House buying, selling, viewing and the housing market.
Wood burning stoves at B&Q – they have this 5kw one that’s quite cute and under £500. They have lots of models including some very modern styled ones and multi fuel stoves.
If you’d like to read my friend Nikki’s blog post about when she got her wood burning stove installed click here
Channel 4 also had Restoration man on last night
You can watch it on 4onD here
George revisits two stubborn romantics with their dreams of converting derelict military towers into unique homes.
Artist Sarah McCombie has owned a Martello tower in Kent since 2004, and ex-army man Barrie Taylor became custodian of a Scottish castle tower in 2005. Previously, neither had gained planning permission, and George visits each project to see if Sarah and Barrie took on board his advice and turned their restoration dreams into a reality.
Location Location Location was on last night. I watched the last 15 minutes of it. That was enough.
The young girl flat hunting had found a flat she liked but it was 65k over her budget at 465k. So phil suggested putting an offer in just under 450k with a view to moving up in price. She doesn’t like this idea. She wants to snap up a bargain. But Phil refuses to phone the estate agent with an offer of less than 445000!
So no offer is made.
I couldn’t believe Phil found details of a flat in the same sort of area to prove to her the flat was worth as much as they were asking. Perhaps he was on the vendors side and not hers! Looking for proof that a lower price is more realistic is what he should have been doing – and if there was none then not showing any would be better!
It’s almost like he wanted her to pay the asking price. I would love to have time to sit down and watch all of the past zillion series of this program and make a chart showing asking price versus what they ended up paying. I don’t think they’re very good negotiators at all!
The other couple – the vicar and his wife (Ian and Peta?) didn’t buy either but that was because their circumstances had changed.
Perhaps they should rename the show “Looking looking looking” …
A strange house made from recycled money!
What happens when an artists decides to express his anger about the property boom and bust by building a house from more than a billion euros of decommissioned notes? You get this.
The money, which forms a pulped brick of shredded notes, is part of an art installation – and home – built by unemployed Dublin-based artist Frank Buckley.
Ticks quite a lot of boxes here!
It’s a lovely Grade II Listed
4/5 reception rooms
Kitchen (Aga)
6 bedrooms
4 bath/shower rooms
4 bedroom annexe adjoining
Coach house
Period features
Sweeping drive
Conservatory
Pool and Tennis court from the overhead photo!
It’s 17 minutes drive from the beach so that’s ok!
16th century Grade II Listed Manor House has 8 Bedrooms, 4 Bathrooms,
5 Reception Rooms,
Garaging and Stabling,
Swimming Pool ,
Gardens, Paddocks and Woodland
A unique and imposing Grade II listed building, a former Pumphouse built in 1854 in the style of a manor house. Lovingly converted with much thought and care by its current owners providing a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase a beautiful home and an incredible piece of historyThe property will appeal to the discerning buyer looking for impressive character and space in a historic setting. The property can be accessed through wrought iron double gates which lead to a sweeping driveway and immaculate
Amazing staircase – and quite a few photos of it to drool over – in this spacious dwelling being the substantial part of an early Victorian mansion house and briefly comprising entrance hall, reception hall with sweeping stairway, spacious lounge, dining room, fitted kitchen with morning room, cloakroom/utility room, five bedrooms, two with en-suite arrangements, large gardens, on single and one double garage, cellar running the entire area of the house. Gas central heating newly installed in 2010.
Luxurious Six Bedroom Detached Home
What an amazing window!