A house whose previous owners are buried in the back garden has been snapped up in a well-heeled area of London for around three-quarters of a million pounds.
The four-bedroom property, which also needs completely refurbishing, is likely to be worth an estimated £1 million once it has been spruced up, according to estate agent Gascoigne Pees, which has had the task of selling the house.
The two former occupants of the house in Teddington, south west London, were thought to be artists and their last wishes were to be laid to rest in their large back garden.
A bunker built to house Scottish Office staff in the event of a nuclear attack has been bought by a technology firm. The bunker at Cultybraggan Camp, near Comrie, has been sold to online service company Bogons Ltd for £150,000.
Built at the end of the Cold War but never used, the bunker was bought along with the wider camp by the Comrie Development Trust in 2007. The money raised in the sale will go towards paying off loans taken out to purchase the camp.
The bunker is thought to be the last of its kind built in Britain, having been completed in 1990 at a cost of £30m. It would have served as
Northern Ireland house prices are rising, according to new figures covering the first months of 2014.
The Residential Property Price Index records growth of 7% on this time last year. For the time of year, sales - at 4,200 - were their strongest since 2007.
According to the data compiled by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, the index calculates the average residential property price at £102,000. Prices grew by 3% between October 2013 and March 2014.
Stormont's Finance Minister Simon Hamilton said the statistics were "further evidence of steady, balanced growth from the low
The North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate the spa town famous for ‘healing’ mineral waters, has been crowned as the happiest place to live in Britain in a report which asked people how contented they are with their home and local community.
The survey of nearly 50,000 people by property website Rightmove also suggests that it's not so grim up North after all, and that someone living in Hull or Preston is generally happier with their surroundings than someone residing in Twickenham in London or in Oxford.
Inverness in Scotland was ranked second in the "happy at home" index, while Taunton
Llandrindod Wells is the happiest place to live in Wales, according to a survey by property website Rightmove. And having visited, we can quite believe it! Landrindod Wells is a firmly placed ‘hub’ of Wales and hive of activity. Branching out from its fine central location are a wealth of historic places & events, natural & manmade beauty spots and future promise.
In addition to the originality contained in the local arts and craft shops, the variety of products and services offered on and off the main streets there are numerous warm and welcoming restaurants and accommodation choices (B&B
Fixed mortgages remain the most popular products for home buyers in the UK, and they have a preference towards longer term loans, new research shows.
Fixed rate mortgages in the wider mortgage market account for 77% of intermediaries’ mortgage business, according to the latest research from buy to let specialist Paragon Mortgages.
The popularity of fixed rate products has remained consistently high over the past 12 months and tracker products accounted for 18% of their buy to let mortgage cases in the first quarter of 2014, a slight decrease from the 19% reported in the fourth quarter of 2013
Leading local estate agent Aston Mead has welcomed the outcome of the House of Commons vote on banning letting agents from being able to charge fees to tenants.
The proposal was tabled by the Labour Party as an amendment to the Consumer Rights Bill today (Tuesday 13 May) but was defeated by 281 votes to 228.
Responding to the outcome of the vote, Aston Mead Managing Director Charles Hesse said: “This ridiculous proposal was at base profoundly anti-tenant, and I’m relieved that the House of Commons has seen sense and voted against it. It’s a victory not only for the industry, but also for
Anyone wanting to live in Britain’s most expensive new build property on “Billionaire’s row” will need more than the Help to Buy scheme after it was put on the market for £22 million!!
Fairways is a 17,000 sqft eight-bedroom mansion tucked away off The Bishops Avenue, a north London road known as Billionaire's Row due to the enormous neighbouring properties, some of which are owned by celebrities, wealthy business people and members of the Saudi royal family.
Built by luxury developer Albany Homes, the high spec, double-fronted mansion boasts eight bedroom suites, a private detached guest
The number of lots going under the hammer in Auction House’s May sales has reached a new high for the month, with a massive 432 lots listed, compared with just 262 last year – an increase of almost two thirds (65%), and the second highest monthly figure in the group’s seven year history.
The award-winning brand is also reporting that sales are up a full 12% compared to this time last year, with 230 lots sold from 308 offered in April (a success rate of 74.7%), raising a total of £32m, and contributing to a total of 740 successful sales so far this year.