A local council is considering buying up large swathes of private rental accommodation in a bid to crack down on unscrupulous landlords and offer longer, more secure tenancies.
Artiucle on Landlord today.
If Newham Council in London buy at sensible prices (lower than current price levels for starters!) then this might be a positive for the council. If they overpay then that’s a very bad idea for council tax payers and residents.
Belgravia house for sale – 48 million
Not a huge number of photos but the description says: The extensive entertaining space is served by a new glass lift. Other features include air cooling, swimming pool, sauna and treatment room and a garden
Do you have 18 million spare?
If you do happen to have £18M to spend on a house then there’s this one on Crazies Hill, Henley-On-Thames
Palladian style house, Grade II listed, Crazies Hall is in beautiful lakeside grounds.
8 bedrooms
7 reception rooms
8 bathrooms
Leisure Facilities
Outbuildings
Secondary accommodation for the staff you’ll need to help keep the place tidy! Very pretty!
House prices disparity
“The volume of transactions is very low and is not going to get any better, especially when asking prices are 35-40% above actual selling prices.”
Article on BBC about house prices and why they’re still so high!
A link for those with oil central heating
If your home is heated by oil – then have a look at the heating oil club. THOC is free to join. I don’t have heating oil myself so havent’ compared this to other information sources. If you have used THOC then get in touch!
If you have oil heating make sure you have a good padlock on your tank to stop the oil being stolen.
Donnington hall
Donnington Hall is a 13 bedroom equestrian for sale with a Guide Price of £6,000,000
it’s in Donnington, which is near Ledbury, Herefordshire
It’s a beautiful Georgian Country Estate of Approximately 187 Acres.
It has 13 Bedrooms – 5 Bathrooms – with 5 recption rooms. There’s also housekeeper’s Accommodation – Nanny’s Accommodation – Nursery – Extensive Cellarage – 4 Estate Cottages – 46 Acres of Parkland and Gardens – 50 Acres of Arable – 70 Acres of Pasture – 21 Acres of Woodland – 12 Stables – Manège – Coach House and Outbuildings – Tennis Court.
Stunning house in a beautiful location.
Picture 5 shows the enormous upstairs landing!
Water Towers for Sale
Plot for sale – this would be a really huge project! But if you’ve been watching Grand Designs and thinking that you could do that then this The Water Tower, Cut Throat Lane, Great Doddington, NN29
Is for sale at Offers in Region of £169,950
Water Tower at Millfields, Plymouth
Has been converted into a 3 bedroom detached house for sale
Offers in Excess of £400,000
Water Tower at Cromwell Lane – for sale
Guide Price of £395,000
Burton Green, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
These have sold – 
Barming Water Tower6 bedroom detached house for sale BARMING WATER TOWER, NORTH POLE ROAD, BARMING, MAIDSTONE, KENT
Was at Auction from £250,000
PUBLIC AUCTION : Monday, 06 June 2011, including Outstanding Residential Conversion Project For Completion
Water Tower For Development, Off Nightingale Walk, Ormskirk, Lancashire
4 bedroom house for sale The Water Tower, Swynnerton, Stone, Staffordshire
Guide Price £499,000
Outstanding converted Victorian Water Tower with magnificent views
Packing
Your options are to pack everything yourself or get a company in that packs everything for you. You could opt for something in between so you pack everything you don’t want anyone seeing and take that yourself, and allow a professional packing and moving company to get on with the rest!
Pack a small box of tea things separetly so if you get to the house before the removal van does you can enjoy a brew whilst waiting.
Don’t forget to empty the sheds, garages and loft. There are stories of people coming back months later when they realise their winter sports gear is still in the loft!
If you started the moving house journey properly you might well have decluttered already. If you didn’t or have aquired more books, junk and clutter, then moving is a time to get rid of it. Do not leave it in the house for the new owners. Pass it on via friends, freecycle or donate to charity. Do a tip run with anything else.
Harry Potter stars magic money into property
Perhaps these three are the youngest first time buyers in the UK at the moment. With the average age of a FTB in the UK being about 39 then the three Harry Potter stars (link to the sun article) are significantly younger than average.
Between them they have spent £25 million on property in the UK and in New York.
Beautiful 7 bedroom property in Bisley
It’s a fantastic property in Bisley, Nr Cirencester, Gloucestershire – Througham Slad Manor
7 bedrooms
4 reception rooms
6 bathrooms
Outbuildings
Equestrian
Garden
Land
Secondary accommodation
Stabling
Swimming Pool
Room for a tennis court too! This house looks really pretty in that cotswold stone and the roses up the wall are fantastic
This was owned by Mike Oldfield in the 70s and he kept a lion there apparently!
This one is lovely – where’s my winning lottery ticket?