Three coastal properties (P.S. I'm back)

So, last time we got together, a few days over three years ago, things were looking pretty ok. Covid done, Trump v1 gone, and Truss replaced. But I was knackered.

Like lots of you, I started to shed the things that, as they say, were no longer giving me joy and one of those was Wreck of the Week. I put it on hold in case I got my property mojo back, but also because I knew how important it was to many of my readers as an archive of how we'd love to live.

Anyway, me and my mojo have been reunited and I'm making time for Wreck again. I've even spruced up the design (tho' not sure about it...).

So, let's get the Wreck of the Week ball rolling again with three interesting coastal properties that sum up the Wreck ethos - detached, peaceful, space, and some "challenges".

This first one is sort-of down the road and around several windy bends from me, which means I can tell you that the agent photos are rubbish - it's got a lot more kerb appeal than the drone shots suggest.

It's at Waxholme, on the gorgeous East Holderness coast, with a decent amount of farmland between the house and our eroding cliffs.

Formerly two properties, the mill house and cottage, now operating as one home, plus a jumble of outbuildings, a large plot of land and garden (0.4 acres) and the remains of Black Mill - which reportedly inspired Tolkien. 

There are four bedrooms across the conjoined houses, upstairs bathroom and downstairs loo, three reception rooms, kitchen, utility room and large attached garage. 

The complexity is that, while the property has been lived in as one home, the house and cottage are still listed separately on the land registry and no planning permission covering the work to join them.

Which probably explains why it's listed for auction. 

Auction runs online from noon on December 1st to 1pm on December 3rd, with a guide price of £200k. Details and more pictures on Rightmove here and at agents Auction House here.

Here, by the way, is the video I shot today of my own bit of coast.

And while we're on the subject of cliffs, Hollis Morgan has this 1.4 acre chunk of cliff and beach in Portishead, near Bristol, up for auction next week.

I don't understand how it's still possible, in 2025, to be able to buy and sell freehold a strip of beach, nor quite what you'd do with it (pitch a tent, watch the dog walkers pass by, wait for the sea, study the exceptional geology?), but with a guide price of £10-30k, owning this view of the Bristol Channel may be enough.

Up for auction on November 19th. Details and more pictures here.

Hang on, Portishead?? Cue a favourite song.

And finally, HERE is a proper coastal wreck.

Two bedroom cottage, with two acres of land, great views, and less than 2km from the stunning White Strand Beach on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. And on the market for just 145k euro (about £128k).

So far, so amazing. Here come the challenges...

There are two rooms downstairs and two upstairs, all with open fires. A shower, sink and loo has been added to one of the downstairs rooms. As the estate agent puts it: "Its traditional layout offers a warm, rustic feel". Indeed.

It is however in a quite spectacular coastal location and close enough to a village (Castlecove, county Kerry) and positioned on the N70, to make access to materials and trades easier.

On the market through agents Eleanor Connor-Scarteen at 145k euro. Details and more pictures here.