Three Orkney projects, £80k to £170k

So, last week I wrote about Britain's 188 inhabited islands and picked three do-ups on English islands to show you. Most of our islands are however in Scotland and that's our destination today. And to one group of islands in particular - the Orkneys and its 70-odd islands, 20 of which are human-inhabited.
As last week, I've picked out three properties across a range. Unlike last week, they all come it at sub-£200k.
And I'm starting here, with this gorgeous small farm on the island of Eday. I'm saying small farm because South Linkertaing is very much not a holiday home. It comes with 22 acres of crofted land (i.e. you or someone else has to work it) and your own portion of the beach. 

The house itself is small - a two-bed bungalow, surrounded by outbuildings. Proper ones.
We're not talking glamping wedding business; we're talking hardy sheep and compliant chickens. Maybe a shaggy-haired pony or two.

Eday is one of the northern islands, mid-size but less populated and less visited. It has all the basics however - primary school, shop, pub, puffins, Cold War submarine rebuilt by local bloke...
Stunning views (particularly from this property) and all, all of the weathers.
For someone wanting to build a life in this beautiful outpost, someone who prefers to think while working, someone resilient and DIY-capable, South Linkertaing and its croft is on the market at offers over £170k.
Agents are Lows Solicitors. Details, more pictures and video on their website here and on Rightmove here.
My next pick is on the beach-rich Orkney island of Stronsay, and rather less of a commitment.
Also two-bedrooms, also single-story, also sea views.

It's only outbuilding is a separate garage, and rather than a 22-acre croft, you get an organically-cultivated garden, fronting the sea. And not a wreck, just a house that its owner aged out of.

Hescombe Cottage is on the market at offers over £150k via Harcus Law. More on the agent's site here and on Rightmove here.
My final property to show you is back on Eday and is a project - the project being to finish a newbuild. 
Actually, not that new given plans were approved back in 2005 and the build begun in 2009.
The original plans were for a two-bedroom, single-storey stone house with open plan lounge/kitchen/diner and separate matching garage. That seems to be pretty much what has been built so far (garage only half built) in terms of the outside of the property. Inside, not so much.

I've no idea why Mr. Clifford of Margate didn't get to finish building his house on Eday and I'm sad that he didn't.
I do wonder whether the sea has crept closer since the work began, and I also wonder whether planning guidelines have changed and impacted completion. And 21 years is too long to hold on to an unfinished dream.
Anyway, a good-looking shell with everything to do inside and in a great position. Not just in terms of views of and access to the ferry terminal, but given the .66 of an acre of land that comes with the building.

On the market at a much-reduced offers over £80k through Lows. Details on the agent's website here and on Rightmove here.
And, for those of us missing wilder weathers, here's my favourite film about and in the Orkneys. 

Properties to renovate on Britain's islands

We were talking to this bloke in the pub, and he was telling us about his honeymoon on Scilly and how beautiful the island is.
Obvs I'd heard of the Isle of Scilly but, and here's where haphazard geography teaching gets you, I'd assumed it was up North somewhere, maybe off Scotland with all those other short name islands. Also, like that bloke, I thought it was one island.
But it's neither - Scilly is South, off Cornwall in fact, and is Isles. But then, you knew that didn't you? Just like you probably knew that the British Isles consists of 188 inhabited islands, including Great Britain, and that five of our inhabited islands are within the Isles of Scilly archipelago.
Where this got me to was thinking about the amazingness that comes from living on an island surrounded by clusters of sibling islands, and that I wanted to spend time focusing on those clusters.
I wrote about St Mary's, Scilly's largest island, back in March. And the property I featured (above) is still up for sale - here's that post. I noted the rarity of houses coming up for sale there, and the "Scilly" prices that created. That rarity is still an issue (I have nothing new on Scilly to show you).
But spending today looking around southern islands was actually quite dispiriting. Because that North/South property divide applies to our islands too. Higher prices in the South and too many rows of ugly boxy builds with little left to renovate.
That being said, I did find three interesting ones to show you. Starting with this proper wreck on the very lovely Isle of Man. Expensive, not least given it's cash buyers only at offers around £345k. But some works have already been done and it has planning permission to extend. 

In a gorgeous position on the island, surrounded by hills and a short drive to the harbour town of Peel.
A large farmhouse, with four potential bedrooms (once you finish building stairs and landing...) set in a big garden block. But, a hell of lot of work still to do and pay for.
On the market at cash offers around £345k through Manxmove. More pictures and details on the agent's site here and on Rightmove here.
My second pick is on the Isle of Angelsey. It's actually two houses - semis - being sold as one property so fabulous scope to turn it into one lovely big country house, or develop as two homes for friends.

Both properties have a lounge, kitchen and bathroom downstairs, and three bedrooms upstairs. They  share a gated drive and large parking area, with good-size gardens each.
One house is in better condition that the other in terms of the work needed and the second house looks like it's been empty quite a while.

The location's fabulous - views of the sea and the mountains, and more-or-less midway between the beach at Porth Trwyn and the village of Llanfaethlu.
On the market at £275k through Williams & Goodwin. Details and more pictures on the agent's site here and on Rightmove here.
My last property to show you is on the Isle of Sheppey, in Kent. I'm not entirely convinced by the designation 'Isle' for Sheppey, given it's bridges and ease of access, but that has driven its popularity. 

This detached house is on Sheerness's High Street and walking distance to the sea front.
It's a time-stopped, three-bedroom detached house with a lovely walled garden. And if you're a fan of 'mid-century modern', let me introduce you to Blundeston House's take on the 70s.

On the market at £250k through Wards. More pictures on the agent's site here and on Rightmove here.