House buying, selling, viewing and the housing market.
This house is for sale and has solar panels. An interesting line in the details though:
The present owners have installed solar panelling which would be available to a purchaser under a separate negotiation.
Whilst I like the idea of buying a house with solar, it seems a bit strange that they’d consider not including them in the price to start with.
If a famous writer has lived in a house, does it make the house worth more?
This article on the telegraph lists a few houses
Sir Walter Scott – Peffermill House, edinburgh
Llanwenarth House in Golivan in South Wales, where Cecil Frances Alexander wrote the song All Things Bright and Beautiful
There are lots more mentioned in the article – if you have any links to famous houses that you’d like to share then please do!
Landlords from Hell – Channel 4 tonight at 8.30
See more on Ch 4 Dispatches page
Dispatches goes undercover in the property rental market again to find out what really happens when you’re without a roof over your ahead and desperate.
I hope it has some practical advice about what to do if you have a landlord from hell!
This amazing, but perhaps a little ghoulist, map shows every death on every road in Great Britain 1999-2010
A total of 36,371 people were killed on Britain’s roads between 1999 and 2010.
An interesting map that gives you details on road deaths. Whilst perhaps not directly related to buying a house, you might want to check out the area and spot any accident blackspots near where you live, or want to live.
This is a really good looking house. It has10 Bedrooms, many with original features. It has 3 Reception Rooms
Original features include Panelling, cornice, shutters and window seats and an original Bathroom
It’s Set in 2.5 Acres
Tytup Hal is for sale at £775,000
It’s got a huge front door which is very impressive, a really lovely staircase!
It’s a Queen Anne style house (Grade 2*) and dates from 1690-1710 and was modified in 1820
This unique three storey triplex apartment is situated on floors 44 to 46 at the top of the Beetham Tower, Europe’s highest residential apartment block.
With a gross internal floor area of 4,950 sq ft arranged over three floors
Huge appartment with stunning views. Would give me vertigo for sure though!
Lane Cottage, Thornley Lane, Grotton, Saddleworth is a really pretty house with 4 bedrooms. It has a lovely garden and a
triple garage
It’s a really nice looking house with an aga and lovely kitchen.
Robertswood is a lovely south facing late Victorian detached gentleman\’s residence, occupying an elevated position with commanding far reaching views over the Derwent Valley and the town of Matlock.
It has 9 bedrooms!
It’s a smart looking house built out of dressed local stone and set under a traditional slate roof with a corbelled soffit, bay windows and a canopied entrance door. It’s got a really charming look I think! It’s run as a B&B at the moment but would make a huge family home!
St Johns House is a handsome Grade II* listed Regency town with 9 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
Converted coach house with 4 luxury guest suite with 5* AA guest rating
Cobbled court yard with bothy and secure off street parking
Stunning looking building!
The Great British Property Scandal which is on Channel 4 on Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th December 2011. Architect and presenter George Clarke will front the series which will highlight the nearly two million British families who don’t have adequate housing, and the million-odd homes lying empty across the UK. Architect Clarke will set out to raise awareness of the issue and offer practical solutions for those affected.
Clarke argues that “the Government’s plan to build new homes is not necessarily the right approach,” and suggests ‘more cost effective and efficient ways to utilize the properties that are currently lying empty.” Clarke will also lobby central government and local councils to commit to re-using empty homes across the whole of the UK.