The sea is calm this morning after days of wildness. The sky is bluer and cloud dotted, the birds are numerous and vocal. This is a good day.
Walking Paddy on the beach, up and over hills of sand (leftovers of that wilder sea), I was thinking about what theme to bring to today's post and my ferreting out of interesting wrecks.
You seem to have liked my 'under £100k' post, clicks-wise, and also my church post. But to be honest, that's not really what 'Wreck' is about. It's sort-of you but mostly me and what properties I find quirky or cute or weirdly-interesting and want to share. Kind of like my baking - often problematic taste-wise but always done with good sharing intentions.
So, no real theme today, just cookie crumbling.
And I think I'll start here, with this super-cute sea-front cottage, not least because they dropped the price a week or so ago, bringing it under £150k.
The house isn't a wreck, and my apologies for that. It's clearly been painted for the photos and generally smartened up and looked after over the years, but it is small and relatively isolated, given Lismore's scale and ferry dependence.
You enter via the narrow kitchen to the front, with two bedrooms, bathroom and living room running behind - most with those gorgeous sea views.
As an escape pod, it's pretty perfect.
On the market through Bell Ingram at £149k. Details, more pictures and video on the agent's site here and on Rightmove here.
By the way, remember the island off an island I showed you a couple of weeks ago - Eilean Loch Oscair off the coast of Lismore? That's still on the market (offers over £125k, here).
My next pick is the salt and pepper variety of cookie - definitely not for everyone (possible anyone?) but so, so interesting.
This is actually two properties being sold as a pair - a pair of chapels, in fact. Almost-identical twin chapels in Brecon with views of the Beacons, in fact. For just £125k for both.
There are issues, obvs, underpinning that twofer £125k, but I'll get to those after these pictures.
Access to those graves is prioritised - you only get to come and go and park nearby. There's also no planning permission, you'll need to chat with planners at the Brecon Beacons National Park (the chapels are on their patch), but I can't imagine they'd rather see these gothic lovelies crumble than be lived in.
They're Grade II listed, which is do-able, but services are limited. Mains electricity to one chapel, but no mains drainage or water to either.
The setting is lovely. In the suburbs of pretty and lively Brecon town and with those views over the Beacons - and your quiet neighbours.
On the market at £125k via James Dean. Details and more pictures on the agent's site here and on Rightmove here.
It's a semi, with three bedrooms and a decent garden backing onto to open fields. This one is a bit more of my standard Wreck property - needs renovating, got issues, but great location and potential.
In the Devon village of Horrabridge, around four miles from Tavistock and close to Dartmoor.
Like my first property, this one has also had its price reduced recently, now up for offers over £137,500.
Downstairs is a large kitchen/diner plus separate utility room, living room, and hall. Upstairs three bedrooms (one pretty small) and the bathroom.
Front garden has space for a couple of cars (or vans) and the back garden is a bit shed-city but removing that concrete former outhouse would give you options to extend the house.
On the market at offers around £137,500 through Fulfords. More on the agent's site here and on Rightmove here.
Hang on, just realised there is a theme to this post - everything I've shown you is under £150k. I'll put that in the headline : )
See you next Thursday.
