...Or downsizers are battling each other for homes. In Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Carol Peett, founder of West Wales Property Finders http://www.westwalespropertyfinders.co.uk, is receiving several inquiries a week from buyers in their sixties and seventies wishing to sell large houses with big gardens to move to … [Read more...]
A source of joy, and painful expense: how to renovate a listed home
Renovating a house from top to bottom is not for the faint-hearted, but if the property is listed, this comes with many added layers of red tape and expense. Just ask Claire Collins, who has spent two years restoring an elegant Georgian house in Lansdown, Bath. “When I bought the house, it was so beautiful but … [Read more...]
In praise of the suburban semi – they’re hot property, whatever the snobs say
In 1939 George Orwell took aim at burgeoning British suburbia and its population of lower middle class lackeys in his novel Coming Up for Air, memorably describing the new homes being built on the fringes of cities as ‘semi-detached torture chambers where the poor little five-to-ten pound a-weekers quake and … [Read more...]
Can buying a rectory answer your home purchasing prayers?
What is the best house to buy in a village if you're planning a move to the countryside? The manor house, perhaps? Forget it, unless you are worth a small fortune. A farmhouse? It will be miles from civilisation and likely to have too much land. A chocolate-box cottage? Inclined to be dark and constantly in need of … [Read more...]
Should you ever pay above the asking price for a home?
If you’ve fallen in love with your dream home you may be tempted to pay over the asking price. But is it ever a good idea? Those new to buying a home may not realise that an asking price is just a guide. An estate agent will advise the seller on an appropriate asking price for their property based on its … [Read more...]
Best places to live by the sea in the UK 2023 – Tenby & Solva
Two Pembrokeshire towns have been named among the best places to live by the sea in the UK by The Times. Tenby and Solva join fellow Welsh towns Penarth (Glamorgan) and Barmouth (Gwynedd) in The Times’ list of the best places to live by the sea in 2023. Solva, Pembrokeshire This month’s Solva Edge Festival (July … [Read more...]
What’s really going on inside Britain’s broken rental market
There are an average 13 renters battling it out for every property available to let — but are landlords profiting or selling up? It feels genuinely hopeless and it’s making me ill,” says Lottie, who privately rents a two-bedroom property in outer London. Like thousands of private tenants right now, her biggest worry … [Read more...]
Why Homes by the Water Defy the House Price Falls
Even as the market slows, houses by the sea, rivers or lakes still command a premium. Are waterside properties actually recession-proof? When James Sanchez and Annabelle Hillard were looking for their first home together, the monthly cost and length of commute were their first concerns. Sanchez, 25, and Hillard, 26, … [Read more...]
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