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A famous live music dance hall in the West Midlands that could become a development for ten homes is for sale in Bond Wolfe Auctions’ next auction on Wednesday 23 October.

The Regis Banqueting Suite at 152 Reddal Hill Road in Cradley Heath, which was once famous as a dance hall notable for live music acts from around the country, has a guide price* of £500,000+.

This post-war building currently has three function rooms: the Carlton Suite, with a bar, stage and dance floor that interconnect with the Heartland Suite, also with a bar, and then a smaller room called the Rowley Suite, ideal for

A Black Country family home with a *guide price of just £5,000+ is set to attract keen bidding when it appears in Bond Wolfe Auctions’ next auction later this month.

The three-bedroomed, end-terraced house at 65 Lowry Close in Willenhall will be one of the big draws to the auction at Villa Park on Wednesday 23 October.

The property, which has gas-fired central heating and UPVC double glazing, stands back from the road behind a front garden, with a longer back garden containing a lean-to.

Another bargain lot in the auction is a two-bedroomed, semi-detached bungalow at 180 Warstones Road in the

The recent sale for Auction House London meant another packed auction room with many lots attracting fierce competition from bidders (Tuesday 17 September 2019).

One highlight included a two bedroom first floor flat in Neasden, London, NW10, which needed refurbishment, and had just 37 years left on the lease. The lot started with a guide price of £75,000 and sold for £182,000.

As owners of leasehold properties can exercise their statutory right to apply for an extension under the Leasehold Act, properties with shorter leases are proving a smart investment, as Director and Auctioneer at Auction

An entrepreneurial auctioneer has spotted the upside for any wanna-be Airbnb-ers in his latest property auction catalogue – and with over 150 million users worldwide – there’s certainly a market for short-term lets!

Toby Limbrick, Director at Network Auctions, said, ‘The opportunity to make a good income from short-term lets is something more and more buyers are looking for. Airbnb is an attractive alternative to traditional buy-to-let investing due to the more favourable tax regime (you can offset mortgage interest expenses), the widening of geographical areas for investment and the less

A former church on land in Birmingham that’s ripe for potential development will appear in Bond Wolfe Auctions’ next auction at Villa Park on Wednesday 23rd October.

The property known as Sheldon Gospel Hall first opened for worship just after the end of World War Two at 575-577 Barrows Lane in Sheldon and has a guide price* of £125,000 to £135,000.

The property, which had also hosted the Joolz Dance Studio since 1991, consists of a church hall and various other accommodation in approximately 1,300 sq ft of space, situated on a site of about 0.06 acres.

Gurpreet Bassi, chief executive of Bond

The UK’s leading property auctioneer Auction House has entered 846 lots into its September auctions this year – more than in any month in the 12 year history of the company, and what is likely to be a national record for the industry.

The group has now sold 2,256 lots since the start of the year – a figure which is 4.6% up on the first eight months of 2018, with a success rate of 76.9% (also ahead of last year’s cumulative success rate of 75.9%), and raising a total of over £264m (£264,125,659).

Commenting on the results, Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake said: “These figures prove

SDL Auctions has been shortlisted for two categories in the prestigious Negotiator Awards.

The company, the fifth largest property auctioneer in the UK* and the most successful in the Midlands every year since 2006, is in the running for both the Residential Auction Service of the Year award and Rising Star of the Year for regional property manager Sarah Miles.

Andrew Parker, Managing Director and Auctioneer at SDL Auctions, said: “We are delighted to be shortlisted for not one but two categories at the Negotiator Awards this year. There is a lot of competition for these awards so being

Two period cottages in the picture postcard village of Ripley, both will planning permission to extend, will go under the hammer at the 1st October auction by local property experts FSS.

The pretty Grade II listed estate houses sit on the Main Street in Ripley, a bustling village with its own local store, butchers, tea rooms, the popular Boar’s Head pub, a church, primary school, post office and the renowned Ripley Castle.

Both one bedroom cottages will be auctioned by FSS on Tuesday 1st October with a guide price of £175,000 each.

Over 55 Mews Home at Hollins Hall

The October auction will

Mark Lewis is confident that the recent success in the auction room will continue in Symonds & Sampson's autumn auctions.

It has been a fascinating year so far and the Auction room offers an excellent barometer on the state of the property market. Anybody planning to bid will have to have either cash available or a mortgage approved, and the number of bidders will show you how much ready money is available for properties.

If you have been to a Symonds & Sampson auction recently you will understand that there is a lot of latent demand for lots across the spectrum. Renovations and individual

Land lots - including half an island in the River Don - sold for at least double their guide price after going under the hammer at Mark Jenkinson and Son's £4.5 million September auction.

The eastern half of the wooded island site in a picturesque location just down from Ewden Beck sold for more than 14 times the guide price of £500 at £7,250.

Lying on the boundary between Sheffield City Council and Barnsley Metropolitan District Council, the island site is approximately 0.37 acre, subject to seasonal variations and river levels.

More than 1.5 acres of Greenbelt land with future development

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