Leading property auctioneer Auction House is reporting the highest number of monthly entries in the eleven year history of the company.
The group has entered 810 properties into its October catalogues – the first time that it has ever exceeded the 800 lot milestone in any given month.
The impressive performance is matched by the group’s sales in September, when Auction House sold 425 lots from 618 offered (up 7% from 397 sold in 2017) – delivering a success rate of 68.8%, and raising £51.3m in the process.
Founding Director Roger Lake said: “Our regional auction rooms continue to outpace
Buyers at SDL Auctions Cheshire and North Wales’ auction at Chester Racecourse were clearly keen on the variety of properties on offer.
The properties sold ranged from a cottage to a mixed use retail unit with accommodation above, to a maisonette and an apartment.
There was keen bidding for a freehold investment property in the busy market town of Abergele in Clwyd. 2 Market Street is a retail outlet with a two storey apartment above in a prime high street location. When the hammer fell, it sold for £104,500. It had a *guide price of £75,000-£95,000.
A fully let high street retail parade in Smethwick, Birmingham, is being marketed for sale by GVA in partnership with SDL Auctions Bigwood.
The property has provisionally been entered into SDL Auctions Bigwood’s October auction with a guide price of offers in excess of £1.1 million, while a private treaty marketing process is run in tandem by GVA.
All pre-auction offers for the property will be considered. If a satisfactory offer is received, and exchange of contracts (by way of auction contract) takes place prior to the auction date, then the property will be immediately withdrawn from the
Dunbar House, also known as Danbert House, is a forlorn sight in Morfydd Street, Swansea. It’s once glorious Gothic gables are derelict and weeds have taken the place of the magnificent stonework that used to adorn the windows.
Built in 1880 for a tinplate magnet, the property has been beset with bad luck since the start. Local businessman Daniel Edwards, a pioneer of his times, designed and planned the house to be his beloved home, but it was not to be. The Victorian builder commissioned to construct the elaborate mansion house went bankrupt and the building was never completed or lived in
A Welsh chapel dating back to the pre-Victorian 1830s with views of Snowdonia is for sale in an online auction with SDL Auctions, in partnership with agents Dafydd Hardy.
The Capel Bethmaaca in Glasinfryn, near Bangor, Gwynedd, was first built in 1836 during the reign of William IV – Queen Victoria’s uncle – and was later rebuilt in both 1866 and 1895.
The chapel, which was once used by the Congregationalists of Glasinfryn but could be converted to residential use subject to planning permission, has a starting price of £40,000 in the online auction, which ends on Friday 26 October.
The auction room at the AJ Bell Stadium was a little quieter than usual which was to be expected in the final few weeks of summer.
Featuring over 60 residential and commercial properties from across the North West, Edward Mellor's line-up attracted the attention of developers, investors and homebuyers.
It was clear every buyer in the room had their eye on a particular property, which led to some incredible sale prices last month.
Reddish Lane in Gorton was the first lot to go under the hammer. This property is a fantastic buy-to-let investment which is currently pulling in a rental income of
SDL Auctions Graham Penny will be offering the “Pigeon Factory” for sale in its next Leicester auction at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday 9 October.
The former hosiery factory at 41-43 Canal Street in South Wigston is one of the oldest buildings in the area and has been abandoned for more than 25 years.
Carl Finch, senior valuer at SDL Auctions Graham Penny said: “We are very pleased to have been asked by Oadby & Wigston Borough Council to sell this historic site in our next auction.
“The site is only available at all because the council used its compulsory purchase powers to bring this
Auction House London raised more than £15m (£15,081,850) in its recent auction, where it saw the biggest catalogue in its history go under the hammer.
116 lots out of 152 were sold during the auction on Wednesday 12 September 2018, giving a success rate of 73%.
This month saw fierce bidding at the auction room with particular interest from prospective buyers for a seriously fire damaged property in Harlesden, London. The three bedroom Victorian mid terrace house in Tubbs Road which also had structural problems sold for more than double its guide price of £275,000 at £570,000.
A detached turn of the century former Coach House, in the exclusive “Duchy” area of Harrogate, will go under the hammer at FSS Property’s October auction.
Estate agents FSS, who specialise in selling homes by both auction and private treaty, are currently arranging viewings of this substantial property, which is on a mature plot down a private road off Cornwall Road.
Auctioneer and residential sales expert Richard Smailes said: “It’s in such a private location, tucked away from the main road and backing onto the Pinewoods, that most people won’t even know it’s there.” Yet it is within walking
A range of prime investment properties caught the eyes of keen bidders at SDL Auctions Graham Penny’s Nottingham auction at Nottingham Racecourse, raising a total of more than £2.6 million.
The first lot attracted one of the best prices, with the hammer coming down at £127,000 for a detached, two bedroomed bungalow which needed full modernisation at 21 Freda Avenue in Gedling. It had a *guide price of £45,000+.
Another impressive price was gained for the second lot, a two bedroomed, mid-terraced house also in need of improvement works at 31 Knighton Street, in North Wingfield, Chesterfield
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