House buying, selling, viewing and the housing market.
John Terry has bought some flats in Stockwell
It’s a converted printworks in Stockwell, South-West London – story on the Sun has a photo.
Presumably they were bought as an investment – as other footballers have also invested in this block.
Galliard – Clapham Road
Stanwick Hall is part 4 of this series of Restoration Home. You can watch it on iplayer
Stanwick Hall is in appalling condition and faces an incredible battle for survival, which City high-flyers Gina and Simon have taken on. The Hall is on the buildings-at-risk register which means it is one of the most endangered structures in the country.
As the restoration throws up more and more serious problems, long forgotten evidence comes to light showing it was built on the biggest financial scandal of the early 18th century and was emblematic of the huge upheaval in the early 19th century that changed the landscape of Britain forever.
It starts by saying that George Downing built Downing Street. And he was a bit of a dodgy property developer. By the 1950s it needed restoring.
Stanwick Hall was also built on the cheap. It has been bought by the Russells in 2007.They paid about £1million for it and have half a million to do it up. They have had to get their plans approved by the heritage commission
Stanwick Hall is on the at risk register at English Heritage – I assume if the family restore it then it will be removed from this list.
STANWICK HALL, HIGHAM ROAD, STANWICK, RAUNDS, EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Listing text here Grade: II*
You can buy the book Restorarion Home.
I’ve just read in Fine and Country’s magazine about Golden Hill Fort. It’s an amazing building that has been divided up into 18 appartments.
It’s a massive six sided building on the Isle of Wight.
They’re listed on rightmove From £400,000 and the location is Freshwater, Isle Of Wight
I can’t read a news story these days without wondering what the houses are like there – this story about a woman who fell down a well in Abbots Morton, Worcestershire has led me to look here on rightmove
This one caught my eye – pretty!The original Village Blacksmiths Cottage and Forge, offering up to six bedrooms and four reception rooms in total at the heart of this beautiful village.
How to find the auction properties only on rightmove.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Cheshire/auction.html
This link goes to this page listing property in Cheshire for sale at auction
So it should just be a matter of changing the location on rightmove and finding other auction property.
You get a longer more complicated URL doing that – but you can manually edit the url in the address bar so it reads
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Manchester/auction.html
and then that takes you to the Manchester auction properties.
We spotted this useful hint from Venger! Thank you!
Traditionally auction properties have been bought by cash buyers. If you have a mortgage appreoved then ask if they’d consider letting you buy an auction property – buy do searches and surveys in advance and get a solicitor who specialises in auctions in before you start spending any proper money as they can look through the legal pack and warn if there’s something obvious.
Don’t expect mortgage companies to be happy with any major issues on an auction property like subsidence. Leave well alone to people who can afford to lose their deposit!
A local council is considering buying up large swathes of private rental accommodation in a bid to crack down on unscrupulous landlords and offer longer, more secure tenancies.
Artiucle on Landlord today.
If Newham Council in London buy at sensible prices (lower than current price levels for starters!) then this might be a positive for the council. If they overpay then that’s a very bad idea for council tax payers and residents.
Not a huge number of photos but the description says: The extensive entertaining space is served by a new glass lift. Other features include air cooling, swimming pool, sauna and treatment room and a garden
If you do happen to have £18M to spend on a house then there’s this one on Crazies Hill, Henley-On-Thames
Palladian style house, Grade II listed, Crazies Hall is in beautiful lakeside grounds.
8 bedrooms
7 reception rooms
8 bathrooms
Leisure Facilities
Outbuildings
Secondary accommodation for the staff you’ll need to help keep the place tidy! Very pretty!
“The volume of transactions is very low and is not going to get any better, especially when asking prices are 35-40% above actual selling prices.”
Article on BBC about house prices and why they’re still so high!
If your home is heated by oil – then have a look at the heating oil club. THOC is free to join. I don’t have heating oil myself so havent’ compared this to other information sources. If you have used THOC then get in touch!
If you have oil heating make sure you have a good padlock on your tank to stop the oil being stolen.