Seeking a mid-life change of direction, osteopaths Jo and Adam Sheridan, from Rugby in the English Midlands, ended up falling for west Wales. In May, they moved into a smallholding on 14 acres near the town of Lampeter, about 20 miles south of Aberystwyth, including a barn and a two-bedroom holiday rental property from … [Read more...]
How to Make Money out of Luxury Holiday Lets
Forget location, location, location, the new mantra for property investors is staycation, staycation, staycation. Just ask Mathew Rees. He and his family own around 220 buy-to-let houses and flats in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, but they are so certain that the pandemic has ushered in a new golden era for UK breaks … [Read more...]
Seven Ways to Boost your Holiday Let Profits
Little details make a big difference in a competitive market – here's how to stand out: In May, Ghillie James and her husband bought a five-bedroom farmhouse outside Bath – despite never having seen it. They exchanged on the property, which cost more than £1m, from their home in Singapore, where they had lived for a … [Read more...]
The beautiful village which became the centre of Wales’ second home debate
For one of the most picturesque villages in Pembrokeshire, things have become pretty ugly for Cwm-yr-Eglwys. The jumbled collection of houses that make up the pretty holiday hotspot in west Wales have become the poster child for second home issues for all of Wales. From a comment by a local community councillor, who … [Read more...]
Where to buy the best value property in the most sought-after seaside spots
Record numbers are searching for a house on the coast and prices are on the up. Here's where to swap locations for a more affordable home...... Britons are embracing a second summer of staycations as travel restrictions bite. Demand for homes by the sea has soared, with buyers looking for a different lifestyle … [Read more...]
Where to buy property in Pembrokeshire
Bustling harbour towns, clean beaches and plenty of peak-season elbow room make it hard to resist The wild west of Wales is where you’ll find the best beaches in the country. Sandy strands, picturesque coves, windswept dunes — they’re all here, along with dramatic sunsets, bustling harbour towns and a lot more … [Read more...]
House prices: how the Covid-19 pandemic sent the housing market into a frenzy
It is one of the oddest outcomes from the pandemic: a housing market that is so frenetic that there could be nothing to sell within two months. While Easter is traditionally the start of the house-hunting season, March was the busiest month for a decade. More sales were agreed on March 23 than on any other day in the … [Read more...]
Best Places to Live – Sunday Times 2021
The Cleddau Estuary, Pembrokeshire Whoever gave the Cleddau Estuary its nickname, “the secret waterway”, wasn’t joking — many of the holidaymakers who flock to Tenby and Saundersfoot every summer are blissfully unaware of the delights to be found on its shores — but now the game is up. Sori (sorry). The Cleddau … [Read more...]
