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Garages locked in for auction

A block of five lock-up garages in a residential part of Frome are going under the hammer. (THURS MARCH 20)

The row at Hill Ground has a freehold guide price of £28,000 plus. It is among 145 lots in the second sale of 2025 being held by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.

Senior Auction Appraiser Audrey Smith said: “This block of five vacant garages with up and over doors and parking to the front is located in a predominantly residential area.

“It is likely to be of interest for private use or

145 property and land lots listed across southern England by Clive Emson Auctioneers in the firm’s second auction of eight this year.

A spacious four-storey house on the estuary waterfront at Fowey, South Cornwall, has a guide price of £425,000-plus (lot 102) and is among 145 lots listed by Clive Emson Auctioneers across southern England for the latest auction which concludes on Thursday, 20 March – the first day of astronomical spring with the vernal equinox.

 waterfront residential property for auction in March. Most of the image depicts green coloured ocean with houses to the right of the image overlooking the water. The sky is blue with a few streaks of white cloud.

 

 

 

 

 

A four-storey house on the estuary waterfront in the historic harbour of Fowey in South Cornwall is among the

The Acuitus commercial property auction raised £20.8m with a success rate of 86%. Nine lots sold for more than £1m, with a coveted Covent Garden office selling for £5.46m at a yield of 4.6%.

The property in Covent Garden’s Endell Street generates £270,000pa and saw significant investor interest in an asset that has not changed ownership for almost 100 years.

Charlie Powter of Acuitus comments: “This is a very interesting investment we were selling for a Cambridge University College. It is let to an international design practice for 99 years from 1982 with five yearly reviews to 60% of market

Clive Emson Auctioneers: properties for auction in February

A commercial property used for educational purposes in Kent, pictured, has gone under the hammer with Clive Emson Auctioneers for £1m.

Ripple Down House in Dover Road, Ringwould, Deal (lot 50), generating a licence income of £33,324 pa, was among 177 lots listed in the firm’s February auction covering southern England and in Scotland.

the image shows ripple down house, a large detached brown stone property that sold at auction this month. The property has a number of white framed windows, some arch style and some rectangle. The property sits on grey tarmac driveway and there is a brown wooden gate to the right side of it. The sky is grey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Emson, Managing Director, said: “We’ve had a strong start to the new year, with more than £21m sold for clients and a success rate of nearly 70%.

“A number of bidders

Two adjacent commercial properties in Dawlish town centre were snapped up by investors at auction. (THURS FEB 6)

The premises in The Strand were available separately in the first sale of 2025 being held by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.

The first, at 18 The Strand, with a ground floor unit and first floor storage space, went for a leasehold price of £110,000.

It is currently let to a tenant – a café -  at £14,000 per annum. The property was sold with the remainder of a 999-year lease from January 2006.

The second, at 20 The

Fierce bidding broke out for a fire-damaged former school in St Austell before it sold for £262,000 at auction. (THURS FEB 6)

Carclaze Infants School, in Carclaze Road, was listed with a freehold guide price of £50,000 to £70,000 after being placed for sale by Cornwall Council.

There were 76 separate bids for the property before the gavel eventually fell at a sum well in excess of that guide.

The former school was among 177 lots in the first sale of 2025 by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.

The image shows a grey stone building which sold at auction this month. The property resembles at church with stain glass windows to the front and side. In the foreground there is a grey stone wall with red railings above it. The wall runs alongside a pavement and road. The sky is blue with white clouds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auctioneer David

Houses in the Looe area were in demand at auction held by Clive Emson Auctioneers on 6th February, as the appetite for property continued in early 2025. 

In Sandplace, a character two-bedroom cottage sold for double its freehold guide, at £116,000.

The property, located at Council Cottages, has views to woodland over the scenic Looe Valley Line. It was listed with a guide of £50,000 to £60,000.

The images shows a large white stone building for auction with Clive Emson on 6th February. Council cottages is a terrace row with road frontage. The properties are a white cobbled stone, separated by black drain pipes, with white trim windows and a white door. The sky is grey. There are two green refuse bins outside the property.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Pelynt, about four miles from Looe, a semi-detached house for improvement sold for £77,000, well above its freehold guide of £50,00 plus. The property at Muchlarnick has

Residential properties with potential in the Penzance area of Cornwall, sold at prices well above their freehold guides.

They were among 177 lots in the first sale of 2025 by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.

A semi-detached two-bedroom house in Mounts Bay Road, Penzance, fetched £180,000 against its freehold guide of £160,000 plus.

Auctioneer David Henwood said: “The new owner has acquired a well-proportioned accommodation over two floors.

“After a comprehensive programme of improvement works, it will be suitable for owner

Houses, flats, offices and commercial properties across Essex sold at auction held by Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers this week.

They were among 177 lots in the latest auction, which ended on Thursday 6 February.

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A commercial property at the heart of Witham town centre was sold as an investment after a bidding war.

Central Buildings at 39-41 Newland Street, offered jointly with Elwell Taylor, went under the auctioneer’s gavel at £324,000 freehold.

The property is arranged as ground floor shops with offices on the floors above and is currently fully let at £34,710 per annum

Auction choice

Residential properties with potential in the Penzance area heading for auction in early February. (THURS FEB 6)

They are among 174 lots in the first sale of 2025 by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.

A semi-detached two-bedroom house in Mounts Bay Road, Penzance, has a freehold guide of £160,000 plus.

Auctioneer David Henwood said: “This property offers well-proportioned accommodation over two floors.

“It requires a comprehensive programme of improvement works which may appeal to local builders or an investor who

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