Category Archives: General

I’m not keen on conversions as often windows and features that made the original building wonderful are cut up and made to look strange. This window is a classic

Rightmove released a report saying that 70% of properties for sale this year are still unsold. The BBC says Home sellers ‘cut asking prices for first time in 2011’

Should you leave information for the new owners when you move out? Some people do and some don’t. A folder full of useful information would be nice about what days the bin days are, where the nearest shop is and … Continue reading →

Is buying a house next to a school a good idea? I’ve lived next to a primary school in the past and it was fairly peaceful until break time when there’d be lots of kids running about screaming. It isn’t … Continue reading →

Number 6 Summerlands Cottages was once owned by Dave Cousins: leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs. It’s a lovely Grade II listed cottage near Honiton in Devon.

Just have a quick look at this one – is that pool coffin shaped?

Hot Homes UK – a Plymouth based lettings agency has disappeared with the money. A PLYMOUTH estate and letting agent has closed down leaving landlords and tenants asking what has happened to their money. link And this house on Moneypit … Continue reading →

Jeremy Clarkson’s house on the Isle of Man is Langness Lighthouse – he bought the cottages and surround land at Dreswick Point on Langness for £1.25 million in 2005.

The Wedge is the world’s narrowest house! The Wedge is on the front at Millport on Great Cumbrae See it on google streetview here

Wales is looking at whether it can take control of it’s stamp duty. Whether this would mean they could raise stamp duty as a fundraiser, or reduce it to encourage purchases is another matter. Can an economy base itself on … Continue reading →