let, something that finally got going last year. Said Sophie:</p><p>"We've 100 percent found it's been a great hub for nana and grandad, their kids and their kids - a real family gathering space. What everyone had on their agenda [after the lockdowns] was to get together as a family in quite a celebratory, quite enjoyable way. There were a lot of champagne bottles added to the hampers!"</p><p>The house's position, in walking (and hearing) distance of the village church, with neighbouring fields for marquees and teepees, means the family is now hoping to market it for weddings. They're also trying to build it into community life, with plans to open the gardens and to develop the former diary - the heart of the farm during Olive's time - as artisan studios and crafts shops with local makers. </p><p>"The grand scheme is to create a hub, a community " added Sophie. "Giving back a little or supporting village development. Everyone's been through such horrors over the last two years and this is a lovely space to be enjoyed and used. Not to be 'Lords of the Manor' but be part of the community."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiAkMUW-f5yPR6s1x-jJ1ND5VnZCxB32eloe1Sr1bBLW6R1E7Hkfd3uyzhMBTgbIhySf59k7VV3SpQp3AI30dyVC-KmyAc6zyLZ80q3N-Sg684vWN0Vz7KCyqkPNXukog9x7ZSd71nLeuFiBjIt7zz4-FGleeahcosshKZi9euX_uXb2lYmVrnw/s1443/Charminsternewgroud.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1443" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiAkMUW-f5yPR6s1x-jJ1ND5VnZCxB32eloe1Sr1bBLW6R1E7Hkfd3uyzhMBTgbIhySf59k7VV3SpQp3AI30dyVC-KmyAc6zyLZ80q3N-Sg684vWN0Vz7KCyqkPNXukog9x7ZSd71nLeuFiBjIt7zz4-FGleeahcosshKZi9euX_uXb2lYmVrnw/w400-h204/Charminsternewgroud.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>More on <a href="https://www.haydenhousedorset.com/" target="_blank">Hayden House here</a>.</p><p>If you've been inspired by the renovation of Hayden House, how about this seven bedroom, Grade II-listed farmhouse on the edge of the <b>Cumbrian village of Gaisgill</b>, within the Yorkshire Dales.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMnhT1s7JRhy2Q1G_kdcZeo3edcZ6tZqnmdyRE2Nxs7sZfSps2D4aFSNSRP98WpEb0aDT1gypfzQTbOKcdHllTQF457T3OTzO_27agAY24iVnLdrXPLORXl-UEClA2DM_fVczQ0j3JBkFdxmRVNntVJnNC0u_gJPobcEBMi4hlMe-62ccsOHSEQ/s1024/Gaisgill.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMnhT1s7JRhy2Q1G_kdcZeo3edcZ6tZqnmdyRE2Nxs7sZfSps2D4aFSNSRP98WpEb0aDT1gypfzQTbOKcdHllTQF457T3OTzO_27agAY24iVnLdrXPLORXl-UEClA2DM_fVczQ0j3JBkFdxmRVNntVJnNC0u_gJPobcEBMi4hlMe-62ccsOHSEQ/w400-h300/Gaisgill.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMdPSb5bJoWykfGHf-0fbCqaGD3HAujARhdKMy1fjL502hdDIln-Iv_EQBz9HWE2mubk1RrnakqaBtKXQc3muIj9kpQMYFCOyMr0s3vvjeKXV2A-EySHxWCYkzUCzIheywIuzzbgdKR3sQ48VyeRqsNZ3vGJ1Ngo5fGfEM6V549VKyq8ix8gSeA/s1024/Gaisgill2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTMdPSb5bJoWykfGHf-0fbCqaGD3HAujARhdKMy1fjL502hdDIln-Iv_EQBz9HWE2mubk1RrnakqaBtKXQc3muIj9kpQMYFCOyMr0s3vvjeKXV2A-EySHxWCYkzUCzIheywIuzzbgdKR3sQ48VyeRqsNZ3vGJ1Ngo5fGfEM6V549VKyq8ix8gSeA/w400-h300/Gaisgill2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGD3XFAKTPqHYGKgbX_17lUs_JVdO0I9hKw47AJvDQJmOrwghTheNi4ZfHDRsrj_wrHhe4TpauPr2wSMia172IwZYuh0VxdidvZaxCKbOHsAGpacrqXsfEitS0v0Gy4Z7VKN_ZwsRl63-wBw-YrMq4FnvJcTnvXisgXzXRHzFNKzaB5FmK3x0ow/s1024/Gaisgill3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGD3XFAKTPqHYGKgbX_17lUs_JVdO0I9hKw47AJvDQJmOrwghTheNi4ZfHDRsrj_wrHhe4TpauPr2wSMia172IwZYuh0VxdidvZaxCKbOHsAGpacrqXsfEitS0v0Gy4Z7VKN_ZwsRl63-wBw-YrMq4FnvJcTnvXisgXzXRHzFNKzaB5FmK3x0ow/w400-h300/Gaisgill3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>It comes with seven acres and - like Hayden House - a bunch of farm buildings. No lime-green paint kitchen tho' : )</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HmtyNe3gs5LfyZVG_BPLnOg0fybnehinmUpG79PoMCyFPkbF_CIzS_HAYcB0zhFNrrsx7RQPxfte289PXnBAEDNIaUqCzsiftYgxDdqkEwsvG1ng9STyCEDMBwYgEggWJN2asZohmLKxScSaIdWrbIrFIGztPg-nT6mlQJHPQLa0ooVS34xdIQ/s1024/Gaisgill4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HmtyNe3gs5LfyZVG_BPLnOg0fybnehinmUpG79PoMCyFPkbF_CIzS_HAYcB0zhFNrrsx7RQPxfte289PXnBAEDNIaUqCzsiftYgxDdqkEwsvG1ng9STyCEDMBwYgEggWJN2asZohmLKxScSaIdWrbIrFIGztPg-nT6mlQJHPQLa0ooVS34xdIQ/s320/Gaisgill4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through JR Hopper with a guide price of £750k. Details and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122910608#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">more pictures here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-20375581935374126162022-05-17T13:30:00.002+01:002022-05-17T13:30:49.871+01:00Three detached homes in less popular areas<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMXyb7pr1sBBtEjTGy-BGCKFu4PbBFFXxIQXQ_ZSV5SS9K78U3wA6vnYrq_Y4ZBAnWMxdBS1GpyJpbsTKbYMHoFRndsbtUfkfHZtGXKl9oYCBJYzbM5n1dVfq3H0AwiBM_qdWT9UI4Ni_mUZWh80wg-M3qen29GVeN8Oi5osQSfrluuxcLo6w5w/s1024/Wigtown.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMXyb7pr1sBBtEjTGy-BGCKFu4PbBFFXxIQXQ_ZSV5SS9K78U3wA6vnYrq_Y4ZBAnWMxdBS1GpyJpbsTKbYMHoFRndsbtUfkfHZtGXKl9oYCBJYzbM5n1dVfq3H0AwiBM_qdWT9UI4Ni_mUZWh80wg-M3qen29GVeN8Oi5osQSfrluuxcLo6w5w/w400-h300/Wigtown.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />Let's travel North, and remind ourselves that there are still (some) bargains to be found in the lesser-known and therefore less popular areas of property UK.</b><p></p><p>Starting with two large Scottish manses within three miles of each other, in Dumfries and Galloway.</p><p>Laigh House, in Wigtown, is up for auction on June 16th. The C-Listed house has six bedrooms, three reception rooms, kitchen, shower downstairs and bathroom upstairs, and sits in around 0.9 acres of land, including a walled orchard, and with views over <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=wigtown+bay&rlz=1C1ONGR_en-GBGB944GB944&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEoKOixOb3AhXloFwKHcRiABsQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1536&bih=696&dpr=1.25" target="_blank">Wigtown Bay</a>.</p><p>And if that wasn't enough to wake up your renovation mojo, how about I chip in some pictures of its mid-century solicitor's office deco?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLy7v1fYF8s93Yoxd_KMB8NIGq9nBWYa3AhTa8CS_mW2O2QNb-bMzSXzgc-osxNYkdVmBO2V08k6QJS4H3MYSm7cpuylnTt4Dp2aBZGeIDELgz9z2Vs8Tpv_FxaTle-Pb0N8_BpupyeM8pThvoTKc438ZCqo_jyOfC4sznMYThe90sGQekbovug/s1024/Wigtown1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLy7v1fYF8s93Yoxd_KMB8NIGq9nBWYa3AhTa8CS_mW2O2QNb-bMzSXzgc-osxNYkdVmBO2V08k6QJS4H3MYSm7cpuylnTt4Dp2aBZGeIDELgz9z2Vs8Tpv_FxaTle-Pb0N8_BpupyeM8pThvoTKc438ZCqo_jyOfC4sznMYThe90sGQekbovug/s320/Wigtown1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU82_s9AUeqka73N-dokbWVXbtJB99VH4Wu93hDscK1_KgtV0emKyXnuu6yYAg5zl8rQqNLGoQed3gxuyfGKcVBwKMF6SxfsJEzKBt_EF94ae_P6mfewCZb9xtB6pp_yL1w2iXy1k9UYsf9PesK5uE6nijYGl2P8hkJ8eVzotse5TRi6RdUeFM8Q/s320/Wigtown6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Some works have been done - new gutters, partially-re-slated roof (presumably forced by those wet patches in several rooms) but the bones of this house are quite lovely and, assuming the auction itself doesn't go all silly money, there is massive potential here. </p><p>The location is ok - better out back than out front, but those views will be pretty spectacular on a misty morning.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRo6_B5WQ0i2WfkMyPhgWTllXheoE1_P0UkqceKe-k03x9e7uBvmBc2yySojedc-Ss_nTmR5Aq5UiB9WrxqbvvLR5KzeDV_F5BbuywiyRVRZJjY9SqtqJkHsLNS6PqYwx8ZavL-mRnUcChicqirqhkDuZNiuhv55WPUZclMHqTH3qcjMxv4ORAeQ/s1469/Wigtown8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1469" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRo6_B5WQ0i2WfkMyPhgWTllXheoE1_P0UkqceKe-k03x9e7uBvmBc2yySojedc-Ss_nTmR5Aq5UiB9WrxqbvvLR5KzeDV_F5BbuywiyRVRZJjY9SqtqJkHsLNS6PqYwx8ZavL-mRnUcChicqirqhkDuZNiuhv55WPUZclMHqTH3qcjMxv4ORAeQ/w400-h201/Wigtown8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through Online Property Auctions Scotland with a guide price (i.e. likely minimum) of £350k. Details and more pictures <a href="https://opascotland.com/lot/details/69242" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123346640#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>A couple of miles away, in the village of <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wigtown/kirkinner/index.html" target="_blank">Kirkinner</a>, the Church of Scotland is selling off this lovely, B-Listed manse.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr6VOb9gFEEb_18krH0MBZQRRe-IQ6_dJScKgrsv9selI7D4i5k-prJ0Bk3JSroCezxFcKQysdrBzhO6bKjyMG8pO0rYWs6E6VHPK5wbyOEnCOtbwv4b-Rl7qfVEY1qxDgnQFylX9wsCJRVsmndjXAuDT-lGwpYRu6pv2TtEAs6tHEo5N4Or_nA/s1267/Kirkinner2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1267" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr6VOb9gFEEb_18krH0MBZQRRe-IQ6_dJScKgrsv9selI7D4i5k-prJ0Bk3JSroCezxFcKQysdrBzhO6bKjyMG8pO0rYWs6E6VHPK5wbyOEnCOtbwv4b-Rl7qfVEY1qxDgnQFylX9wsCJRVsmndjXAuDT-lGwpYRu6pv2TtEAs6tHEo5N4Or_nA/w400-h269/Kirkinner2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Six-ish bedrooms (albeit bathroom is downstairs), three reception rooms, kitchen and large utility room. The manse is surrounded by enclosed gardens and a bunch of stone and slate outbuildings (letting potential?) and, while you can't quite see the sea, it's close enough.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7wspgtq2eHVwH7DiTGaSHUQyR29tnngIKYRTTRUDtCt-n2Y3Ae5dA8WeM3F__kX4WeHEeZeTZpr9WeaHLxuNc_1pt3JoFpz4f6rbFBNWMQkFKNphCLqNdz9CPpQeJJMfmqEJpLG_8YtoA9UVOk3YZe5Hg08R-dnNYbz8XvIDRKjgx0zci7CRSw/s947/Kirkinner4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="947" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7wspgtq2eHVwH7DiTGaSHUQyR29tnngIKYRTTRUDtCt-n2Y3Ae5dA8WeM3F__kX4WeHEeZeTZpr9WeaHLxuNc_1pt3JoFpz4f6rbFBNWMQkFKNphCLqNdz9CPpQeJJMfmqEJpLG_8YtoA9UVOk3YZe5Hg08R-dnNYbz8XvIDRKjgx0zci7CRSw/w400-h365/Kirkinner4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0eL23iy3X4GsSuiPaOJEvTkWJcCU6w-9isiMOXt3zNvy7YJq_48uw5lZrKEf9zZAu2zOuNYBSlEtKCMxDub10Uu11hzxzKqLFp0g-SSeql8gCTZfx8W9LWMREdo_g0TDuicncEHgx5n91fEAcQd4UlOkDgB-upxxypIcPqJihG1GUIWR_speoA/s1534/Kirkinner5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1534" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0eL23iy3X4GsSuiPaOJEvTkWJcCU6w-9isiMOXt3zNvy7YJq_48uw5lZrKEf9zZAu2zOuNYBSlEtKCMxDub10Uu11hzxzKqLFp0g-SSeql8gCTZfx8W9LWMREdo_g0TDuicncEHgx5n91fEAcQd4UlOkDgB-upxxypIcPqJihG1GUIWR_speoA/w400-h224/Kirkinner5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>As with Laigh House, lots of lovely original features and gorgeous big rooms to work with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7se0IG-7gQ7VbytrLk-Nhcynj70LvzZ6lloTwM3Q7w0L8A0bHfnU06-xjrO1aowJHKVByH45_QocmDFxbGlfCp-YB3BsTNpMri66neWXOuwH3q0H4wtjXf3-u_iine19kA7fOxRR7ApdUiYyeNnS0259E41A8SlrCvbi3KBzb3ndU0RGH8alfEQ/s1258/Kirkinner3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1258" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7se0IG-7gQ7VbytrLk-Nhcynj70LvzZ6lloTwM3Q7w0L8A0bHfnU06-xjrO1aowJHKVByH45_QocmDFxbGlfCp-YB3BsTNpMri66neWXOuwH3q0H4wtjXf3-u_iine19kA7fOxRR7ApdUiYyeNnS0259E41A8SlrCvbi3KBzb3ndU0RGH8alfEQ/w400-h270/Kirkinner3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1O6gp5khqRybV4dSEei4Wz1NHGibwuIbORqgDN_FpNYq_pD9V9CasNIOJL33LYwYpVbVUN71VAceZjx2xAbCXOs22ElxI-yInWi2fQWeCkMwsB-QsliUntZbZRFYgCJshLxjLp0ahoZ5le81cBCkZE-ecIwUII5-EwdA4ZlfjzBXls6z8itAAQ/s1276/Kirkinner6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1276" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1O6gp5khqRybV4dSEei4Wz1NHGibwuIbORqgDN_FpNYq_pD9V9CasNIOJL33LYwYpVbVUN71VAceZjx2xAbCXOs22ElxI-yInWi2fQWeCkMwsB-QsliUntZbZRFYgCJshLxjLp0ahoZ5le81cBCkZE-ecIwUII5-EwdA4ZlfjzBXls6z8itAAQ/w400-h264/Kirkinner6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>On the market at offers over a very reasonable £275k. There was closing date but that seems to have passed so hopefully still open to quick-off-the-mark bidders. Details<a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/property-and-church-buildings/properties-for-sale/properties/residential/april-kirkinner" target="_blank"> here</a>, more <a href="https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/61175063/?search_identifier=d623cf5402477499cc7d49ad60653cf7" target="_blank">pictures here</a>.</p><p>And finally, for those of you whose bank manager/algorithm would laugh their virtual socks off at the idea of you spending £300k or so on a renovation property, here's one on the market at offers around £45k.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQpaC1fahQ_C_8zeOFiodbR6J8GZQbO3oUkOZsQdu1cMTgOcuXy0d-sEJxbEu3Y2r67vzUoGpGEka2IpvYbe68d5avmOvIjHLcrsJk07trUkQfT2BCjohKCEVn9sZRacJdaRMKXY1tGXn02eLcHk8UTELq8zCV2dfecKXp9mmicdLlAEZyv8sjA/s1024/Stanhope.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQpaC1fahQ_C_8zeOFiodbR6J8GZQbO3oUkOZsQdu1cMTgOcuXy0d-sEJxbEu3Y2r67vzUoGpGEka2IpvYbe68d5avmOvIjHLcrsJk07trUkQfT2BCjohKCEVn9sZRacJdaRMKXY1tGXn02eLcHk8UTELq8zCV2dfecKXp9mmicdLlAEZyv8sjA/w400-h266/Stanhope.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Obviously it needs work, and that extension has added a big dollop of ugly to the house. But this one-bedroom, detached house is in under-discovered <a href="http://www.discoverweardale.com/" target="_blank">Weardale</a>, in the village of Stanhope and sits surrounded by an enclosed garden, given a nice private feel to the space and potential to - at least - build a more attractive extension.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH9PHFU6fIqMZJIxtXmI7HlnSd3H9Jox2nzlyTG2JLegaReP0WNPlANRaoANvLQkkqncgk8cq9Fpqy3_-fj75wUcBl-edi3hs4vXCluWFM3ByF6Ug8XUr7jDmLOjMwoAL0CjjvFisNxIqUG7J9ht9qbCfTTWpnlLjddLHXb3Odw6uA6zZ6GkG8Q/s1024/Stanhope3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJH9PHFU6fIqMZJIxtXmI7HlnSd3H9Jox2nzlyTG2JLegaReP0WNPlANRaoANvLQkkqncgk8cq9Fpqy3_-fj75wUcBl-edi3hs4vXCluWFM3ByF6Ug8XUr7jDmLOjMwoAL0CjjvFisNxIqUG7J9ht9qbCfTTWpnlLjddLHXb3Odw6uA6zZ6GkG8Q/w400-h266/Stanhope3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Downstairs is the hall, lounge and kitchen; upstairs a bedroom and large bathroom. In the gardens is the brick-built former privy and store. Access is complicated - by foot only over a back lane, and you'll be advised by your solicitor to codify the property's historic right of way. But you don't get perfect at this price.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmkQk_vFTDQ1vYWLjrZHwMArLlRCvWxemG5qXOKlpkgxGIfpV-gePwKL0_JW_o-MxvZz9RI2a9MrofgAI1qeyimpIeH25GHH-ueMcL730axVr-y7tJ8W0YGMhzZoJBLdJAG9wexmBpu_CHwIfLH0qYdTJEOEM3XcYpSp_TjiJfG2nm0Wdsu5w8Q/s1024/Stanhope1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmkQk_vFTDQ1vYWLjrZHwMArLlRCvWxemG5qXOKlpkgxGIfpV-gePwKL0_JW_o-MxvZz9RI2a9MrofgAI1qeyimpIeH25GHH-ueMcL730axVr-y7tJ8W0YGMhzZoJBLdJAG9wexmBpu_CHwIfLH0qYdTJEOEM3XcYpSp_TjiJfG2nm0Wdsu5w8Q/s320/Stanhope1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4Lei768AZPgsO9jC0v8xtkJHGVPamIel7ZtvoNsiHHe6wtnHUrVyoygPIWbfBpv7HT5hKtmhK2t7jUAPUIvk-Wc0eH0HsMMTtZq2uayytTZnAeDSyaSx5ZadAO1qr2TICYXEjlgAnwbdgMxymzGhxvL37Pjv5UKMIB4Xyg8Zn-EBmNh6WXQEKQ/s1024/Stanhope2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1024" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4Lei768AZPgsO9jC0v8xtkJHGVPamIel7ZtvoNsiHHe6wtnHUrVyoygPIWbfBpv7HT5hKtmhK2t7jUAPUIvk-Wc0eH0HsMMTtZq2uayytTZnAeDSyaSx5ZadAO1qr2TICYXEjlgAnwbdgMxymzGhxvL37Pjv5UKMIB4Xyg8Zn-EBmNh6WXQEKQ/s320/Stanhope2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through Vickers & Barrass at offers around £45k. Details and more <a href="https://www.vickersandbarrass.co.uk/properties/sales/?p=union-lane-stanhope-bishop-auckland&i=103264000641" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123298253#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comWigtown, Newton Stewart DG8 9HT, UK54.8712105 -4.440666326.560976663821151 -39.596916300000004 83.181444336178842 30.7155837tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-25210356875983983292022-04-29T11:45:00.003+01:002022-04-29T11:45:42.427+01:00Three reasonably-priced "holiday" homes to do up<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyg6QRBArzXTFc8tmTu6EAfr7MH7tEkUiIRVAmoR_Mhc9VZkc2usN3YzXhqBcRrkEvxKRSm5rssTEXTisRsa8spgKOlH98DdoBO7ndQx9C21YlJiW09Wk9jggMpS7spieTeI2EkGLS6aaWvKliVdD868P9vF_fT-FTgGx-qeHzCknzo68YXD00Q/s1024/Ingleton.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyg6QRBArzXTFc8tmTu6EAfr7MH7tEkUiIRVAmoR_Mhc9VZkc2usN3YzXhqBcRrkEvxKRSm5rssTEXTisRsa8spgKOlH98DdoBO7ndQx9C21YlJiW09Wk9jggMpS7spieTeI2EkGLS6aaWvKliVdD868P9vF_fT-FTgGx-qeHzCknzo68YXD00Q/w400-h266/Ingleton.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />Last week I got a <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2022/04/two-chapels-church-and-lesson.html">bit uppity</a> about second homes and holiday lets. And yet, I still find myself being drawn to properties that have "escape to the country" stamped into their original stone fronts.</b><p></p><p>Such as this one. Three-bedroomed Ivy Cottage in Ingleton, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Downstairs is a large sitting room and kitchen, plus separate loo (best not to look too closely), pantry, and a good-size, integrated workshop.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywTDjUOh838ZlywYhhJalGV0wrBU0Dx5rGq_37-ZDwv7EVt3DyOgHKbUFs79e2U0-7sEY0OREvpyxGC1hrWzOhg7YtJOwU7y2ifbrcHzuNHWQTibGOyvbWzSZFwEWGrAjSyipL5HT23nmOkjOH25gh7VEZ4D1dO_haUsvvfNCZmDAfr-DjQGE6A/s1024/Ingleton1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywTDjUOh838ZlywYhhJalGV0wrBU0Dx5rGq_37-ZDwv7EVt3DyOgHKbUFs79e2U0-7sEY0OREvpyxGC1hrWzOhg7YtJOwU7y2ifbrcHzuNHWQTibGOyvbWzSZFwEWGrAjSyipL5HT23nmOkjOH25gh7VEZ4D1dO_haUsvvfNCZmDAfr-DjQGE6A/s320/Ingleton1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zbpBsctVREXdKtOY-0ZW7onJ_kRH3-3KQHC8CPczVScDgFAcqpuoLjr7TpHIUwhLoVvN5TTJX9zmhMoAvzwnx66-YxlAlZyiWcNtJKrmvvCA68cFRUPiCvIozh-Y4FA2m2ai9N7ku8vaQegLJsm2Eqd6jPMYZoX6zqAZc-CXMfO58xfYIOk5cA/s1024/Ingleton2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zbpBsctVREXdKtOY-0ZW7onJ_kRH3-3KQHC8CPczVScDgFAcqpuoLjr7TpHIUwhLoVvN5TTJX9zmhMoAvzwnx66-YxlAlZyiWcNtJKrmvvCA68cFRUPiCvIozh-Y4FA2m2ai9N7ku8vaQegLJsm2Eqd6jPMYZoX6zqAZc-CXMfO58xfYIOk5cA/s320/Ingleton2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImQ9X640UAO_HoEHOWHWzqmRQxDE8SGCkMGUcnJ68yiIbeNSba-iiklE1pPnqrM-fuZ08LOinUea0Vkf5S2UX8rL5FD0MHM_JqP33bjOjnKNh5N6ll916p56sX5hs9NAOtQAzX6E9ChF5LqKu6xzxS2PoPeQgPrVGr42kjE3OxftiWbFgWX705g/s1024/Ingleton3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImQ9X640UAO_HoEHOWHWzqmRQxDE8SGCkMGUcnJ68yiIbeNSba-iiklE1pPnqrM-fuZ08LOinUea0Vkf5S2UX8rL5FD0MHM_JqP33bjOjnKNh5N6ll916p56sX5hs9NAOtQAzX6E9ChF5LqKu6xzxS2PoPeQgPrVGr42kjE3OxftiWbFgWX705g/s320/Ingleton3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Upstairs are three decent-size bedrooms and a slice of bathroom. There's a large, walled front garden and small garden space at the back, and the property is tucked away down a quiet lane off Main Street.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVB3XRo05VdiDZwR0BdUj9_rwjZlL899x7iYTLciMEPeDa_IfYoCWA__MIuL2HjO-l2I2Qq1NmSJU7MfbPs37SiPPkqbwmjC79B6uePk-2vgqKmS4Yt7L5S9KDU4V6ItXStmfcq8V8LpEpmMv7DlHK-8Zm5f0RKPIiCgY6dcuXEQGOSys8QL4Zg/s1024/Ingleton4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVB3XRo05VdiDZwR0BdUj9_rwjZlL899x7iYTLciMEPeDa_IfYoCWA__MIuL2HjO-l2I2Qq1NmSJU7MfbPs37SiPPkqbwmjC79B6uePk-2vgqKmS4Yt7L5S9KDU4V6ItXStmfcq8V8LpEpmMv7DlHK-8Zm5f0RKPIiCgY6dcuXEQGOSys8QL4Zg/s320/Ingleton4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGz4GiEh6Uyl3nNbM1zMfswL7igzX4IQxMZ5IEeFsF1JxaXVt954jBclVhm-k8EGfFLMhYj6SRMTegsM3faEZdcUdvKsc_i5rR_2VrA1W4JNQG8S37stkCCBupdh9B95cSqeT2ARlfi8BnaET4mq5nEeSOMMXGoewdqUuc12x9H8YgJsr_7Lew8Q/s1024/Ingleton5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGz4GiEh6Uyl3nNbM1zMfswL7igzX4IQxMZ5IEeFsF1JxaXVt954jBclVhm-k8EGfFLMhYj6SRMTegsM3faEZdcUdvKsc_i5rR_2VrA1W4JNQG8S37stkCCBupdh9B95cSqeT2ARlfi8BnaET4mq5nEeSOMMXGoewdqUuc12x9H8YgJsr_7Lew8Q/s320/Ingleton5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhp1_BT5pZP7tYpAFcQXAvwVOgdP_J5yesMUoSrZm5qiTSNuWkl9sJbJIuk44LvyQ7M4LwRPemBCsd6-9WE5r5zSHKb2vJs6vu_b83hiuhvaRu372M1-zc3vamC4w6IFk8u5tgjRZzQpHDdcRKUrqHbglcUc7M_tZjh3GdHoq_MQGTFwpmzDPrg/s1469/Ingleton6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1469" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhp1_BT5pZP7tYpAFcQXAvwVOgdP_J5yesMUoSrZm5qiTSNuWkl9sJbJIuk44LvyQ7M4LwRPemBCsd6-9WE5r5zSHKb2vJs6vu_b83hiuhvaRu372M1-zc3vamC4w6IFk8u5tgjRZzQpHDdcRKUrqHbglcUc7M_tZjh3GdHoq_MQGTFwpmzDPrg/s320/Ingleton6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through Neil Wright Associates at offers over £220k. Details and lots more pictures <a href="https://www.neilwrightestateagents.co.uk/property/ivy-cottage-bank-bottom-ingleton/" target="_blank">here</a> and on Rightmove <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122253776#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Rather further afield is this lovely, four-bedroom house on the community-owned Isle of Gigha. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q-zy9Aawp8rsnJqTayTfP-xJoUsLWoGoM6A0pmxrn7ZVIrzlSSqHL8wH7PFQ09HcckjvQvLFeZoRabKSHPawRKSzNhRd9Evizf1Ut5nd53t48gSwDUurIxMueeiO8tIjHUJd5Gu-zlHIJw8-lFsi9FjRg7SZVHon__4srzRTod_j01s8Vb4pFg/s800/Gigha.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q-zy9Aawp8rsnJqTayTfP-xJoUsLWoGoM6A0pmxrn7ZVIrzlSSqHL8wH7PFQ09HcckjvQvLFeZoRabKSHPawRKSzNhRd9Evizf1Ut5nd53t48gSwDUurIxMueeiO8tIjHUJd5Gu-zlHIJw8-lFsi9FjRg7SZVHon__4srzRTod_j01s8Vb4pFg/w400-h293/Gigha.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>It comes with over two acres of land and a tidy, if dilapidated, set of outbuildings. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWK28AhrE91YJm1cykIr83UCdc7Y1-zWFrR_6jy8x1JxCnGF9NEm-fb0pFRq_89cwyQy6SLsQ2V8ntG-A4skIIdj7fxlSX2xHl9kcmtDKSk6alTbpzZkOS4l9k3K7VpydaoIuvranVYVhAGaeiAEYAm4K78POIIePja0KWvowu2KORayX3x1bjiA/s800/Gigha4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWK28AhrE91YJm1cykIr83UCdc7Y1-zWFrR_6jy8x1JxCnGF9NEm-fb0pFRq_89cwyQy6SLsQ2V8ntG-A4skIIdj7fxlSX2xHl9kcmtDKSk6alTbpzZkOS4l9k3K7VpydaoIuvranVYVhAGaeiAEYAm4K78POIIePja0KWvowu2KORayX3x1bjiA/s320/Gigha4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcTo3n6bKoRkN1yWRX_pjee7hIMD7E_WlBwunr1L0QYE1Pz0z9urK2Cqp31zoMX0Ake2NOPty6gOPVUwj-Pdzye8tjmaoCKs4thpO86LuoeCIcdRtjIBv2_e-JOmx-m4Fl7tRtXLZvbMpUnguuJEOpg14phuB_O-XCaeuCZL91uxvnQ-AXz0aZA/s800/Gigha5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcTo3n6bKoRkN1yWRX_pjee7hIMD7E_WlBwunr1L0QYE1Pz0z9urK2Cqp31zoMX0Ake2NOPty6gOPVUwj-Pdzye8tjmaoCKs4thpO86LuoeCIcdRtjIBv2_e-JOmx-m4Fl7tRtXLZvbMpUnguuJEOpg14phuB_O-XCaeuCZL91uxvnQ-AXz0aZA/s320/Gigha5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwFdUO59L2HmanlzIVXOpmHAGA_fW3CiCSz5Jk3LYE_FdE9FRxzNFCuphYKNF2R3T_E7vDJh7U1C2pKhOcma13sed-qDNBvvotCayG-Taydbfi5E16YoH3G3ozbCUHu-qiKibA2F-JBPWACDPDZMeMTNmXvEC659Pl6l9itYxKTKmlIgGSVPH4w/s800/Gigha1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwFdUO59L2HmanlzIVXOpmHAGA_fW3CiCSz5Jk3LYE_FdE9FRxzNFCuphYKNF2R3T_E7vDJh7U1C2pKhOcma13sed-qDNBvvotCayG-Taydbfi5E16YoH3G3ozbCUHu-qiKibA2F-JBPWACDPDZMeMTNmXvEC659Pl6l9itYxKTKmlIgGSVPH4w/s320/Gigha1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Lots of potential; lots of breathing space. You'll see the weather arrive.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJ_SWe13NLa4VWz6-qDwHwtM3J-zNd8EK5nxz9O2OWX7vBXxMJdx_CnVEjLgnnxS54vN5cq4hyqaJ0NsHj4KP7EpwbKzdkbXhD4o4uyyBCqY0-VOLZeMQo40VaoLuSChqfnUO2LLnLYDxLAw-7OqsderLgMpUbv0Ft7sWG4VkuFtdqj1sHOBdeA/s800/Gigha7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJ_SWe13NLa4VWz6-qDwHwtM3J-zNd8EK5nxz9O2OWX7vBXxMJdx_CnVEjLgnnxS54vN5cq4hyqaJ0NsHj4KP7EpwbKzdkbXhD4o4uyyBCqY0-VOLZeMQo40VaoLuSChqfnUO2LLnLYDxLAw-7OqsderLgMpUbv0Ft7sWG4VkuFtdqj1sHOBdeA/w400-h293/Gigha7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Rooms are a decent size and, aside from having a rather institutional feel, already have a lot of the good stuff (heating, double-glazing) in place in many. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL8IsT5Hy2yC_sJ2k22olczAF1kCnomWk4cUmR-AWYRNpue9dlE01qOBH_fqri6ZLm-qVyr0bvqS7CnYRQV2jYR-UnNZv6Su90c2p3sYF71tnJvqaubd8ROGN6uM7GaWF_VyG2fJFsOL3S5sq9GiBcwTUQ-erQ0Jj1WQmB7HIhxxqnM9T5H9uWg/s800/Gigha6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEL8IsT5Hy2yC_sJ2k22olczAF1kCnomWk4cUmR-AWYRNpue9dlE01qOBH_fqri6ZLm-qVyr0bvqS7CnYRQV2jYR-UnNZv6Su90c2p3sYF71tnJvqaubd8ROGN6uM7GaWF_VyG2fJFsOL3S5sq9GiBcwTUQ-erQ0Jj1WQmB7HIhxxqnM9T5H9uWg/s320/Gigha6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOoMtQL5pp0agNm7-99_FbvNsLQdq3c1JoutQs24b9114Hqr2XVKBVU1YS4cyk2TX-0gq-1j069SLWJMIRGMpzR66z61CVIM-U--u5MqjJTMRb6SsqX4H9E4OlWo9a7CSHzjuiIZvF9IGvq49HtgYXh8LCdL-CB2N1bdBPNMDdhW05IveQGAMOg/s800/Gigha2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOoMtQL5pp0agNm7-99_FbvNsLQdq3c1JoutQs24b9114Hqr2XVKBVU1YS4cyk2TX-0gq-1j069SLWJMIRGMpzR66z61CVIM-U--u5MqjJTMRb6SsqX4H9E4OlWo9a7CSHzjuiIZvF9IGvq49HtgYXh8LCdL-CB2N1bdBPNMDdhW05IveQGAMOg/s320/Gigha2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMaY49I_7uEZakctO2TvdEdHIvGA4KYd-o_6OrdKnJDYd4nPH_vrq1Obv74YcQZlQ_-CxQ-VO9lOIKvSyrTP3rjy8P24ovgqREJTAXm_wnwkh0CnOJLFOpvibkBM39pDkFN1MsrDLzJrMM6PM8SJYDN6tB4cbBBWBnT8vRhJUkh4ZwJk75OI9Pw/s800/Gigha3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMaY49I_7uEZakctO2TvdEdHIvGA4KYd-o_6OrdKnJDYd4nPH_vrq1Obv74YcQZlQ_-CxQ-VO9lOIKvSyrTP3rjy8P24ovgqREJTAXm_wnwkh0CnOJLFOpvibkBM39pDkFN1MsrDLzJrMM6PM8SJYDN6tB4cbBBWBnT8vRhJUkh4ZwJk75OI9Pw/s320/Gigha3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Gigha itself is a really interesting - and beautiful - place to live with a <a href="https://www.gigha.org.uk/home#Community-Trust" target="_blank">strong community ethos</a>. Somewhere to put down roots perhaps, rather than only holiday?</p><p>Anyway, the Kinnererach property is on the market through SBS Property at offers over £195k. Details and more <a href="https://www.sbsproperty.co.uk/property/residential/for-sale/isle-of-gigha/kinnererach/ISLE01" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and on Rightmove <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120016613#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>My third and final pick today could never compete with Kinnererach in terms of space and outlook, but its a cute - and cheap - property in a pretty and much more accessible village location.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHOCS7nB-nik5dDsk66gPGBtmLLcZzYcznH4shKJWp-msg9m0Pk68CcgZXFfQv1UQQuUjeUKT1GZOCffuCPgdWjjFAbrtVraI8kFKhbgao1y_ZFDZJSrf9kRJteslNBh_jw_NEb38RTg37MnLPbULKRtdeJa9VPWNFlhzWQPITAzKIE2FDOQ-0A/s918/Millhousebridge.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="918" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHOCS7nB-nik5dDsk66gPGBtmLLcZzYcznH4shKJWp-msg9m0Pk68CcgZXFfQv1UQQuUjeUKT1GZOCffuCPgdWjjFAbrtVraI8kFKhbgao1y_ZFDZJSrf9kRJteslNBh_jw_NEb38RTg37MnLPbULKRtdeJa9VPWNFlhzWQPITAzKIE2FDOQ-0A/w400-h243/Millhousebridge.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The Old Post House is in Millhousebridge, around five miles from Lockerbie. It has three bedrooms (one would make more sense as another reception room or part of an extended kitchen), bathroom, living room and kitchen.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRyXOvlT6WrwhTndzeXS_FGgohqU2_kRbj7U6WVaSY6zyCnqYMyGSx2NtTvXwE-EFzRyP5HEY6JENqJNQy_6GDktUOqiuyWBqHXYVhSrjbiO2Q66rUHw8tkZd_Ttm7bFPvtph4r2cMEvaleSATEnsFlDlin71c1c7aQV0xBNDeb6FZsBP23YD-A/s923/Millhousebridge2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRyXOvlT6WrwhTndzeXS_FGgohqU2_kRbj7U6WVaSY6zyCnqYMyGSx2NtTvXwE-EFzRyP5HEY6JENqJNQy_6GDktUOqiuyWBqHXYVhSrjbiO2Q66rUHw8tkZd_Ttm7bFPvtph4r2cMEvaleSATEnsFlDlin71c1c7aQV0xBNDeb6FZsBP23YD-A/s320/Millhousebridge2.jpeg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UBSirKzFPyS7S7qRnUIRcY4AiVSjQb3ce1UggZEHNkW8H9zmWQWkCdo36N-Ieig6r7cpGf6Vx3w3Nhtiw3xAzC-e3yRmkAF2Wyc31jwauJ7yfjuDaiy5hLYgKBGsGx3kZfkShhDiBRgOAu_ZAkWM5L4WWy6UBpaxeIqSwdXaOOMZDTqL_bKOgA/s925/Millhousebridge4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUFdqUwjrgcRKeiP6Om5XB5sMdUS1Gzzshlzkb5gtaGKkSUOexvMwPJrPim_vic4LWNOdLXdC2PyfvmN9qXZTPcrdpL59JrPd596WVYMW_HwA-hYiihhjWkhgFxP7646YzqXHiLFXlwnlWhAlQECEwJLysqXNOEZARP-k1xGPARCgxKj35wPZag/s929/Millhousebridge6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="746" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUFdqUwjrgcRKeiP6Om5XB5sMdUS1Gzzshlzkb5gtaGKkSUOexvMwPJrPim_vic4LWNOdLXdC2PyfvmN9qXZTPcrdpL59JrPd596WVYMW_HwA-hYiihhjWkhgFxP7646YzqXHiLFXlwnlWhAlQECEwJLysqXNOEZARP-k1xGPARCgxKj35wPZag/s320/Millhousebridge6.jpeg" width="257" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>There's a small front garden and the rear leads straight out onto a little residential street, overlooking fields.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kU8NEqdrgDUluF7he3FZYd1_3fMJMp1xBYJGiUOWwIYBUAATJOMQFHZ9o3RWI21i8jqJGLH2uuL-WiHULtNrKrN5l7aDPCyTOeMFCUS-67uFPNAE4UbEj02KTnviuT66skJOIk6XvRadtnYNuuzlDvM5Xnmrrl9bB76VN4NeLppE09KSUjrrFg/s1024/Millhousebridge1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="1024" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kU8NEqdrgDUluF7he3FZYd1_3fMJMp1xBYJGiUOWwIYBUAATJOMQFHZ9o3RWI21i8jqJGLH2uuL-WiHULtNrKrN5l7aDPCyTOeMFCUS-67uFPNAE4UbEj02KTnviuT66skJOIk6XvRadtnYNuuzlDvM5Xnmrrl9bB76VN4NeLppE09KSUjrrFg/w400-h188/Millhousebridge1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>At roughly 86sqm, it's "bijou" and the lack of a private garden may be an issue, but the house is in lovely, quiet location with plenty of <a href="https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/millhousebridge-dumfries-and-galloway" target="_blank">countryside and walks</a> from the door.</p><p>And, as mentioned, at offers over £105k, it's a good price for a first step into second-homing.</p><p>On the market through Strutt & Parker, details and more <a href="https://www.struttandparker.com/properties/millhousebridge" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and on Rightmove <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120705275#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-50550458207971832462022-04-06T12:54:00.001+01:002022-04-06T17:40:45.059+01:00Two chapels, a church and a lesson<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyvpaY4hbTEyOSEFgY0jXxpidJ3jrgmXhvAzA1QGZm-whdJL4UxV3D9FDpuj3cTp4L0TUHOzT7wvHLOykZXEtNOJAkm-Ug4TwhKzM9zvgiuRpxKlFffdXiyreMg_xOIiwfl_jFfQIFuextA2sYx87dLe078IWpjNRFnO5ZKwvliD1n0Uu5m7tQg/s1024/Kirbymoorside.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyvpaY4hbTEyOSEFgY0jXxpidJ3jrgmXhvAzA1QGZm-whdJL4UxV3D9FDpuj3cTp4L0TUHOzT7wvHLOykZXEtNOJAkm-Ug4TwhKzM9zvgiuRpxKlFffdXiyreMg_xOIiwfl_jFfQIFuextA2sYx87dLe078IWpjNRFnO5ZKwvliD1n0Uu5m7tQg/w400-h266/Kirbymoorside.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />Going to the chapels..... Starting with a duo of Moors cuties. Teeny, limited land (because that's usual with chapels) but oh so pretty.</b><p></p><p>Smallest first - this chapel is in the gorgeous village of <a href="http://www.yorkshireguides.com/gillamoor.html" target="_blank">Gillamore</a>, within the North York Moors National Park and around three miles from the market town of <a href="https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/see-and-do/attractions/kirkbymoorside" target="_blank">Kirbymoorside</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVeXePg55uvmQzPMvCdRhTmS72XQeTOjYPgiZJ-Bz7ZNwrorlntY9FJpG1nMZVqP6G7yeYWwy5bCyWXhZjSALy0szi7CRW8cLn5ggD70MO1Zhr83s6JIbhhmbGZ4dtrsOi-MVrjRQaMc5Lv5l0mmBUA9pl0CcpGxfdF1LIJwLPff3Mp3VNtz8lw/s1024/Kirbymoorside1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVeXePg55uvmQzPMvCdRhTmS72XQeTOjYPgiZJ-Bz7ZNwrorlntY9FJpG1nMZVqP6G7yeYWwy5bCyWXhZjSALy0szi7CRW8cLn5ggD70MO1Zhr83s6JIbhhmbGZ4dtrsOi-MVrjRQaMc5Lv5l0mmBUA9pl0CcpGxfdF1LIJwLPff3Mp3VNtz8lw/s320/Kirbymoorside1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfyGraKIXhDsEzNRWy2LRhJauj2DxqnUvlggPEcuAAKQlXWzcRboD38oMoRGjuH_wPLwA1Pjgh9Pn-1LecKFpJ_6uHOFjIRoENdWzGaVPRCRvO5VsWL9FVOZrwpy627hniJo9PVskNUH3P-dJ7YHeKS_X_mukdaWs7DAGUnysT9X4PPtHQI-QZw/s1024/Kirbymoorside2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfyGraKIXhDsEzNRWy2LRhJauj2DxqnUvlggPEcuAAKQlXWzcRboD38oMoRGjuH_wPLwA1Pjgh9Pn-1LecKFpJ_6uHOFjIRoENdWzGaVPRCRvO5VsWL9FVOZrwpy627hniJo9PVskNUH3P-dJ7YHeKS_X_mukdaWs7DAGUnysT9X4PPtHQI-QZw/s320/Kirbymoorside2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22_1mBj25Az7W0hZAeqLAfDhnHDgouYsdJ1vOoGxfas4PHM8gz0wIJ1VxpL4EFwyX28XxEBGaO_U1qS36o3F7xwOK7ZpAKxgJzEcRur86bGF9n9n-l1_uWFsnnrFcZ4eBwbY1OCOEe1JTInkqYrH-WxR7XeRawaR4Eg6Q2ho7e8DGUkbN8_b_bA/s1024/Kirbymoorside3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22_1mBj25Az7W0hZAeqLAfDhnHDgouYsdJ1vOoGxfas4PHM8gz0wIJ1VxpL4EFwyX28XxEBGaO_U1qS36o3F7xwOK7ZpAKxgJzEcRur86bGF9n9n-l1_uWFsnnrFcZ4eBwbY1OCOEe1JTInkqYrH-WxR7XeRawaR4Eg6Q2ho7e8DGUkbN8_b_bA/s320/Kirbymoorside3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The chapel is basically one tall room, with a disabled loo and a sink placed to the side. There's no planning permission in place (hence its £60k guide price) and permission to turn it into a home would be <a href="https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/planning/framework/housing-policies" target="_blank">subject to a local occupancy/principal residence clause</a> because it would count as new home, and to proving it's <a href="https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/planning/planning-advice/panother.pdf" target="_blank">no longer viable</a> as church.</p><p>On the market through Peter Illingworth at offers over £60k, <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/121055195#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">details here</a>.</p><p>Let's take a moment. Obviously, 'Wreck..' is about saving rundown or unwanted properties and turning them into much-loved homes for families. It's why I started the blog. </p><p>But also obviously, a great many of properties I feature will become second homes and holiday lets. I recognise that's in the nature of my focusing on cute and country much of the time. But I'm not completely comfortable with it. </p><p>On the one hand, a home that's loved and used even part of the year is better than one left empty or falling down. On the other, the gap between the multiple home owners and those unable to buy any home is growing each year and the imbalance in the home ownership in the UK, particularly between the generations, is a failure of democratic willingness to invest in our children.</p><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/321065/uk-england-home-owners-age-groups/" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Statistic: Distribution of home owners in England in 2021, by age | Statista" src="https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/321065/uk-england-home-owners-age-groups.jpg" style="-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; height: auto; max-width: 1000px; width: 100%;" /></a><br />Find more statistics at <a href="https://www.statista.com" rel="nofollow">Statista</a><div><br /></div><div>In 2019-20, just over half of UK households lived in a home they owned. But they were older (average age 58) and richer (54% owned their home outright) than their social renting (average age 53) or private renting (average age 41) neighbours. And their renting neighbours were overwhelmingly unlikely to buy - 81% or private renters and 93% of social renters hadn't considered applying for a mortgage to buy their own home, according to the government's <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1000040/EHS_19-20_Home_ownership_report.pdf" target="_blank">English Housing Survey</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, I don't have problem with local authorities who set rules on limiting second home ownership in some of those cute and country areas. But the planning rule that restricts the residential development of the Gillamore chapel (and the one below) to local occupancy is blown out by <a href="http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/pdf/PG07_PlanningPolicyStatement4-Planning-for-SustainableEconomicGrowth.pdf" target="_blank">central government guidelines</a> which prioritise redevelopment of properties into holiday lets for "economic growth". Hence, rural planning officers are expected to: </div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>support the conversion and re-use of appropriately located and suitably constructed existing buildings in the countryside (particularly those adjacent or closely related to towns or villages) for economic development. [EC6.2.c]</div></blockquote><p>What that means is it's easier for you to turn your chapel into a holiday let than your holiday home. </p><p>Let's move on. </p><p>Also in a pretty North York Moors village is this chapel in Appleton le Moors. Very similar to Gillamoor, pretty place, good pub nearby, tourism hotspot and small chapel sitting on tiny bit of land (Gillamoor had a strip at the back: Appleton a strip at the front).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zB_ig1j-919K0x_ku_lfEkXBjZ9W0Rb1RGeJj9CGlnjjdLGSmBqDdo7JD3SSlsD66np0gJcufWxtdBa27Iay0fGQPDs5ES8g8PN-F-013Cj3IA4RhLtaIWnPjDWzyNLCiRJxqn7CUrMzu9edj_FmdYVz4AmYLzy1SOcu5KDE_eqxAJs-CIVXnA/s1024/Appleton1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zB_ig1j-919K0x_ku_lfEkXBjZ9W0Rb1RGeJj9CGlnjjdLGSmBqDdo7JD3SSlsD66np0gJcufWxtdBa27Iay0fGQPDs5ES8g8PN-F-013Cj3IA4RhLtaIWnPjDWzyNLCiRJxqn7CUrMzu9edj_FmdYVz4AmYLzy1SOcu5KDE_eqxAJs-CIVXnA/w400-h266/Appleton1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Pretty windows and possibly more attractive on the inside, but do make sure you know which of those lovely pews and fixtures (if any) are included in the sale, and agree what will happen if damage is caused in removing pews and fittings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianbPFCwnO1HW7FJWovekuAs0ZALbMNwH2XGOWj3BTMW4alMG48KPTo3KED3WULRhDQl-s-Do3p33yXU8GpX8AkrxqCeWyIqSX9jP6NZCR9_pn7R8FFHROkHNm024QTeDK4p8tJZNRaHRAl0H7-vZKP1XZpE9NdUOOsftFChcrIJeMQk0VR2s7FQ/s1024/Appleton2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianbPFCwnO1HW7FJWovekuAs0ZALbMNwH2XGOWj3BTMW4alMG48KPTo3KED3WULRhDQl-s-Do3p33yXU8GpX8AkrxqCeWyIqSX9jP6NZCR9_pn7R8FFHROkHNm024QTeDK4p8tJZNRaHRAl0H7-vZKP1XZpE9NdUOOsftFChcrIJeMQk0VR2s7FQ/s320/Appleton2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q_NvDpD-RXy2Sk5Bz9PX27mhaHe0B-k1ZBZ6mScrzgz3dOueeSLztBmIncDGOIqBcJKmuA4u9tCGazEe9Ahnm7v9L-1KqPhkYA-VZWTK15BXKaryHCqelmtu8cYJTvaDYO7kECsTG2RdOIve8BxN_nUljkBJXw3ej1iDdocC3s3VUD_GhpGGyQ/s1024/Appleton3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q_NvDpD-RXy2Sk5Bz9PX27mhaHe0B-k1ZBZ6mScrzgz3dOueeSLztBmIncDGOIqBcJKmuA4u9tCGazEe9Ahnm7v9L-1KqPhkYA-VZWTK15BXKaryHCqelmtu8cYJTvaDYO7kECsTG2RdOIve8BxN_nUljkBJXw3ej1iDdocC3s3VUD_GhpGGyQ/s320/Appleton3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcdQMccFlrQOVNriBd7FLBS0893iaspB-wKPLdsGU99Dp6DxCWNXyOjDT4lVtTzc0p6XaX6roufEiVoz15CuvNXjprTGByOyCvld-lHxUO1x6mFtJOyCTzV1moLKgWfIywWNbjNHB2Y57pnhsYdnAOc6G5K8ZnEFdZH_TnAf-fccekCSRz_xSzw/s1024/Appleton4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcdQMccFlrQOVNriBd7FLBS0893iaspB-wKPLdsGU99Dp6DxCWNXyOjDT4lVtTzc0p6XaX6roufEiVoz15CuvNXjprTGByOyCvld-lHxUO1x6mFtJOyCTzV1moLKgWfIywWNbjNHB2Y57pnhsYdnAOc6G5K8ZnEFdZH_TnAf-fccekCSRz_xSzw/s320/Appleton4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9X_Z_e3hvTQ3LYtLcWLg5D1tgaEcurQlbg4Cxhbu92DEDYGLe1BmnUPibzmWOXQwR9mi4lsh0kkSEDhE4qzqW2D_9Vb-J9pZb_0-m4wBAgDiK72k4zZILOovmVm4_Tv17SL1gK42m6ZA2pJMLp_LhKTvISBsssbr7XQn94cyZjZ4KLmV5R6JzRw/s1024/Appleton.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9X_Z_e3hvTQ3LYtLcWLg5D1tgaEcurQlbg4Cxhbu92DEDYGLe1BmnUPibzmWOXQwR9mi4lsh0kkSEDhE4qzqW2D_9Vb-J9pZb_0-m4wBAgDiK72k4zZILOovmVm4_Tv17SL1gK42m6ZA2pJMLp_LhKTvISBsssbr7XQn94cyZjZ4KLmV5R6JzRw/s320/Appleton.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The chapel has power but no mains water or drainage (hence the cheaper price) and is also on the market through Peter Illingworth. Offers over £40k, d<a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/121051334#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">etails here</a>.</p><p>My final pick is also in North Yorkshire, albeit further south and a church rather than a chapel. It also has a LOT more space - inside and out - and potential to become a substantial home.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-i4i95QALavNYzDu3YdSJd6PmCuD5F98C9Z8iJsxAgWoQMFae0NWVQ09Vf5XbRwLKs7356W4FOdp8DUNZJWoFlDo_5LWwx-dMRH_E32SfWs-X9K_a3Vqub77VK9ufCFCBi0KrzpvvSf_Saf2nIpQjYj2gSnzPVe7RAqTMHGOyHdK7HZPLpx2GfA/s1024/Whitley1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-i4i95QALavNYzDu3YdSJd6PmCuD5F98C9Z8iJsxAgWoQMFae0NWVQ09Vf5XbRwLKs7356W4FOdp8DUNZJWoFlDo_5LWwx-dMRH_E32SfWs-X9K_a3Vqub77VK9ufCFCBi0KrzpvvSf_Saf2nIpQjYj2gSnzPVe7RAqTMHGOyHdK7HZPLpx2GfA/w400-h300/Whitley1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>All Saints Church is in the village of <a href="http://www.whitleycommunity.co.uk/Core/Whitley-Village/Pages/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Whitley</a>, around six miles from Pontefract and ten from Goole. One large (158sqm) double-height room, with a porch entrance and pretty apse area, plus services connected (heating is LPG, via tank). Stone floor, slate roof, gorgeous stone details and windows.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-96-vBczihKAwR-9Y-8byPepk6MRNfRgOBT_nPvcQp2Lh1SO1_WWYuZYc_COb468HRLVXfxJUeh6m9WQMp1id2Pm2hVVgnfQQaFcIua7rUouhDml5KiKPyRYKOGPgtvni2FOpG3QTgXAFqJpdyCvKuetxXxMTfMGBFMkwFo7ruWxLuSk7rnX43Q/s1024/Whitley3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-96-vBczihKAwR-9Y-8byPepk6MRNfRgOBT_nPvcQp2Lh1SO1_WWYuZYc_COb468HRLVXfxJUeh6m9WQMp1id2Pm2hVVgnfQQaFcIua7rUouhDml5KiKPyRYKOGPgtvni2FOpG3QTgXAFqJpdyCvKuetxXxMTfMGBFMkwFo7ruWxLuSk7rnX43Q/s320/Whitley3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCL089JbR51cihv4HKBq2W2AcHET9Gll-_m64ZmQ7R3Np7IYx2_cTohrmjI-TNoUjXyiXdDMkA6ckty-dItttvDntyrzRsglqAai6ZpMwPzlq8xyMRRUIvCB_7eoEGXHYLUzJyQjjuOFnQda_ojoyYeScLGm8doEEw-PcRBYzhrC7__qA2np3Y4A/s1024/Whitley4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCL089JbR51cihv4HKBq2W2AcHET9Gll-_m64ZmQ7R3Np7IYx2_cTohrmjI-TNoUjXyiXdDMkA6ckty-dItttvDntyrzRsglqAai6ZpMwPzlq8xyMRRUIvCB_7eoEGXHYLUzJyQjjuOFnQda_ojoyYeScLGm8doEEw-PcRBYzhrC7__qA2np3Y4A/s320/Whitley4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>There's a large grassed area to the front, setting it back from Selby Road/the A19, and another good-sized grassed area to the rear, backing onto fields. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaVAdQe4EVKffCqtA5646ChjTNZ0RcCtozIBmuArfMZQjoYTpkZi2HTa7RZmAG5uOw_opEhL7cNSPSvssyTr-0e46HAbbMqf8oGD3oAO_QwlkQc2OXWOAYf9BlTFKN7d88MHcQBw_1jXJ2g4cpq2NaK62PcT8Dvo0LxgH2gfYT9272OmwlfHaGQ/s1024/Whitley2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaVAdQe4EVKffCqtA5646ChjTNZ0RcCtozIBmuArfMZQjoYTpkZi2HTa7RZmAG5uOw_opEhL7cNSPSvssyTr-0e46HAbbMqf8oGD3oAO_QwlkQc2OXWOAYf9BlTFKN7d88MHcQBw_1jXJ2g4cpq2NaK62PcT8Dvo0LxgH2gfYT9272OmwlfHaGQ/s320/Whitley2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6qA5GRujbBQpwwuSmR2FU_dvn8O-o1BCXS6qq8G9dlKtO40QszoV0FFrD97EOg5hjCbM5dd8rLcBxReTA-uK033ACaJ1gT3-75XWM6b_TUoIXQtzsf7gAYSheZO2KPEbq_1zBqF6bGv4MYQRfXa5IhYow8oXcCXOMKEaSMF8lAI2j4hQxfZmoQ/s1024/Whitley5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6qA5GRujbBQpwwuSmR2FU_dvn8O-o1BCXS6qq8G9dlKtO40QszoV0FFrD97EOg5hjCbM5dd8rLcBxReTA-uK033ACaJ1gT3-75XWM6b_TUoIXQtzsf7gAYSheZO2KPEbq_1zBqF6bGv4MYQRfXa5IhYow8oXcCXOMKEaSMF8lAI2j4hQxfZmoQ/s320/Whitley5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Guide price is £185k, for sale via Walker Singleton in Halifax. Details and more <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/121743530#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">pictures here.</a></p><div></div></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-28798676965394632842022-03-04T15:16:00.004+00:002022-03-04T15:16:30.482+00:00A manse, a mansion, and a villa on a loch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLNi0TzOykiKuDZGTdATrG_dr5YaYjotF6otnyit2vvXkQus2daq6q-nAAn9oaofzzZkVkv-55aWN7q2svNPfjd2QowbKxync6R2-Q_MGZMyFysOxihBTaMvqnNp-lQFGAK9_kAHuSgX1pbT2PT8sD8OAEgucbBKktfdHR1cybGTdbneA9ttDXug=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLNi0TzOykiKuDZGTdATrG_dr5YaYjotF6otnyit2vvXkQus2daq6q-nAAn9oaofzzZkVkv-55aWN7q2svNPfjd2QowbKxync6R2-Q_MGZMyFysOxihBTaMvqnNp-lQFGAK9_kAHuSgX1pbT2PT8sD8OAEgucbBKktfdHR1cybGTdbneA9ttDXug=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><br />I did have this idea about gathering some <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2015/03/raf-control-tower-and-zombie-safe-house.html" target="_blank">apocalypse-ready</a> escape houses to show you this week. But then decided that would be a trite response to this week's horrors (<a href="https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal" target="_blank">#standwithukraine</a>). So instead, here are some sweet wrecks in pretty places to distract and inspire.</b><p></p><p>Let's start here.</p><p>There are no inside pix of Finnart (above and below), on the lovely shores of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Loch" target="_blank">Holy Loch</a>, Argyle and Bute. </p><p>But given that the detached villa is listed as uninhabitable, with "many of the walls and floors having been removed", and is <a href="https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20012/planning_and_building/598/listed_buildings" target="_blank">Category C-listed</a> and is only for sale as a restoration, not a re-development project, we talking serious, battle-hardened restoration buffs only. The sort who would scoff at pictures of partial rooms and watered walls (wet rot, dry rote and structural reports are available "by request").</p><p>But damn, is Finnart pretty. </p><p>And it's position and views and that 1.25 acres of garden surrounding it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-GBFB8Hu-DnB4uGfe8lCH2vpjgLB5aGsIFCRbVVHQHw3A6zjH2Z6hsqQ-iQJ21km6QFyK3LsGIuqSiUUPHv-lT3p7j5vQq2j0P4beH87XMkLBIxTULoBfMoHufFLxY0Hzsix9TOkRBY5VSVRU6-uHO0q7VWJqZBgEZr1s-sgAUMHr8SpDDDbltQ=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-GBFB8Hu-DnB4uGfe8lCH2vpjgLB5aGsIFCRbVVHQHw3A6zjH2Z6hsqQ-iQJ21km6QFyK3LsGIuqSiUUPHv-lT3p7j5vQq2j0P4beH87XMkLBIxTULoBfMoHufFLxY0Hzsix9TOkRBY5VSVRU6-uHO0q7VWJqZBgEZr1s-sgAUMHr8SpDDDbltQ=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbDC0ubOPeGe-wgKCkAvPBqRye1LyBpElpTz2qGUq7qJTL_KkmVQOQld6gdFzJQok_l6dwTEZ05mk65SUE7MjjLQGIT9Iq2nj5D6p19c9cL5kOuzUNGXGxrpBx2knQzy44pDBNwtPD5mUIdKChtFzF1AymhCsj1CcBvI6uy6vF17GIOcxpI4wWMA=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>On the market at offers over £175k via Waterside Property. <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/82448862#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">Details here</a>.</p><p>If you buy it, do let me know?</p><p>Incidentally, while we're looking at renovation challenges with limited photography, reader Kath sent me this "derelict but gorgeous" mansion in Dumfries.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHeP3AwLGXb7Eyl0acieqSf9FMMu_HN8YaeaxFTshNGUb7TGmahM_P2CNNBUMvDpan7Lkse9gwKDNX1hupzXIiwN_pBFirFRpVYSOPIvi7qNBZeO-Yw0VZC22dzoEGwMl2LvKiBt6Ihq_5y9CyE1oEUBuReubdWy0YgVj4MV4tlFFhaAQZP3WwCg=s849" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Dalskairth House is a beautiful Grade B-listed country house and comes with two acres of land plus outbuildings and a gorgeous location. </p><p>As with Finnart, Dalskeith doesn't have a floor plan because the building is dangerous to enter.</p><p>On the market through Savills at a hopeful/reasonable (your choice) offers over £200k. <a href="https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbdhrudfr210013" target="_blank">Details here</a>.</p><p>This four-bedroom manse in the Outer Hebrides, is a find from one of my regular haunts - the Church of Scotland's <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/property-and-church-buildings/properties-for-sale" target="_blank">properties for sale</a> page. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrQm7ilQ_ZpYHA5uCathf_kIExV5WA4ANY95euzuiuo6e0Uvj_zHxeGYesULaH37P58MmF2pG1VOlpg_NLrmCEZS5yLwuxEmInrpiL8oG3Y-Mc7ez6h18DNzFfNS1b-rZ_gz8y6-lbOQrqonvPbHTFD5D8JkSj7K4tSefuqS8g7tebDeKgv6p2Og=s1382" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1382" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrQm7ilQ_ZpYHA5uCathf_kIExV5WA4ANY95euzuiuo6e0Uvj_zHxeGYesULaH37P58MmF2pG1VOlpg_NLrmCEZS5yLwuxEmInrpiL8oG3Y-Mc7ez6h18DNzFfNS1b-rZ_gz8y6-lbOQrqonvPbHTFD5D8JkSj7K4tSefuqS8g7tebDeKgv6p2Og=w400-h249" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Actually, this property probably would work as an escape route. It's big - four bedrooms, plus a large (over 4m x 12m) stone barn, so space for you and several others, and in an elevated position on the Isle of Benebucula, between North and South Uist and their defendable <a href="https://www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk/planning-your-trip/getting-about" target="_blank">causeways</a>. There's even a church next door.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioZEVkp21m1gMAKepuj-9ni43Ym0RfBpY_BEY0k8WDW7dkYkH_Fkn9FxqDw5FuZKE-uypQdZWBhrAZwSqBcH_l3DHCTnCsq4c26xi4baGv3h3Mtiq3aCiRhPt2S-0nJKE5HrGxftmIEdLPd58ngIqwXykCpAxfbjJx2bl7T7EI2Pz1hSwGYMgczA=s940" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="940" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioZEVkp21m1gMAKepuj-9ni43Ym0RfBpY_BEY0k8WDW7dkYkH_Fkn9FxqDw5FuZKE-uypQdZWBhrAZwSqBcH_l3DHCTnCsq4c26xi4baGv3h3Mtiq3aCiRhPt2S-0nJKE5HrGxftmIEdLPd58ngIqwXykCpAxfbjJx2bl7T7EI2Pz1hSwGYMgczA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcKfm454lPxS9dt0qUYEhPcDC_abtGskbHZ0l-EsbITYjool5vvtezXP9aWJ5totvjOBxHR3TRzaZZzpxyDLMC2QapDH5l8qYQvI8N-10SEKCAdUwPRx8YvD9EZPwqquDVtzwf0QLKCuDeNfneGhlpTqNxSHV2EWvGEqKApnBWYQ8ngIvsynezMA=s1380" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1380" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcKfm454lPxS9dt0qUYEhPcDC_abtGskbHZ0l-EsbITYjool5vvtezXP9aWJ5totvjOBxHR3TRzaZZzpxyDLMC2QapDH5l8qYQvI8N-10SEKCAdUwPRx8YvD9EZPwqquDVtzwf0QLKCuDeNfneGhlpTqNxSHV2EWvGEqKApnBWYQ8ngIvsynezMA=w400-h251" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market at offers over £150k, with a deadline of next Friday - 11th March. Details <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/property-and-church-buildings/properties-for-sale/properties/residential/benbeculafebcd" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/91691/old-benbecula-manse-final-schedule.pdf" target="_blank">PDF here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comGriminish, Isle of Benbecula HS7 5QA, UK57.442787599999988 -7.358446199999998629.132553763821143 -42.514696199999996 85.753021436178841 27.7978038tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-44111198551871797772022-02-01T17:30:00.001+00:002022-02-01T18:58:24.355+00:00Seven renovation-ready wrecks to inspire<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5ULiWwNu-VKDZ2G6RDIPNUpttdWg-xgYLNK8xtDDq89dsLkJU069Fin5d2TGF-B9taclXtSQT5mI5S_rXY6T-iyPBTc4ePbB6gAKFlA22JgkTOWfykVsrpQODdmt0aANe_Thq7XNzmhSYwtR4qvBKGaCIpo2hLRxNr4RoZLqq35kb8esyxZgTkQ=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5ULiWwNu-VKDZ2G6RDIPNUpttdWg-xgYLNK8xtDDq89dsLkJU069Fin5d2TGF-B9taclXtSQT5mI5S_rXY6T-iyPBTc4ePbB6gAKFlA22JgkTOWfykVsrpQODdmt0aANe_Thq7XNzmhSYwtR4qvBKGaCIpo2hLRxNr4RoZLqq35kb8esyxZgTkQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />Just because I've got quite a few properties on my "possible" list, I thought I'd do a top ten run down this week. Actually, top seven. </b>And to make it even more number-driven, in reverse order of bedrooms from 0 to 5, and guide price from a teeny-tiny £20k to a big bucks but reasonable £725k. Ready?<div><p></p><p><b>At number seven</b> we have this pretty little Welsh chapel (above). From a tip off from reader Tim (via Wales Online) it's basically a one room plus porch, stone and slate Welsh chapel with a detached former stable. Offered for auction (on 10th February) including the pulpit and pews.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheJNKSv-H1hJTnOpTml2ONQkKptL881ZzLHocqToVT3DINyjfZunIBesc2WFdRBRmyQ9TsPJUNinHyufHfKKdttoKChAO6nykD9oWOAc3zEhJVIe18jel5KgJp-nISENSmvxQOByqFeDYpygl1ka3OdvekSIMj2r1rFARjv0oJK8EX9CWFvEQE5g=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheJNKSv-H1hJTnOpTml2ONQkKptL881ZzLHocqToVT3DINyjfZunIBesc2WFdRBRmyQ9TsPJUNinHyufHfKKdttoKChAO6nykD9oWOAc3zEhJVIe18jel5KgJp-nISENSmvxQOByqFeDYpygl1ka3OdvekSIMj2r1rFARjv0oJK8EX9CWFvEQE5g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p>There are no permissions in place (including change of use) which is one reason the chapel, stable, pews etc., and the small plot it stands, on are being offered with the teasingly low guide price of £20k. And, as the excellent video walkthrough will tell you, no drainage and issues in adding drainage.</p><p>Sitting a mile outside the village of Meifod, around 10 miles from <a href="https://www.visitwales.com/destinations/mid-wales/powys/must-do-and-around-welshpool" target="_blank">Welshpool</a> and 20-ish from the border. On the market through Morris, Marshall and Poole. Details and more <a href="https://www.morrismarshall.co.uk/property-for-sale/united-kingdom/sy22-6hr/2341925" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118430666#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>And while we're looking at former church buildings, <b>pick number two</b> is this redundant church hall minutes from the beach in lovely Scottish seaside town of Elie on the East Neuk of Fife.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjYbTwMczXw-bzbI26RVeIcdJcdI6zmyL_czIVoWTdkrGCjYnNRJ8OtjfgtaVaZSfyFHIXLJucNDfyiCM7ssyE0G-HfZm_8MXjjJpYyuFKSXwQ3mY-FDjiuSxw6wHKFX9ut0QGjbCO3QCszD_lJaM0Jc0HDFS3kd6BeKdpdCOIdszQG-WP1bUPAw=s940" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="940" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjYbTwMczXw-bzbI26RVeIcdJcdI6zmyL_czIVoWTdkrGCjYnNRJ8OtjfgtaVaZSfyFHIXLJucNDfyiCM7ssyE0G-HfZm_8MXjjJpYyuFKSXwQ3mY-FDjiuSxw6wHKFX9ut0QGjbCO3QCszD_lJaM0Jc0HDFS3kd6BeKdpdCOIdszQG-WP1bUPAw=w400-h299" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>As well as the hall, there's a kitchen, loo and floored attic and a strip of garden area at the back. On the market at offers over £125k, via the Scottish Church website - <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/property-and-church-buildings/properties-for-sale/properties/churches-and-halls/tollgreenhallelie" target="_blank">details here</a>.</p><p><b>Number three</b> on my list is this two bedroom (three really, but I'd want to knock through from the lounge..) house in the Welsh village of Gorsuch, six miles from Lampeter. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIyej98xV3j_bRfjviFQo5kqC3qv5GNiyyYN7DFeJ2FfaaXP2Wapnt1SqSIVoo54m_4AmX1fecI_kT0dwq3LIPFEUle2eYTG7TBpNxbZFZpr2hWYub7SPdLZvYh9SveX0Jne9bMRMaG64XQZQtBSEoGhLznLWSGFWR0TNnb0g1rRispsiEkSDekQ=s1151" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIyej98xV3j_bRfjviFQo5kqC3qv5GNiyyYN7DFeJ2FfaaXP2Wapnt1SqSIVoo54m_4AmX1fecI_kT0dwq3LIPFEUle2eYTG7TBpNxbZFZpr2hWYub7SPdLZvYh9SveX0Jne9bMRMaG64XQZQtBSEoGhLznLWSGFWR0TNnb0g1rRispsiEkSDekQ=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaaYz0npw4b90QaMufLgbwAUVBPcj-_PwU2-8oZUTBN_RlQAfQ2xdKIroAQ0unDO3aHZwaVKKHrVqZpvRXRjnooaS3QmGjuipQHwFyZNyF4ki4C34wTZksK50RFMO9j4r9LnTtIJ-ioxJlFknxh39Dw0-8amsVhb8ZAKWEfFtT5P7p-A8bVSSqxw=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaaYz0npw4b90QaMufLgbwAUVBPcj-_PwU2-8oZUTBN_RlQAfQ2xdKIroAQ0unDO3aHZwaVKKHrVqZpvRXRjnooaS3QmGjuipQHwFyZNyF4ki4C34wTZksK50RFMO9j4r9LnTtIJ-ioxJlFknxh39Dw0-8amsVhb8ZAKWEfFtT5P7p-A8bVSSqxw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Not a wreck, it's already had a fair bit done to it, but there's work to finish, including renovating and making use of this large stone outbuilding: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ0R5IC5U_bT_5AlemkovaACb75wbFz-ebs9_11fRb5EdRZJfG3DMWHrU1soqhItahKHun1eYAojxykdIgTHZ3yEY3u7sD6NO9NY-R4z0rTwJymJR8_Xw01qePN3NzeRL4vo-uUuypFmBc_-HtpwYFN-IOYh9tCU6uAdq0_xulxp7_Vy17s-FHfg=s1151" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ0R5IC5U_bT_5AlemkovaACb75wbFz-ebs9_11fRb5EdRZJfG3DMWHrU1soqhItahKHun1eYAojxykdIgTHZ3yEY3u7sD6NO9NY-R4z0rTwJymJR8_Xw01qePN3NzeRL4vo-uUuypFmBc_-HtpwYFN-IOYh9tCU6uAdq0_xulxp7_Vy17s-FHfg=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>It was sent to me by a reader who'd bought it during a health crisis and can't now live there. It's up for auction on February 22nd with a guide price of £165k-£175k. Details and lots more <a href="https://www.johnfrancis.co.uk/properties/15032113/sales" target="_blank">pictures here</a>.</p><p><b>Property number four,</b> I couldn't make my mind up about. On the one hand, nice location and a decent plot of garden (aside from the section that is just a wee bit too close to the back of the house...). On the other, you're going to need a lot of white paint:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-s2Eb9mOIIGINNX5dM3TI5DJvjN6soVShWHjpenFQzUzduM0E44PAIcE0VekIYEzbTIpW43wJwzcOXdCsYZb-67QBcbnxQyImGVDVaNWfSd_K5t93-UwD5KSZePFsN2LGSOCtypGbnlX5ZAlHGZoWO_Yvz18PC56fGZLm8R-j6QTh7pt32oYPbA=s1104" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1104" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-s2Eb9mOIIGINNX5dM3TI5DJvjN6soVShWHjpenFQzUzduM0E44PAIcE0VekIYEzbTIpW43wJwzcOXdCsYZb-67QBcbnxQyImGVDVaNWfSd_K5t93-UwD5KSZePFsN2LGSOCtypGbnlX5ZAlHGZoWO_Yvz18PC56fGZLm8R-j6QTh7pt32oYPbA=w400-h271" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaacrjJrPc2NzkMxTUQhkDGIdrIF01dQlb1BKbbPoVG6BoHpeGVfVdrNmkdM6VFre0W6Btjdbf3v65g0bpWCHnPq1Sp1j9aYWjq-_A5-TFFZU8zsF6b6tnHD13ZbKhNlsd_OBdTZFrOe1c7IWnADoE7ndFtIx3UyCO91xzjrT4We2jFQBLi4KVqQ=s1053" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1053" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaacrjJrPc2NzkMxTUQhkDGIdrIF01dQlb1BKbbPoVG6BoHpeGVfVdrNmkdM6VFre0W6Btjdbf3v65g0bpWCHnPq1Sp1j9aYWjq-_A5-TFFZU8zsF6b6tnHD13ZbKhNlsd_OBdTZFrOe1c7IWnADoE7ndFtIx3UyCO91xzjrT4We2jFQBLi4KVqQ=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The three-bedroom semi is in the Scottish village of Kirkmaiden, a mile or so from Drunmore. There are four good-sized rooms downstairs and again upstairs, and a large loft, plus outbuildings, so plenty of space to work with. And the bathroom's upstairs - always a bonus : )</p><p>On the market at offers over £200k with SWPC. Details and lots more pictures (the decor!) <a href="http://www.southwestpropertycentre.co.uk/property-estate-agents-scotland.asp?SWPC=2756" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/60138862/?search_identifier=ef9ed7226745a1c3c1bf80abb710b27e" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><b>Property number two</b> brings us south and into North Yorkshire, with a landmark former inn owned by the same family since the 1930s and sitting in a gorgeous bit of countryside close enough to national park land and the east coast.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdp_imuuX2vZY7TFPXbaDGbTInQcKSgOauz5QwnabpiMgvirttWmle_Mc0K3PdU-CcG-CMbcMoBCEL6sJZvB2t4ibz8clpEnZ69xSasVwCu2kVtpAyzWAlAyksqmkVF0Z5gJaRgmvp3qde6-KlL9-0P8JYQGyo905A8QdLCusHAeq-0TpWXdcErg=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdp_imuuX2vZY7TFPXbaDGbTInQcKSgOauz5QwnabpiMgvirttWmle_Mc0K3PdU-CcG-CMbcMoBCEL6sJZvB2t4ibz8clpEnZ69xSasVwCu2kVtpAyzWAlAyksqmkVF0Z5gJaRgmvp3qde6-KlL9-0P8JYQGyo905A8QdLCusHAeq-0TpWXdcErg=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The Mill Inn is on the market with its outbuildings and threequarters of an acre of garden land, and a further 38 or so acres of grassland <a href="https://media.rightmove.co.uk/29k/28685/117323930/28685_LOT1MILLIIN_DOC_00_0000.pdf" target="_blank">up for sale separately</a> in four lots.</p><p>Downstairs is a pretty hall, a rundown bar, dining room and kitchen, upstairs are three or four bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside is a fabulous two-storey millhouse, toilet block, and other buildings - lots of potential for someone with deep pockets and perhaps a desire to run a rather more upmarket B&B?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioHQ6GFjTRGKXrj52WE3Dc3P-Z0KJfaF2cPqFCcxih9rKZWOnC83A78I9G9N8KQ_8ueQKGocc8wDsqi9LlvWHEzjYPh-YwQ4erEYcsDgwqz5FjrtEMv_OWVGqMCV5aYOA1WgdEezluoeHAbJMGbIdlyDzDZK-zwIJIpOFfqIjg_A8WcM5c0L90Jg=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioHQ6GFjTRGKXrj52WE3Dc3P-Z0KJfaF2cPqFCcxih9rKZWOnC83A78I9G9N8KQ_8ueQKGocc8wDsqi9LlvWHEzjYPh-YwQ4erEYcsDgwqz5FjrtEMv_OWVGqMCV5aYOA1WgdEezluoeHAbJMGbIdlyDzDZK-zwIJIpOFfqIjg_A8WcM5c0L90Jg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Dc-uKdjtSHD2Al_1WF3PGadScSc3OTv8iH-_Dls-9WxcQlYswJPMv3APN8ez-0jtcCrpJKR_foAOkQk0Uu7jwYFXiwUw9c83YxFFW0QP-x_Qulw1PdCKmI8E9ZYTIkwv4WknyEbDuw3CE1djjvTpg16zJhnnHGGZsrB0W4S09nNBHlLMPNqJJQ=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Dc-uKdjtSHD2Al_1WF3PGadScSc3OTv8iH-_Dls-9WxcQlYswJPMv3APN8ez-0jtcCrpJKR_foAOkQk0Uu7jwYFXiwUw9c83YxFFW0QP-x_Qulw1PdCKmI8E9ZYTIkwv4WknyEbDuw3CE1djjvTpg16zJhnnHGGZsrB0W4S09nNBHlLMPNqJJQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3JOvbzKYK6XyVH2uPgRxWEhGXX4ynLGJWSKw5eHHI28ji5nHMSSmQDKM__cgdfnsssu2QaW5cxGRTIKS1S5Jl9nDTRVluJoY_s73ZAnGdAC3QRtSVtzEaSgg3IkFpugKhTFBH9GCvuEBhiIQtRwyu4MqL4ZvS0iS_iJNnaBVTDqWvRRnHw5Ly0w=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3JOvbzKYK6XyVH2uPgRxWEhGXX4ynLGJWSKw5eHHI28ji5nHMSSmQDKM__cgdfnsssu2QaW5cxGRTIKS1S5Jl9nDTRVluJoY_s73ZAnGdAC3QRtSVtzEaSgg3IkFpugKhTFBH9GCvuEBhiIQtRwyu4MqL4ZvS0iS_iJNnaBVTDqWvRRnHw5Ly0w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd1iduMe7dgUiVhEkfTkm-qgcpgQJq7T7Kpvx842okul88xDW5bYK6zvWE7TNR3BjcYv3CxTBTmEqRv-SB3NOljtZv2Ew1ZWQwBEWHehtEwNAKJOOvV5-VnB_CVEYFC1Ym2k53LtjXxo1KBtC_Cey0aOY6k4B3T6CaPNCf_zlAhfFHf_u7OuQ3Lg=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd1iduMe7dgUiVhEkfTkm-qgcpgQJq7T7Kpvx842okul88xDW5bYK6zvWE7TNR3BjcYv3CxTBTmEqRv-SB3NOljtZv2Ew1ZWQwBEWHehtEwNAKJOOvV5-VnB_CVEYFC1Ym2k53LtjXxo1KBtC_Cey0aOY6k4B3T6CaPNCf_zlAhfFHf_u7OuQ3Lg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAnshSFXWiDZgURWXm8GzpUEt8HDpjGDKIXewsqyxPbvLOD4y3p95E2YL3HL72umfCN-F4RFNrbrFjdBriZiFuCsKQwA8ULxvDYskA_3Rzvqgl_yCQiHw6b_3WHaAuipH5h8k9b6MkHrEuHaIK1mtWJmexq7Mj8Hz3ZvdbvlBDiw6g7XkeYVs6ew=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAnshSFXWiDZgURWXm8GzpUEt8HDpjGDKIXewsqyxPbvLOD4y3p95E2YL3HL72umfCN-F4RFNrbrFjdBriZiFuCsKQwA8ULxvDYskA_3Rzvqgl_yCQiHw6b_3WHaAuipH5h8k9b6MkHrEuHaIK1mtWJmexq7Mj8Hz3ZvdbvlBDiw6g7XkeYVs6ew=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOKrKjE_XwIOk-KTRXpgWzrzu5ENb9Xah3KTIN8GC7M9ZuSszERiWckdDAtFEFbUrRaWYVvretgY9_cTp7aOs2LzlyeWOt56PgQ3ZehBwH6rkEWsoT30YrS2Y6HUnAZSLJy1Kug-h63vBeE0CA8KT_ivIfmYJGDcpNVLf2IGAzD2SdP-hNtiM-7g=s1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOKrKjE_XwIOk-KTRXpgWzrzu5ENb9Xah3KTIN8GC7M9ZuSszERiWckdDAtFEFbUrRaWYVvretgY9_cTp7aOs2LzlyeWOt56PgQ3ZehBwH6rkEWsoT30YrS2Y6HUnAZSLJy1Kug-h63vBeE0CA8KT_ivIfmYJGDcpNVLf2IGAzD2SdP-hNtiM-7g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Up for auction via Cundalls on February 11th, with a guide price of £200k for the lot. <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/117323930#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">Details here</a>.</p><p>And finally, <b>property number one.</b> </p><p>Just in case The Mill Inn doesn't have the scale you're looking for, I offer this five-bedroom country home with stables, three-bedroom coach house, lots of outbuildings, an outdoor swimming pool, and over two acres. It is seriously large.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXg2CM_tADNv1gYf1DNj0i_ss2OFAgDznn11eI6DzgrGZAa8r5XNCNEHGgmX58mMD6g3-uo3MZ4asVDAGNlyx6ja8RkiygXI4LqRu4_RFFWMFuRlonZ3FRgxnegl6Hx15mNwBVeG8iJ59C4-6KUKwGnjs5lmias7LZPeUid7k6qeu3fANmCB0uzw=s1113" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1113" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXg2CM_tADNv1gYf1DNj0i_ss2OFAgDznn11eI6DzgrGZAa8r5XNCNEHGgmX58mMD6g3-uo3MZ4asVDAGNlyx6ja8RkiygXI4LqRu4_RFFWMFuRlonZ3FRgxnegl6Hx15mNwBVeG8iJ59C4-6KUKwGnjs5lmias7LZPeUid7k6qeu3fANmCB0uzw=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzv4PpkoTvEw2fe0sxk95QgS9EizWvO0vImDSMGY1ieGCQkAQFj0zwV_AelQKAUO89bkRBowVngLpBOtv3uN5LOeyZrJ_av695m6zphbBJr0p8KJjtUGwzmi5-rv-vSNDH_oDTLEXm_DSnz5bor-01tOmxM4qS-0Ghf1CtIJzYkuC_lAWOkc5mzg=s1116" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1116" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzv4PpkoTvEw2fe0sxk95QgS9EizWvO0vImDSMGY1ieGCQkAQFj0zwV_AelQKAUO89bkRBowVngLpBOtv3uN5LOeyZrJ_av695m6zphbBJr0p8KJjtUGwzmi5-rv-vSNDH_oDTLEXm_DSnz5bor-01tOmxM4qS-0Ghf1CtIJzYkuC_lAWOkc5mzg=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The Grade II listed property is in <a href="https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/explore/towns-and-villages/shardlow-p681731" target="_blank">Shardlow,</a> Derbyshire, and was sent to me by reader Chris. It's on the market through Robert Ellis at a hefty (albeit not excessive) offers over £725k. Details (and 52 photos!) <a href="https://www.robertellis.co.uk/property/tamworth-road-shardlow-2/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10690916/" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>There are some amazing pictures among those 52 - from glorious colour schemes to run down rooms to damaged rooms, and this is piano room number three:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigUpIeFTiuBz0AoWnobihHhLGNUVfL5ZOxw5XsuB_sq6InrKLn_nDLTNez8aAipT58lY22fchUd5zbirzrM6Ercf710y8F5JDKh23aGsdDcYRz8w7huU4Wku0I4_ylAL9RbEQH7W13eD44Z0v7PLENhw6cYAHlaRAtD1ujLkfgsgQxh-xFjLg4lQ=s1115" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1115" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigUpIeFTiuBz0AoWnobihHhLGNUVfL5ZOxw5XsuB_sq6InrKLn_nDLTNez8aAipT58lY22fchUd5zbirzrM6Ercf710y8F5JDKh23aGsdDcYRz8w7huU4Wku0I4_ylAL9RbEQH7W13eD44Z0v7PLENhw6cYAHlaRAtD1ujLkfgsgQxh-xFjLg4lQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcWczy9AlFZyVKGTBHjQzUF4JaBuAPxd0ZWs50IFsDlsQ4rxGCSqxjiGYPhDFUMcw49ox63Z_qhesc0d4UVlMrOZzh6pzMLkXHvew0doPWvKx1b_CsLy2XNOh7PkkxfQym40wfAtJkLcLL265rkVDahAVXX67--cItgd3Y-kTrR35J-yrRuIi4SA=s1109" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1109" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcWczy9AlFZyVKGTBHjQzUF4JaBuAPxd0ZWs50IFsDlsQ4rxGCSqxjiGYPhDFUMcw49ox63Z_qhesc0d4UVlMrOZzh6pzMLkXHvew0doPWvKx1b_CsLy2XNOh7PkkxfQym40wfAtJkLcLL265rkVDahAVXX67--cItgd3Y-kTrR35J-yrRuIi4SA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLDjX4PTq13SdiK3C3tSFxv90ANDegBRZ5Q3nkkloOYJCEHB9_1FvMyLC5WG9AGfW1JWDN8ke6QW9Wjr0vkgZv898low3OPcq6qi1r3NSyq1B5BVtPb7wqqhbO_-se-rUB8khYFU2jJd8nNdFAYJfMXckZcjARZ7-oMRB9lNCdgerqUlRxHYJv7w=s1110" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1110" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLDjX4PTq13SdiK3C3tSFxv90ANDegBRZ5Q3nkkloOYJCEHB9_1FvMyLC5WG9AGfW1JWDN8ke6QW9Wjr0vkgZv898low3OPcq6qi1r3NSyq1B5BVtPb7wqqhbO_-se-rUB8khYFU2jJd8nNdFAYJfMXckZcjARZ7-oMRB9lNCdgerqUlRxHYJv7w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAeS8jINt8k_5XHW8exux0N5R8gHVHlTL_ko2YtZkQVe4_5NORYn2I34KV7fsA6bD2PeDRbpsexO6rqR4pSX47PgmVlrbI4bLk7xkCC66ODMRvDHavc3cc7OUo_lD_0no4FTC7Dm1E69FlRULPQUtdGx43G-lww_lYIoD2TmVJ2Xpp5tNPruhk-A=s1116" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1116" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAeS8jINt8k_5XHW8exux0N5R8gHVHlTL_ko2YtZkQVe4_5NORYn2I34KV7fsA6bD2PeDRbpsexO6rqR4pSX47PgmVlrbI4bLk7xkCC66ODMRvDHavc3cc7OUo_lD_0no4FTC7Dm1E69FlRULPQUtdGx43G-lww_lYIoD2TmVJ2Xpp5tNPruhk-A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><i>Incidentally, if you're looking for an inspirational story on what one creative young family can do with a property of that scale, I interviewed the buyers/renovators of Camblesforth Hall, a <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2019/12/a-country-manor-and-village-school-for.html" target="_blank">past Wreck</a> of the Week, for Tat London <a href="https://www.tat-london.co.uk/post/bring-camblesforth-hall-back-to-life" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></p><p><br /></p></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-15873829765818557312021-12-29T14:14:00.001+00:002021-12-29T14:14:19.893+00:00Three country homes close enough to the sea<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXvn_gw_lL4V61Pwf_GqAZGXoaGs4o9zYW64zspXQmKE_QZrhN6kv9K85wdnXVwsaydFNzfZAL_RtppZihVH1MwBmAJDkVJVU_28NsHKcX39VNL54OWwLm2KauW2uOYwUcoOuNjK2PnpwW7z-rcHP1tsowVrP18MspcX0zirQMmmCJUluQbHk_Qw=s997" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="997" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXvn_gw_lL4V61Pwf_GqAZGXoaGs4o9zYW64zspXQmKE_QZrhN6kv9K85wdnXVwsaydFNzfZAL_RtppZihVH1MwBmAJDkVJVU_28NsHKcX39VNL54OWwLm2KauW2uOYwUcoOuNjK2PnpwW7z-rcHP1tsowVrP18MspcX0zirQMmmCJUluQbHk_Qw=w400-h264" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />Well, hello there. Bit of a gap (soz) but hopefully I can make up up for that with this bevy of cheap and cheery beauties to carry us into the New Year.</b><p></p><p>Starting here, with a detached farmhouse and two acres of land, overlooking sea and mountains and just a few miles from the beach and on the market at under £135k. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3qKMU66F6zNMbK9voZfhSeyo97kfHmnWbjD2XvLdetVVsgQrn79aqNJTS9eog8A76eC1mO2fgkeAPN1k_a8RhAkG-TImSvzz6VLARcBiK00O_9GtFGB4owLwz7mN5_6yI1WpQFlfblklHcC0BEkysdoB57U3nqTaO6WkDcMTCjH80WDv0meUZ9A=s1162" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1162" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3qKMU66F6zNMbK9voZfhSeyo97kfHmnWbjD2XvLdetVVsgQrn79aqNJTS9eog8A76eC1mO2fgkeAPN1k_a8RhAkG-TImSvzz6VLARcBiK00O_9GtFGB4owLwz7mN5_6yI1WpQFlfblklHcC0BEkysdoB57U3nqTaO6WkDcMTCjH80WDv0meUZ9A=w400-h280" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Obviously it needs renovation works to be completed, but the main reason it's for sale at such a criminally low price is that this beautiful property is in <b>County Kerry, Ireland</b>, and not the Yorkshire Dales or Dorset Downs.</p><p>The house is basically one big open-plan kitchen/living/dining room downstairs, two bedrooms and a shower room upstairs. The location is pretty spectacular - not only those sea views but the quiet; your only real neighbours are wandering ponies. Castlecove and <a href="https://www.theringofkerry.com/castlecove-beach" target="_blank">its beach</a> are around seven miles away, and the pretty village of <a href="https://sneem.ie/" target="_blank">Sneem</a> six miles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbW3TUpLsVfCU8HPH9cfulXgicyyc6TSAMYiY9YuFpVKxgV5y4CRo2MutNzhYD_TE69DFLcuAPJbV-tgev6_cNKHo78FXGB1YrqAgKc47SSXjOBKE6z7AErQwSsTETqEj7MuMuLtbKdRWYdXVN0ptPZvpLTNdEpxKI9msWW1Fmw-Aai2u02kacLw=s1211" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1211" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbW3TUpLsVfCU8HPH9cfulXgicyyc6TSAMYiY9YuFpVKxgV5y4CRo2MutNzhYD_TE69DFLcuAPJbV-tgev6_cNKHo78FXGB1YrqAgKc47SSXjOBKE6z7AErQwSsTETqEj7MuMuLtbKdRWYdXVN0ptPZvpLTNdEpxKI9msWW1Fmw-Aai2u02kacLw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihtNKQOG4jsoajoskHd7TUEErWjTFWHmniabZipzsiiAn0x0VhPWoQ8Tm8gR674unf-ET-aZyrcFzIwPRhXUI8XfyHi9fXvjoYmmj8sNQiY0pH_tWMGgwbFWPqTJmnqFnvOMMQmFOVB54F-1n46tb0fvABnQKwjD3z6zuo9aoO1vfHGi6z6dqvJQ=s1158" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1158" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihtNKQOG4jsoajoskHd7TUEErWjTFWHmniabZipzsiiAn0x0VhPWoQ8Tm8gR674unf-ET-aZyrcFzIwPRhXUI8XfyHi9fXvjoYmmj8sNQiY0pH_tWMGgwbFWPqTJmnqFnvOMMQmFOVB54F-1n46tb0fvABnQKwjD3z6zuo9aoO1vfHGi6z6dqvJQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl5eqNEMAV3xTwjY9mM7vuQ1O-dEUWW2YxG8UJuGROKqYbnm49Q-OwO9B6i7i3ncOnS0nqxPzoVopSvqoAfHdvYMTahDWzmk1XItFuJNRIHXAatt9FuaeCofo5K9xU7QcHVOGla4Na2S6tlR8ddPN34PqA0zkiniK8VYnd3HVfc2hwuwhyocbCkQ=s1217" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1217" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl5eqNEMAV3xTwjY9mM7vuQ1O-dEUWW2YxG8UJuGROKqYbnm49Q-OwO9B6i7i3ncOnS0nqxPzoVopSvqoAfHdvYMTahDWzmk1XItFuJNRIHXAatt9FuaeCofo5K9xU7QcHVOGla4Na2S6tlR8ddPN34PqA0zkiniK8VYnd3HVfc2hwuwhyocbCkQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through agent Patrick Connor-Scarteen at 160,000Euro. Details and lots more <a href="https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-derreendrislagh-sneem-co-kerry/31547" target="_blank">pictures here</a>.</p><p>My next pick was sent to me by reader Eleanor and, like our Eire house, also has a price tag that has benefitted from distance from London.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYrdMmnWAaBya3i5HMlxrXKtyVKTM1YIBsrEMm47K1LpwjXbYjarSpGfys4XpkZ1tA4ZsCr4co82q8xQQ9zUKQM16etKV14EjP566MzORxwn1QYHoRIcnLWa38FQ7azMw5917yhzFlBMEnN5wOTTKSmEqHxawUsdMWsuTlTM9YPUMfEoyMEzegVA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYrdMmnWAaBya3i5HMlxrXKtyVKTM1YIBsrEMm47K1LpwjXbYjarSpGfys4XpkZ1tA4ZsCr4co82q8xQQ9zUKQM16etKV14EjP566MzORxwn1QYHoRIcnLWa38FQ7azMw5917yhzFlBMEnN5wOTTKSmEqHxawUsdMWsuTlTM9YPUMfEoyMEzegVA=w400-h260" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>This detached cottage in the village of <a href="https://www.venture-north.co.uk/guides/thurso-north-coast/halkirk" target="_blank">Halkirk</a>, way up top in the <b>Scottish Highlands</b>, is basically five, interconnected rooms with pretty fireplaces, original features and little else. A "blank canvas" in the agent's parlance.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgngqZ_mmQiFSwf12OSQ2tPxMKc1u6rhszdEUPhC2SZsTN8facO187KOoi8h71xofg8kmoR1WhTgRivI_h4N0-o9Yr_7M-ZznRb3PY6rgbSO_jgHrl4C75nSHqm64_J3SY35Gs7V0htd_souLCgNtZBzA9GJZ1tkLKa98-vxCvPbrYQ3_kQ8bS60w=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgngqZ_mmQiFSwf12OSQ2tPxMKc1u6rhszdEUPhC2SZsTN8facO187KOoi8h71xofg8kmoR1WhTgRivI_h4N0-o9Yr_7M-ZznRb3PY6rgbSO_jgHrl4C75nSHqm64_J3SY35Gs7V0htd_souLCgNtZBzA9GJZ1tkLKa98-vxCvPbrYQ3_kQ8bS60w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrSODs7EKKV5BCG2JyKXiuMeGEeoWalX3uOq2caGyKbtVK-xaQz1jcdZSDIp4arYgCQbiPAGrhbSwqTzb7_JUw_cMUED6b33UcFVaXaKZlUgrqGi00M5e5L9J3j7ozSj90z4L0hX65LT-aLpkAjb6G4w5kuSZFYQrupsmqailKxCSNIFKxybwN_g=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrSODs7EKKV5BCG2JyKXiuMeGEeoWalX3uOq2caGyKbtVK-xaQz1jcdZSDIp4arYgCQbiPAGrhbSwqTzb7_JUw_cMUED6b33UcFVaXaKZlUgrqGi00M5e5L9J3j7ozSj90z4L0hX65LT-aLpkAjb6G4w5kuSZFYQrupsmqailKxCSNIFKxybwN_g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq3_Kvq7XGoBhCp46HK0A8xu7HrdBJXpKVaww9gRQecDyZ5_-GthgNftCYaokrriaAuf_nBcyAoOQ96CE4R0ACDVXPoBcD0jnf4OGt56qQcLfUMQ3abBl0g9KQVlKnK55g0PP2rY5v-wO8KgDlolF1X1IkJuZbgT5GwjnFXwGbWoVEv7dizNxb8A=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq3_Kvq7XGoBhCp46HK0A8xu7HrdBJXpKVaww9gRQecDyZ5_-GthgNftCYaokrriaAuf_nBcyAoOQ96CE4R0ACDVXPoBcD0jnf4OGt56qQcLfUMQ3abBl0g9KQVlKnK55g0PP2rY5v-wO8KgDlolF1X1IkJuZbgT5GwjnFXwGbWoVEv7dizNxb8A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9U9Q78BFjv_ZWTmYAJmLCflu3PzTvbKTCiWuP4wB_r6IHYzNJ6Ei63fHuMqbal8_ObrqI_txQhd3n113DBZvovq3jqi4nPn0YaBLV3StFfOKLiFBYQ90zGAkyhXrIXefisMJELxilF7qMc3DprsVbwJXjb7IQUzvXlfKq-GDiO8PPUJQe0Z2aOA=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9U9Q78BFjv_ZWTmYAJmLCflu3PzTvbKTCiWuP4wB_r6IHYzNJ6Ei63fHuMqbal8_ObrqI_txQhd3n113DBZvovq3jqi4nPn0YaBLV3StFfOKLiFBYQ90zGAkyhXrIXefisMJELxilF7qMc3DprsVbwJXjb7IQUzvXlfKq-GDiO8PPUJQe0Z2aOA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The photos and street map suggest a decent size garden/field behind the house but that isn't clear from the estate agent's details - something to check. And it has no ponies.</p><p>On the market at offers over £84k. Details and more <a href="https://kallanproperties.co.uk/properties/103625000042-2/?0-Bedroom---Sales-George%20Street-Halkirk-KW12-6YE" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/117813056#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>My third property is also in Scotland, albeit rather further south. 'Hillcrest' is in the coastal village of Kirkmaiden, just outside Drummore.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWbg8yV7qODAiluTghnY65V7G4bzXNhxU48SaEmcev43NXnr0COi2L_FyKfUQ4_4SE47A9-6_X842eMmb5jA2hQ2SZETcy9lrPfTLOFjUtcGeHJ2fOIP77y9PuZ8pnplD1UgXsUEjifDz1G08XF8RdWsPNZ82DaElWcrX9dDUqsF8BP4EAo5ZDSw=s986" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="986" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWbg8yV7qODAiluTghnY65V7G4bzXNhxU48SaEmcev43NXnr0COi2L_FyKfUQ4_4SE47A9-6_X842eMmb5jA2hQ2SZETcy9lrPfTLOFjUtcGeHJ2fOIP77y9PuZ8pnplD1UgXsUEjifDz1G08XF8RdWsPNZ82DaElWcrX9dDUqsF8BP4EAo5ZDSw=w400-h279" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>There are three reception rooms and a large kitchen downstairs, three bedrooms and bathroom upstairs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWDhIB8F5TSSh33iGHt0RKuxrNkS0E5KU5vYTXnAkONO6OW1fhHKmJpnDgniNfVDP7qNFHtQ9NPoXBJXm0eD1YsuyJGma8aKP2r-L7bje2Kg7SmJgMU_zheZ-1pTzZ9w-Ae1vwat5OrGIQFvrHuMF4TXrX8huqUWDagDvwtjnCbHwRWednw76I2w=s1033" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1033" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWDhIB8F5TSSh33iGHt0RKuxrNkS0E5KU5vYTXnAkONO6OW1fhHKmJpnDgniNfVDP7qNFHtQ9NPoXBJXm0eD1YsuyJGma8aKP2r-L7bje2Kg7SmJgMU_zheZ-1pTzZ9w-Ae1vwat5OrGIQFvrHuMF4TXrX8huqUWDagDvwtjnCbHwRWednw76I2w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0vVuf6j5qrkWISS0V1kkfiwqH8uIjuYSe3lfcwoie_PwEdfHWR_oXAFbZ7OthgVHhUmiRn26GcYVtFFDQruqdZ5KSKSqvbAa3eEKqS-h0HrtW-UGM5nQsGh4scsxVgch516b90tVC-jm-ezUu9WysNRBlwNtAOlzQTrM7NTtOB0t757PEsn2L_Q=s1040" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="1040" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0vVuf6j5qrkWISS0V1kkfiwqH8uIjuYSe3lfcwoie_PwEdfHWR_oXAFbZ7OthgVHhUmiRn26GcYVtFFDQruqdZ5KSKSqvbAa3eEKqS-h0HrtW-UGM5nQsGh4scsxVgch516b90tVC-jm-ezUu9WysNRBlwNtAOlzQTrM7NTtOB0t757PEsn2L_Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVcNGU0Nv-sLal3Xp6o26x0NYJGfPJiE5NuAdcZAQcFQqNIokhGO9WmJxtZP8oHnfxiBOu64yWwCCgnRGPtdaU21Awb9aVnLZCaj7vhQSWYWvGWbBs8B0SBJY_vD6iJfdt_xkoQ_lxh7sy6u8jQieksbkPbbU2OC315YddkC6k1C8ibrXmL0GnYA=s1038" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1038" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVcNGU0Nv-sLal3Xp6o26x0NYJGfPJiE5NuAdcZAQcFQqNIokhGO9WmJxtZP8oHnfxiBOu64yWwCCgnRGPtdaU21Awb9aVnLZCaj7vhQSWYWvGWbBs8B0SBJY_vD6iJfdt_xkoQ_lxh7sy6u8jQieksbkPbbU2OC315YddkC6k1C8ibrXmL0GnYA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The house is a semi, but it's big and comes with a good-size garden and assorted outbuildings - all of which you'll eventually want to get rid of.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPMCziPPT4bblbrkbGAeOOMtNTMGwAXzGDxMcS5ew_MIU1eyndhoHA55SsEJNUKzVzAQXqg0VEPO0jxb9xZa2npH5cQBqG2sf4B-LLG9Z3tzpcbbkwNrvIpr-BGzqpKqfzLymSiew_fj-TyULGiHXgXEbuJcwo6A_vBzRzHpH9w9PzK1Adzx9YWQ=s1036" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1036" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPMCziPPT4bblbrkbGAeOOMtNTMGwAXzGDxMcS5ew_MIU1eyndhoHA55SsEJNUKzVzAQXqg0VEPO0jxb9xZa2npH5cQBqG2sf4B-LLG9Z3tzpcbbkwNrvIpr-BGzqpKqfzLymSiew_fj-TyULGiHXgXEbuJcwo6A_vBzRzHpH9w9PzK1Adzx9YWQ=w400-h268" width="400" /></a></div><p>On the market through SWPC at offers over £200k. Details and more <a href="http://www.southwestpropertycentre.co.uk/property-estate-agents-scotland.asp?SWPC=2756" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/60138862/?search_identifier=ef9ed7226745a1c3c1bf80abb710b27e" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-11523601785522603312021-11-12T13:35:00.004+00:002021-11-12T14:01:52.219+00:00Three homes with land appeal<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRKsYjwcyrWmtbuTGiTR0f7aqxm03JhOBqreI6Dc1bfEKraQjmO3iqiynzpw1NnQ3Z64Rofouja-6nKqWNOZ04MhLhBe2Gn1cUcCXx5I_ijdQ4PrG0tvkIdhTgTk15k5Z5OqD26ZmAA/s1200/Nixonstown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRKsYjwcyrWmtbuTGiTR0f7aqxm03JhOBqreI6Dc1bfEKraQjmO3iqiynzpw1NnQ3Z64Rofouja-6nKqWNOZ04MhLhBe2Gn1cUcCXx5I_ijdQ4PrG0tvkIdhTgTk15k5Z5OqD26ZmAA/w400-h225/Nixonstown.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>As is the nature of the property market nowadays, both of the do-ups with land I'm about to show you have looming deadlines.</b><p></p><p>My first pick is this rundown two-bedroom Cumbrian farmhouse with banks of stone outbuildings and over 33 acres to play with. While pricier than my usual Wreck picks at offers over £350k, it's pretty reasonable given the size of the plot and the absolutely stunning location.</p><p>Nixonstown (what a name!) is three miles form Roadhead and 20 from Carlisle and a few miles more form the Scottish border or the West Cumbrian beaches. If what you're looking for is rural peace and lifetime project, this is it.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pKEgR3Q0yBY" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>There are two reception rooms, kitchen and bathroom downstairs and two good-size bedrooms upstairs.<div>Outside, the house and outbuildings line up either side of a courtyard and wrapped around them are seven fields; three of them over seven acres. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkirJ2EpWI3_TfBy_p9O-xFznYO_k1s9KY4HRP6YTqYjVzso2OMaLU7bGjK7rcjP9qQJVeOKzwkQpFj1VjzF-t-jCFA9YTNAnNOR5q4ZJaQjLbUwIaXgVez1LJ8lvhYMUhcgvcrI_KaA/s1200/Nixonstown2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkirJ2EpWI3_TfBy_p9O-xFznYO_k1s9KY4HRP6YTqYjVzso2OMaLU7bGjK7rcjP9qQJVeOKzwkQpFj1VjzF-t-jCFA9YTNAnNOR5q4ZJaQjLbUwIaXgVez1LJ8lvhYMUhcgvcrI_KaA/w400-h266/Nixonstown2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoFG44NEpl28LFqKdFDgQPK0FMBAzhqsNwkcnFL-FOzW8jyL6FiRWU6hyphenhyphenihhzVsT3NY-PvEys63j3FTtsaaUeUujcLYgD_7GOr1ZzmPG7ykLwKZ0yGnNHAShbw-2z8_l6cO_QjW-Y4g/s1200/Nixonstown3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoFG44NEpl28LFqKdFDgQPK0FMBAzhqsNwkcnFL-FOzW8jyL6FiRWU6hyphenhyphenihhzVsT3NY-PvEys63j3FTtsaaUeUujcLYgD_7GOr1ZzmPG7ykLwKZ0yGnNHAShbw-2z8_l6cO_QjW-Y4g/w400-h266/Nixonstown3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7O6JCttA4ElJUWTk-h47r75FpykJ_GFP6sGV4j9-Xx-vGPqniTPRRp_2Ti9nfXe6FNXteNjeALnTVRYqkJFn-YRvG-U_kMyraKgDhPlL2DC5wW-8uv6AR2v6XNzt8_VAaqFxTPZjeA/s1200/Nixonstown5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7O6JCttA4ElJUWTk-h47r75FpykJ_GFP6sGV4j9-Xx-vGPqniTPRRp_2Ti9nfXe6FNXteNjeALnTVRYqkJFn-YRvG-U_kMyraKgDhPlL2DC5wW-8uv6AR2v6XNzt8_VAaqFxTPZjeA/w400-h225/Nixonstown5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPzxmdvGu_A1vUbjbGpodjVXzZ6eMOCW5zqwFElwNuL8uHGRsOS3AVfiZ37hms8Xt4CxV8s6dqXN9y-0OizxbweuNDiN0AcL9q7i59aNXyRBpm0OId_Jo3tuBp0g2YakVQEU6IbEBmA/s1200/Nixonstown4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1200" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPzxmdvGu_A1vUbjbGpodjVXzZ6eMOCW5zqwFElwNuL8uHGRsOS3AVfiZ37hms8Xt4CxV8s6dqXN9y-0OizxbweuNDiN0AcL9q7i59aNXyRBpm0OId_Jo3tuBp0g2YakVQEU6IbEBmA/w400-h225/Nixonstown4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The land itself is classed as <a href="http://www.lra.co.uk/services/agricultural-land-classification" target="_blank">Grade 4</a> - poor quality agricultural - so grazing rather than growing. Or, if you think like me, ripe for <a href="https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/" target="_blank">rewilding</a> and free-running.</div><div>On the market through C & D Rural with a guide price of £350k, <a href="https://www.cdrural.co.uk/our-properties/nixonstown-roadhead-carlisle-ca6-6nw/" target="_blank">details and more pictures here</a>. Deadline for bids is midday, November 18th.</div><div><br /></div><div>My second pick is up for auction later this month and has to be one of the oddest-shaped house in the oddest-shaped bit of land I've seen so far.</div><div>Chapel Cottage (now there's two misnomers) is in <b>Brockworth, Gloucestershire </b>and is a four-bedroom detached house, over three floors, with garage and an acre of garden and woodland.</div><div>This what I mean by odd shapes.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fbk9bBeUMThTFzL00H8yrPiaV9T041KjABsrYS-e_SIvkgRrZtUvMPHpUsoAvqSWx0J1FxNqf5kIN0lUyZFN4OZ9ODrheewfRfvWp72HSWZkq5cFrvXuj3cPoyjIHyJSPwS6RILQ1w/s1618/brockworth3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1618" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fbk9bBeUMThTFzL00H8yrPiaV9T041KjABsrYS-e_SIvkgRrZtUvMPHpUsoAvqSWx0J1FxNqf5kIN0lUyZFN4OZ9ODrheewfRfvWp72HSWZkq5cFrvXuj3cPoyjIHyJSPwS6RILQ1w/w400-h268/brockworth3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1618" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-4DRbMdFSkdEprqFIm58CL8r0S2iSp7oQMLISOTYLNVQzpEyCpxfl8p0dsbHMX7-HnQ-iCPR0mN10Yb1-jdQYIEcQ1LepoHsKVfA02BFITJ6m6di3GDdK-8sP7QhOGlGhXKX251Fbg/w400-h268/brockworth.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The house itself has a wrong side of mid-century aesthetic about it, but plenty of space to work with.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUQ3zxJAySshnRtOgsLdC7RaVrdxJAgioa6JTweviXOLz-NtQ-WeTIbo5Skes1kIuC2qaxmktrtWmAxMfQgG7iQ2K7M4fnnrerte0hHFyVqZ76pU6dttHPWO6uITh3DDcTat8Bo6YJw/s1620/Brockworth7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUQ3zxJAySshnRtOgsLdC7RaVrdxJAgioa6JTweviXOLz-NtQ-WeTIbo5Skes1kIuC2qaxmktrtWmAxMfQgG7iQ2K7M4fnnrerte0hHFyVqZ76pU6dttHPWO6uITh3DDcTat8Bo6YJw/s320/Brockworth7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>But it's that over-grown and wildly lovely acre of tree-packed land that appeals. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/woIJ4vDJVTc" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div>That and it's location in a pretty village with good commuting links, around five miles from both Gloucester and Cheltenham.</div><div>Also, it's where this guy was born.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcgF8xkDhPZP2sNQ4Bpez0iydgq7y3Suoq2Q62AGR4fSc31kS6L7Pbg-3N3fRP-HaNclf1VkIQn5u2AoixeJgz_DVU-8VNntflXkm7RZhqC8ZrcOcb219ZgNlyzZB26cj_WN_rK2JoA/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And on the market at a piffling offers over £35k for the house and its five acres. Details and more of those <a href="https://www.estateagencyshetland.co.uk/properties/braeside" target="_blank">lovely pictures here.</a></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-36913997878281577132021-10-20T11:00:00.004+01:002021-10-20T20:31:38.351+01:00Beauty and beastly properties to renovate<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TQTCS6FXnRXsf6EZFWSdJENa1W-40JYpfHNd0dij6p0EY-SOhvuJKsa9KDlW6pUO-AIrsTho8-rX4Zlihp0WQYCeCfDMCQAiMCkmo2ebxYc5wcahtv6QL3LUape6zFVNp-S1GGt-BQ/s1024/GreatBarton.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TQTCS6FXnRXsf6EZFWSdJENa1W-40JYpfHNd0dij6p0EY-SOhvuJKsa9KDlW6pUO-AIrsTho8-rX4Zlihp0WQYCeCfDMCQAiMCkmo2ebxYc5wcahtv6QL3LUape6zFVNp-S1GGt-BQ/w400-h266/GreatBarton.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><b><p><b>I've had some absolutely stunning properties sent to me by readers recently. Stunning as in "eye of the beholder" attractive because, let's face it, we might all love Belle but it takes a strong heart and blind faith to take a risk on the Beast.</b></p></b><p></p><p>Pull up a chair, rest your wearies and be my guest while I take your through some of this week's beauties and beasts.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/afzmwAKUppU" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Starting with this Cumbrian beauty. A part-finished renovated terrace house on the unfortunately named Doomgate in rather lovely Appleby, it was sent to my by Christina who wrote:</div><div><blockquote>I wanted to send it to you because it makes me quite sad. Clearly someone has good taste and has been rescuing this house bit by bit, but for some reason they’ve had to put it up for sale. I’d love for it to go to a buyer that will treat it just as sympathetically. Sometimes you see homes that you know looked like this at one point, and then someone slapped some ugly flooring or glossy cabinets in it or knocked down historical features for a tv cabinet and it just breaks your heart. It’d be great for it to go a wreck reader, since I assume we all care about preserving buildings like this. </blockquote></div><div>Put your hand up if you're with Christina (and me) on the "yes we care"!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ9mfwSsaA2WapW37E3CI74LMaXxBuK_zjmCsyJ0-rrvZkFHGL4ihQgYzUNE5IOpno7gVVVzDehxInvDdwsm_r0SrYUmNed5jVvp75DCTWyZF-xc31NoL_0kN5tN14rxl9FbvNcCOQg/s1200/Appleby2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ9mfwSsaA2WapW37E3CI74LMaXxBuK_zjmCsyJ0-rrvZkFHGL4ihQgYzUNE5IOpno7gVVVzDehxInvDdwsm_r0SrYUmNed5jVvp75DCTWyZF-xc31NoL_0kN5tN14rxl9FbvNcCOQg/w400-h266/Appleby2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5sfygg-Cnr9hZDJTfQUYBchPdMa75nEPxq-czWcTbKWjbFiBapnz23yJQdJn2GR27INYN0UXte527auLPtn37nDlzImaaOylmcJyaUwhjhuKzDTQRKzf-SEnYqOWAwJLaMn-mVe3jg/s1200/Appleby6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5sfygg-Cnr9hZDJTfQUYBchPdMa75nEPxq-czWcTbKWjbFiBapnz23yJQdJn2GR27INYN0UXte527auLPtn37nDlzImaaOylmcJyaUwhjhuKzDTQRKzf-SEnYqOWAwJLaMn-mVe3jg/w400-h266/Appleby6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsn-t6_uyM4cG1nmt1xH7Whu-OW0vzF76jN49f0ipBJ2Ra-JErRXBmd2jgfSUURSnXU8GXvNEKMIj6KJwFsxNvnG5vRWI_PY9-RlwcNPIP_9lmolFIssZSoPfw_FROFEjhkMUIzsHTqg/s1200/Appleby8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsn-t6_uyM4cG1nmt1xH7Whu-OW0vzF76jN49f0ipBJ2Ra-JErRXBmd2jgfSUURSnXU8GXvNEKMIj6KJwFsxNvnG5vRWI_PY9-RlwcNPIP_9lmolFIssZSoPfw_FROFEjhkMUIzsHTqg/w400-h266/Appleby8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxhKoGA2DVTcjyJ9kV_2aCOLQUDOWWomGTjUMeo2Bn-oZtVE_zy5q0FVwpBiDUSrv9R5SkPbl_vuKx0eDDpasKwc6oEqOPUfvcqKu1bNgviovMTaDESaDLu8vnH2zLGiHq12Ak0W7ag/s1200/Appleby7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxhKoGA2DVTcjyJ9kV_2aCOLQUDOWWomGTjUMeo2Bn-oZtVE_zy5q0FVwpBiDUSrv9R5SkPbl_vuKx0eDDpasKwc6oEqOPUfvcqKu1bNgviovMTaDESaDLu8vnH2zLGiHq12Ak0W7ag/w400-h266/Appleby7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="text-align: left;">Kitchen diner, living room and utility downstairs, two good-size bedrooms and bathroom upstairs, plus a full-length boarded and Veluxed loft. </span></div><div>Not much space outside, but the yarden is very prettily done and feels private, Plus <a href="https://visitappleby.com/" target="_blank">the location</a> is fabulous as a starting point for the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, or dropping over the border into Scotland.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaGXffxaFOJ7a9h9CEKLqv8VHAep7Bo0hOsfh3WkoQlLOr_EOHFpYqAPuC9gSi1Sjwj3RSMsTO1m5JuL2Ba_0CsqY3XY8y4oFlGF8OJfudV7FFpB_FQwP7ohvTPWMPjJ8cS8705sqWw/s1200/Appleby.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaGXffxaFOJ7a9h9CEKLqv8VHAep7Bo0hOsfh3WkoQlLOr_EOHFpYqAPuC9gSi1Sjwj3RSMsTO1m5JuL2Ba_0CsqY3XY8y4oFlGF8OJfudV7FFpB_FQwP7ohvTPWMPjJ8cS8705sqWw/w400-h266/Appleby.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The render hiding its Grade II frontage is a bit of a beast (look at the neighbours and the rear view for what should have been) and you'll have spotted that - unusually for me - I left that picture until last. This house has zero kerb-appeal. </div><div>But truthfully, I was smitten once I saw the dogs:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2AyQQmTogM7P_Goux1zwJwarekZin2Iu3IYZcF7AYUN0a-IA3NxMEWDkP_RwXg9SIFvGgi2RnyIBXNlCnL2w-W7qHmvgSrIFSK0HNZoS8MCGvINmtvyq-_0GSe49tF7qb056njG84Q/s1200/Appleby3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2AyQQmTogM7P_Goux1zwJwarekZin2Iu3IYZcF7AYUN0a-IA3NxMEWDkP_RwXg9SIFvGgi2RnyIBXNlCnL2w-W7qHmvgSrIFSK0HNZoS8MCGvINmtvyq-_0GSe49tF7qb056njG84Q/w400-h266/Appleby3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jizkBYBZy-870EVi4mMyAfR5To4zWbG2zTechYHpRZon1EoHFPXWrHHV62r46BwzWz4wR2jVcj2YLQujVgPAEd3fBqOW9ZRbKxmdWRPPDIZPGRA3yi3k_xL8OiPV_y1tKXdHxWNdsw/s1200/Appleby4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jizkBYBZy-870EVi4mMyAfR5To4zWbG2zTechYHpRZon1EoHFPXWrHHV62r46BwzWz4wR2jVcj2YLQujVgPAEd3fBqOW9ZRbKxmdWRPPDIZPGRA3yi3k_xL8OiPV_y1tKXdHxWNdsw/w400-h266/Appleby4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>If anyone could tell me where to buy that greyhound* painting, I'd be much obliged? </div><div>On the market through PFK at £170k. Details and more <a href="https://estates.pfk.co.uk/property/17-doomgate-appleby-in-westmorland-cumbria-2448634/">pictures here</a>.</div><div>Which brings me to the Beast. I actually feel a bit bad about attaching the tag because someone is going to look at these pictures and see two-home family living in half an acre of land in the lovely Park area of Great Barton, close to Bury St Edmonds, in Suffolk.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ws0aDl3cEpmdyl0YWAxkYV3O8u1BfIbrjaHJ3SlDop47WTCd3bqfjI1rsYUjK-BUHcBeZe6knqXQYnPEIVTvCI_tQ4ZyYBGJh_tX1RUSHQm5bBNg4yfaSTYzyIl5R5mJX8k3spatRQ/s1024/GreatBarton1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ws0aDl3cEpmdyl0YWAxkYV3O8u1BfIbrjaHJ3SlDop47WTCd3bqfjI1rsYUjK-BUHcBeZe6knqXQYnPEIVTvCI_tQ4ZyYBGJh_tX1RUSHQm5bBNg4yfaSTYzyIl5R5mJX8k3spatRQ/w400-h266/GreatBarton1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlcq7Kl1CCRBhHO-mYHuZFfoHRHr3PMqFOj6s2TThXe04By3zz9X9y8Vfw-H5f5k_W_Rmcts-6gIpF3REnZrrzix-gh6oh7N95e4lznz7Dbl3Pr2qbn4rriWYRbkkr8YvkiMb8SSQig/s1024/GreatBarton.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlcq7Kl1CCRBhHO-mYHuZFfoHRHr3PMqFOj6s2TThXe04By3zz9X9y8Vfw-H5f5k_W_Rmcts-6gIpF3REnZrrzix-gh6oh7N95e4lznz7Dbl3Pr2qbn4rriWYRbkkr8YvkiMb8SSQig/w400-h266/GreatBarton.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Winslade is two properties and planning permission has already been turned down to demolish and replace them both - West Suffolk's planning team highlighting concerns about </span><a href="https://planning.westsuffolk.gov.uk/online-applications/files/D0405C6CF101EED37228D2A9134F357D/pdf/DC_21_0916_OUT-DECISION_NOTICE-1908779.pdf" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">trees and access.</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><div>Which means this is an expensive - albeit large - plot of land without anything more than a nod and a wink on what you might be allowed to build on it.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Uzf7M8jvBkFXteg2pU5Ud5srxZRtvIhi7m7FMXFLe1OhnEtGDk1otxSIo1PMjceIXX1i5sySvW2dD0lvcyrbghA90MZoJ6j2vd1gw_V55FBTgPY5wMKxb1UsbfJUb-fv8OKp2HTFPg/s1024/GreatBarton3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Uzf7M8jvBkFXteg2pU5Ud5srxZRtvIhi7m7FMXFLe1OhnEtGDk1otxSIo1PMjceIXX1i5sySvW2dD0lvcyrbghA90MZoJ6j2vd1gw_V55FBTgPY5wMKxb1UsbfJUb-fv8OKp2HTFPg/w400-h266/GreatBarton3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>None-the-less, the location is lovely - and not least because it's close to Sandy, who sent me the property and who, you might remember bought and renovated one of my former wreck picks - <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2014/02/forge-and-barn-suffolk-and.html" target="_blank">the Old Forge</a> in Great Barton, turning it into the quite <a href="https://www.theenginehousesuffolk.com/" target="_blank">stunning Engine House</a>. This:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiR8xf7PaGRzQEJuy6XvwLjH_5gEyW7lIpv5XCOZkwLbH9BX3i5SlnXWnIayYm-OIRLsha7oLwn4N6O8CnhRFwkD8K-5w2MF-LG5pGvQIjzqNmWuHOcb35dGWaSii4RTHy2rSKDqmtNw/s400/ForgeBefore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiR8xf7PaGRzQEJuy6XvwLjH_5gEyW7lIpv5XCOZkwLbH9BX3i5SlnXWnIayYm-OIRLsha7oLwn4N6O8CnhRFwkD8K-5w2MF-LG5pGvQIjzqNmWuHOcb35dGWaSii4RTHy2rSKDqmtNw/w400-h268/ForgeBefore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>To this:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcMMoud3zQ7zls1OWt73B5zARKqPv-YhaXycHMVBeGxPNFn1kFYDZtyyEmmwdV5qAzQAXa4jMLiPkg1dUpR6YbwRhUH1Rny3cYbdAUXL3AJKF22YV0xaH6ZWm70qU-8FP_hQTihTayg/s1466/forge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1466" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcMMoud3zQ7zls1OWt73B5zARKqPv-YhaXycHMVBeGxPNFn1kFYDZtyyEmmwdV5qAzQAXa4jMLiPkg1dUpR6YbwRhUH1Rny3cYbdAUXL3AJKF22YV0xaH6ZWm70qU-8FP_hQTihTayg/w400-h266/forge.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Which means Sandy has form in recognising the beauty in a beast of a building. She wrote:<div><blockquote>I thought I’d send you this...my ulterior motive is I’m always looking to find more lovely neighbours! This is a couple of minutes walk from The Engine House in Great Barton, Suffolk. The buildings on the site are beyond creepy but the setting is lovely, it’s in The Park...what used to be the park of Barton Hall - the stately home that The Engine House served with electricity (the hall was abandoned after a fire in 1914).</blockquote>Winslade is on the market through Bedfords with a guide price of £495k. Details and more <a href="https://www.bedfords.co.uk/cgi-bin/properties-for-sale/summary-details.pl?propID=38693_BSE210280" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/114864782#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here.</a><br /><div>And finally, here's one I came across that's both beauty and beast (actually I'm bored with that analogy now, let's drop it shall we?). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOQR98KjdQ_YuNGk1iMabl3hq078Gx9nnb0CymstKWe8IoBgl7YS0POxwCeZzsekGVqwNuol-mTwjVyjIMxI8f-RhSi1CDvIwoB8ZyPHFEpy2EXDR5ge32HBInxAQeOGmVDFJjwcfQg/s980/Beattock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="980" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOQR98KjdQ_YuNGk1iMabl3hq078Gx9nnb0CymstKWe8IoBgl7YS0POxwCeZzsekGVqwNuol-mTwjVyjIMxI8f-RhSi1CDvIwoB8ZyPHFEpy2EXDR5ge32HBInxAQeOGmVDFJjwcfQg/w400-h261/Beattock.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Like our Cumbrian cottage, it's frontage has been marred by a concrete cover-up. But, pebbledash aside, the traditional shape and that original front door add a good dollop of cute.</div><div>The two-bedroom semi in <a href="https://www.scotland.org.uk/guide/places/beattock" target="_blank">Beattock</a>, a few miles from Moffatt in Dumfries and Galloway, has clearly been empty for some time and the inside is a bit of a wreck. Which makes it our kind of place : )</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_gNi1P5K54SWBT5iu7ZGmOjINDMSHN2L8fMh6UFOMp_axOGfrKgEEf83IM1GmRjqFEUafBZDb-o3AXrc5c67ClPnS42egT9IuyYrgE_8hD2negjqyaMkDEl1B4fLZETneEHVUtKsfA/s980/Beattock1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="980" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_gNi1P5K54SWBT5iu7ZGmOjINDMSHN2L8fMh6UFOMp_axOGfrKgEEf83IM1GmRjqFEUafBZDb-o3AXrc5c67ClPnS42egT9IuyYrgE_8hD2negjqyaMkDEl1B4fLZETneEHVUtKsfA/w400-h261/Beattock1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmqlqcnaa2gzHHGEIoaZJg0NU8dGV6wBNohmGMBOxIOKZxRwUgRAGaxriF_Nrg-ikAGfOIiRcKvOP6m-D5UH4yNgAGruG4HrDqN5D78J06vdn4EprLtrvTjhMBjAZQ26FudTpBQuttA/s980/Beattock2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="980" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmqlqcnaa2gzHHGEIoaZJg0NU8dGV6wBNohmGMBOxIOKZxRwUgRAGaxriF_Nrg-ikAGfOIiRcKvOP6m-D5UH4yNgAGruG4HrDqN5D78J06vdn4EprLtrvTjhMBjAZQ26FudTpBQuttA/w400-h261/Beattock2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscV6usMcM7zs-_nS5ycY6F7kPGSu3c5_AC-xfcZRgjAj6owLynxQgJEBtbCtjDcuGXN9Mn0FNajHyEamfT3m9gMJN2mbHGJaxCg4k6t1xaQxNt4hVF2-7LEPcK526qEuZPJrg5Avm5w/s980/Beattock3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="980" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscV6usMcM7zs-_nS5ycY6F7kPGSu3c5_AC-xfcZRgjAj6owLynxQgJEBtbCtjDcuGXN9Mn0FNajHyEamfT3m9gMJN2mbHGJaxCg4k6t1xaQxNt4hVF2-7LEPcK526qEuZPJrg5Avm5w/w400-h261/Beattock3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE0Hvfcv3ph-1-NndWEEuK5Hp50-MCWPYd1aMAPxUaSWow2IZHz-kJvvTWMSUidPal6kwJbKjNEigykG4DzMgob8vWDYCSwH5sr2t7FYB5C_bcRrAGG2nFhTImo1mAjrOOzq8aPb6ig/s980/Beattock4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="980" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE0Hvfcv3ph-1-NndWEEuK5Hp50-MCWPYd1aMAPxUaSWow2IZHz-kJvvTWMSUidPal6kwJbKjNEigykG4DzMgob8vWDYCSwH5sr2t7FYB5C_bcRrAGG2nFhTImo1mAjrOOzq8aPb6ig/w400-h261/Beattock4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Some outside pix from the estate agent would have been helpful - there is a rear garden and Google maps and Streetview suggest open fields behind.</div><div>But perhaps best of all it's up for offers around £70k. Details and more <a href="https://am-simpson.co.uk/property/9-craigielands-village-beattock-moffat-dg10-9qz/" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/59808396/?search_identifier=f7f566e20c63bf4bbc77822df89d6e6c" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>*Greyhounds. Regular readers will know we usually have two sharing our home. We're now down to one after our elderly lady Summer had a stroke three weeks ago. Summer made many appearances on Wreck over the eight years she shared our lives. Here she is in her last walk-on (and her last car trip) - when we took <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2017/12/four-scottish-hideaways-to-do-up.html" target="_blank">her and Flynn</a> with us to admire <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2021/08/three-stone-cottages-under-200k-maybe.html" target="_blank">this wreck</a>.</i></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4-FDBKyfHZ8" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comDoomgate, Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6RB, UK54.576207999999987 -2.491675126.265974163821141 -37.6479251 82.886441836178832 32.6645749tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-56535552990653457562021-10-05T16:24:00.004+01:002021-10-05T16:29:05.478+01:00Still dreaming? Three more rural homes to do-up<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0KP-g0vdXoDqr7ZUALuhpDLrkEvTVoPhOtlh9yXdzhQaDAVPCk8aHHoeJm0wNzv_EQU-fpEVUwQqLMA1jphDF0ouEkPI_6k0V0XR0A68t_xH0b3VwmnShObudPUd1eyTfZYuxfiCOQ/s1200/Megdale10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0KP-g0vdXoDqr7ZUALuhpDLrkEvTVoPhOtlh9yXdzhQaDAVPCk8aHHoeJm0wNzv_EQU-fpEVUwQqLMA1jphDF0ouEkPI_6k0V0XR0A68t_xH0b3VwmnShObudPUd1eyTfZYuxfiCOQ/w400-h266/Megdale10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>Hello. How are we all doing? Coping with the rain and crossing fingers for better times ahead, or hurtling headlong towards your lockdown daydreams of a new life in space?</b><p></p><p>This sort of space, perhaps?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1CWJLQVc5M7acaXYRWYq2tNPo-q-dchRlFjmBvwxkn3_Xi8hnIwZxumrNQrMhYkCsTt84LoLLO0LnCKVF8WLxEboeFJHcLRf_FnwBdtXJCQgZIuaoRYVYnOpCUbJSsgho0o8X5wVBg/s1200/Megdale9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1CWJLQVc5M7acaXYRWYq2tNPo-q-dchRlFjmBvwxkn3_Xi8hnIwZxumrNQrMhYkCsTt84LoLLO0LnCKVF8WLxEboeFJHcLRf_FnwBdtXJCQgZIuaoRYVYnOpCUbJSsgho0o8X5wVBg/w400-h266/Megdale9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCP7UOeiGIedaroFSUPEeN2o099GAmhi8ySEtACBOOqo_RaRIfnTWoWhOBbWmHkOI2XhfcBXoJViwjJ_9s0w5IMV0l-UbtBKN_kwy7W1bcsQrVWDMO4PvGkgbn-0bAFIrERHkPkrAyQ/s1200/Megdale3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCP7UOeiGIedaroFSUPEeN2o099GAmhi8ySEtACBOOqo_RaRIfnTWoWhOBbWmHkOI2XhfcBXoJViwjJ_9s0w5IMV0l-UbtBKN_kwy7W1bcsQrVWDMO4PvGkgbn-0bAFIrERHkPkrAyQ/w400-h266/Megdale3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_J8wYIVoYb9nKLus0dE9ZRTJAMuGzGz6NX6Pw1oZCN7_abjixANKYmc4GE4apL_nNnT9jkM2eNcsYF7vag7U_x5hgj18_ISyE_9oMh7YKCxNXCYYM-njQXRzwxwceOPcVWgfgOsTeXg/s1200/Megdale11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_J8wYIVoYb9nKLus0dE9ZRTJAMuGzGz6NX6Pw1oZCN7_abjixANKYmc4GE4apL_nNnT9jkM2eNcsYF7vag7U_x5hgj18_ISyE_9oMh7YKCxNXCYYM-njQXRzwxwceOPcVWgfgOsTeXg/w400-h266/Megdale11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Megdale is a two-bedroom cottage looking over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Telford" target="_blank">Thomas Telford's</a> birthplace, around 10 miles from Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway and close to the village of <a href="https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eskdalemuir/eskdalemuir/index.html" target="_blank">Eskdalemuir</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Downstairs are two reception rooms, small kitchen and bathroom, with two bedrooms upstairs. Some work has been done - removing fireplaces, stripping back (presumably blown?) plaster, and the cottage already has double-glazed windows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcx1qumf0CvUeH8rT2tE4zfcpZboF45Lt5P47RpkUAlr9XAFdv2qe2FEvzw8N-HfrKazPs3L7kYfrOlPIEKKt0cgMFJzT7AVaV1wiKk4tZIQYqRWVIdGjUd7lOlRultakIAaBpQ8PQiA/s1200/Megdale4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcx1qumf0CvUeH8rT2tE4zfcpZboF45Lt5P47RpkUAlr9XAFdv2qe2FEvzw8N-HfrKazPs3L7kYfrOlPIEKKt0cgMFJzT7AVaV1wiKk4tZIQYqRWVIdGjUd7lOlRultakIAaBpQ8PQiA/s320/Megdale4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCtghyE0e5D2Y4Ca1zNI6UzFEt3gKXm8RD0ye8JrAQoyRdEB5Dfj4I8fktiey2zcHOj92Q2M2dFYVmc3i-H74skvt6E3ZTZoeW6jQB8vPLNTwf-tfGyP14glgnUmiEiJhgIIJWAt5rA/s1200/Megdale5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCtghyE0e5D2Y4Ca1zNI6UzFEt3gKXm8RD0ye8JrAQoyRdEB5Dfj4I8fktiey2zcHOj92Q2M2dFYVmc3i-H74skvt6E3ZTZoeW6jQB8vPLNTwf-tfGyP14glgnUmiEiJhgIIJWAt5rA/s320/Megdale5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcP5Z0jxq-L9yJ__Pxl-3Dd8YXzyX-gcTLrc0m25hGQ66-C7qHOl83biovOkDtpaJUzaxDAkB62ZKcGX-p9imd8EB6Cgw4wwKUyFMs8XMejbdyo9yqCb9CkmM7YiQUPvKvkt7lxMmEPw/s1200/Megdale6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcP5Z0jxq-L9yJ__Pxl-3Dd8YXzyX-gcTLrc0m25hGQ66-C7qHOl83biovOkDtpaJUzaxDAkB62ZKcGX-p9imd8EB6Cgw4wwKUyFMs8XMejbdyo9yqCb9CkmM7YiQUPvKvkt7lxMmEPw/s320/Megdale6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWv4AokMgcWdIfmL7AVOMXt-aOL9P0o900JeH6O7QlqQlkkvLo9FOZEQUGH0b19cLwEHISicG6rbg-YAByvLUFta8iVCtytn3mSIj3wCte7RvjrORnnXnyu0SzTsQld5rL_0K0InkMg/s1200/Megdale7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWv4AokMgcWdIfmL7AVOMXt-aOL9P0o900JeH6O7QlqQlkkvLo9FOZEQUGH0b19cLwEHISicG6rbg-YAByvLUFta8iVCtytn3mSIj3wCte7RvjrORnnXnyu0SzTsQld5rL_0K0InkMg/s320/Megdale7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ChAhbq6c6pbhzPT-tlRh3tt7XnmqZaAwRsg_C-Lj_bKVOaN1SuLhZ120acNYvyFximD4yaiTTHnEPO2xDcOXhy4O01mDEYLEiNWFxw305t3cdg8mgha3cQxM-geUW_3qNmnkHtd-Ww/s1200/Megdale8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ChAhbq6c6pbhzPT-tlRh3tt7XnmqZaAwRsg_C-Lj_bKVOaN1SuLhZ120acNYvyFximD4yaiTTHnEPO2xDcOXhy4O01mDEYLEiNWFxw305t3cdg8mgha3cQxM-geUW_3qNmnkHtd-Ww/s320/Megdale8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Water is spring-fed, drainage is to septic tank and there is electricity to the property. </div><div>Outside is a large, wrap-around garden - the fenced section on the upper pictures - and you'll want to check any plans for surrounding land. </div><div>Although it doesn't look like the sort of location Barratt Homes would be interested in.</div><div>Anyway, I think it's absolutely splendid - definitely an "...and breathe..." house.</div><div>On the market through C&D Rural at offers over £220k - but be quick, closing date this week (sorry!). Details and more <a href="https://www.cdrural.co.uk/our-properties/megdale-cottage-westerkirk-langholm-dg13-0nn/" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/59721437/?search_identifier=14eecf3de0f9100f4084c6783e7ddef9" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div>Morgan Evans has two old <b>Anglesey</b> farmhouses, both with outbuildings, coming up for auction next month (November 4th) that I rather liked. </div><div>This three-bedroom farmhouse isn't the prettiest inside but comes with over three acres of land, as well as stone outbuildings, and water, electricity and drainage connected.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRJzsfDHQOF15zMyc-NDIjjlF_ZOnuOQbAVPG7v0YxulMZVU8ce_2xjnCW85lxCsprbBAg6ilijXC5B7i0TCQGUzlz0xgNoVwZ3m4VW1TRTC0Q9qNHl1vBmxEu37037sYyyfq-UpZCg/s1151/llangefni.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRJzsfDHQOF15zMyc-NDIjjlF_ZOnuOQbAVPG7v0YxulMZVU8ce_2xjnCW85lxCsprbBAg6ilijXC5B7i0TCQGUzlz0xgNoVwZ3m4VW1TRTC0Q9qNHl1vBmxEu37037sYyyfq-UpZCg/w400-h268/llangefni.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLM9BPu__esPMq1RxSna0aRZgRWoKE22v8MMrA5RBjmMdiYVbdEgIvVZEOp99T3TaZfjbDPTGO3q_GMVb5SM_pPctk7Rl8sqIyH7AdWYtDrPL_aVP1hLWzUThyphenhyphenlmAesdfiQPo88tjTOA/s1024/llangefni2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLM9BPu__esPMq1RxSna0aRZgRWoKE22v8MMrA5RBjmMdiYVbdEgIvVZEOp99T3TaZfjbDPTGO3q_GMVb5SM_pPctk7Rl8sqIyH7AdWYtDrPL_aVP1hLWzUThyphenhyphenlmAesdfiQPo88tjTOA/w400-h300/llangefni2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdy4GnuWw8iH-DuTwwxiXtcdjlQNMvQmb5Hw4nrtSfOWv_joqraiYpKL1tVXcIRK0KM3Xlh8L-kb17LmWbyVxsnAHGQRX5UgAOFcXOHdLMoHq5yO5gAu8WipMR39dm2ifz5NsfT0Nctg/s1151/llangefni1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdy4GnuWw8iH-DuTwwxiXtcdjlQNMvQmb5Hw4nrtSfOWv_joqraiYpKL1tVXcIRK0KM3Xlh8L-kb17LmWbyVxsnAHGQRX5UgAOFcXOHdLMoHq5yO5gAu8WipMR39dm2ifz5NsfT0Nctg/w400-h268/llangefni1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdBHfDnhbvJoW4nm0shiU_I0FIrmVSb68V0bC2kbkNl4Vu1Il0TCUH4K-KR2KwNXpr_jvCVBZTGvk4GrwNFERw9PNW91CLx2l6Keqc-NkhvDCjnglXKZfJL9H03bWgk1FcmtgojoGew/s1151/Llangefni4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdBHfDnhbvJoW4nm0shiU_I0FIrmVSb68V0bC2kbkNl4Vu1Il0TCUH4K-KR2KwNXpr_jvCVBZTGvk4GrwNFERw9PNW91CLx2l6Keqc-NkhvDCjnglXKZfJL9H03bWgk1FcmtgojoGew/w400-h268/Llangefni4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdszU1ZiUBKnC7XhuekwajETtE1fVpcv1Uzhsrk2OSefMdBCHZHYOl_F4FQgYDhtN6-6BTdDRRUREaFppL2vM_p1SdQKE5qmTpwWe3cqruQDky_c_G_RHwxAjFsU8dt3E7h8SSQNYqGQ/s1151/llangefni3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdszU1ZiUBKnC7XhuekwajETtE1fVpcv1Uzhsrk2OSefMdBCHZHYOl_F4FQgYDhtN6-6BTdDRRUREaFppL2vM_p1SdQKE5qmTpwWe3cqruQDky_c_G_RHwxAjFsU8dt3E7h8SSQNYqGQ/w400-h268/llangefni3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The land surrounding the property is up for sale separately - another 25 acres, and there's a right of way for allotment users across a bit of your road, but pretty secluded despite these niggles.</div><div>Guide price £130k - £160k. Details and lots <a href="https://www.morganevans.com/en/properties/ffridd-house-llangefni-anglesey-ll77" target="_blank">more pictures here</a>.</div><div>This next pick (sent to me by Tim, he of <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2021/09/auction-and-best-offer-renovation.html">last week's tip-off</a>) may lack the land (and the decor... possibly some walls) but comes with useful outbuildings and makes up for its comparative inadequacies with the most stunning views.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iO-Zqnyfv4bzeMdNROu5C9f-TqdjAh2CqiZyYF__AQIupxajTybboLDL9U0vV7A6hGoB7yXYxA-b53_vsGyDCdYfZqPow_NCfnfKNeCgiZphL2PBe6Mu0JUm7QMZg8NMf_In-VgzIA/s1151/Llanfaethlu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iO-Zqnyfv4bzeMdNROu5C9f-TqdjAh2CqiZyYF__AQIupxajTybboLDL9U0vV7A6hGoB7yXYxA-b53_vsGyDCdYfZqPow_NCfnfKNeCgiZphL2PBe6Mu0JUm7QMZg8NMf_In-VgzIA/w400-h268/Llanfaethlu.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-CDk31oH2CW8yK7J89acx299C8FuTZc9RUhqrewkiXYO8vovo8g-KeShMpo9YuFa0lxIDD8Hzv3WLkuQXH-UQmGIsNzU8h1B7xUZ7nG0-rX1i-pMhLWi2BW5jTLOrQ4u1e0LCkDEJA/s1151/Llanfaethlu1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-CDk31oH2CW8yK7J89acx299C8FuTZc9RUhqrewkiXYO8vovo8g-KeShMpo9YuFa0lxIDD8Hzv3WLkuQXH-UQmGIsNzU8h1B7xUZ7nG0-rX1i-pMhLWi2BW5jTLOrQ4u1e0LCkDEJA/w400-h268/Llanfaethlu1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qr4KoNhywzseLiw2UdHtilrZgOIHCx55jYurBraBIm8gky3is8GpKj39ioFaq0bvRfpe4TGBH-dzih3S9yItqcKB1VMAw1j-Rz0KLvNPqO9di6RUbdgycUXi7MgUJIlTEC_WGnZtAQ/s1151/Llanfaethlu3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qr4KoNhywzseLiw2UdHtilrZgOIHCx55jYurBraBIm8gky3is8GpKj39ioFaq0bvRfpe4TGBH-dzih3S9yItqcKB1VMAw1j-Rz0KLvNPqO9di6RUbdgycUXi7MgUJIlTEC_WGnZtAQ/w400-h268/Llanfaethlu3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix75SOKcHZvMv8DD7fW5AKJjCCJswZlgwSLInCPQAdFCdYXS_A-zKSCad7cWJMyDSvKr4El-gFtj0webydB-mmvXrENRANqWgg0BXNQQjIgktvIlwqPk5eWl05VLvS6nns-3i6WhzwiQ/s1151/Llanfaethlu2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1151" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix75SOKcHZvMv8DD7fW5AKJjCCJswZlgwSLInCPQAdFCdYXS_A-zKSCad7cWJMyDSvKr4El-gFtj0webydB-mmvXrENRANqWgg0BXNQQjIgktvIlwqPk5eWl05VLvS6nns-3i6WhzwiQ/w400-h268/Llanfaethlu2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Up for auction with a guide price of £100k. Details and <a href="https://www.morganevans.com/en/properties/llanfaethlu-anglesey-ll65" target="_blank">more pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/113513624#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>PS: 'Wreck..' has acquired even more fans this week. A lovely mention on <a href="https://www.underthethatch.co.uk/" target="_blank">Under The Thatch's</a> newsletter. If you've not come across them, hubby and our various dogs have had many, many holidays in their properties. <a href="https://www.underthethatch.co.uk/fronfach" target="_blank">Fron Fach</a> is our favourite and - should you follow us there - you'll find several years of our comments in its guest book. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Also, the lovely Charlie at Tat London <a href="https://www.tat-london.co.uk/post/bring-camblesforth-hall-back-to-life" target="_blank">published an interview</a> I did with one our 'Wreck' buyers - Byron and Naomi who bought the gorgeous <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2019/12/a-country-manor-and-village-school-for.html">Camblesforth Hall</a> and have been busy restoring the North Yorkshire manor house.</i></div><br /><div><br /></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-26909414853366848192021-09-13T09:43:00.001+01:002021-09-13T09:47:22.377+01:00Auction and best-offer renovation properties<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0xFKFa0yDoCya4z2Fcdl0OpAEvDA_gA5UbtftGsBROZ355e8S4NvgVn6yM6evi7MwKinWJhE3reDiLFG_6csttifSeHgjtv4KW6MvYPy98ibkoqNy3fGvIAPNsmI4yHNbvb20vAaAQ/s800/FeninWen1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0xFKFa0yDoCya4z2Fcdl0OpAEvDA_gA5UbtftGsBROZ355e8S4NvgVn6yM6evi7MwKinWJhE3reDiLFG_6csttifSeHgjtv4KW6MvYPy98ibkoqNy3fGvIAPNsmI4yHNbvb20vAaAQ/w400-h300/FeninWen1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>Three properties today that you'll need to get a shift on if you're in a position to buy. Not least because they reflect two growing trends for the renovation property market - "best offers" and the "modern" (read: <a href="https://www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2019/2/law-firm-warns-over-reservation-fees-in-the-modern-method-of-auction" target="_blank">"more costly"</a>) method of auction.</b><p></p><p>First, this lovely stone cottage overlooking an estuary within an AONB area of <b>Anglesey</b>. Sent to me by reader Tim who spotted it during a camping trip to North Wales. A very old-school layout - two bedrooms and living/cooking room downstairs (no bathroom, loo, or drainage) and three anonymous, interconnected rooms upstairs (animals, storage), it's clearly been a while since Felin Wen housed a family.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkSjzbzmkFJlKaOcGVGPq_A7CaCRBywDYUrZnuLlb4W6grh6FoUVguT3biM9ezfgi1ezZ_F7bxkbILNK2XUodVwLvTX6x4Ixe91H3vvxTWg0alNfl79EamL06Q20XwDoH7oTN7moL0g/s800/FeninWen2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkSjzbzmkFJlKaOcGVGPq_A7CaCRBywDYUrZnuLlb4W6grh6FoUVguT3biM9ezfgi1ezZ_F7bxkbILNK2XUodVwLvTX6x4Ixe91H3vvxTWg0alNfl79EamL06Q20XwDoH7oTN7moL0g/w400-h300/FeninWen2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXeifWOCGLUEKYIrImcFQd1Wll0W9YSvybjxq9tCh2pdGWyKSx1zxU9z0ly6BZwAPQ7HUL24gUub4sed1YW2oxxB4JDRGqF3U3dCXzrmY_TXqmE1GHt8v_M0BoJu88-j0LPoZHE3AQg/s800/FeninWen3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXeifWOCGLUEKYIrImcFQd1Wll0W9YSvybjxq9tCh2pdGWyKSx1zxU9z0ly6BZwAPQ7HUL24gUub4sed1YW2oxxB4JDRGqF3U3dCXzrmY_TXqmE1GHt8v_M0BoJu88-j0LPoZHE3AQg/w400-h300/FeninWen3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><span style="text-align: left;">The location is what sells it though - stunning estuary views and access rights to the foreshore. However, there's a field between you and that foreshore and that field forms part of a further 25 acres of land you may or may not want to buy for £250k. </span><p>Also, you'll need to be into jets - <a href="https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-valley/" target="_blank">RAF Valley</a> is just over a mile away and, as Tim reported: </p><p></p><blockquote><p>We had a beach day at Rhosneigr and it was awesome watching jets taking off from the nearby base but, as the details say, it is very near probably on the take-off path.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>There are no inside pix on the agent's (or Rightmove's) web listing for the property, although they clearly exist because <a href="https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/welsh-homes/cottage-renovation-project-sea-could-21432518" target="_blank">WalesOnline</a> has used them and credited both (thanks for the tip, Tim). I've added a couple below to give you a flavour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbf1JOBOvy6AKJEinrG2pmQ45lYEdjaG78J31LkHobeMrvbYlnkpDvdmVHsQE_pzFeB0_8Exk4pq1dgpNu1t3eDlTq-F438R0We0sUDkldw5orW2eyOxe4BjTC0xSVcA5rUFZVqork8w/s615/FelinWen7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="615" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbf1JOBOvy6AKJEinrG2pmQ45lYEdjaG78J31LkHobeMrvbYlnkpDvdmVHsQE_pzFeB0_8Exk4pq1dgpNu1t3eDlTq-F438R0We0sUDkldw5orW2eyOxe4BjTC0xSVcA5rUFZVqork8w/w400-h305/FelinWen7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLRk8880Xq1SqruT9nTCKvG8Q0DuqgCMg78PO3Ng6JdE3WwG9A7p4LqWp19a3I-JsRC7ugxIP6ZELYiROVNF05dsW3GJO7J_BI2Uk6XINMzzNyEe-2apLbFcTbP5IuWT_b6L4ZEZdow/s615/FelinWen8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="615" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLRk8880Xq1SqruT9nTCKvG8Q0DuqgCMg78PO3Ng6JdE3WwG9A7p4LqWp19a3I-JsRC7ugxIP6ZELYiROVNF05dsW3GJO7J_BI2Uk6XINMzzNyEe-2apLbFcTbP5IuWT_b6L4ZEZdow/w400-h263/FelinWen8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through Burnells, with an auction guide price of £120k. However, don't forget there's a non-refundable MMOA reservation fee on top of the sales price of at least £6k. <a href="https://www.nwpuk.co.uk/properties-for-sale/property/8237979-llanfair-yn-neubwll" target="_blank">Details here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/112605941#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>. Online auction opens15 September.</p><p>Also up for online auction is this former farmhouse, workshop and land in Boreland, about seven miles from Lockerbie, in Scotland's <b>Dumfries and Galloway</b> region.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZhKpF093wobxeX3_JjK-frCB7bb_WtpB3kWRmUFdAvVIK1NlmfXPku-UWRs0dLYrpBpshAVCYnxPuTF-a2CtA8tGRXv4zaQaXIugUjO59YCxfjGEADtXx3kbv5qHQVUQVwQgFKYSXg/s1024/Boreland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZhKpF093wobxeX3_JjK-frCB7bb_WtpB3kWRmUFdAvVIK1NlmfXPku-UWRs0dLYrpBpshAVCYnxPuTF-a2CtA8tGRXv4zaQaXIugUjO59YCxfjGEADtXx3kbv5qHQVUQVwQgFKYSXg/w400-h300/Boreland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHl6vIx-FypIK14kM1bHvBWE_vFv9qmDuEb2VO6yjyMimBmeNgZUvD7VhmY5Ty4gerRwWNQ7SGz1k8WfgN8HwN_iz7v92-7mfiqSUbFyF7x9LqZ1gNiL3qWQ5FnZttEGH1CuxbfajVew/s1024/Boreland2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHl6vIx-FypIK14kM1bHvBWE_vFv9qmDuEb2VO6yjyMimBmeNgZUvD7VhmY5Ty4gerRwWNQ7SGz1k8WfgN8HwN_iz7v92-7mfiqSUbFyF7x9LqZ1gNiL3qWQ5FnZttEGH1CuxbfajVew/w400-h300/Boreland2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Some work has begun (loving the metal roof by the way, suddenly on-trend...). There's also a large office/workshop and store and half-an-acre of land. Plenty to work with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUiJn3YZ1FqaedcWsyzE-TzWUj9rYJ12zIVQz-6g2R1syGXJf675uPoWC4ngQtdMj8M3cgQlfCkwMQmKFL_6wzlKeCiumBjBcTeGC1VOeDGDdqKhns5u9OJmMiaN_Ll6Zu5bxkNcbqA/s1005/Boreland1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1005" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUiJn3YZ1FqaedcWsyzE-TzWUj9rYJ12zIVQz-6g2R1syGXJf675uPoWC4ngQtdMj8M3cgQlfCkwMQmKFL_6wzlKeCiumBjBcTeGC1VOeDGDdqKhns5u9OJmMiaN_Ll6Zu5bxkNcbqA/w400-h296/Boreland1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Guide price is offers over £90k for the lot, plus non-refundable fee of at least £3k. Details <a href="https://nationalpropertyauctions.co.uk/property-details/?pid=18464312" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/75020205#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>My next pick is rather larger - and consequently rather more expensive. This grand High Peaks stone house comes with a guide price of offers over £500k - via best offer, sealed bids today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbrB3eOuDC26XPp-P6albEAtv3miR1LEsHvky9aEchVtkgBgv3sbK8BETPve_dSfmvEeRvvjzklzqScMGtmApa2uSrAouO4l9330VP9eXZxxXnyICrYT4E_cgT5A5pLIlrZ-ldDXWtg/s1600/ChapelFrith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbrB3eOuDC26XPp-P6albEAtv3miR1LEsHvky9aEchVtkgBgv3sbK8BETPve_dSfmvEeRvvjzklzqScMGtmApa2uSrAouO4l9330VP9eXZxxXnyICrYT4E_cgT5A5pLIlrZ-ldDXWtg/w400-h268/ChapelFrith.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnc7Zmygs2o9a0nOVqlfA4yqHaayKo0hcNlmVxwiBnFNyNevl_dzbeXFEb6TD12leQdspW9cnsl3w0AhWaEoXsSzRaMjuhaJwrboLWHLNXxtjFJc6f5lcYFa9n_Vv90PmGl6d0Eh3cA/s1600/ChapelFrith8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnc7Zmygs2o9a0nOVqlfA4yqHaayKo0hcNlmVxwiBnFNyNevl_dzbeXFEb6TD12leQdspW9cnsl3w0AhWaEoXsSzRaMjuhaJwrboLWHLNXxtjFJc6f5lcYFa9n_Vv90PmGl6d0Eh3cA/w400-h268/ChapelFrith8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Hollinknoll, at <a href="https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/explore/towns-and-villages/chapel-en-le-frith-p679711" target="_blank">Chapel-En-Le-Frith</a>, is a <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1088057" target="_blank">Grade II-listed</a>, five bedroom country mansion dating from mostly 1745. Beautiful, if bric-a-brac packed (I'm being kind) rooms peopled by a disconcerting number of stuffed toys. </p><p><i>(Sidebar - please don't just skip them. I have a weirdness about abandoned toys. When my daughter was little I couldn't go to sleep until I'd picked up her scattered dolls and put them into their beds or comfy spaces. Still the same now - just can't look a teddy left in a cupboard in the eye.)</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oDUfclg8kc2Zc6Vha1CXzVtAgakTccBZKl0BWTLV9v-Biv9mgwB0o8MFMXDdXL4Pcx9A_u_s54KZxr8hdlkrksi_npMSgYTb_QxsKgXvf4LBGQA5tWVsZVeVWyeC4YEgyhApMdOoDg/s1600/ChapelFrith4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oDUfclg8kc2Zc6Vha1CXzVtAgakTccBZKl0BWTLV9v-Biv9mgwB0o8MFMXDdXL4Pcx9A_u_s54KZxr8hdlkrksi_npMSgYTb_QxsKgXvf4LBGQA5tWVsZVeVWyeC4YEgyhApMdOoDg/w400-h268/ChapelFrith4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4kMTySMHtUPseKG1ZBQBBBuxncINQInDp4uUXP7amZxAVrnrKNTaC7drBCN6fFv0ZnSh6dX2CDHl8yjyBUC6oY73F5T-nZvcNxjFmMlzriZa2pNqYc1XM7mrtQ9vvQKt1FiYpdECFA/s1600/ChapelFrith5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4kMTySMHtUPseKG1ZBQBBBuxncINQInDp4uUXP7amZxAVrnrKNTaC7drBCN6fFv0ZnSh6dX2CDHl8yjyBUC6oY73F5T-nZvcNxjFmMlzriZa2pNqYc1XM7mrtQ9vvQKt1FiYpdECFA/w400-h268/ChapelFrith5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIO4a5zToetGmXy2yZRM5xHrNleO3uLeO7wTHb6iYZVt9dEGwspY55wGMYwxeVybKI6tv5QWwTLaXsD6CJ40N6jjjaoDM3kEictRZEKNuvWnpgoog3VP7Wez16JydlAhoQ2YjJ9Cg_rg/s1600/ChapelFrith3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIO4a5zToetGmXy2yZRM5xHrNleO3uLeO7wTHb6iYZVt9dEGwspY55wGMYwxeVybKI6tv5QWwTLaXsD6CJ40N6jjjaoDM3kEictRZEKNuvWnpgoog3VP7Wez16JydlAhoQ2YjJ9Cg_rg/w400-h268/ChapelFrith3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6ogKM_XxkywKhiwEq_KHGygNr5RIphSpuHtd7ooLNjirhhVSp3vS9NLW3bwR10j7SS5oNKh_KCxU5um6jjnX998dPbiMDpjru6dLKmi17sh0rhmXl9rprST3rnbGcOT6JE6TRtl3QA/s1600/ChapelFrith2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6ogKM_XxkywKhiwEq_KHGygNr5RIphSpuHtd7ooLNjirhhVSp3vS9NLW3bwR10j7SS5oNKh_KCxU5um6jjnX998dPbiMDpjru6dLKmi17sh0rhmXl9rprST3rnbGcOT6JE6TRtl3QA/w400-h268/ChapelFrith2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anyway, back to Hollinknoll. Four reception rooms, kitchen, laundry room and loo downstairs - bathroom and five bedrooms upstairs - plenty of space to play with.<p></p><p>Outside over an acre of gardens and woodland, a two-storey barn, and a further five acre field. And stunning views over a quite beautiful bit of England.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjAmTmHn290Aw41ZPCA66_mgAkdTpRznAC0Wbc_8X5IM7BVbc666od9nmnSCLxmbASM0vhnG2A8rNotr-FsATvaF3-HZ3PH6vqWw31alaY4vsLdLyPq033Esl4qhxC2hjGx25ZADmgw/s1600/ChapelFrith7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjAmTmHn290Aw41ZPCA66_mgAkdTpRznAC0Wbc_8X5IM7BVbc666od9nmnSCLxmbASM0vhnG2A8rNotr-FsATvaF3-HZ3PH6vqWw31alaY4vsLdLyPq033Esl4qhxC2hjGx25ZADmgw/w400-h268/ChapelFrith7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through Gascoigne Halman. Details and more <a href="https://www.gascoignehalman.co.uk/property-details/831635/high-peak/chapelenlefrith/long-lane" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/59433841/?search_identifier=4d8b30b8eba5c3308779c1411bc7f859" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>I mentioned it's a "best offers" house. Having sold one myself via that process, I can tell you what others would tell you - best offers doesn't mean the highest offer will win. Your story counts as much as your offer - the sellers will want to avoid selling to someone who bids high just to get the house off the market then starts haggling when the survey comes in. Tell them why you're committed to that property.</p>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-16728090874911422572021-08-16T15:35:00.003+01:002021-08-17T12:41:43.121+01:00Three stone cottages under £200k (maybe)<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMvsy-vDehyzoLVRyQt4HcUEb5_9JgEldaujCHHcbw6n5HaXaTrEL7ppGm7MJz5aUoWOlKxfvnshag01-43xm54Spi2lHdLTK5s1jZ2CGpAz8JioqPRpMzQpjzPyoBpmyk7svXvZJxQ/s1024/SpartyLea.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMvsy-vDehyzoLVRyQt4HcUEb5_9JgEldaujCHHcbw6n5HaXaTrEL7ppGm7MJz5aUoWOlKxfvnshag01-43xm54Spi2lHdLTK5s1jZ2CGpAz8JioqPRpMzQpjzPyoBpmyk7svXvZJxQ/w400-h300/SpartyLea.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />I've been a bit wayward this week. Firstly, writing for another website (and consequently <a href="https://www.tat-london.co.uk/post/wreck-of-the-week-by-sue-greenwood" target="_blank">posting a whole bunch of wrecks</a> I'd normally show you first), and secondly visiting a wreck before posting in case I decided to buy it myself. </b><p></p><p>That probably goes bit beyond "wayward" - more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distracted_boyfriend">distracted boyfriend</a> level of disloyalty. Sorry. </p><p>But in return I can at least give you rather more information about this particular property than I'd normally be able to offer. And obviously a couple of extra gems, just for you.</p><p>Blackcleugh cottage, above and below, is an 11 on the 1 to 10 Wow!! factor scale. On a hill overlooking the Northumbrian bit of the north Pennines, the two-bedroom cottage comes with four acres, an attached stable (new kitchen, say I) and a ridiculously low guide price of £100k.</p><p>Which is why hubby and I were one of 15 sets of people viewing it yesterday. And 15 the day before, and around 15 every day of the week it's been on the market so far. No chance you'll snap this up for £100k, but best and final offers are expected by midday on August 23rd. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigo0N7ILhfzmKvMqPUp8mNgox6GEXwCD4hqfiN4l0vxkkc2oXvIWQoBsFBJbRpgH_qUtFPDwNNKyJ6NvPqq_gwBhWVj7piZ4DIx_YVLbe99SI8dAVDC0fmQHBNNYdPkmbMbwyCARR5SQ/s1024/Spartylea6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigo0N7ILhfzmKvMqPUp8mNgox6GEXwCD4hqfiN4l0vxkkc2oXvIWQoBsFBJbRpgH_qUtFPDwNNKyJ6NvPqq_gwBhWVj7piZ4DIx_YVLbe99SI8dAVDC0fmQHBNNYdPkmbMbwyCARR5SQ/w400-h300/Spartylea6.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8o4HywoI9QaQxFh7YpZen2aiiEYHeRx0KnmXuNZcVhAR4h-kQsQkZ2yNOfplBy-noP18owtZqycu469FXsiI57vlRN_ppGM3KhXfUEmd0vdrwMMhw727SOE4UFxI3wlhrawzH_hWlg/s1024/Spartylea4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8o4HywoI9QaQxFh7YpZen2aiiEYHeRx0KnmXuNZcVhAR4h-kQsQkZ2yNOfplBy-noP18owtZqycu469FXsiI57vlRN_ppGM3KhXfUEmd0vdrwMMhw727SOE4UFxI3wlhrawzH_hWlg/w400-h300/Spartylea4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2k4md7wr_UbwFFX3rA4xoJFp7xjriZvTLl0Mv8MTY8I0_brMgafZrHlgxw1eSdj3ewU0rcFsH8bHDSlHvkKTayQPgmw3LM0ypwpD6Bz2qKwZDnMwOnDKqdZsjogTLlOQdoMNcoW85Q/s1024/Spartylea7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2k4md7wr_UbwFFX3rA4xoJFp7xjriZvTLl0Mv8MTY8I0_brMgafZrHlgxw1eSdj3ewU0rcFsH8bHDSlHvkKTayQPgmw3LM0ypwpD6Bz2qKwZDnMwOnDKqdZsjogTLlOQdoMNcoW85Q/w400-h300/Spartylea7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><span style="text-align: left;">So, having seen it, what can I add beyond the pictures and the agent's details. I can tell you about the bags of spent shotgun cartridges found in the stables and the doughtiness of its old lady owner. </span><div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;">I can tell you access is difficult and parking non-existent - but there's a space at the side of the stable that could be cleared and, should you buy it, you'll be expected to chip in with your neighbours in clearing snow and filling in potholes to keep your shared access track usable.</span><p>I can tell you that, according to one of those future neighbours, it's pretty grim in the winter but there's nowhere else he'd like to be. And I can tell you that even on a <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/15-words-which-can-only-be-used-describe-scottish-weather-1478371" target="_blank">dreich</a> Sunday, it's beautiful.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4-FDBKyfHZ8" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe></div><p>I can tell you the rooms are smaller and darker, and the stairs narrower than they look on the pictures. And the wall between the pantry and the small sitting room, is only wood and therefore removable. But wooden joists between the upper and lower floors probably need replacing and obviously that wallpaper will bring at least some of the wall with it when you try to part it from its home for the last fifty years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoPjvEizYnCirScXNUecumz30G95zbsFi7tMcZlgM3oTjWeuh_fhAaUdM3I-2jgLWV90M8SCTkOlgo5wSdHNQu6PTKkt0JdLqstc7nlOFE6avp5jyFDrURDnPO07ew20R7Z0PPlQT1Q/s1024/SpartyLea1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoPjvEizYnCirScXNUecumz30G95zbsFi7tMcZlgM3oTjWeuh_fhAaUdM3I-2jgLWV90M8SCTkOlgo5wSdHNQu6PTKkt0JdLqstc7nlOFE6avp5jyFDrURDnPO07ew20R7Z0PPlQT1Q/s320/SpartyLea1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAPejvMqMMX-cumG4uhNE9nfm0PrtjSwlMJsGYP9B61WvU3edRGuw6_TTJNdxuTbdeHoXlH2G6K85mvN8TmASWAXWTCvfrihXiWnRIlJRCoOPUuYhJMiBqSlQe43qkPLJfPTyOElEEw/s1024/Spartylea2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaAPejvMqMMX-cumG4uhNE9nfm0PrtjSwlMJsGYP9B61WvU3edRGuw6_TTJNdxuTbdeHoXlH2G6K85mvN8TmASWAXWTCvfrihXiWnRIlJRCoOPUuYhJMiBqSlQe43qkPLJfPTyOElEEw/s320/Spartylea2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDKSbkmB-S6y3FXJVkl0hGE7nAQs6i5kcuEycfg8SkwyXj-rT2949ny9mzDZBvPba43fSp5CtR2k3mKQfD3mQmXxigAm9EDmd4pHhtFcwCDxxe1kXqhLu85vj8NcCWw7xzybENsfxUg/s1024/Spartylea3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDKSbkmB-S6y3FXJVkl0hGE7nAQs6i5kcuEycfg8SkwyXj-rT2949ny9mzDZBvPba43fSp5CtR2k3mKQfD3mQmXxigAm9EDmd4pHhtFcwCDxxe1kXqhLu85vj8NcCWw7xzybENsfxUg/s320/Spartylea3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Anyway, hubby and I won't be throwing our hat in the ring next week. Not because we didn't fall in love with Blackcleugh, but because we don't - right now - have the energy and time it deserves.</p><p>Someone will, and there will now be a great many more families who, having made that journey to Sparty Lea have now discovered another beautiful bit of the Pennines.</p><p>On the market through Andrew Coulson. Details and more pictures <a href="https://www.andrew-coulson.co.uk/property-for-sale/northumberland/ne47-9up/2210658" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/111663392#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>I promised you a couple more properties. This handsome former chapel, below, is up the track and round the corner from Blackcleugh. Still some access issues (you'll need friendly neighbours) and the change of use legalities are the reason for the low guide price, but very lovely. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlMHtLyNC_22RR_N3GgByfs64UJgpTrWyHWfGSpxFKA7o7KCbLBIRBQhodQML0HZZhT7FNYm1tTSEJK_zP1-atTy4NmofF7X0d3Aa8gwviBpejXTi3wKCGSphMr7smayg0hkeqtR6aw/s800/Allenheads.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlMHtLyNC_22RR_N3GgByfs64UJgpTrWyHWfGSpxFKA7o7KCbLBIRBQhodQML0HZZhT7FNYm1tTSEJK_zP1-atTy4NmofF7X0d3Aa8gwviBpejXTi3wKCGSphMr7smayg0hkeqtR6aw/w400-h300/Allenheads.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfY1b54MhQP4Vdf18UrDRVJV8cLSj4lesa6HI7ScBDbtvGBfzCLr4G5bRAIt_MfB15nFTIBz2NcAsWbfF1kOY7Gtd5yPmntO_8CQJKIRAdu7_1lHyVEqmqnbhLUAJEPgCanqjdgRXiaA/s800/Allenheads4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfY1b54MhQP4Vdf18UrDRVJV8cLSj4lesa6HI7ScBDbtvGBfzCLr4G5bRAIt_MfB15nFTIBz2NcAsWbfF1kOY7Gtd5yPmntO_8CQJKIRAdu7_1lHyVEqmqnbhLUAJEPgCanqjdgRXiaA/w400-h300/Allenheads4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJiS979MCkjUFMQeOXwe_wjIC_xklTM483E8NDnZ0vu0Xkud5R7sC4PjrGEbJkDR-V0trd_W02OpqwlIwf9dzyh88wsBv1D5J_G9JAsMKIWv8Tw0C6Gy0XKiT5J3myGu2NgM4gAh-xQ/s800/Allenheads2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJiS979MCkjUFMQeOXwe_wjIC_xklTM483E8NDnZ0vu0Xkud5R7sC4PjrGEbJkDR-V0trd_W02OpqwlIwf9dzyh88wsBv1D5J_G9JAsMKIWv8Tw0C6Gy0XKiT5J3myGu2NgM4gAh-xQ/w400-h300/Allenheads2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzBZGd1GSHDmvoQJ3Z6ogClU47M9287HiXhYKGXiPvx7rt9dIW3aSg0NdxAtGwq3Vo7ChHsfqdRFLuGllnZHd4xb81BQ9bR1I8jkLySwPiBIBz7A8lAIiHCVXHHlqxJ_qNGfybxYToQ/s800/Allenheads5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzBZGd1GSHDmvoQJ3Z6ogClU47M9287HiXhYKGXiPvx7rt9dIW3aSg0NdxAtGwq3Vo7ChHsfqdRFLuGllnZHd4xb81BQ9bR1I8jkLySwPiBIBz7A8lAIiHCVXHHlqxJ_qNGfybxYToQ/w400-h300/Allenheads5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>On the market at offers over £110k through Foster Maddison. Much <a href="https://www.fostermaddison.co.uk/properties-for-sale/property/11069883-allenheads-road-sparty-lea" target="_blank">more here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/111531707#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Finally, another former church - this one having already been used as a home. </p><p>The Old Chapel is just outside Camelford, Cornwall, and has two bedrooms, bathroom (upstairs), kitchen, and two reception rooms. It's surrounded by "good sized.... open plan" gardens and "a few miles" from the Cornish coast - clearly not ones for clarity at Webbers...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65fTRnAQ8bWRfz9bPQkN9AUCHLB4pgw-DTlLXXVQ2h0PE4DqwrV-hpo-oaWKpTwJLeDmuIPqSrJ7yMREae9JYNRbue9qXElFSCy44NZSSn_KbdmMdFMIAp6dHBuOnRG16an1lhG7nRQ/s1024/Trewassa1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65fTRnAQ8bWRfz9bPQkN9AUCHLB4pgw-DTlLXXVQ2h0PE4DqwrV-hpo-oaWKpTwJLeDmuIPqSrJ7yMREae9JYNRbue9qXElFSCy44NZSSn_KbdmMdFMIAp6dHBuOnRG16an1lhG7nRQ/w400-h225/Trewassa1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivttrX1Swp-rB9_32py84QcADBUPU1a1oxmDhm3bnOcagy2ssw7mE1fwu_lpEdZwRY5lMocU0UkGjA9jen0kKKm1fSve0F0ymhhvgEZTxnL8oS2F2zFGxf-FT8apVg-P3FsQYo9hY7g/s1024/Trewassa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivttrX1Swp-rB9_32py84QcADBUPU1a1oxmDhm3bnOcagy2ssw7mE1fwu_lpEdZwRY5lMocU0UkGjA9jen0kKKm1fSve0F0ymhhvgEZTxnL8oS2F2zFGxf-FT8apVg-P3FsQYo9hY7g/w400-h225/Trewassa.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvhnDKg-3HpUC75Ypw8AYSAhG1BC3bfyiVOrtKCkQ1skWESH2AtQCsAksvyvN0nXmT1phxab8zldHy30r4IKYaHqXQ28CgB8it0BQhDiROHVbXLb04TxRXLEdiMLb_7M315Jtd1teTw/s1024/Trewassa2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvhnDKg-3HpUC75Ypw8AYSAhG1BC3bfyiVOrtKCkQ1skWESH2AtQCsAksvyvN0nXmT1phxab8zldHy30r4IKYaHqXQ28CgB8it0BQhDiROHVbXLb04TxRXLEdiMLb_7M315Jtd1teTw/w400-h225/Trewassa2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kx3sb1kYXew_N-OMbSs1d2ECCcZeiaIvGRBxI215j0Vz6oDAJIr3CGZJcOvxejgRjZ6QHFvuWcS5YKg9Al97N4Tb4BdkteCAfyF_3iU7bFb3IBw7Ad4-5ntBRD87YSe84ynIG2jEmg/s1024/Trewassa3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kx3sb1kYXew_N-OMbSs1d2ECCcZeiaIvGRBxI215j0Vz6oDAJIr3CGZJcOvxejgRjZ6QHFvuWcS5YKg9Al97N4Tb4BdkteCAfyF_3iU7bFb3IBw7Ad4-5ntBRD87YSe84ynIG2jEmg/w400-h225/Trewassa3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market with a guide price of £200k, BUT via online auction - annoying, risky and, along with the note the bottom of the property details about a dispute over a boundary wall, possibly the reason it hasn't yet sold. Details and more pictures <a href="https://www.webbers.co.uk/property/old-chapel-trewassa-camelford-cornwall-pl32-9yg/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/87191332#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-13969383713740808452021-07-26T10:38:00.009+01:002021-07-26T20:56:00.810+01:00Four cute wrecks under £120k<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rY8K3EiYaQgXgdUNeHuCURYCnVd3LU74NhEtJxiK5s4RKZlgUJalScwWFcP962aCKFrQ6n51oFYR4W9Gn8g-MuYIjdKRwPtk343QZfjFWLHTKZ5AR4FAJOda0DUv7zJ2LqTmz_30yw/s1024/Morpeth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rY8K3EiYaQgXgdUNeHuCURYCnVd3LU74NhEtJxiK5s4RKZlgUJalScwWFcP962aCKFrQ6n51oFYR4W9Gn8g-MuYIjdKRwPtk343QZfjFWLHTKZ5AR4FAJOda0DUv7zJ2LqTmz_30yw/w400-h300/Morpeth.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>Things have been getting a little over-heated price-wise in the property market. And, I'll admit, I'm probably adding to that by showing you rather too many <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2021/06/three-country-piles-needing-piles-of.html">grand, lottery-win preferred,</a> country homes. So this week I've set myself a target of picking projects in the £100k-ish price band.</b><p></p><p>Starting here. With this super-cute <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2018/01/farmhouse-plus-barns-plus-land-for-sale.html">old-lady-gone</a> house that is so completely time stopped it feels like a <a href="https://youtu.be/arSLSZ7TvxY" target="_blank">portal to a parallel past</a>.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWSwYvVYVNRAUgDl6t1DrSa9q7MCF4PAnfbYXOueU42NQ84ExtmFlshwuqkSOLlp2O_tS2SVZpEJUvB6r7OMS4mLom6SD68_iUwh2Ep4fzYOrsFAzN6qiAiULrumxMREl6ZhRtiKr2g/s1024/Morpeth2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWSwYvVYVNRAUgDl6t1DrSa9q7MCF4PAnfbYXOueU42NQ84ExtmFlshwuqkSOLlp2O_tS2SVZpEJUvB6r7OMS4mLom6SD68_iUwh2Ep4fzYOrsFAzN6qiAiULrumxMREl6ZhRtiKr2g/w400-h300/Morpeth2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_rn2rvqBF8ehIgdpKLmqLlKPzS6DFFWKnSUWE4s0U4S-sEmR9LqK5mxlZk3qxTbaPQe3Io27bpnvW1-6Gk8v3fDoKXiueiQfkZRxiI6Vbr_OSdF0KwadOWkTDA3-8-bJ_q4ucE_QKg/s1024/Morpeth3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_rn2rvqBF8ehIgdpKLmqLlKPzS6DFFWKnSUWE4s0U4S-sEmR9LqK5mxlZk3qxTbaPQe3Io27bpnvW1-6Gk8v3fDoKXiueiQfkZRxiI6Vbr_OSdF0KwadOWkTDA3-8-bJ_q4ucE_QKg/w400-h300/Morpeth3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNA61ezm99oSAMOfLRyDex94XdCJ0cizdVQzuFY0Riglt6rhB0tWTqRESEOBIp0rjHSeFRRyudLX-B-CzsA0abwjZj9IhH-k9zEdz7jwpTy5YfjYSKP8XF-H6cnrovgMYILHfskpSovw/s1024/Morpeth5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNA61ezm99oSAMOfLRyDex94XdCJ0cizdVQzuFY0Riglt6rhB0tWTqRESEOBIp0rjHSeFRRyudLX-B-CzsA0abwjZj9IhH-k9zEdz7jwpTy5YfjYSKP8XF-H6cnrovgMYILHfskpSovw/w400-h300/Morpeth5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">The end terrace is in pretty </span><a href="https://www.visitnorthumberland.com/explore/destinations/towns-villages/morpeth" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Morpeth</a><span style="text-align: left;">, Northumberland, and comes with two bedrooms, a lovely and overgrown garden, and great views. </span><div style="text-align: left;">It also has - clearly - plenty of original features that will need tackling, Such as the outside loo, no bathroom, and what looks like fairly ancient wiring.</div><div style="text-align: left;">But it's called Rose Cottage for goodness sake, and is 30 minutes drive from the Northumberland coast and ten minutes from its national park. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUZIf5fbuSQmBoGItSk-C2k1sEunXDpQxBcW5RNFPIjV9u_oMkrk_gffHfwKaGt8zHwEaqOGgViPtCBOpLH5xYV_3IOnze6dHcvHj6yLF3PHkaFntoXebaY45dSLJjLLi2CB30N-wWg/s1024/Morpeth6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUZIf5fbuSQmBoGItSk-C2k1sEunXDpQxBcW5RNFPIjV9u_oMkrk_gffHfwKaGt8zHwEaqOGgViPtCBOpLH5xYV_3IOnze6dHcvHj6yLF3PHkaFntoXebaY45dSLJjLLi2CB30N-wWg/w400-h300/Morpeth6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">On the market with a guide price of £110k, via Turvey Westgarth. Details and <a href="http://turveywestgarth.co.uk/property-search/details/sales-rose-cottage-thropton-morpeth/101721001105" target="_blank">more pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/59213692/?search_identifier=e351bb00a08bf19de55e26279f11d455" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;">While we're looking in that £100k price range, I thought I'd show you this property. A long way from grand country manor but wrapped around that un-pretty box is a lovely piece of garden and a great location.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfk3MS9UFWRkNV-93dnnyI59q0UKmCOKJZgREh-7C1fEyo5IWgyRMz0UYXpvQ38XLOKDvN6tUTfHxDrB7b_EnFSeUnDJHFFzWvKEqfTOfNWjCh2QsYwNVVnrsaUxXTYXTsCSLASpxoEQ/s1200/Thirsk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfk3MS9UFWRkNV-93dnnyI59q0UKmCOKJZgREh-7C1fEyo5IWgyRMz0UYXpvQ38XLOKDvN6tUTfHxDrB7b_EnFSeUnDJHFFzWvKEqfTOfNWjCh2QsYwNVVnrsaUxXTYXTsCSLASpxoEQ/w400-h268/Thirsk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1N1FTFiTqvsMwwhqqBDtUuW8JGlgiTjX-RJ1n2CmGbQkyXS7Ylrpf-kDcb1IJKu0Y4nkUVHBjocOd7pge3z7Y6QPhQ6ym5HB3383c8gRZU4AtE2zPMkSfRZ2OcRpFWbgZb0U2LwtSg/s1200/Thirsk1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1N1FTFiTqvsMwwhqqBDtUuW8JGlgiTjX-RJ1n2CmGbQkyXS7Ylrpf-kDcb1IJKu0Y4nkUVHBjocOd7pge3z7Y6QPhQ6ym5HB3383c8gRZU4AtE2zPMkSfRZ2OcRpFWbgZb0U2LwtSg/w400-h268/Thirsk1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9ZvEqleoBNEr5xjZjo5MacaAIy4RvzrTX6BSKKho9qV1N45fj1jlc56wjqLtvOuH0KSCRtyTIXn_eaTBoVFv9MqQ-btM1YisM1PU-2ozqm4MzWec_bU7frtDg8o0IpKgHrXp6f3aJw/s1200/Thirsk3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9ZvEqleoBNEr5xjZjo5MacaAIy4RvzrTX6BSKKho9qV1N45fj1jlc56wjqLtvOuH0KSCRtyTIXn_eaTBoVFv9MqQ-btM1YisM1PU-2ozqm4MzWec_bU7frtDg8o0IpKgHrXp6f3aJw/w400-h268/Thirsk3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It's the lodge house to <a href="https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/thirkleby-park-thirsk" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Thirkleby Park</a><span style="text-align: left;">, in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, a former country estate turned </span><a href="https://greenwoodparks.net/thirkleby/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">holiday park</a><span style="text-align: left;">, and the one-bedroom property is Grade II listed. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's also a bathroom, kitchen and lounge with brick fireplace, and a detached garage and outbuildings. I'm rather in love with the windows.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEEHQD91gBCpPijQi8igFZGrtvJZ9p_NN63P4lpZoAMBenPcGSZvw0SUkpH5v8Rt6PUlx9QD12UiORjUmquq2S6V73ZpjGRjbBqZb_MEmZutzYhn5suRW346oUGC6q8YWkLFMzwg1gg/s1200/Thirsk2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEEHQD91gBCpPijQi8igFZGrtvJZ9p_NN63P4lpZoAMBenPcGSZvw0SUkpH5v8Rt6PUlx9QD12UiORjUmquq2S6V73ZpjGRjbBqZb_MEmZutzYhn5suRW346oUGC6q8YWkLFMzwg1gg/w400-h268/Thirsk2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWXUfls4hVpQXxj54t7jS2Y7BXl2B_iaWmETUOgk7rD8b_QZ3cTw8vHTdDJOCbVtcFnhkS2CFHGZKIYqgvVUufXJagmdbtvu-mn2P2kt1TafPsm_7fFmvQ0MLZupVA6_gemF66rP5BA/s1200/Thirsk4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWXUfls4hVpQXxj54t7jS2Y7BXl2B_iaWmETUOgk7rD8b_QZ3cTw8vHTdDJOCbVtcFnhkS2CFHGZKIYqgvVUufXJagmdbtvu-mn2P2kt1TafPsm_7fFmvQ0MLZupVA6_gemF66rP5BA/w400-h268/Thirsk4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the market through Hunters at offers over £100k. Details and more <a href="https://www.hunters.com/property-search/thsal99294675" target="_blank">pictures here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;">And, for those of you thinking even £100k is bit rich, I've found you two adorable country chapels at under £40k. You're welcome.</div><div style="text-align: left;">This redundant Methodist chapel is one of several up for sale via agents Norman F Brown. The stone chapel sits in a lovely position facing onto <a href="https://ravensworthvillage.wixsite.com/website" target="_blank">Ravensworth's</a> village green, North Yorkshire.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZg_VBeRvoMA7aAJml1laTSVcXoAKH3aRnzwgjD5rDt63Ccu8zX2bYpDtyGtKmWHnrARROl8h235P7w2-KDGc-zZtAjtS2L6q-Cc-amXG1-SeHa9RBwFzw5rNJFlDZbU2NHGekX2a5RQ/s931/Ravensworth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="931" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZg_VBeRvoMA7aAJml1laTSVcXoAKH3aRnzwgjD5rDt63Ccu8zX2bYpDtyGtKmWHnrARROl8h235P7w2-KDGc-zZtAjtS2L6q-Cc-amXG1-SeHa9RBwFzw5rNJFlDZbU2NHGekX2a5RQ/w400-h268/Ravensworth.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuI4pxmNz3_CkJaS0f5WooFW1FEeDqjrD1azte66iafnUi0c97-zo8IIKbUcmG0m4XNWkf3SJpREpZXuBS2-EVKJr8SgvKPOEgZKyDuzqYqAPG5yyaPZbG85C990VCJGG45kHcHrGjg/s927/Ravensworth1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="927" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuI4pxmNz3_CkJaS0f5WooFW1FEeDqjrD1azte66iafnUi0c97-zo8IIKbUcmG0m4XNWkf3SJpREpZXuBS2-EVKJr8SgvKPOEgZKyDuzqYqAPG5yyaPZbG85C990VCJGG45kHcHrGjg/w400-h265/Ravensworth1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Basically, one big church hall with a porch and store and there's a LOT of work to do to turn this into a working home - starting with getting change-of-use permissions (it's a bargain for good reasons).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjG5luX6TJ324TsFKs4wOEpv3P9FhIkyetCoZGo6wDDC210k9me2c3nGd1VDrAev3ZkCFqCgQ1Fc7BZWSDpqqlBNUeoqjGYUlYPk4vDcnEeMecwJUpQVI1qJSvhigmK3d93qfGVqiWhQ/s927/Ravensworth2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="927" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjG5luX6TJ324TsFKs4wOEpv3P9FhIkyetCoZGo6wDDC210k9me2c3nGd1VDrAev3ZkCFqCgQ1Fc7BZWSDpqqlBNUeoqjGYUlYPk4vDcnEeMecwJUpQVI1qJSvhigmK3d93qfGVqiWhQ/w400-h265/Ravensworth2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ravensworth chapel does come with a decent plot of outside space - unusual in a chapel sale - although I'd be worried by those possible burial plots. Graves bring their own <a href="https://www.honour.org.uk/law-regarding-burial-and-excavation/" target="_blank">barrel of planning fun</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best and final offers over £25k by August 2nd. Details and more <a href="https://www.normanfbrown.co.uk/property-for-sale/richmond-ravensworth/dl11-7et/2168058" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109778624#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Also on Norman F Brown's books is this chapel in Barden, near Leyburn.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uH6WPuWSbcuOa8ZzcQZv6jVXJbgYlkft3RYQ8MMFU9g5OaAqi7OVxeN0e0lcOH1y_H7XclqKGTyTkmJKxkdCr0NWeCQfL819DeVVmLkKqaVmhI8iBjeaoDB7U6sinMhYdUQBdSRoJQ/s931/Barden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="931" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uH6WPuWSbcuOa8ZzcQZv6jVXJbgYlkft3RYQ8MMFU9g5OaAqi7OVxeN0e0lcOH1y_H7XclqKGTyTkmJKxkdCr0NWeCQfL819DeVVmLkKqaVmhI8iBjeaoDB7U6sinMhYdUQBdSRoJQ/w400-h264/Barden.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Rather more inside space than its rival, this former chapel has a kitchen and a loo - which means water, drainage and electricity are connected - woohoo!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lHs9IA6bvhEfRVQzkuDarTuXYSk522FokTKUDbfn6zL19ELmN1olsYJdhRLRYFSp-ykC9V5fOWuUrs_NRAOC4aQUStS71H51L2HTBbLi6cbuctzf2SbRCXAg1rxeQU0_CA15uFyPzw/s933/Barden1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="933" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6lHs9IA6bvhEfRVQzkuDarTuXYSk522FokTKUDbfn6zL19ELmN1olsYJdhRLRYFSp-ykC9V5fOWuUrs_NRAOC4aQUStS71H51L2HTBbLi6cbuctzf2SbRCXAg1rxeQU0_CA15uFyPzw/w400-h264/Barden1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxn0WhfFPy69WY3MF9xuhPmp3MlblIB5ObasRXLePiiSPZ09PSPROLyvSYXTUVUMREzwrhZCQACmikrg5-_E9vjPFRwBRkRroCK0GMswkLErp_-U4pXbXDTPVdeRKlmvqI0JgNt2x-A/s939/Barden2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="939" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxn0WhfFPy69WY3MF9xuhPmp3MlblIB5ObasRXLePiiSPZ09PSPROLyvSYXTUVUMREzwrhZCQACmikrg5-_E9vjPFRwBRkRroCK0GMswkLErp_-U4pXbXDTPVdeRKlmvqI0JgNt2x-A/w400-h263/Barden2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghefzOEojR_SoMkpPNjchxdGormZsUv7zPfxL71FYqK-9BQeLlg1PCKqSr_o7s555jJSyB-NkYVez-_skj8NsaUyjXLnNMky3blxgARD7AvZ-3OHAIKbYmEHJ1LUekT6js2UCr-4vp_g/s932/Barden3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="932" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghefzOEojR_SoMkpPNjchxdGormZsUv7zPfxL71FYqK-9BQeLlg1PCKqSr_o7s555jJSyB-NkYVez-_skj8NsaUyjXLnNMky3blxgARD7AvZ-3OHAIKbYmEHJ1LUekT6js2UCr-4vp_g/w400-h263/Barden3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;">On the downside however, it has great views but no garden. Basically your usual country chapel with a bit of path and shrubbery separating you from the sheep.</span><div style="text-align: left;">Best and final offers over £37,500 by August 6th. Details and more <a href="https://www.normanfbrown.co.uk/property-for-sale/leyburn-barden/dl8-5js/2177197" target="_blank">pictures here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109934081#/?channel=RES_BUY" target="_blank">here</a>.</div></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-2538363310026525742021-07-14T19:28:00.002+01:002021-07-15T08:42:24.390+01:00An old rectory and an old home by the Irish sea<p><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJ2Z05bRF8Hzs3T1hN7kVSE0BlPvDNcLw_x6fWGYX0dWsIQPp-WJncs7ONnumPZDnhxZYXUYu6XG4AW9tgJI7itTHyNlpjyVaheSz3g1uZHyBD_HlvVc0X3ZxCv8JOtSGIB9UP3S85Q/s700/Barkwith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJ2Z05bRF8Hzs3T1hN7kVSE0BlPvDNcLw_x6fWGYX0dWsIQPp-WJncs7ONnumPZDnhxZYXUYu6XG4AW9tgJI7itTHyNlpjyVaheSz3g1uZHyBD_HlvVc0X3ZxCv8JOtSGIB9UP3S85Q/w400-h266/Barkwith.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />How are we all? Ready for some renovation day-dreaming? Let's begin here...</b><p></p><p>With this very, very lovely former rectory in the Lincolnshire village of East Barkwith, around eight miles from Market Rasen and 17 from Lincoln.</p><p>The Old Rectory was sent to me separately by two Wreck readers - Miriam and Helen - both clearly have an eye for the type of property I'm going to fall in love with : )</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsRZyD4L699vwIHEV3KSx759lQtpJRFmPHDGS0TjBmt7dUMTylRDP-z5-hczjXJpPRCQHFbHpa1eAQhyQGTYpsWVXChwZfZckOl76iinPcqwYTnbyIjxm70YGYczMQf0y_4nmKDWW8g/s700/Barkwith4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsRZyD4L699vwIHEV3KSx759lQtpJRFmPHDGS0TjBmt7dUMTylRDP-z5-hczjXJpPRCQHFbHpa1eAQhyQGTYpsWVXChwZfZckOl76iinPcqwYTnbyIjxm70YGYczMQf0y_4nmKDWW8g/w400-h268/Barkwith4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4rOlnitHYHoGhcd9ghEU2A1AQf4i9wzXiUxK8B63mwzFfwGqpP1plj8z8JPAnpiJ9Q4nx82TznoOBo_JdTuqGIMjc09xbEVFBLKf_Um-l9VAGJspwGJKiBkOOys3WA_kZ24RZu2bPg/s700/Barkwith5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4rOlnitHYHoGhcd9ghEU2A1AQf4i9wzXiUxK8B63mwzFfwGqpP1plj8z8JPAnpiJ9Q4nx82TznoOBo_JdTuqGIMjc09xbEVFBLKf_Um-l9VAGJspwGJKiBkOOys3WA_kZ24RZu2bPg/w400-h268/Barkwith5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>As you'd expect from a 'Wreck' pick there are oodles of original features (does anyone actually SAY "oodles" in real life?) and a great deal of renovation work to be done. But, honestly, who doesn't love this wallpaper?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9XV2OxUx-jVIL7VaorhSQP3FhY4Bs9jyW8mlWTJF4SM0GeqYrvT5YDSydAYfZ2ioojUgji11dgQUcTtw5SH0HnwgmKCYvriO6QKFF5w4ECKyslVov3cHlygcGdA8pvOFf2L8TKibiQ/s700/Barkwith6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9XV2OxUx-jVIL7VaorhSQP3FhY4Bs9jyW8mlWTJF4SM0GeqYrvT5YDSydAYfZ2ioojUgji11dgQUcTtw5SH0HnwgmKCYvriO6QKFF5w4ECKyslVov3cHlygcGdA8pvOFf2L8TKibiQ/w400-h268/Barkwith6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>There's a grand hall, two large reception rooms and kitchen downstairs; four bedrooms (one on the "better as an ensuite" size), bathroom and loo upstairs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGII_f5ZzeqVKGfMHLvR_YvO3-cqqTT05vRZMdJn0PVcIDkMUrU7ttXEgxqcH4m3tmiwQa-4Bp_GnzhGjSquR8vKp2REDk2NCKzfBdwJcTvxJ7GwqRPwiAIDvurEjnH3Ss8DRMoVdqw/s1200/Barkwith8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1200" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGII_f5ZzeqVKGfMHLvR_YvO3-cqqTT05vRZMdJn0PVcIDkMUrU7ttXEgxqcH4m3tmiwQa-4Bp_GnzhGjSquR8vKp2REDk2NCKzfBdwJcTvxJ7GwqRPwiAIDvurEjnH3Ss8DRMoVdqw/w400-h283/Barkwith8.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Outside is around an acre of garden, including walled kitchen garden, and brick stable/store. While the house isn't listed (unlike its <a href="https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Designation/DLI4313" target="_blank">neighbouring church</a>) it is keenly monitored by planning officers and presumably several layers of village committees, and a pre-planning application has been made to get an indication of what is and isn't likely to win approval.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUvY0VXjj4ri-Ir_HUuautrNLHpV1z0NdKKzdgjGMHhLgXAhlECaYR9e6-mpXQBvpTx53OqqkxYFe4u0BYhGWS-WLtGLYe7bQ9TElx3lPVOub1KIFnTyvPB0-cjvuivmFnnIchjCLAQ/s700/Barkwith2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUvY0VXjj4ri-Ir_HUuautrNLHpV1z0NdKKzdgjGMHhLgXAhlECaYR9e6-mpXQBvpTx53OqqkxYFe4u0BYhGWS-WLtGLYe7bQ9TElx3lPVOub1KIFnTyvPB0-cjvuivmFnnIchjCLAQ/w400-h268/Barkwith2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjat4LgAKVk0eE7htt7PgJvaYn4wPimgqFeTqSn6qekpoN8sI50QBXhd2TQMmIk05w1rrqwti8EvPMODbVqZ7lv7tBjAH4WTLroFwXB6mqLN-whmF8jZNHgTKuv1QZbAMAR6RQRx0yNgw/s700/Barkwith7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjat4LgAKVk0eE7htt7PgJvaYn4wPimgqFeTqSn6qekpoN8sI50QBXhd2TQMmIk05w1rrqwti8EvPMODbVqZ7lv7tBjAH4WTLroFwXB6mqLN-whmF8jZNHgTKuv1QZbAMAR6RQRx0yNgw/w400-h268/Barkwith7.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p>On the market at £325k via Perkins George Mawer, details and more pictures <a href="https://www.perkinsgeorgemawer.co.uk/details/the-old-rectory-torrington-lane-east-barkwith-market-rasen-lincolnshire/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109061684#/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Miriam also highlighted this four-bedroom village house buried under shrubbery, in the village of Holton-cum-Beckering, a few miles outside Market Rasen. Rather more wreck-y and rather fewer appealing features left, it's none-the-less a big house on good-size chunk of land in a pretty part of Lincolnshire.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NOj8UY4wzbSV2eAT3E3qoeRbQQIhp6LYz-YgsRbzCiM79NL8IsstYfy3yRgM8YR5oRmRgaq_7rCv_mLD5qKgn-IFBplMCvRMRd6E-lOJ-W4DLXbWuEkHQ-LrTM5Tc9BVjypDcj7MBQ/s1452/Beckering.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1452" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NOj8UY4wzbSV2eAT3E3qoeRbQQIhp6LYz-YgsRbzCiM79NL8IsstYfy3yRgM8YR5oRmRgaq_7rCv_mLD5qKgn-IFBplMCvRMRd6E-lOJ-W4DLXbWuEkHQ-LrTM5Tc9BVjypDcj7MBQ/w400-h150/Beckering.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Up for auction online with a guide price of £325k. Details, internal photos and a video <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107074772#/" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>And finally, for all of us with rather less than £400k in our bank accounts, here's your regular reminder that just150,000 euro (around £128k) will - in much-overlooked Ireland - get you a detached, three-bedroom wreck on the coast with seven acres of land.</p><p>Leahill house is in West Cork and, oh my, could there be a prettier place to renovate a home than this?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBCour-pG951kcwtQQH6pW8pow8ZwNbTDOVSQNJjXrwe5ECehO8IB3_Dw_Kxz73dVnJzyfzBXyi92Eh3jDh_P8EqnnVbrJrxwDK6czZ75whJysPf9JCJNowlGwXn3lvf5jWqwkPUwDA/s668/Adrigole3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="668" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBCour-pG951kcwtQQH6pW8pow8ZwNbTDOVSQNJjXrwe5ECehO8IB3_Dw_Kxz73dVnJzyfzBXyi92Eh3jDh_P8EqnnVbrJrxwDK6czZ75whJysPf9JCJNowlGwXn3lvf5jWqwkPUwDA/w400-h266/Adrigole3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyLpsA2wAj6FH2_YWcXHKrcSWFvR-NYw7HxjtxxdWtd4KEoCUSDp7TElgXElJNg3akgDaqICGBFkIBV7v41gnxjb5SOPSxrWrwsfws_a-bw-DT6vi1TlN2lkoo4xn7sml3Blnq0CtVg/s1226/Adrigole4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1226" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyLpsA2wAj6FH2_YWcXHKrcSWFvR-NYw7HxjtxxdWtd4KEoCUSDp7TElgXElJNg3akgDaqICGBFkIBV7v41gnxjb5SOPSxrWrwsfws_a-bw-DT6vi1TlN2lkoo4xn7sml3Blnq0CtVg/w400-h279/Adrigole4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJk1QaW_rnHn6HWCu2Z6EQ2HWO5gofvE-IsyJPAwegIysmPOKm_3VIXpSaqakoKDM9biuN-7moqBZxuhas9iSMjfQiJzt8LIZZWeXu685hkKE48EliKODIzcH4-3azt6ViftMkQKysA/s668/Adrigole.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="668" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJk1QaW_rnHn6HWCu2Z6EQ2HWO5gofvE-IsyJPAwegIysmPOKm_3VIXpSaqakoKDM9biuN-7moqBZxuhas9iSMjfQiJzt8LIZZWeXu685hkKE48EliKODIzcH4-3azt6ViftMkQKysA/w400-h266/Adrigole.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">On the market through Michael Galvin Auctioneers. Details and more pictures </span><a href="https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-leahill-adrigole-co-cork/2617031" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and </span><a href="https://www.dng.ie/residential/brochure/leahill-adrigole-west-cork/4463816" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="text-align: left;">.</span></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comTorrington Ln, East Barkwith, Market Rasen LN8 5RY, UK53.317795399999987 -0.251210925.007561563821142 -35.4074609 81.628029236178833 34.9050391tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-88066560448383583332021-06-10T20:21:00.001+01:002021-06-13T15:14:24.963+01:00Three country piles (needing piles of cash)<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicogWSBTeWG5nYxZ0frwN6rkVLl2aKmfvy7-jXJEL9Cy3EKQmEtcnrGxkRzqrioiM3XzCG1K80QRMqZeQA7DWnmgkKGEuqGrLBYzT3DA8e0xmK1s95TZJYX7MO8KwnunB3dz7fSeii6Q/s1047/Swerford.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="1047" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicogWSBTeWG5nYxZ0frwN6rkVLl2aKmfvy7-jXJEL9Cy3EKQmEtcnrGxkRzqrioiM3XzCG1K80QRMqZeQA7DWnmgkKGEuqGrLBYzT3DA8e0xmK1s95TZJYX7MO8KwnunB3dz7fSeii6Q/w400-h266/Swerford.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />I'm starting this post in tears. The angry sort, not the tragic sort. And not because the end of the world has got any closer, but because I'm having to start this post. Again. Having lost six hours work with a single wrong key stroke in my final paragraph.</b><p></p><p>Also, telling me you've been there too won't help right now. Let's just get on with it shall we, bearing in mind version one was much jollier; this version involves gritted teeth.</p><p>House No. 1 (above) sent to me by reader Lawrence (back from Latvia) is part Hobbit home in the Shires and part second little pig rustic. But it is adorable and easily my favourite of the three.</p><p>Also it comes with 24 acres.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yBB5vpDnumZpSZKovDxIVXCDelSqQxl8fy5zpcR0Bg_ja4hMlwA3MuMObubC0aMTJqoiepoHDxXJHzf09LIkK6JCyghbHJEuJfLVDArspH9wfLcHrL6xOLhFfpm7CxAMneXhKITPrg/s1040/Swerford6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1040" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yBB5vpDnumZpSZKovDxIVXCDelSqQxl8fy5zpcR0Bg_ja4hMlwA3MuMObubC0aMTJqoiepoHDxXJHzf09LIkK6JCyghbHJEuJfLVDArspH9wfLcHrL6xOLhFfpm7CxAMneXhKITPrg/w400-h268/Swerford6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The house, near Chipping Norton in <b>Oxfordshire</b>, has had the same occupant for 40 years who clearly had a ball here in this hidden home in a copse in its fields - working, painting...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW476z5C-MRTGsfohM-4KfD_cMYyvmKDFDDaqtxe_RuqP4ZaTK2qfkmcgcUPjwUnL72g7HdNnvXkPVAT89_6w2Dk-x4H92EnckEh3Ypcm8UJ67exMyPycMMgR68CmOSb78gN59CVTEA/s1064/Swerford7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1064" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW476z5C-MRTGsfohM-4KfD_cMYyvmKDFDDaqtxe_RuqP4ZaTK2qfkmcgcUPjwUnL72g7HdNnvXkPVAT89_6w2Dk-x4H92EnckEh3Ypcm8UJ67exMyPycMMgR68CmOSb78gN59CVTEA/w400-h263/Swerford7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwmqQAZRTAJdBeUvNwS5ATyLVXjunUxykniHuI0WCvBMr2jSMzyW5dwAyUMIv36SlQr9x6bhaoSGRZt10p8ZQ9tIPWeIGE_vkCa__3-cNWetufGCpJM233MbUTJrOUFJLK4G-cJ7d_Q/s1064/Swerford2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1064" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwmqQAZRTAJdBeUvNwS5ATyLVXjunUxykniHuI0WCvBMr2jSMzyW5dwAyUMIv36SlQr9x6bhaoSGRZt10p8ZQ9tIPWeIGE_vkCa__3-cNWetufGCpJM233MbUTJrOUFJLK4G-cJ7d_Q/w400-h266/Swerford2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>There's an occupancy restriction (agriculture/equestrian) but personally I'm a big fan of anything that would stop it being turned into holiday lets and glamping fields by some banker.</p><p>Two bedrooms and bathroom upstairs; large living room, kitchen, store, loo and Miss Haversham's conservatory downstairs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlbR8QVrDEr-wZMvU-4LJjAroKkpjbCsokzLXbAUlTQqsQgWpoHxdGbzeLvh5C7UOf4m5UTmqYHealj9YR1S4O6dvWipEsHJNZDI52nyCzUmbDaD-u0_TuInMCY2TpELOOeDtae4SBA/s1067/Swerford4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1067" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlbR8QVrDEr-wZMvU-4LJjAroKkpjbCsokzLXbAUlTQqsQgWpoHxdGbzeLvh5C7UOf4m5UTmqYHealj9YR1S4O6dvWipEsHJNZDI52nyCzUmbDaD-u0_TuInMCY2TpELOOeDtae4SBA/w400-h266/Swerford4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvk2IEnI76PlyNTy_cRSatkN-jZzRuU7ltpN9ebirRO6I8zzNrgte66uhJdB2Y1BOXdtM7uvIwwza2hXX8RNnyesCv5ImbY1ohvmSUmVEnU4cxPTEQPRv9LhXP-8CzdXMQlKOgTJCX4Q/s1054/Swerford3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1054" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvk2IEnI76PlyNTy_cRSatkN-jZzRuU7ltpN9ebirRO6I8zzNrgte66uhJdB2Y1BOXdtM7uvIwwza2hXX8RNnyesCv5ImbY1ohvmSUmVEnU4cxPTEQPRv9LhXP-8CzdXMQlKOgTJCX4Q/w400-h268/Swerford3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>And outside, acres of land waiting for a horse and donkey sanctuary (I'm already attaching daydreams to this place) and a bunch of outbuildings, including stables and two barns.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCeueUXJyXa8HH356li8-QX794NPaspp4PjOcsCBjKT8n4kuMlZANfSfrU-VIZk6MEq2HSOIwFPpA3O2QfD8A1dM-nyBeC6DzTEg_wfiitT-aFUvh8AXJ1-6Sa_5K8YD0RLkHEq9bBg/s1061/Swerford8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1061" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCeueUXJyXa8HH356li8-QX794NPaspp4PjOcsCBjKT8n4kuMlZANfSfrU-VIZk6MEq2HSOIwFPpA3O2QfD8A1dM-nyBeC6DzTEg_wfiitT-aFUvh8AXJ1-6Sa_5K8YD0RLkHEq9bBg/w400-h266/Swerford8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsorE46nOdEnzXOKsf5I7hBd2Yk7x9Bgb6llzLf1ZtfbbUYei8VKCeEccUMQPxRhLK5LpN5mM1S26TaRDuDx8JrpnkgDXC7ZuyXiIIbYsOhjIf5Sbyj3D52vOmg7kSa7FwZ3337Bpc-A/s1051/Swerford5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1051" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsorE46nOdEnzXOKsf5I7hBd2Yk7x9Bgb6llzLf1ZtfbbUYei8VKCeEccUMQPxRhLK5LpN5mM1S26TaRDuDx8JrpnkgDXC7ZuyXiIIbYsOhjIf5Sbyj3D52vOmg7kSa7FwZ3337Bpc-A/w400-h268/Swerford5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>On the market through Savills with a guide price of £550k. Details and <a href="https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10418802/" target="_blank">more pictures here</a>.</p><p>Moving up the scale by five more bedrooms, is this Grade II Listed Abbey Farmhouse, in Flixton, <b>Suffolk</b>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTmmJHArrv1Y19DkudNsNvwB7FJJtQPzUpFCuatexExI2c7aJ6nu44bGv4jBBHe0MnQUyh-XSS5s3Jq8Cf9Q89gxqWecEurnvM_0glnKZzagZ8GjidSX51S2qCSQJVCDk4D1R03nc-A/s1024/Flixton.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTmmJHArrv1Y19DkudNsNvwB7FJJtQPzUpFCuatexExI2c7aJ6nu44bGv4jBBHe0MnQUyh-XSS5s3Jq8Cf9Q89gxqWecEurnvM_0glnKZzagZ8GjidSX51S2qCSQJVCDk4D1R03nc-A/w400-h300/Flixton.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffJvsWBWU_eOy4EinTdNs8j9h2H3VSFbOMVgp881lMatLGleCGVQmPjTBZPmJ3zF2T3xPVnvx2IKHV41US-GWHvtASIdWG0mKHS13FKU4n1ZusP3izblqszBq3-O1DTO-9mH1xrSprQ/s1024/Flixton8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffJvsWBWU_eOy4EinTdNs8j9h2H3VSFbOMVgp881lMatLGleCGVQmPjTBZPmJ3zF2T3xPVnvx2IKHV41US-GWHvtASIdWG0mKHS13FKU4n1ZusP3izblqszBq3-O1DTO-9mH1xrSprQ/w400-h300/Flixton8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>There is masses of space, masses of work (some works appear to have been started <a href="https://publicaccess.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/online-applications/propertyDetails.do?activeTab=relatedCases&keyVal=001BL4QXLI000" target="_blank">but not finished</a>) and masses of potential. Also, what may be a chicken farm nearby, says Helen who sent me the link.<div><br /></div><div>"I can't stop browsing the pictures," she wrote. "The only problem is it's very close to a huge indoor poultry farm... But a rare historic gem in the delightful Waveney Valley, with a ruined Priory in the garden, and moats, and definitely needing restoration."</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmEp7VkT86XTQL2YdFREouEbJQmdCnmclAJ9_WyQCvsj8VUzzfO5kJmX98l6UFxeCpy4B6XT9iHYIFLu56Tdei8KbICo1NaLmzEIf6CRsvDttecmc410gEubnRavXrmYsFIYyVF-s7A/s1024/Flixton7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmEp7VkT86XTQL2YdFREouEbJQmdCnmclAJ9_WyQCvsj8VUzzfO5kJmX98l6UFxeCpy4B6XT9iHYIFLu56Tdei8KbICo1NaLmzEIf6CRsvDttecmc410gEubnRavXrmYsFIYyVF-s7A/s320/Flixton7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZXnNKBqhCZXLNnwpbzuRSQBdU8iZ5N-QC9l1nHUnFZpAdLJHsU2OTSf_V10Cq293fIczmXRsphpUJ9Gtr6brh0MI5Ty-blviIZKlwci9JM1Mp9E5lSvcz-Qx8XBt3_DI56LJkaU7UA/s1024/Flixton5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZXnNKBqhCZXLNnwpbzuRSQBdU8iZ5N-QC9l1nHUnFZpAdLJHsU2OTSf_V10Cq293fIczmXRsphpUJ9Gtr6brh0MI5Ty-blviIZKlwci9JM1Mp9E5lSvcz-Qx8XBt3_DI56LJkaU7UA/s320/Flixton5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnV8n1EDyzwxDJ8n1FLKWUZDQyWtAgIUWi__j6-PGXpS_xmMus-nUyegbPBTfG-R7neq9jUvZFskOrAWP1b2-3GnMGHuGI4zBg-2DcKFx4zcGhmWsxHToMAAwvsDVS7_GZwIT7WkeMA/s1024/Flixton3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnV8n1EDyzwxDJ8n1FLKWUZDQyWtAgIUWi__j6-PGXpS_xmMus-nUyegbPBTfG-R7neq9jUvZFskOrAWP1b2-3GnMGHuGI4zBg-2DcKFx4zcGhmWsxHToMAAwvsDVS7_GZwIT7WkeMA/s320/Flixton3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS63Ap4j-VpMhI-llm-88Lzje0Oe-nK35t3UdTBnIxKKOEcztW8iSS51NrBiQs2J8XqNvMUrnpBNaGkiS1DRsa4BmlZfIXrSndqIWu-VhkUL1VUtjqy7b8kGmMvGj5QdEBEj-TWCn9ng/s1024/Flixton4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS63Ap4j-VpMhI-llm-88Lzje0Oe-nK35t3UdTBnIxKKOEcztW8iSS51NrBiQs2J8XqNvMUrnpBNaGkiS1DRsa4BmlZfIXrSndqIWu-VhkUL1VUtjqy7b8kGmMvGj5QdEBEj-TWCn9ng/s320/Flixton4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>And 16 acres of grassland and meadow (more space for rescued donkeys). And a Historic <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018268" target="_blank">Monument listing</a> for the moat and priory remnants.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-GpCLghNisqjhgHAZgJ5RQuC-0nHCjJelFz_fsSSvUAJghpGNhiKHbXgi_cx0FrhxH7dFPf38lpsRVvL5F1DAeFWXUX0jwDy21oNIx32dKQX8ActeEhQMiBXDVVWNX06659M-3082g/s1024/Flixton1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-GpCLghNisqjhgHAZgJ5RQuC-0nHCjJelFz_fsSSvUAJghpGNhiKHbXgi_cx0FrhxH7dFPf38lpsRVvL5F1DAeFWXUX0jwDy21oNIx32dKQX8ActeEhQMiBXDVVWNX06659M-3082g/w400-h268/Flixton1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Quite the package, and the challenge. But then again - big country house, 16 acres, and a historic ruin and partial moat in the garden.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmFZ9ei7ZyxhMaBW4nPq2H056_fu6TNyVqP0W6TpH-OWyY4Dc20NroWKei8wJKhhmahyphenhyphenX3tCov1e3ezUrP8NQOAg_Wz46rjJuVYCuOKpjhQjmpQjwjB4m4AOO_hLSDktwnamrGQvZwQ/s289/SnowWhite.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="289" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmFZ9ei7ZyxhMaBW4nPq2H056_fu6TNyVqP0W6TpH-OWyY4Dc20NroWKei8wJKhhmahyphenhyphenX3tCov1e3ezUrP8NQOAg_Wz46rjJuVYCuOKpjhQjmpQjwjB4m4AOO_hLSDktwnamrGQvZwQ/w320-h193/SnowWhite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>On the market through Durrants with a guide price of £750k. <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107654171#/" target="_blank">More here</a>.</div><div><p>And finally (and fingers crossed I get to the end of this section this time...) a handsome Arts and Crafts mansion in <b>Maidenhead</b>, sent to me by Tim.</p><p>The <a href="https://rbwm.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s13946/Appendix%203%20-%20Cllr%20Stretton%20Brocket%20proposals%203.pdf" target="_blank">former council building</a> is on the market at a hefty £1.2m, and barely a garden - never mind space for equines. But it does come with 10 bedrooms, very handsome original features and a health and safety first perspective.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydt-CTXgI728qP2vBqgoVqPiaAMB5k7R4VOZis_0vYiH0u720Ufc4PeN54abZqORHgf0kjeHrooAyepLCZaSNvC8I6ne4k_MCCSvMdZKQfzZ2PTtRXXAE2NTs4sbMpqOmceCtIh312w/s1024/Maidenhead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydt-CTXgI728qP2vBqgoVqPiaAMB5k7R4VOZis_0vYiH0u720Ufc4PeN54abZqORHgf0kjeHrooAyepLCZaSNvC8I6ne4k_MCCSvMdZKQfzZ2PTtRXXAE2NTs4sbMpqOmceCtIh312w/w400-h266/Maidenhead.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRsR0BXdb9kQhBz7Tt3MU9qDmy9cF_h2LuUXbKsEFK9KZwLPUMmzWijEl9e5s5ZfM56MZAl_zioRpAQZpBfYT6GcePS7JAMa0nzo-xXzu6i4d4kDHAhnC5ulGMEAVvAtvT9P__D0oug/s1024/Maidenhead3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRsR0BXdb9kQhBz7Tt3MU9qDmy9cF_h2LuUXbKsEFK9KZwLPUMmzWijEl9e5s5ZfM56MZAl_zioRpAQZpBfYT6GcePS7JAMa0nzo-xXzu6i4d4kDHAhnC5ulGMEAVvAtvT9P__D0oug/w400-h266/Maidenhead3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3PVpdczZdjnpXkvUa8Hv9eTpzAwJZ7RSso_JrjAGX7GEpjCLZB0ZlqKYPPVjxA-7f42DK9NMIdTuST1JQebhp7KyXvgjY6_iDW9GRZX6PufFzIg2xZpDryYPbpNinedzuhypXsUFrw/s1024/Maidenhead2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3PVpdczZdjnpXkvUa8Hv9eTpzAwJZ7RSso_JrjAGX7GEpjCLZB0ZlqKYPPVjxA-7f42DK9NMIdTuST1JQebhp7KyXvgjY6_iDW9GRZX6PufFzIg2xZpDryYPbpNinedzuhypXsUFrw/w400-h266/Maidenhead2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think the kitchen sums Brocket house up pretty succinctly. Anyone got an axe?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZGXFDHx-aoyJiTp9jOJuOxix4GyPM2-m8V6F6lhJqvhyphenhyphenWKy4vvpUGhubFnsU2G2HxGuJOCjlisEzPFJFPVycfGyOn5oDPYtHJVhmdPygB-Rw_2HMcpqoEJbLtgnPjYbco9ZnOiNZ1g/s1024/Maidenhead4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZGXFDHx-aoyJiTp9jOJuOxix4GyPM2-m8V6F6lhJqvhyphenhyphenWKy4vvpUGhubFnsU2G2HxGuJOCjlisEzPFJFPVycfGyOn5oDPYtHJVhmdPygB-Rw_2HMcpqoEJbLtgnPjYbco9ZnOiNZ1g/w400-h266/Maidenhead4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the market through Braxton. <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/68444607#/" target="_blank">Details here.</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-15600076500933143692021-04-07T13:48:00.005+01:002021-04-07T13:48:41.649+01:00A big house by the sea (and a small rant from me)<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLc8Cg4HvqeedP5tkhyphenhyphengPsfOoJ1F2vDHkMFqqbpiXfoRZ0x_YdW8Y3MFkGEbEZQy2UcAaewkJm8Nu-NgSRaO1sz4wWgVqEvAiOBA09AHFnv8rvUkA_TV764kbFGJSw5DTK46ZZxQiUA/s850/Combe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="850" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLc8Cg4HvqeedP5tkhyphenhyphengPsfOoJ1F2vDHkMFqqbpiXfoRZ0x_YdW8Y3MFkGEbEZQy2UcAaewkJm8Nu-NgSRaO1sz4wWgVqEvAiOBA09AHFnv8rvUkA_TV764kbFGJSw5DTK46ZZxQiUA/w400-h275/Combe.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />I was going to start with another list of names, but there are rather a lot of you. Thank-you - many, many thank-yous - for all the "welcome back" emails. Little stars the lot of you : )</b><p></p><p>Let's get going.</p><p>To here - <a href="https://www.visitcombemartin.com/" target="_blank">Combe Martin</a> on Devon's gorgeously lumpy bumpy coastline. This six-bedroom house is on the pricey side for a Wreck pick (more of that later), and rather surrounded by its brasher new neighbours. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrM-jYv-cGsxOk0QG0Sh-DuyJL3j3E6QeWIYiopNAXxYh6OE_yWmYA6ZaTZhU4B6xx_ILjjDHLlzBBW_hNJTEVkIfUCzLYlqE2PvUvb9KwYvqfIpALByNRlLVIQWW0EQAMB3dn_0hhA/s850/Combe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="850" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrM-jYv-cGsxOk0QG0Sh-DuyJL3j3E6QeWIYiopNAXxYh6OE_yWmYA6ZaTZhU4B6xx_ILjjDHLlzBBW_hNJTEVkIfUCzLYlqE2PvUvb9KwYvqfIpALByNRlLVIQWW0EQAMB3dn_0hhA/w400-h275/Combe.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_vL6Mdrd5F3S85TxhSagWIzAD7CKG4kvJFzqrR-y2kVKf_FtPtBvSguEYxZjB4I2l2sipnz8uXneri0o3WSBAzK04gOJoL0dVOoncVCypqWrlrl8j6WxawfgfqX7KRjdg3CUuNrt4Q/s850/Combe2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="850" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_vL6Mdrd5F3S85TxhSagWIzAD7CKG4kvJFzqrR-y2kVKf_FtPtBvSguEYxZjB4I2l2sipnz8uXneri0o3WSBAzK04gOJoL0dVOoncVCypqWrlrl8j6WxawfgfqX7KRjdg3CUuNrt4Q/w400-h275/Combe2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>But there's something rather stately and lovely about the house with its big rooms, shapely windows, and that stunning 0.66 acre garden. Took something for its former owners to hang onto a plot that size in the middle of one of Devon's prettiest seaside towns. Although the silver mine shaft beneath may have been a factor...</p><p>Inside we're talking rather more than "updating" and I'd put money on that ceiling trim being the better type of asbestos. But old houses are always a balance between potential and risk, it's what draws us to them; we're here to save. Or least to dream about saving.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamP9zwX4prg_ibaj0YCPlA1Rw9hQcOKQ6fCZ7ZeKEvNsq6URXXXP555TzsW0CdblngtGfSxqj5a4IotQuLm1C1-hHDKCdHOlp4v0xoTiWItBLRBSu0yUN4pTBT9EWQRzslIsDSulH-A/s850/Combe12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamP9zwX4prg_ibaj0YCPlA1Rw9hQcOKQ6fCZ7ZeKEvNsq6URXXXP555TzsW0CdblngtGfSxqj5a4IotQuLm1C1-hHDKCdHOlp4v0xoTiWItBLRBSu0yUN4pTBT9EWQRzslIsDSulH-A/s320/Combe12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTO3N3Mf4TqvBmQtAsMVAFek3Nr4W9muSW1gORxa-drb3NEvJipTCKxbuvjARaj0kgFr8-vopvpm4jdU9f-8Wew6FNXAFamN1__xsUPZgkwzp1cnfuKt3OOBnBCQy-ZjcvlscQ1SSMLg/s1059/Combe6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zIcEwmhBRaWC2mEnewlstavgec6mOW8z64IwvKzOY19WeUiJse6fncH0gS4ZSlrXcEPaVBn5S7PPeGX5xvperro6xjgrylF3Cu0Q6v2IAJslIqmOGk2ejfDd1fila7wpVwYnPmqQdA/s972/Combe10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="972" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zIcEwmhBRaWC2mEnewlstavgec6mOW8z64IwvKzOY19WeUiJse6fncH0gS4ZSlrXcEPaVBn5S7PPeGX5xvperro6xjgrylF3Cu0Q6v2IAJslIqmOGk2ejfDd1fila7wpVwYnPmqQdA/s320/Combe10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCqZRWxtL9xo1i_H94kbrKQGLT_SA0FXKXPCemg8ccCnkU2Fu-wbYfthxAygeQ4PAjhs7kbJbg_O6D8q2-dLeSsM8gDYhFFw5Ou6g8cclmE1-fU-0pVtz5J_C_DejJDoRcpMoDSXH4w/s1282/Combe5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCqZRWxtL9xo1i_H94kbrKQGLT_SA0FXKXPCemg8ccCnkU2Fu-wbYfthxAygeQ4PAjhs7kbJbg_O6D8q2-dLeSsM8gDYhFFw5Ou6g8cclmE1-fU-0pVtz5J_C_DejJDoRcpMoDSXH4w/s320/Combe5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0VQhUPn5SKQszPEXjaghJSV-54rPOKBjwKUGQKrsKLoSJEr_G1wlReqbzWhONsPOnn-VvKb8n4VQwOCtoVBtbmkmfC4INF1dTBTEOuuyiwFHzC10VtD04akuV5_NOhXeFTF-XU4Pjw/s850/Combe11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0VQhUPn5SKQszPEXjaghJSV-54rPOKBjwKUGQKrsKLoSJEr_G1wlReqbzWhONsPOnn-VvKb8n4VQwOCtoVBtbmkmfC4INF1dTBTEOuuyiwFHzC10VtD04akuV5_NOhXeFTF-XU4Pjw/s320/Combe11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>As well as six bedrooms (and one bathroom), there are four reception rooms, a galley kitchen opening into a cute dining/baking space, a conservatory (pretty but unlikely to stay), attached garage and side garden, as well as the rear garden.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjEGOnJ9ELF6YCNNsDZYzQMPnW8zAKJ-ehFRNJyNy9iScR_ABhfH-Edp3tFK3070YQ7Cg25dAwfUHmNnxDsZh6n6F2-Ga8WPFO5qnjdlJER9TTFJWO06IV8hQUA-qjhBfs_wegbdKFw/s850/combe4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="850" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjEGOnJ9ELF6YCNNsDZYzQMPnW8zAKJ-ehFRNJyNy9iScR_ABhfH-Edp3tFK3070YQ7Cg25dAwfUHmNnxDsZh6n6F2-Ga8WPFO5qnjdlJER9TTFJWO06IV8hQUA-qjhBfs_wegbdKFw/w400-h275/combe4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJSNfvfCMjsMfsmuNwM7pSef3yYpBkhRHPHykoablCQV5Y4vYlT2fGmASYdZSfXHda-o3UYlEw8Xr5mB0sLLJNLS1ggl0K6-efDnDKplNvfGl6MiyqhmeCpchyphenhyphenVi6Kce_s9lQs6-70A/s850/Combe9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="850" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJSNfvfCMjsMfsmuNwM7pSef3yYpBkhRHPHykoablCQV5Y4vYlT2fGmASYdZSfXHda-o3UYlEw8Xr5mB0sLLJNLS1ggl0K6-efDnDKplNvfGl6MiyqhmeCpchyphenhyphenVi6Kce_s9lQs6-70A/w400-h275/Combe9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>It's on the market through Stags at £499,950. Details and lots more pictures <a href="https://www.stags.co.uk/properties/13453549/sales" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/100473104#/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><p>As I said, on the pricier side compared to my usual picks but not a ridiculous price give the area and the land. But can I just say - what on earth has happened to the property market while I've been away?!! Even the very wrecky wrecks that had been kicking around my "maybe" list for a couple of years have now sold. Everything is being snapped up in what must have been a boom year for the building trades. </p><p>I came across <a href="https://www.hollismorgan.co.uk/property-details/30539691/north-somerset/north-somerset/33?bid=11&showstc=on&orderby=lot_no+asc&extra_2%21=501%2C502" target="_blank">this HMO</a> in my trawl around auction sites today. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FXbRMr06JsqbOpnf8fWv2Cg1cB__NT1gFv-Ayq8-G3_Dn243_1JU9rZb7SrhuU9ZbrV_wN1Gs2m2MvaLzYE3spGssobHQb7zNdKoPxd6y9zBG-0z6BvfI9z5v900G1jGdLUxu2ievA/s1619/Clevedon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1619" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FXbRMr06JsqbOpnf8fWv2Cg1cB__NT1gFv-Ayq8-G3_Dn243_1JU9rZb7SrhuU9ZbrV_wN1Gs2m2MvaLzYE3spGssobHQb7zNdKoPxd6y9zBG-0z6BvfI9z5v900G1jGdLUxu2ievA/w400-h266/Clevedon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Lovely building, in a lovely area of <a href="https://www.visitsomerset.co.uk/discover-somerset/inspiration/coastal-adventures/clevedon" target="_blank">Clevedon</a>, and up for just under £1m at auction on May 19th as an 16-rooms multi-occupancy pulling in over £98k a year in rent. <p></p><p>That's £500 a month rent to have spent lockdown working from here:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkmr-BKQHWLIxvbLzvmrr6vnM-JO9fLgSb60smYyU9iqKJ32kFYJ41TasrX1lbd-dKxemHa8-0CRhKT0H_EUoxU6j_DQNkhkcEDcWytULWiK3gU9P-TRISKvdWR6nRoDli1x3GTjnSg/s1367/Clevedon1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkmr-BKQHWLIxvbLzvmrr6vnM-JO9fLgSb60smYyU9iqKJ32kFYJ41TasrX1lbd-dKxemHa8-0CRhKT0H_EUoxU6j_DQNkhkcEDcWytULWiK3gU9P-TRISKvdWR6nRoDli1x3GTjnSg/s320/Clevedon1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Have a look at some of the other rooms from that link. It's not a dump; it's got a gorgeous garden for a start. It's not one of those multi-occupancy horror stories we're getting used to, but it is a reminder of just how completely out of whack the property market is with our property needs. Particularly, the property needs of our children.</p><p>To reinforce my point, Hollis Morgan has another property up for auction (April 21st), this one in even more popular <b>Bristol</b>. Definitely has potential, and with a guide price of just £40k for a building in <a href="https://visitbristol.co.uk/blog/read/2017/06/the-locals-guide-brislington-b505" target="_blank">Brislington</a>, it's likely to attract a lot of interest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9P6G6H5IDXq4MFTaEx1ZB-PwcwcOhK6eki4RkrjEuSQLg7beJa6s1UU8d8KSvZ8QDBRQGX5xAOnYCXO5iNECtX3tVLXcPR7MJ0_GabvDwKTdlrKaVYUUwgP0UJyOOZ3Fnluq6G9eZw/s1374/Brislington.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1374" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9P6G6H5IDXq4MFTaEx1ZB-PwcwcOhK6eki4RkrjEuSQLg7beJa6s1UU8d8KSvZ8QDBRQGX5xAOnYCXO5iNECtX3tVLXcPR7MJ0_GabvDwKTdlrKaVYUUwgP0UJyOOZ3Fnluq6G9eZw/w400-h233/Brislington.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOpVsj8ilEVcd9Wg33Q0Ei9cDPkP7pU5ktpQ_51LBh2wrRsFFDl5vY20Bs3IKgNj2BjT69-4rzL-x8BYZ0FlSH6mUDd1qoTcIyFIVDnjb64DPZ6Lr5sS3Nfq9u4XL52ZTu5gllPfnRA/s1371/Brislington2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1371" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOpVsj8ilEVcd9Wg33Q0Ei9cDPkP7pU5ktpQ_51LBh2wrRsFFDl5vY20Bs3IKgNj2BjT69-4rzL-x8BYZ0FlSH6mUDd1qoTcIyFIVDnjb64DPZ6Lr5sS3Nfq9u4XL52ZTu5gllPfnRA/w400-h233/Brislington2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRhNXbTNM8MsLB86RlNVKf2OD44wj7umr4YF6KE5xiNS259AKtGSUitlggMw2ty4tSEi_vYJIfZU4DxasI4bu7LqHSLpIGqc0nV0Mp8EtDtZYHFIo6xpthKUEg4SEPmjqEHBb4Gcr-w/s1620/Brislington3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRhNXbTNM8MsLB86RlNVKf2OD44wj7umr4YF6KE5xiNS259AKtGSUitlggMw2ty4tSEi_vYJIfZU4DxasI4bu7LqHSLpIGqc0nV0Mp8EtDtZYHFIo6xpthKUEg4SEPmjqEHBb4Gcr-w/w400-h266/Brislington3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>But it's a garage. A big garage, fair enough. And one with a mezzanine floor, a front door, a back yard, and some architect drawings. But a garage with a residential planning application turned down (2016). </p><p>Bet you a reclaimed brick it'll sell for double it's guide price... Details and <a href="https://www.hollismorgan.co.uk/property-details/30484456/bristol/40-2?bid=11&showstc=on&orderby=lot_no+asc&extra_2%21=501%2C502" target="_blank">more pictures here</a>. </p><br />Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-33220251214787284722021-03-09T17:59:00.001+00:002021-03-09T17:59:13.165+00:00Thank you - and I'm back (mostly)<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8wH4cgxlBEVgxCFTtf0vLbejL6ZlpazeRYW1kXEQgeet5b8R66OFhoVjMdOI9YIjjCP5abaW0h7DHXE3nKURW2w6Hrm5wSgWAJ-U2eAk_em7Y8mj3e9pm8Y2rB6jRTI8mOFhrrsoSw/s850/Apperley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="850" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8wH4cgxlBEVgxCFTtf0vLbejL6ZlpazeRYW1kXEQgeet5b8R66OFhoVjMdOI9YIjjCP5abaW0h7DHXE3nKURW2w6Hrm5wSgWAJ-U2eAk_em7Y8mj3e9pm8Y2rB6jRTI8mOFhrrsoSw/w400-h300/Apperley.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />Caroline H, Caroline J, Louise, Emily, Julietta, Mark, Tim, Rupert, Jason, Sara, Thomas, Patrick, Jon, Catherine, Mike, Nyamoi, Ali, Anne, Tony, Sally, Geraldine, Josh, Nicole, Matthew, Steve, Hazel, Ben, Tamlyn, Anita, Heather, Dorothy, Jacqui, Anna, Rebecca, Ronny, Kit and Jasper, Fluffy and Princess and Panda and Bear and Doc (!) - thank you. A gadzillion times; thank you.</b><p></p><p>I've had such lovely emails from you all - prompting tears and smiles in equal measure. I've appreciated every hand you've held out and been grateful for every well-wish. It's been a damned awful year for so many of us but, as one wonderful gent reminded us before he left: "Tomorrow's another day".</p><p>I'm still not certain I'll be able to get back into running 'Wreck' as before* but in the meantime, let's get back to property dreaming. </p><p>Starting with this canal-side former Toll House (above and below), plus stables, outbuildings and around <a href="https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/6180/apperleyroad.pdf" target="_blank">three acres of land</a> in West Yorkshire. Yum.</p><p>It's a bit of an odd-bod this one because it's on the market direct through the local authority and without a guide price. However, what that does mean is you get a clean, no-flannel description of Field House Farm with lots of planning links.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcg7W6aTEiAsMgl7bc7NgChEa3SVg9S4XgzeAe-J6CHmYOnB0o_3vRFrxo2-ka3ierBZRvXXpO4nYVlIcACTJk-U_7YODECcrJSSlj8BnepdOaJQH5jfw2WociQIR7vMyz63neCXPZoA/s500/Apperley2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcg7W6aTEiAsMgl7bc7NgChEa3SVg9S4XgzeAe-J6CHmYOnB0o_3vRFrxo2-ka3ierBZRvXXpO4nYVlIcACTJk-U_7YODECcrJSSlj8BnepdOaJQH5jfw2WociQIR7vMyz63neCXPZoA/w400-h300/Apperley2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAx2Y4XruER_ROc-tLf3_Rpu5ZgtE5WkPnSuGHsDtNDnQ7mamhs1QRljBYSh4Uk0iHU2kr6aedK2R0SkKlWKjAYTA7NZOoeuNJ35GZCRZUXBl03oGeGwhXt7hGJ-sF7T-hAcIznmLqw/s492/Apperley3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="492" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAx2Y4XruER_ROc-tLf3_Rpu5ZgtE5WkPnSuGHsDtNDnQ7mamhs1QRljBYSh4Uk0iHU2kr6aedK2R0SkKlWKjAYTA7NZOoeuNJ35GZCRZUXBl03oGeGwhXt7hGJ-sF7T-hAcIznmLqw/w400-h300/Apperley3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oVK451XPUa7JRNwAEvhol32fdyoV-Z4At07OQOnbe37VipTZoJwDqpaICt7_ZPTkA9BrOvJXPEQPCMevSvXpNZYnT0IulXi__lbu9uY39WG1WsxUGcRnPe6cO4ewuJGDs3wQFwqU-g/s500/Apperley4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oVK451XPUa7JRNwAEvhol32fdyoV-Z4At07OQOnbe37VipTZoJwDqpaICt7_ZPTkA9BrOvJXPEQPCMevSvXpNZYnT0IulXi__lbu9uY39WG1WsxUGcRnPe6cO4ewuJGDs3wQFwqU-g/w400-h300/Apperley4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The location, in the village of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apperley_Bridge" target="_blank">Apperley Bridge</a>, is pretty stunning. And while the house itself isn't large (two bedrooms), there's plenty of potential with a big cellar, attached store and those outbuildings. More <a href="https://www.bradford.gov.uk/business/properties/field-house-farm-apperley-road-apperley-bridge-bd10-0px/" target="_blank">details here</a>. Viewings are by appointment up until March 26th.</p><p>You'll remember that I'm not a fan of showing you houses that only have outside pix - you need to get some idea of the interiors challenge. Sorry, but I'm about to break my own rule for a second time in this post for this rather gorgeous Georgian mansion with three attached cottages just outside the pretty West Yorkshire village of Greetland.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qZGNDFs_Ozm_ZqI9_-noqRpmcYDZNoECVS-wurZhwcEPBh0BYvbKIc3psuy0felUuWkVLHx5O5BQHsvTznHhK9_nBoPPLMNmnBmun5JuNaEq96QL5uTAPWO5dxtIMEfaIj6STaRK0g/s1440/Greetland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qZGNDFs_Ozm_ZqI9_-noqRpmcYDZNoECVS-wurZhwcEPBh0BYvbKIc3psuy0felUuWkVLHx5O5BQHsvTznHhK9_nBoPPLMNmnBmun5JuNaEq96QL5uTAPWO5dxtIMEfaIj6STaRK0g/w400-h300/Greetland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvowze8NrwPvceyE39RvbynNXSHGEG-ch9BfqM_SymXFHzOVGZPzJjVKiPoK_YNtlI4jSeLfPhQwr9s4Smphv55VjGoWcpqkEYQSGJRa_8A1PkNqH9lInos6SZzp7tfoZqeGEKwE4KGA/s1440/greetland3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvowze8NrwPvceyE39RvbynNXSHGEG-ch9BfqM_SymXFHzOVGZPzJjVKiPoK_YNtlI4jSeLfPhQwr9s4Smphv55VjGoWcpqkEYQSGJRa_8A1PkNqH9lInos6SZzp7tfoZqeGEKwE4KGA/w400-h300/greetland3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1JrwYeY_t8HWBsGbf-UUPc7RFeDUgXwhW2_zHLocPymh06qnBgDXnR2n1E5c8Owd00StcHXY4xUemnV1wcOuf4MbZ4dLifHlY9rPt-xOB9SgqFR6A39PboWXbkIOWreOTOWOn6ehAQ/s1441/Greetland2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1441" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1JrwYeY_t8HWBsGbf-UUPc7RFeDUgXwhW2_zHLocPymh06qnBgDXnR2n1E5c8Owd00StcHXY4xUemnV1wcOuf4MbZ4dLifHlY9rPt-xOB9SgqFR6A39PboWXbkIOWreOTOWOn6ehAQ/w400-h300/Greetland2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrcU0B42AfJk9JqTTRUX7tSwIk-h5_1xJYtkY6NrjBrjESR1F5fVPpwfDkGEw3nRT94_rgtOJ05PbmRkWY1VkyozqQIj1SloeLBgvtW-NJUT-6uWsiGA7g2Q-cmG8hhXaN4IOQW9p5Q/s1440/greetland4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrcU0B42AfJk9JqTTRUX7tSwIk-h5_1xJYtkY6NrjBrjESR1F5fVPpwfDkGEw3nRT94_rgtOJ05PbmRkWY1VkyozqQIj1SloeLBgvtW-NJUT-6uWsiGA7g2Q-cmG8hhXaN4IOQW9p5Q/w400-h300/greetland4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><span style="text-align: left;">It's an interesting challenge, particularly for anyone thinking that, after our year of separation, extended family living (and renovation) is the thing. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Offers over £500k feels on the steep side, given the work needed and that the parcel of properties has found itself too close to an industrial estate, but well worth day-dreaming over the </span><a href="https://alto2-live.s3.amazonaws.com/4ZTuQTgFulpqq-TTTbIGYUncA2k/oDICa9-S6IeoUCyMPpoGNUzP_TI/Brochure/[0]/_tGC6Z0SakCUo9S-lS8juA.pdf" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">23-rooms plan</a><span style="text-align: left;">. On the market through Simon Blyth, </span><a href="https://www.simonblyth.co.uk/property/29833719/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">details here</a><span style="text-align: left;">.</span><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpCaS4-G2M1dI6-Dx0YdOr4AezWdlfHsr86waHcfZQ3ybpB2OCjIyWypOhY87w_nnM-bgA7I-Siub8b-04gI_3tH4uZZaGaYgQDsXUJx3r3BhIi5o7FKheoiRthmQgOUvDvL5bA3c0A/s1160/Greetland6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1160" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpCaS4-G2M1dI6-Dx0YdOr4AezWdlfHsr86waHcfZQ3ybpB2OCjIyWypOhY87w_nnM-bgA7I-Siub8b-04gI_3tH4uZZaGaYgQDsXUJx3r3BhIi5o7FKheoiRthmQgOUvDvL5bA3c0A/w400-h193/Greetland6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>By the way, did y'all follow my instruction in the previous post to keep an eye on the Scottish Churches website? Because, if you had, you'll have spotted this perfectly fabulous church, sitting on a third of an acre in <a href="https://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/ardnamurchan-area-p236481" target="_blank">Ardnamurchan</a>, looking for offers over £100k by March 24th. Details <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/property-and-church-buildings/properties-for-sale/properties/churches-and-halls/ardnamurchanchurch" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/74069/Final-Schedule-Kilchoan.pdf" target="_blank">pdf here</a>. Be quick now...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXwUm6rFW33oK06txNOsXJQT6W7otYtksfhNUEvS4Xpcxstin9xMYpNkZuNeHAjiqhE4er3mobLXzXJuZ3BvM_woZgGpDkPLuCifLYxpiCsYwl9cy3AfTWaNDezPoziWTKGBi9-rH1Q/s940/Kilchoan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="940" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXwUm6rFW33oK06txNOsXJQT6W7otYtksfhNUEvS4Xpcxstin9xMYpNkZuNeHAjiqhE4er3mobLXzXJuZ3BvM_woZgGpDkPLuCifLYxpiCsYwl9cy3AfTWaNDezPoziWTKGBi9-rH1Q/w400-h225/Kilchoan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoQvXKSDqSZy0tDlNZoMKWSE5R2Xy2zcvxV3lYf34ZSVP72XWK7UOJ46OWdAP0DaZhPt6b1zY55qh2PwM0r4L11ttSruzBEDGWx9nDwGI-kpFyccD5JKGp1MuwRg4ZzXvMf1c6us9HA/s733/Kilchoan1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="733" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitoQvXKSDqSZy0tDlNZoMKWSE5R2Xy2zcvxV3lYf34ZSVP72XWK7UOJ46OWdAP0DaZhPt6b1zY55qh2PwM0r4L11ttSruzBEDGWx9nDwGI-kpFyccD5JKGp1MuwRg4ZzXvMf1c6us9HA/w400-h265/Kilchoan1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>* Next week we complete on our newest home - by the river Foss, on a flood plain, with asbestos ceilings (rolls eyes...). I'll be getting in touch with those of you who said you'd be interested in writing for 'Wreck' - it's time to both spread the load and the voices : )</i></div></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comApperley Rd, Bradford BD10 0PX, UK53.8376627 -1.713672625.527428863821157 -36.8699226 82.147896536178848 33.4425774tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-66452309013992790252020-11-05T12:47:00.002+00:002020-11-05T13:45:38.349+00:00And it's goodbye from me...<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi579WdQVIlhDvr5VuEz6QncgBIzpaoWFELT3IXNk6obwtopmZUXyft5P7bcZsbVBaKAm8V1gUUhD6f_woqQKWwXvBVWfI-9oskwudNBSup5eb7JkBqx6GmgAEE6R0EEfaGY0aXRzW_ng/s1200/Creetown5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi579WdQVIlhDvr5VuEz6QncgBIzpaoWFELT3IXNk6obwtopmZUXyft5P7bcZsbVBaKAm8V1gUUhD6f_woqQKWwXvBVWfI-9oskwudNBSup5eb7JkBqx6GmgAEE6R0EEfaGY0aXRzW_ng/w400-h240/Creetown5.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br />So, here we are - day one of lockdown two. It sort of feels appropriate that, by happenstance, this is also the day I'm writing what may be my last post for Wreck of the Week.</b><p></p><p>You'll have noticed there's been a gap since the last one. Indeed some of you have already emailed to check in on me (thank you, that was lovely of you) and others have wondered whether this site you'd only just discovered was still operating. It had been, for ten years and with almost six million page views and thousands of regular readers - many of who have sent me the most amazing property finds of their own.</p><p>But this year has just been a bit too much - for me and so many of us. I was finding it harder and harder to carve out the time and generate the energy to update 'Wreck'. Like others, "lockdown" for me has meant more work; it's been pretty full-on since February and won't ease off this year. And in my close family, a divorce, two diagnosis of terminal cancer, and multiple house moves, have sliced up the year. So 'Wreck' is being sidelined. I hope not forever, but this isn't the time for promises.</p><p>But it is the time for dreaming. And I'm going to sign off with a big bunch of properties, all of which have <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2020/02/the-joy-of-before-and-after-and-wrecks.html" target="_blank">that something special</a> that has defined my Wreck picks for so many years.</p><p>First, this "money pit" (as reader Kath described it) between Creetown and Carsluith, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Creetown,+Newton+Stewart+DG8+7DL/@54.8811682,-4.5027302,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4862f828d0d1f043:0x2889c582ac8bc585!8m2!3d54.8803579!4d-4.3592912" target="_blank">towards the west coast</a> of Scotland. Grade B-listed and on Scotland's Property at Risk register, The Glebe is not a property for do-uppers - you'll need more than matching hard hat and wellies to tackle this one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnrr520a7dUJ6d06_0K1dGbUGi2ouyZZeYTsWMYD0F5IvKfO_iJmibvdSGYotGD8KzthcZS2rmUyMS7rGioHPzf8yL6psT2jG23efZCqB0wH6T1k5FDACOPxY9d2lYCAhFAnLYxJURw/s1200/Creetown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnrr520a7dUJ6d06_0K1dGbUGi2ouyZZeYTsWMYD0F5IvKfO_iJmibvdSGYotGD8KzthcZS2rmUyMS7rGioHPzf8yL6psT2jG23efZCqB0wH6T1k5FDACOPxY9d2lYCAhFAnLYxJURw/w400-h240/Creetown.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Lm7OrHTDZTnGWJmDncq2Y3GrXLmrVUXxRPUfSG-8rXz_HeuJ5ovuRz8DaX7eLflSgthGJ7A7EYJWWon7YyPvWe5Uo3lKyE6Cku6Eb3FZYeHaI2Av8f3uEYIrp5MQSwsw7PpNU5w1Ng/s1200/Creetown2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Lm7OrHTDZTnGWJmDncq2Y3GrXLmrVUXxRPUfSG-8rXz_HeuJ5ovuRz8DaX7eLflSgthGJ7A7EYJWWon7YyPvWe5Uo3lKyE6Cku6Eb3FZYeHaI2Av8f3uEYIrp5MQSwsw7PpNU5w1Ng/w400-h240/Creetown2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpikImIpRp3OTQEhMIRjFxSVhdWaYU2rCrgwmHMt4l1WRCGvRgToifCMN4uJPIiF6ReVjXNnq2mVnaRuigcwR4VC0drTrYsdzhGkPfbhzxs0HA4Nk_CJH9Rg8SUDE4YY44Cxuz7C3mg/s1200/Creetown6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpikImIpRp3OTQEhMIRjFxSVhdWaYU2rCrgwmHMt4l1WRCGvRgToifCMN4uJPIiF6ReVjXNnq2mVnaRuigcwR4VC0drTrYsdzhGkPfbhzxs0HA4Nk_CJH9Rg8SUDE4YY44Cxuz7C3mg/w400-h240/Creetown6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>But boy is it handsome. At least on the outside...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tqqFeDItjTInoovJehvyuIV_lGAVANhAzWqcXRIZ_Gy33d4KhgVsXaD6W7z8PqtAKNqpZKc5fY0wLNoLiYi_AxUxMF0XSfXQKwWu-AMlKNGIXd7HPdfGaLcc9jBtS3bSbEYLz4eoow/s1200/Creetown3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tqqFeDItjTInoovJehvyuIV_lGAVANhAzWqcXRIZ_Gy33d4KhgVsXaD6W7z8PqtAKNqpZKc5fY0wLNoLiYi_AxUxMF0XSfXQKwWu-AMlKNGIXd7HPdfGaLcc9jBtS3bSbEYLz4eoow/w400-h240/Creetown3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEcjwqAiN264nsCh4QGvDeM3idXE5EAZL4nEqmWp9oOPIUUuUS_J1EaKAohCokGpe07p2DHJTTJuu3gIverIwIMSHgGtuv22xnqFmEvKKkkOLt70Npa0Qo3HLzCjteG_kB9YZ8QTkqA/s1200/Creetown4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEcjwqAiN264nsCh4QGvDeM3idXE5EAZL4nEqmWp9oOPIUUuUS_J1EaKAohCokGpe07p2DHJTTJuu3gIverIwIMSHgGtuv22xnqFmEvKKkkOLt70Npa0Qo3HLzCjteG_kB9YZ8QTkqA/w400-h240/Creetown4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>It comes with just under five acres of land, mostly forest, backing towards a rather lovely quarry - with the quarry itself and more land also available for sale separately (that could become an issue depending on who buys it...), and its own private access track. Yummy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt2GViifRMFQWGIx2p6-sZY1lAa1ZoIrFivPVFT9vGfkwrMOQqXqO4PzbceTE7qVV9GSaft9kRuPJzLYBrN4fO2A7xtj7Q2WN_BxqKNlVKgUVeBhZR1c7fQ-sdvOslEya0lZ3pmtKVA/s1200/Creetown7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt2GViifRMFQWGIx2p6-sZY1lAa1ZoIrFivPVFT9vGfkwrMOQqXqO4PzbceTE7qVV9GSaft9kRuPJzLYBrN4fO2A7xtj7Q2WN_BxqKNlVKgUVeBhZR1c7fQ-sdvOslEya0lZ3pmtKVA/w400-h240/Creetown7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hPBGzTdq8lDqnh5OIHWHH4fhTjDO1eMdJ8tJq4tFGXLf3NMcBDLLGc5nSM5k3IfgTNai0t4gdDlv8f0u2YD7yaEJxHDX71BApk5FK75hFsFWo98h_vfNpSokuia9zhqp2nxfBMiDrw/s1200/Creetown8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hPBGzTdq8lDqnh5OIHWHH4fhTjDO1eMdJ8tJq4tFGXLf3NMcBDLLGc5nSM5k3IfgTNai0t4gdDlv8f0u2YD7yaEJxHDX71BApk5FK75hFsFWo98h_vfNpSokuia9zhqp2nxfBMiDrw/w400-h240/Creetown8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>On the market through Galloway and Ayrshire Properties at offers around £165k. Details <a href="https://gapinthemarket.com/property/the-glebe-carsluith-creetown-dg8-7dl/" target="_blank">here</a> and pdf <a href="https://gapinthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/theglebe-partics.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTtrWr51QYxwY6yUiKCiR56-pJ8X55xfiDbjr5fy7aMuBP0aSMeXT5FwFlk3DecY1NdiJ6IuZmFb7uV7rpI6cM3WIq0yA7YrRUYtZqeAULgq1lzf7sMPxFCoVKIB5soH-zBYAiyxWig/s1600/Linn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTtrWr51QYxwY6yUiKCiR56-pJ8X55xfiDbjr5fy7aMuBP0aSMeXT5FwFlk3DecY1NdiJ6IuZmFb7uV7rpI6cM3WIq0yA7YrRUYtZqeAULgq1lzf7sMPxFCoVKIB5soH-zBYAiyxWig/w400-h266/Linn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>And this one, also in Scotland, I'm late to the table on (despite having had a tip-off from another Kath three weeks ago). The Linn (above) in Helensburgh is a seven-bedroom, B-Listed villa with three acres of fabulous botanic gardens, plunge pool, separate holiday cottage and other buildings, at offers over £295k, via Savills. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkIJXPzipGScSkmIzicoqQ8Pqx_N5ETm_TXWoA14NuC6YnAi59K8qw5LggAcwaq3WLVeLgATuhm0fGCzj_FoVouKoaQEuPqgiCH5hhCyoS12Glwjd0xTyyrdci7Lm90sVOgP6fUyuuQ/s1600/Linn2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkIJXPzipGScSkmIzicoqQ8Pqx_N5ETm_TXWoA14NuC6YnAi59K8qw5LggAcwaq3WLVeLgATuhm0fGCzj_FoVouKoaQEuPqgiCH5hhCyoS12Glwjd0xTyyrdci7Lm90sVOgP6fUyuuQ/w400-h266/Linn2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmjssTbXyFNWx7BurzRlEKZmgNj3xf1M19cqCj1_FC2b38_JTdJu12DdKt9_JJmEl0MDSvnOqfQQj_rb2szgVU9aK8y1ERG6bZ-Ov8K3NYDokvEMSUlz-XXSl3hM5dmOW3MNONPTH0A/s1600/Linn3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmjssTbXyFNWx7BurzRlEKZmgNj3xf1M19cqCj1_FC2b38_JTdJu12DdKt9_JJmEl0MDSvnOqfQQj_rb2szgVU9aK8y1ERG6bZ-Ov8K3NYDokvEMSUlz-XXSl3hM5dmOW3MNONPTH0A/w400-h266/Linn3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVF7eDUM-5q94j82pA7yWMynEaODX5lb0fzbNoN_5rtzwFmIT8XSsUr-rXCL9Pgr9cXVBaKL_OROqPl-lNw1In4d886u7uuoBuOc75rYJ42pxMQLGhlo05ScGwNCdCbaHwsfghlNdfw/s1600/Linn4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVF7eDUM-5q94j82pA7yWMynEaODX5lb0fzbNoN_5rtzwFmIT8XSsUr-rXCL9Pgr9cXVBaKL_OROqPl-lNw1In4d886u7uuoBuOc75rYJ42pxMQLGhlo05ScGwNCdCbaHwsfghlNdfw/w400-h266/Linn4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>It's already under offer (hopefully <a href="https://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/18805044.linn-house-botanic-gardens-cove-go-market/" target="_blank">by the community</a>, or someone as committed to the gardens as <a href="https://democratonline.net/2019/06/21/obituary-dr-jim-taggart/" target="_blank">Dr Jim</a> had been) but is so gorgeous I'm posting it in any case. So we can all look at the pictures and daydream "what ifs...". Pictures <a href="https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/56621720" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbglrsgls200178" target="_blank">here</a>. Oh, and here's Dr Jim - another gentle soul lost.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAIPNlRs5LWk2XhlBtFcK97-5Dc3rVNzD9S7n87HQbybahQ06m2xchIYVQRlLAsn3IukWHOuM-ZcyThbkFmFvEf_mR8uRMxQADjFUe1JTIaSiybI-1o8muhIQAaQwfw2USDzNWdw8uw/s962/taggart-jim-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAIPNlRs5LWk2XhlBtFcK97-5Dc3rVNzD9S7n87HQbybahQ06m2xchIYVQRlLAsn3IukWHOuM-ZcyThbkFmFvEf_mR8uRMxQADjFUe1JTIaSiybI-1o8muhIQAaQwfw2USDzNWdw8uw/s320/taggart-jim-1.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And just to finish off this round-up of properties sent to me by readers. Here are a couple of lovely (but pricier) Southern beauties.</div><div>This Grade II-listed three-bedroom detached country house in <b>Buckinghamshire</b> with a quarter of an acre was sent to me by Fiona.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjQbHA2tVqgL3k1x8rE9_DTRNydHtyHyb9sv_e2zCxzVfsXWMmGicbhk80L6T0XB9gN4Hr4f7oYr3IJxSrxJ3V4dpmmLL6QlLEOL7tBmductxK54WrTgMQDVXrtPswOcXl8_vbkCO2g/s1024/Marston1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjQbHA2tVqgL3k1x8rE9_DTRNydHtyHyb9sv_e2zCxzVfsXWMmGicbhk80L6T0XB9gN4Hr4f7oYr3IJxSrxJ3V4dpmmLL6QlLEOL7tBmductxK54WrTgMQDVXrtPswOcXl8_vbkCO2g/w400-h266/Marston1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiMgyfSTAAO2qlMQkqMe4kpNjpVCnRUIr6Us41xB79PtGKD0eA04N3wcllT4c7ZdeiTnsCUlL7YkW-wQMoSVMpQf2eieAX8GZFY4lkef90ZW6k0TB4ZsXY339bkolD10PVExGDaGwrA/s1024/Marston.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiMgyfSTAAO2qlMQkqMe4kpNjpVCnRUIr6Us41xB79PtGKD0eA04N3wcllT4c7ZdeiTnsCUlL7YkW-wQMoSVMpQf2eieAX8GZFY4lkef90ZW6k0TB4ZsXY339bkolD10PVExGDaGwrA/w400-h266/Marston.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>No inside pictures (and you know how I feel about that) and clearly masses of work needed, but a lovely feel to the place. On the market through Michael Graham at £275k. Details <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/93920744#/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>And this five-bedroom and also Grade II-listed house, near <b>Woolacombe,</b> came via Louise. On the market through agents Stags at £450k and more tired than a wreck, but those "original" features may prove a challenge.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9PfTIncUPDn5B-XOQkxiRGdGTXOEeR1xJPQeNCi-0JyEdeSmonQh5h8TwQiWrbCmzKScu8ma1IpqdSzaphaSMY-e1ZAoicffMpRKXHkOPcOEiV8zcQfqI3ERYFUjJgEuhmaAuvMfCA/s1024/Woolacombe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9PfTIncUPDn5B-XOQkxiRGdGTXOEeR1xJPQeNCi-0JyEdeSmonQh5h8TwQiWrbCmzKScu8ma1IpqdSzaphaSMY-e1ZAoicffMpRKXHkOPcOEiV8zcQfqI3ERYFUjJgEuhmaAuvMfCA/w400-h268/Woolacombe.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHa6z2Bw6eWyCfPm7Bz-WSyDw3UZKh9WKhJq4K7sCYCHLXIWfhpKD9_GKCnYO3M7rI3Wn1VpYybBWxoTBTsni6Sisc88S26SNMCYXG8vbFpQwHgz46yO6OftGN4xac1eSvz27xApsR_Q/s1024/Woolacombe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHa6z2Bw6eWyCfPm7Bz-WSyDw3UZKh9WKhJq4K7sCYCHLXIWfhpKD9_GKCnYO3M7rI3Wn1VpYybBWxoTBTsni6Sisc88S26SNMCYXG8vbFpQwHgz46yO6OftGN4xac1eSvz27xApsR_Q/w400-h268/Woolacombe1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGHsotPRbsim_AcgzSxg8dMHskIXgq_Z5xm9VCzXJQoLJ1qrZdPh7OxCdNCKMGdATEC37MvDNS95ENhEGiSPNNlaLyF4d9dZK-rlpjTD9RCHjpFkSrLzzwwXePYoprWl8G5X9MjekZA/s1024/Woolacombe2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGHsotPRbsim_AcgzSxg8dMHskIXgq_Z5xm9VCzXJQoLJ1qrZdPh7OxCdNCKMGdATEC37MvDNS95ENhEGiSPNNlaLyF4d9dZK-rlpjTD9RCHjpFkSrLzzwwXePYoprWl8G5X9MjekZA/w400-h268/Woolacombe2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Details and more pictures <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85562215#/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going to leave you with one final property - and a tip. This is Lionel Mission Hall, on the bracing <b>Isle of Lewis</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhng02u3L1LBQaOc_O4aOu_MbFr9pfq5m-RyxvRhlZTTIC08AFbTKhRwZyyfz80Q3HqmJhYeLp06-sWM8IhMpk-sF5kjCaaXMlzANMlQ-Zcm-ukRiFtCrrg1phE5JtRddItROuC2MoXNA/s940/Lionel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="940" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhng02u3L1LBQaOc_O4aOu_MbFr9pfq5m-RyxvRhlZTTIC08AFbTKhRwZyyfz80Q3HqmJhYeLp06-sWM8IhMpk-sF5kjCaaXMlzANMlQ-Zcm-ukRiFtCrrg1phE5JtRddItROuC2MoXNA/w400-h233/Lionel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Pretty, isn't it? Like most Scottish (and Welsh) Mission Halls, it's one big room and a vestibule. In a quiet location, surrounded by countryside (and a small garden), the Hall has lovely, wide-open views. Best of all, it's cheap at offers (by November 11th) around £35k. Details and more pictures <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/71047/FINAL-Schedule-Lionel.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lionel Mission Hall is just one property on the Scottish Churches register of properties for sale. It's one of my favourite go-to lists. The Church of England had a similar one but an update to their website seems to have killed all the links. And Welsh churches and chapels tend to go direct to estate agents, with a corresponding mark-up. But you will find some <a href="https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/about-us/representative-body/redundant-churches/" target="_blank">on this page.</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>However, in Scotland you get to deal direct. Which means that, had we both been a faster off the mark, we could have put in an offer of around £20k for this stunning waterfront <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/69535/Final-Schedule-Sullom-1.pdf" target="_blank">Shetland church</a> (albeit without any land).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLIw-NHkHeZf1XtM7nAHlVQnTncr7iVlgkh-WzZkRtc07bdqDu7mzHZr2mbQQo_RtT9nA369HgXn8DUrz-tdy8Wrg75bcbARQqbHdw6kkz6Eww_vuE2yHghAlRpEKgnJJrNr-jI_blw/s940/Sullom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="940" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLIw-NHkHeZf1XtM7nAHlVQnTncr7iVlgkh-WzZkRtc07bdqDu7mzHZr2mbQQo_RtT9nA369HgXn8DUrz-tdy8Wrg75bcbARQqbHdw6kkz6Eww_vuE2yHghAlRpEKgnJJrNr-jI_blw/w400-h266/Sullom.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Anyway, <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/property-and-church-buildings/properties-for-sale" target="_blank">here's the page</a> you'll want to keep a eye on while I'm away.</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay safe, stay hopeful.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sue : )</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-70315689508765030192020-08-21T16:38:00.001+01:002020-08-21T16:41:45.868+01:00Farmhouses with near-neighbours<div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51tdw_au6wcpXp05X2n-Io7jirNZ3LmPTNvIygwewC_aJDg0dSDKPi0qyFEpdu9J0vWeOsvZBqm3lTDOJOjFCjLg6TEHy8wf2IeM15NZVM8Zkgkpl56iQxJOCmWZ2jVQo4o5VM2ZLjQ/s1511/Hockling4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1511" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51tdw_au6wcpXp05X2n-Io7jirNZ3LmPTNvIygwewC_aJDg0dSDKPi0qyFEpdu9J0vWeOsvZBqm3lTDOJOjFCjLg6TEHy8wf2IeM15NZVM8Zkgkpl56iQxJOCmWZ2jVQo4o5VM2ZLjQ/w400-h286/Hockling4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div><b>I've picked two properties to show you today - both gorgeous, obvs, but both with location issues that add to the renovation challenge. </b></div><div>First up, Bull Farmhouse in the village of Hockcliffe, sent to me by reader David.</div><div>Well-placed for London's commuter belt (assuming that's still a thing?) and handy for trains from Leighton Buzzard and for the M1.</div><div>It's a good size - four bedrooms over two floors, plus a further attic room, and a bathroom upstairs. Downstairs are three reception rooms, a chunky kitchen and utility aching to be reunited, and a large cellar.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4XoMu37tm07tHaOVOOjm5252Ih2eCmt8vjc9ioNnz7HoYZQ211EWXxvVY5AJhwHexjtXKQxM2gOgsCnyWx_xt4NO9tW_rmMqBC4UawFpJumLViguLAvQOpnXZvASa3OPfCTlYXZsag/s1620/Hockling5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4XoMu37tm07tHaOVOOjm5252Ih2eCmt8vjc9ioNnz7HoYZQ211EWXxvVY5AJhwHexjtXKQxM2gOgsCnyWx_xt4NO9tW_rmMqBC4UawFpJumLViguLAvQOpnXZvASa3OPfCTlYXZsag/w400-h267/Hockling5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IgCd-FgSvkRDc2Hs5pyAPsxVbIYnZuvXN3Z5NbA-v1K1DJxjQDvSIFOybsaRv6GYGkrBcQBpZQzztihEJ9UMlaw0zBKZkedY4-eNpR4p9QTQf6wgW-XQTWA5Vpix7qUowj1pUfiocQ/s1620/Hockling6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IgCd-FgSvkRDc2Hs5pyAPsxVbIYnZuvXN3Z5NbA-v1K1DJxjQDvSIFOybsaRv6GYGkrBcQBpZQzztihEJ9UMlaw0zBKZkedY4-eNpR4p9QTQf6wgW-XQTWA5Vpix7qUowj1pUfiocQ/w400-h267/Hockling6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UCKImFfwbse2ylNDcP0G8HHzBxCrgg7q9mjk2MU1NZdSYVgBE6etW_j9qdyh035AdmuFIiUUBNGKT5lpf9NMLPCT15VvyB8RTQM_D5fLO0mUmZGu3C_spfReNZmO3nQNxg8bzCx-9Q/s1620/Hockling7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UCKImFfwbse2ylNDcP0G8HHzBxCrgg7q9mjk2MU1NZdSYVgBE6etW_j9qdyh035AdmuFIiUUBNGKT5lpf9NMLPCT15VvyB8RTQM_D5fLO0mUmZGu3C_spfReNZmO3nQNxg8bzCx-9Q/w400-h267/Hockling7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiI1aFXK2eu2SidgGsadZhUdfsqF7icV8ws19SmXbh5IA9lIFcbyuIzTmnPD2FLx4tc1TZFN3-98td5oagYTsORddg_0_LWkZzgq6TJgANkmVov91pJMq5V8hxyWnOPxfWATBWokeQw/s1620/Hockling8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiI1aFXK2eu2SidgGsadZhUdfsqF7icV8ws19SmXbh5IA9lIFcbyuIzTmnPD2FLx4tc1TZFN3-98td5oagYTsORddg_0_LWkZzgq6TJgANkmVov91pJMq5V8hxyWnOPxfWATBWokeQw/w400-h267/Hockling8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpnMzjBCD3GidLBKTeDzydRHvhs_fbvBQ46ShU0eYV-ph8tW6VHTJruKkf49gBguJY9m4S95bvAFU9jTzMQ2A-JySpwcDylFHErYQZ1cD4jy1-vAwtgambWquyB8yvU5etTvwMIK0VQ/s1620/Hockling1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpnMzjBCD3GidLBKTeDzydRHvhs_fbvBQ46ShU0eYV-ph8tW6VHTJruKkf49gBguJY9m4S95bvAFU9jTzMQ2A-JySpwcDylFHErYQZ1cD4jy1-vAwtgambWquyB8yvU5etTvwMIK0VQ/w400-h267/Hockling1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>There are gardens to each side (looks like a track and farm buildings behind it) and a picket-fence bound garden to the front. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBkAyMAOolKJiwuxX4WDizgL1u2dGGISun_PJOixCYg3cnk-oNJ65sDONXlwoV9qTRXqeK1nGPC6gZbUtB0tUt0zvX0jkaOrHclc4BFobxunSh8qxxMdHBp-ZesK8N_QZrvxYKKIotg/s1535/Hockling3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1535" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBkAyMAOolKJiwuxX4WDizgL1u2dGGISun_PJOixCYg3cnk-oNJ65sDONXlwoV9qTRXqeK1nGPC6gZbUtB0tUt0zvX0jkaOrHclc4BFobxunSh8qxxMdHBp-ZesK8N_QZrvxYKKIotg/w400-h281/Hockling3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So, aside from the work that needs doing, there's the location. As mentioned, there are a bunch of farm buildings and land behind it and my worry would be that they'll be sold off and you might find your chocolate box farm house surrounded by an industrial estate. </div><div>Moreover, Watling Street, which the house sits on, is the A5, so not the quietest of outlooks - and full marks to the agent's photographer in choice of shots ; )</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BFJDPMia4lWQbL0PrFBc8Dck-pGhVlSqu0Pl46kYYFtfFNsiwcW357xYk2753lj0viewRJeBtEWZZB4BVs9HMmSvyO4fz7C9bKfrEBc5H9rA_HnfMuyl7eeKtyfdwqbX4NQ-wr2M8A/s788/Hockling9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="788" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BFJDPMia4lWQbL0PrFBc8Dck-pGhVlSqu0Pl46kYYFtfFNsiwcW357xYk2753lj0viewRJeBtEWZZB4BVs9HMmSvyO4fz7C9bKfrEBc5H9rA_HnfMuyl7eeKtyfdwqbX4NQ-wr2M8A/w400-h309/Hockling9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That aside, it's a pretty house in a convenient location and an open conversation with the seller would help.</div><div>On the market through Household Estate Agents <span face="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">at offers over £350k (feels on the cheeky side).</span> More details <a href="https://www.house-hold.co.uk/properties/12957062/sales" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71243856.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next, and a full 393 miles away in the <b>Scottish village of Braco</b>, near Dunblane, is this very handsome house.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0R3iztbzxLEQeRoj_k7flZ_Cjugqqj3CsUZ3kbEnD31Mmv_z9vwcmiIsVwaNkFcOVoaI8fWf5m4nOnSPomQgRE0AJne9oOD3sK2RmgNZPMlcFG56SuHtAEspaIcwqpjdCubLJKUOQA/s1600/Braco.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Details and more pictures here and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-72141105.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sue Greenwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671386926529103218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425222353278429014.post-10135509087007421702020-07-27T13:45:00.001+01:002020-07-27T13:45:14.228+01:00A chapel with sea views and a cottage to renovate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Thought I'd show you this rather lovely Welsh chapel with sea views today.</b><br />
I've featured former <a href="https://www.wreckoftheweek.co.uk/2018/07/three-chapels-and-churches-to-renovate.html" target="_blank">churches and chapels</a> several times in the past and they have their particular challenges in terms of planning permission and change of use. But they, and this seems particularly to be the case with Welsh chapels, are also pretty inspiring spaces to work with.<br />
This particular chapel sits in the village of Llaneilian, about two miles from the Anglesey port of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amlwch" target="_blank">Amlwch</a>.<br />
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Capel Selio is a good-size, single storey building with entrance, main chapel and attached school room, and with much of the original pews and features still in situ.<br />
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It's Grade II listed and there are covenants in place - no details given by the agent but my guess would be the restrictions are either on the future use of the premises or on future sale profits.<br />
It's been recently re-roofed and there's mains electricity to the building, but beyond that you're on your own. There's no suggestion of toilets or kitchen for example which may mean no mains water or drainage. The property seems to have been sitting on the market for a good year which suggests there are issues, but potentially issues that a fair bit of information has already been gathered on.<br />
Outside is a small forecourt and it looks like a little bit down the side, with a store, but no suggestion of a garden or rear outside space.<br />
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However the views over the village and across to the sea are lovely and it's in a <a href="https://www.visitanglesey.co.uk/en/things-to-do/activities/landscape-amlwch-to-llaneilian/#.Xx7GxUBFxPY" target="_blank">great location</a>.</div>
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It's on the market through Morgan Evans at offers around £99k. Details <a href="https://www.morganevans.com/en/properties/pengorffwysfa-llaneilian-anglesey-ll68#map" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-71515678.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Incidentally, Morgan Evans also have for sale this rather less pretty (but with more land) cottage on Anglesey.<br />
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A bit of a wreck, obviously, but it does have designated rooms and key services.<br />
And the neighbours look friendly.<br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llangaffo" target="_blank">Llangaffo</a> cottage has two rooms downstairs, plus kitchen and shower room, and two bedrooms upstairs. There's an attached store, which could make a garage or extension, and two gardens - one of which has parking potential.<br />
On the market at offers over £125k. Details and more pictures <a href="https://www.morganevans.com/en/properties/llangaffo-anglesey-ll60" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>It's a while since I was last in <a href="https://www.visitcalderdale.com/towns-villages/sowerby-bridge" target="_blank">Sowerby Bridge</a>. I've lived in and around Bradford in the past, and that whole area of West Yorkshire is dotted with old friends and old memories.</b><br />
All with a strong seam of creativity running through it - from jobs in the arts sector, to amazing <a href="https://chrissiefreeth.wixsite.com/weaver" target="_blank">maker friends</a>, to regular trips to Salts Mill, and the <a href="https://www.thepiecehall.co.uk/" target="_blank">Piece Hall</a>, and the <a href="https://hepworthwakefield.org/" target="_blank">Hepworth</a>. A beautiful area of England producing beautiful things.<br />
So when I was sent Wood Lane Hall ("a beaut of a house up by us") <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">by reader Aaron, I knew it would be something lovely and in that gorgeous dark West Yorkshire stone I remembered.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The five bedroom house is <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1134490" target="_blank">Grade I listed</a>, built (or re-built) in the 17th century by the Deardens who, it seems, were quite the party animals.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">It is also said by Oliver Heywood, the local vicar, after he had recorded the death of Joshua Dearden (John's eldest son) aged 36, that he "prejudiced himself with brandy", and of John he write: "Buried September 13, aged sixty six, rich." (<a href="https://greenhow-hill.org.uk/sowerbytown/old/history/woodlane.html" target="_blank">Source</a>)</span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;">It is quite, quite stunning with (as befits its protective listing) original and rare features such as the galleried hall and rose window still in place.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Many of the original windows remain, as does the "ship's cabin" bedroom, fitted out as a 1930s' Pacific steamship cabin with salvaged material in a pre-internet version of an eBay vintage hunt (<a href="http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/mmw155.html" target="_blank">this post</a> has more on the house's architecture).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Some of the house appears to have been recently lived in, but much of it has been left to gather dust</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">There's no mention of land, other than a reference to gardens, but it had been on the market several years earlier with three acres attached. Presumably that's gone elsewhere.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Back in 2014, it had been on the market at £750k, but doesn't appear to have been sold. The last listed sale was in 1995, for £160k. This time around, it's been waiting for a buyer since 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Wood Lane Hall is on the market through Edkins & Holmes with a guide price of £550k, albeit up for sale through that weird "Modern (sic) Method of Auction" business. Given the time it's been on the market, I reckon just making a sensible offer would do the job. </span><br />
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<b>Two cute-as-buttons Scottish cottages for you today - in honour of our holiday in Scotland next week (<a href="https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/progress-report/2020/07/covid-19-scotlands-route-map-through-out-crisis-update-approach-physical-distancing-light-advice-scottish-government-covid-19-advisory-group/documents/scotlands-route-map-through-out-crisis-update-approach-physical-distancing-light-advice-scottish-government-covid-19-advisory-group/scotlands-route-map-through-out-crisis-update-approach-physical-distancing-light-advice-scottish-government-covid-19-advisory-group/govscot%3Adocument/scotlands-route-map-through-out-crisis-update-approach-physical-distancing-light-advice-scottish-government-covid-19-advisory-group.pdf?forceDownload=true" target="_blank">thanks, Nicola</a>).</b><br />
First up, Old Faskally Cottage, in Killiecrankie (what names!). The two-bedroom cottage is a quite stunning positively brimming over with original details. I spent ages just looking at these pictures...<br />
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All on one level, there's a lounge, kitchen, two bedrooms and a shower room, plus a lean-to storeroom offering extension possibilities.<br />
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Lovely, lovely place and reminds me of so many traditional cottages we've holidayed in over the years, in Scotland and Wales.<br />
Outside are gardens on all sides, and lovely open views, with the A9 and historic <a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/killiecrankie" target="_blank">Killiecrankie</a> a mile or so away.<br />
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Old Faskally is on the market through Irving Geddes with a guide price of £150k. Details and more pictures <a href="https://www.irvinggeddes.co.uk/property/residential/for-sale/perthshire/pitlochry/killiecrankie/OldFaskally" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-94303043.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Also in Perthshire, and a tad larger with three bedrooms over two floors (you'll want to change that), is this cottage in <a href="https://www.discoverblairgowrie.co.uk/" target="_blank">Blairgowrie</a>.<br />
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Rather more of the original features have been removed or covered, but this handsome-looking traditional stone house does sit in its own, enclosed courtyard/driveway with stone outbuildings and a walled garden.<br />
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Who needs the privacy of open views when you've got chunky walls ; )<br />
Inside is that slightly odd layout, but some lovely big rooms to work with - and I love the hall.<br />
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On the market with Hodge Solicitors at offers over £173,500. Details and more pictures <a href="https://www.hodgesolicitors.co.uk/property/358" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/54377388?search_identifier=4012ac6db83ff1fbb19b63ebfe3d221c" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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