Author: Diane

The family of Roald Dahl apparently want to raise half a million quid to mend the shed he wrote in.

For that much you could buy a massive house in Devon!

Interesting article about how developers are being urged to lobby David Cameron to ensure proposed changes take place

Whether it puts countryside at risk is up for discussion but now is the time to write to your MP. Even if you only suggest that greenbelt should be used only after all local brownbelt is used up…

There’s some ideas for a letter to your MP here – customise it – and add personal comments to ensure it’s relevant to your area.

Finally twigs in a shower!

At last – the final frontier, twigs going where no twigs have ever gone before.

Apparently over 1300 estate agent have signed up to a national Open House event on 17th and 18th September in order to try and sell some houses.

There was one earlier in the year in May too.

They’ve timed this one to co-incide with another Open house even in London – Every September, it gives a unique opportunity to get out and under the skin of London’s amazing architecture, with over 700 buildings of all kinds opening their doors to everyone – all for free.
With architects homes, eco and retrofit buildings, tours of major regeneration projects, landscape projects, government buildings, historic landmarks and towers, major infrastructure sites and more all available to explore over one weekend,

So you could go view a house to buy – or go view something really interesting!

Is this a drinks machine in the garden?

Some country kitchens have exposed brickwork and it looks very rustic.
I don’t think it has quite the same effect here though

Second home owners Voting in Cornwall is to be stopped

High levels of second home ownership have led to conflicts in the past over locals trying to make a living and “spoiling the view” – this should come to an end.

The council has made a strict interpretation of the law that means that no one will be able to enrol on their electoral register unless they can prove the county is their main home.

Whilst you can use property bee to see how prices change, you can see them in graph format at home.co.uk

You can see despite the tweaking by the estate agent (Often home records the same property info even if it’s taken off and put back on rightmove by the estate agent – something property bee doesn’t do!)