Wreck of the Week

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 grand, lottery-win preferred, country homes. So this week I've set myself a target of picking projects in the £100k-ish price band. Starting here. With this super-cute old-lady-gone house that is so completely time stopped it feels like a portal to a parallel past . The end terrace is in pretty  Morpeth , Northumberland, and comes with two bedrooms, a lovely and overgrown garden, and great views.  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. 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.  On the market with a guide price of £110k, via Turvey Westgarth. Details and more pictures here and here . While we're...

  How are we all? Ready for some renovation day-dreaming? Let's begin here... With this very, very lovely former rectory in the Lincolnshire village of East Barkwith, around eight miles from Market Rasen and 17 from Lincoln. 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 : ) 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? 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. Outside is around an acre of garden, including walled kitchen garden, and brick stable/store. While the house isn't listed (unlike its neighbouring church ) it is keenly monitore...