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 a bad sound though and if you go out to work you’re not going to be there.
There’s the thorny issue of parking – that might be a problem if you want to leave your house the same time as hoardes of parents arrive to drop off or pick up their kids.
Don’t rely on what the vendors tell you. Visit during school drop off time to see how chaotic it really is. Just drive past – or try to!
There’s possibly a difference in numbers depending on school size, but parents of secondary school children don’t park any nicer than those of primary school children.
Summerlands Cottage
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.
Coffin shaped pool?
Just have a quick look at this one – is that pool coffin shaped?
Property Snake – useful and interesting
Property Snake keeps an eye on propertys – how long they’ve been on the market and what percentage they have been reduced.
You can search by postcode or area.
They don’t have complete records but it’s useful anyway!
Property Snake for M21 (Chorlton cum Hardy in Manchester)
Click on the column headings to change what the data is sorted by.
Property Snake for OL9 shows that one property has been on the market for over 1000 days!
Lytham St Annes Georgian house
This fantastic georgian house in Lytham St Annes is really stunning. It comes with holly cottage too
. The asking price is £2,900,000
Georgian Country Home
5 Reception Rooms & Study
Dining Kitchen & Utility
Rear Studio/Offices
6 Bedrooms & 3 Bathrooms
Adjoining 4 Bed Cottage
Approx 5 Acres Gardens
Two Garages
Should you think about the name?
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 Lane is left unfinished after renovation work was started on it…
Jeremy Clarkson’s house on the Isle of Man
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.
NEW property TV show – for can’t sell AND can’t find dream home
Do you have an unsellable home?
OR
Are you struggling to find your dream property?
To me these are two very different angles of the property market. I’m intrigued as to how they’re going to combine them!
Want to be on it? There’s more info here
Want to be on Secret agent with Phil Spencer?
Email:
scott.watkins@raisetheroofproductions.com or harriette.arthur@raisetheroofproductions.com
or call 0141 427 6081/0141 427 6074
The World’s narrowest house – The Wedge
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 wants control over stamp duty
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 house sales for success? I don’t think so. Debt is bad! Have we learnt nothing from the credit crunch.