Three detached Welsh 'wrecks'


Three Welsh wrecks for you today. First the detached cottage above and below, up for auction next week (and my prompt for picking Welsh properties).
Definitely a wreck, and lovely because of that. Actually not so sure about the lovely... how about we go with charming?
Two reception rooms and kitchen downstairs, two bedrooms and bathroom upstairs. Plus dilapidated attached stone barn, and a third of an acre of land. Bonus!
Nice rural location in the hamlet of Sarnau, about seven miles from Welshpool, in Powys.
It looks like someone's had a go at doing some work on it. You'll want to find out how far they got and why they stopped.



And whether this stream running in front of the house had anything to do with the 'why they stopped'. See the gap under those concrete blocks?


Up for auction via Morris, Marshall and Poole on April 27th, with a guide price of £125k. More here and here.
Also on the 'big job' side of wreck-buying, is the farmhouse below, at Llandeilo, Carmartheshire. It does, however, come with a  whopping 27 acres of land!


Two reception rooms, kitchen and loo downstairs; three bedrooms and bathroom upstairs. And a rather enthusiastic attitude to decor throughout...


Outside is an attached garage/workshop, plus the land - which includes around 14 acres of woodland and 13 of pasture.



On the market through Evans Bros with a  guide price of £215k. More here and here.
Finally, JJ Morris has this detached village house in Wolfscastle, Pembrokeshire on the market at just under £190k:


No internal pictures and the agent's details don't give any clues to the renovation need (unless you take the fact the sale includes a static caravan in the garden as a sign of the house's habitable state...), but a good size and in a nice village green location, with a pretty garden out back. More here.



Two large townhouses to renovate


Couple of big old townhouses for you today. One in coastal Norfolk, one in Bristol.
The Georgian terrace above and below is in the pretty seaside town of Wells-next-the-Sea, around 30 miles from Norwich.
The three storey property is Grade II-listed and has three bedrooms, plus a gorgeous attic room. It needs renovating and updating (which makes the price tag a tad steep at almost £400k) and parking looks like an issue - there are double-yellows down both sides of the street.
However, inside is lovely with panelled doors, exposed floorboards, and sweet period details.






The kitchen leads out onto an overgrown but reasonable-sized garden, and the bathroom is upstairs - always a bonus in an old house.







The property, at 19 High Street, is on the market with a guide price of £399,950 through Belton Duffey. Details here and here.
The handsome detached townhouse below is up for auction at the end of this month (on April 25th).


The house, on Hill Street in Bristol, has a kitchen and two large reception rooms downstairs, three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.





There's a good-sized garden at the back and a drive and garage to the side. The whole thing needs renovating and updating and is likely to go for more than the auction guide price of £200k.
On the market through Maggs and Allen, details here and here.


Two rural-ish cottages - South and North


Today's 'wreck' picks have much in common. Both detached cottages, both three-bedrooms, both rural-ish but not isolated. And both on the market at around £220k.
Hillcrest, above and below, is in the Dales village of Preston Under Scar, about eight miles from Richmond. Great views, as you might expect from its name, but still within the village and with neighbouring properties.
The cottage has living room, kitchen, pantry and 'snug' downstairs, three bedrooms and bathroom upstairs.




There's an attached stone barn and gardens front, rear and side.




On the market through Robin Jessop with a guide price of £225k. Details here and here and pdf brochure here.
Larger, but rather less isolated, is the three-bed cottage below, in the Forest of Dean market town of Cinderford, Gloucestershire.


Two reception rooms, kitchen, hall, and loo downstairs; three bedrooms and bathroom upstairs.




There's a good-size garden with outbuildings (one attached to the house), surrounded by walls and hedging.



On the market through Bidmead Cook at £220k. Details and more pictures here and here.

Welsh four-bed farmhouse at bargain price


This is pretty damn lovely. But also a wreck, obviously.
The house is on Wern-Ddu Road, on the outskirts of Ammanford, in Carmanthenshire. It's a bit weird: part old-lady-long-gone and part-unfinished do-up. A mix of dusty ornaments and family mementos, with stripped-back walls and re-fitted windows  - sort of frozen in two different timelines.



Downstairs is a handsome hall with oak staircase, three reception rooms, kitchen and pantry. Upstairs are four bedrooms and a bathroom.






Most rooms have original fireplaces and period details.
There's a large, neglected garden and a separate garage - plus fabulous views.


With a guide price of just £100k for all that space, there must be issues. Perhaps whatever prompted the previous renovator to give up and sell?


Anyhoo... I think it's gorgeous.
On the market through BJP, details here and here.