Grand country house or tiny terrace - wrecks with views
Hello. How are we all doing? Or would you rather we didn't go there today - l et's just distract ourselves, shall we? I have two properties to show you today - the little and large of my property picks, both with stunning country views but very different offerings. And price tags. Maes Y Neuadd, in Snowdonia, is a former country house hotel that, in its more glorious past, put up the likes of Jackie Kennedy, Kylie Minogue and Nigel Mansell (and several "ghosts" ). It's not really a wreck (see my fluid definition of that here ) but it definitely needs a lot of work. Just under six acres of gardens and land - including walled kitchen garden, paddock, lake and woodland. As well as the main house, there's a four-bedroom coachhouse which has had rather more recent use. The views are quite stunning - mountains to one side and the headland and sea on the other. It's been on the market for around 18months, having last sold i...