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...]
Pandemic rural home buyers are returning to the city, according to estate agents
Estate agents in Wales expect people who opted for rural living over urban living during lockdown to revert their decisions and return to the city. One property firm is predicting that smallholdings, which have been extremely sought after, will become more widely available on the market in the coming year as those … [Read more...]
The Billion Dollar Property Portfolio of the Queen & Prince Charles
Like most British families, the royal family has its time-honored Christmas traditions: The holidays are usually spent at Queen Elizabeth’s country estate, Sandringham. There, before and after a hearty Christmas dinner, it is said dinner guests are invited to step on to a set of scales to assess their weight gain, a … [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...]
How to Prepare Your Home for Winter Weather
Have you heard about the new “worst-case scenario” game this month? Forget swimming with sharks or being chased by killer clowns, what would you do if your home was suddenly struck by atrocious weather and you lost power, heat, wi-fi and water? It has been a cold, harsh reality for an estimated one million households … [Read more...]
Why House Prices Have Risen Faster in Wales Than Anywhere Else in the UK
Was there anybody who didn’t move to the countryside during the pandemic? It seems like the world did, with much-publicised property gold rushes in the Cotswolds and Cornwall. However, the biggest price rises in the past year have not been in Oxfordshire, the West Country or other posh London outposts: the new … [Read more...]
House Prices in Wales Rise to New Peak
The price of homes in Wales hit a new peak of £218,783 in the third quarter of 2021 (July-September), 11.5 per cent higher than the same time the previous year. The figures have been released from Principality Building Society’s Wales House Price Index for Q3 2021, which demonstrates the rise and fall in house prices … [Read more...]
First Winter in the Sticks – Give your Home an MOT
For many who fled cities in the pandemic, this is their first rural winter. This winter is going to be very different from any that Alexandra and Joshua Knight have ever experience before. Earlier this year they moved from a suburban cul-de-sac in Oxted, Surrey to a remote house with an acre of land in … [Read more...]
