House Critic

House prices in Ireland have fell off a cliff with drops of over 50% from the 2007 peak. – Property prices in Dublin drop by 46% and house prices outside the capital are down by 36%, the Central Statistics Office sai

How house prices have changed since the Monopoly game was invented.
see this interesting article
Mayfair and Park lane are at the top still but now Coventry Street and Vine street are at the bottom!

Doing a search on rightmove today I noticed a new contender for the most expensive house in Devon.
This one – I assume a slip of the keyboard has meant the price has been put in wrong.

This article on the guardian brings in the idea of a property boom around 3700 BC. It had previously been thought that the ancient momuments (stone circles, barrows and the like) had been built over many hundreds of years but it seems with new research there was an intense period of building going on in ancient Britain.
English monuments, including Maiden Castle and Windmill Hill, found to have been built, used and abandoned in single lifetime

If you’re an estate agent and can’t take decent photos then you can get help at Doctor Photo – the before and after shots are interesting. Some have been lightened and some have removed signs and things from the photo. It’s like a real life spot the difference game.

Of course if you’re really bad at taking photos you could go on a course to improve your skills.

Don’t get too excited – Napoleonic Fort actually means a bit of a tower and some rocks…
However if you want a bit of history then this is the place for you.

There are 34 photos on this Rightmove listing

Picture 11 is a guitar, picture 10 is a clock.
It’s quite insane to show photos of these. Perhaps it’s to take your mind off the very narrow frontage of the property.