Wreck of the Week

Time to dig in. I've got a couple of bigger renovation challenges to show you this week.  Starting with this gorgeous Scottish country house with an unfortunate history. Chesterhill House, just outside  Newport-on-Tay  and across the Tay from Dundee, has been empty for a while and has a bit of a media reputation. The C-listed property was last on the market a couple of years ago, when it reportedly "broke the internet"  as people lined up to view it (can I just interrupt the flow here to say how completely STUPID that is as a story headline? Not only is it impossible to break the internet , but putting something in scare quotes because you can't back it up in the actual story doesn't make it any more journalistically valid). Around 15 buyers pitched in, with bidding war won by  last-minute offer of just under £620k. Since when, the current owner has done some immediate remedial work and put through a planning application to extend and repai...

Yes, yes, I know I "did" Wales in my last post, but having just come back from a holiday in lovely Ceredigion, I thought I'd chuck in a couple of more unusual Welsh properties. Starting with the pretty seaside wreck above. On the pricey side for what's effectively  a two-bedroom pre-fab, and unlikely to be mortgagable except as a plot of land, but its gorgeous location* on the edge of St Dogmael's  Poppit Sands sells it. I spotted the house last week. We'd just taken our two greyhounds for a blast across the sands, and I saw this cute little wreck as we went back to the car. Not surprising given that, despite those gorgeous sea views, it is pretty much overlooking Poppit's carpark and visitor centre... However, it's rare for properties (or land) to come up in this location. The last one I came across at Poppit was  back in June 2017 . Rocket House (red door, below) was a one-bedroom, stone-built property and up for auction at the time...