Author: Diane

Dream House

I spend far too much time drooling over houses on rightmove.
This one here is a beautiful example of where I’d like to go and live
I’m a little short of the two million pounds it’s priced at though – nearly £2m!

Why do I want this particular one?
It’s a beautiful looking house to start with. It’s got 170 acres with it. Which would be enough to indulge all my hobbies such as beekeeping. I’d probably want someone else to do all the farming side of things but it’d be nice to have land to plant bee friendly crops on – like borage!

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The description makes my mouth water!
There is an unspoilt traditional cobbled yard with surrounding stone outbuildings to the rear of the house. Further farm buildings are sited along the entrance drive to the south.
It’s got a lovely red aga in the kitchen too!

If you’d like to join me in my addiction of browsing nice houses then join my facebook group Houses you might like to live in (or not)

Free mansion!

Free mansion if you can afford the £3M repairs it needs – Telegraph Story

An historic manor house with “the finest view in England” is being offered for free – although it does need £3 million of repairs.
The 300-year-old private home overlooking the Blenheim Palace estate is being offered to any tenant who can afford to spend £3 million over the next 20 years restoring it to its former glory.
Woodstock House is the largest private residence on the 2,000-acre Oxfordshire estate, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.

Stamp duty changes in the Chancellor’s speech

Will post more details shortly.
He says he’s cutting stamp duty for 98% of home buyers

In effect from midnight tonight. Each tax rate (and there are new ones) will apply only to the particular slice of the selling price to which they apply, not the whole value of the property (as at the moment).

Currently:
Purchase price of property Rate of SDLT (percentage of the total purchase price)
£0 – £125,000 0%
£125,001 – £250,000 1%
£250,001 – £500,000 3%
£500,001 – £1 million 4%
Over £1 million – £2 million 5%
Over £2 million 7%

12% rate for most expensive houses

Stamp duty rates Mr Osborne spelled out the new stamp duty rates.
No tax on the first £125,000 paid
2% on the portion up to £250,000
5% up to £925,000
10% up to £1.5 million
12% on everything above that.