I think this house is lovely. It’s so pretty inside and out. It’s in the village of Pitney in Somerset
It is Grade II listed.
Unusually it appears to be thatched on the front and tiled on the back of the house.
It has beams, inglenook fireplace, an aga, and is very nicely done!
Author: Diane
Sustrans – another useful website
Sustrans is well worth a look when you’re buying a house
Sustrans maps show all the cycle and walking paths available in your area. They also list bus stops, dentists, GPs, shops and tons of other useful stuff.
Give it a whirl!
Specialist Estate Agents
Although most people use one of the main property websites when searching if you are after something in particular it pays to look around and see what other estate agents there are.
As well as perhaps doing a search for “property detail + estate agent” you could also search for estate agents in a particular area. Even if they’re on rightmove it’s worth contacting local agents as they might have useful info on the area and be the first to know of properties coming on to the market.
For instance Rural Scene deals only with rural property with land. This is well worth adding to your list to make contact with!
Agricultural Specialists McCartneys has a really good search option set on their site.
A London only property search for water side propertys at this one – Waterview – really specialised!
Georgian Property –
The place to buy and sell your Georgian house
– this doesn’t have a huge number of properties but if you’re specifically after a georgian home then it’s worth a look.
Barns ETC sells barns, converted and unconverted.
David Burr Estate Agent deals with village and country properties only – all in the South East from what I can see.
The Equestrian Properties Estate Agency for property with land in
North Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, South Lincolnshire, Norfolk & Suffolk
Some keep their area very niche such as John Bray who only having properties for sale in the Rock, Daymer Bay, Polzeath and Port Isaac in North Cornwall.
Kernow Properties Estate Agents in Camelford, North Cornwall – the coastal and moorland property specialists.
Amazing bathrooms – there should be an award!
Perhaps I’ll have to start my own award scheme for winning bathrooms. This one would win a prize because of the views!
It’s in this 7 bedroom detached preoperty which is for for sale at a guide price of £3,750,000
The house is in Lee, Ilfracombe, Devon
The whole house is nice though, with an amazing staircase.
Lee Manor was built for the Squire of Lee – Charles Bernard Mervyn
Drake Cutliffe – in 1896 and is stunningly placed amidst trees at the edge of the sea at Lee bay.
Barton style?
Just read a listing that mentions “Barton style range of farm buildings” … What does this mean? A quick search has found nothing useful…
But more indepth has led me to believe it might mean two equal size barns at right angles to each other..
Another reference says “warm cob walls of a Barton in the Culm lands”… Devon New farm buildings
Which then needed me to look up what Culm lands are – which I believe are an area near Exmoor in Devon.
One dictionary reference gives
Barton
1. The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. [Eng.] –Burton.
2. A farmyard. [Eng.] –Southey.
So I can now imagine barton style range of farmbuildings to mean creating a sort of court yard – but perhaps not a full courtyard… so two sides of one?
This is the listing that started me off… There are several others that mention barton style too.
Fab house in St Ives with great views
This 6 bedroom house in St Ives has stunning views of the beach. Whilst you shouldn’t buy a house just for the views this is a pretty good one!
Shun Lee, Trelyon Ave, St Ives is a 6 bedroom detached property with 6 reception rooms and large gardens and a double Garage. And amazing views.
Ireland House prices collapse
House prices in Ireland have fell off a cliff with drops of over 50% from the 2007 peak. – Property prices in Dublin drop by 46% and house prices outside the capital are down by 36%, the Central Statistics Office sai
House prices and the Monopoly game…
How house prices have changed since the Monopoly game was invented.
see this interesting article
Mayfair and Park lane are at the top still but now Coventry Street and Vine street are at the bottom!
Tiny price error
Doing a search on rightmove today I noticed a new contender for the most expensive house in Devon.
This one – I assume a slip of the keyboard has meant the price has been put in wrong.
Ancient building spree property boom
This article on the guardian brings in the idea of a property boom around 3700 BC. It had previously been thought that the ancient momuments (stone circles, barrows and the like) had been built over many hundreds of years but it seems with new research there was an intense period of building going on in ancient Britain.
English monuments, including Maiden Castle and Windmill Hill, found to have been built, used and abandoned in single lifetime