Four rural farmhouses with land

I think you could say this is Louise's post more than it's mine. Reader Louise has sent me a positive deluge of gorgeous wrecks over the last few weeks, and I've put the best ones into this post. So sit back, relax, dream with Louise.
We'll start at the top of the tree price-wise, with the lovely Waterloo House above and below. On the outskirts of the Shropshire town/village of Clun, it comes with around half-an-acre of land rolling down to to the River Clun.

There are three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs, plus two attic rooms, and two reception rooms, kitchen, pantry and scullery downstairs.

Outside is garden area, a courtyard and a large, two-storey stone barn.

On the market through Strutt & Parker (they do the loveliest property photos...) with a guide price of £425k. Details here and here.
This stunning wreck of a farmhouse (below) at Clayton-Le-Woods, Lancashire, comes with just under an acre of land.

There are five bedrooms plus two large attic rooms, bathroom, a bundle of reception rooms, kitchen and cellar, and lots of period details.

What I love most about those pictures is the signs of someone living there - the weights in the bedroom, the dog bowls on the floor, the fishing rods against the wall. Somebody will miss wandering around this beautiful wreck.
It's Grade II listed, built around 1700, and has an interesting past. Hawksmoor farmhouse sits in pretty and secluded rural area, accessed by  private track.
On the market through Peter E Gilkes at £275k. More here and here.
This next one has a deadline for final offers of Thursday June 14th.
The lovely three-bedroom detached cottage is at Ratlinghope, in the South Shropshire hills.
Used as a holiday cottage by the same family for 40 years, it needs work but, as well as being surrounded by stunning open views, comes with 3.6 acres of its own land to run wild in.

On the market through Samuel Wood at offers around £200k by June 14th. More here and here.
Also on a deadline is the three-bedroom house, below, a couple of miles from historic Ludlow in Shropshire.

Beautiful views from its hillside position, and a good chunk of land (around half an acre) to play with.

Bathroom is downstairs and rooms are a bit higglegy-piggedly, but lots of potential here.
The last person to live here was an old chap who loved gardening. Do him proud.
On the market at offers over £235k, with a deadline for bids of July 5th, via Strutt & Parker. More here and here.
Louise incidentally is an Aussie living in Canada, who came across Wreck while looking for visual inspiration for her writing. She's now addicted to looking at English property: "Argh. So many prettys"! Yep, we're with you on that, Louise!

Farmhouse and cottage to renovate

I'm partial to a two-for-one property deal and this gorgeous farmhouse comes with an attached (albeit not quite so gorgeous) cottage.
East Farm is off the A645, Broach Lane at Little Heck, a few miles from Goole. The location itself is pretty decent. Goole isn't the prettiest of towns (I'm saying that as someone from Hull, with an inbuilt reluctance to see charm in any other East Yorkshire city) but East Farm's location offers both rural views and easy commuter access to the M62 and M18.
The property obviously needs work, but it's a good size with lots of possibilities. However, if you're interested, you need to get a move on - offers on East Farm close this week.

The house itself is a good size. A detached farmhouse with hall, two reception rooms, a massive, 20ft x 11ft kitchen, plus pantry, utility room, downstairs shower room, and cellar.

Upstairs are four bedrooms, the bathroom (yay!), and dressing/box room.

And above that are two attic rooms and a storeroom, reached by a staircase.

The attached "cottage" has one room downstairs and one upstairs.

Outside is a large garden and views over adjoining farmland. The streetview shows a road largely empty of other buildings.

It's for sale through agents Townend Clegg & Co at offers around £200k. The deadline for offers is this Friday - June 8th - and the last formal viewing date is tomorrow, Tuesday 5th June, at 6pm. Contact the agents on 01405 471948 to book. Details here and here.

Pretty farmhouse with land and outbuildings

It's amazing what a bit of sunshine can do for a set of property pix. Particularly when, as today, I'm looking at them with the sun streaming into my garden room/office of heat-dopey dogs and chattering zebras*.
This four-bedroom house plus barn and land may be a tad on the pricier side, but its secluded location in rural Norfolk caught my eye. That and the sunny back garden:

No. 170 The Dyes is just outside the village of Hindolveston, around 20 miles from Norwich and around 18 from Cromer and the coast.
The house has two good-sized reception rooms downstairs, plus kitchen, utility room, boot room and study.

Upstairs are four bedrooms - no bathroom, and a bit of a weird thing going on with two staircases.
There's a large outhouse attached to the main house, plus two further brick and tile outhouses.

The property comes with around 1-.5 acres of land, surrounded on three sides by woodland and reached by an unadopted road.

On the market through Pointens with a guide price of £325k. More here and in the pdf brochure here.


* These Zebras. Have I mentioned I have aviaries?

Farmhouse with outbuildings and nine acres

This gorgeous Dorset farmhouse with land and outbuildings is up for auction in a couple of weeks.
A tip off from reader Angus, the five-bedroom Grade II-listed house comes with masses of farm buildings, two paddocks, water meadow and over nine acres of land.

Hayden Farmhouse, is in lovely Charminster, about a mile from Dorchester.
The farm buildings need a lot of work (or demolition/rebuild), the house needs remodelling and renovating, but most rooms are big and light with lots of original features. And that land is a big plus.

On the not plus side, there's a public right-of-way across the drive and one of the paddocks; and a patch of Japanese Knotweed (treated) at the end of the garden.
There are reasons handsome properties like this end up at auction.

Up for auction on June 1st via Symonds and Sampson with a guide price of £575k. Details here and here.

Two not pretty but super nice homes by the sea

Bear with me on these picks. I know they're not the prettiest of properties I've shown you, but both have a special "extra" to offer.
Starting with the three-bedroom, 'old lady gone' bungalow above and below.
It's a decent size (albeit one bedroom is a bit small) and comes with a garage and a former milking parlour in its gardens - and space to extend into or rebuild the parlour.

I love this room. Absolute 70s heaven!

 

What really makes this property worth a second glance however is the location. In the middle of the coastal Welsh village of Trefin and walking distance from the Pembrokeshire Coast Path and the sea.
Trefin itself is lovely - a bit of a hidden Welsh gem, and a former home of Cerys Matthews.
Cue excuse to play one of my favourite dancing songs...

I love Cery's green suit.
On the market through West wales Properties at offers over £225k. Details here and here.
My next pick is equally unpretty (it's the concrete...) and not helped by the lack of internal photos.
However, what Mill Farm House (below) lacks in looks, it makes up for in location and "extras".

The Grade B-listed farm house is just outside the Scottish coastal village of New Aberdour, about nine miles from Fraserburgh and 15 from Banff.
Like our Trefin bungalow, there are lovely coastal walking paths almost from the doorway.
However, what makes Mill Farm really special is that there's also an option to buy your own chunk of the beach - 36 acres of Aberdour beach to be exact.

The farmhouse itself is a good size - hall, sitting room, dining room (both with open fires) and kitchen downstairs. Upstairs are four large bedrooms and the bathroom.
Outside is a front garden and a rear yard and farm buildings - steadings, cattle court and store. That beach is 400 yards away.

On the market through Galbraith at offers over £185k for the farmhouse and steading. Details here and here.
The beach is on the market separately at offers over £90k, details here, or by negotiation with the farmhouse.
There's no mention of rights of way and outlets and other things that might make owning a beach less than appealing, but personally I can't see why anyone would want the house and not the beach.
But then, you all know how I feel about houses by the sea...