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A pair of houses, side by side in Great Barr, are both coming up for auction in December with bargain basement guide prices.

They are part of Bond Wolfe’s 164 lot auction catalogue which will be the largest auction to be held in the Midlands in 2019.

It’s not quite “buy one, get one free” but the pair of neighbouring three-bedroom semi-detached houses in Ennerdale Road will each have a guide price of just £20,000 when they come under the hammer at the Bond Wolf Auctions sale at Villa Park in Birmingham on Wednesday 11th December.

The house at 4 Ennerdale Road stands behind a front garden, and

Whether you’re looking for a post office, a pub or a family home, the final FSS property auction of 2019 on 5th December has something to interest all types of buyers and investors. Auctioneer Richard Smailes casts an expert eye over our December auction lots.

Pub with planning permission

The Board Inn is a substantial landmark property right in the centre of Knaresborough, in a bustling location on the corner of High Street and Gracious Street. With planning permission already approved to develop the pub and build two flats and four houses on the land, this is an interesting opportunity for

A family home in a popular Birmingham suburb has been given a guide price of just £5,000 in Bond Wolfe Auctions’ next auction at Villa Park in Birmingham on Wednesday 11 December.

The three-bedroomed, mid-terraced property at 16 Dunstall Grove in Selly Oak has been described as “in need of modernisation”.

However, with a driveway, front and back gardens, gas-fired central heating system and partial double glazing, strong competition is expected for this lot.

Gurpreet Bassi, chief executive of Bond Wolfe Auctions, said: “This family-sized home lies in a great location and it could be one of

Auction House has just sold its 3,000th property of 2019, in a year with more sales and even better success rates than in 2018.

The group, which has sales figures currently running at over 100 lots above this time last year, says that its auction rooms are not suffering the problems prevalent elsewhere in the property industry.

Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake explained: “Estate agents tell us that the market is on it knees in many parts of the country, blaming the combination of Brexit and a forthcoming general election, which means selling and buying decisions are being put on hold

What ’ave we got here then? An historic former police station and magistrates court in the Black Country are among the more unusual lots in Bond Wolfe Auctions’ next auction.

What’s known as Old Hill Police Station at 240 Halesowen Road, Old Hill in Cradley Heath will go under the hammer at Villa Park in Birmingham on Wednesday 11 December.

The eye-catching buildings – some dating back to Victorian times – are being sold on behalf of West Midlands Police and will go before bidders with a guide price* of £250,000+.

Ian Tudor, managing director of Bond Wolfe Auctions, said: “I have a

Owning one property in the sought after coastal area of Bridport is a dream for many, but with this auction lot going under the hammer in December, plucky bidders will get a chance to own two distinct halves of a cottage!

Sea Breeze, a three-bedroom property guided at £175,000-£200,000 comprises the original stone period cottage along with a two storey extension forming an ‘L’ shape. Old and new combined mean the property offers a decent 1,151 of internal space.

Outside the cottage has gardens to three sides with views gently tiered to the valley. There is off street parking and a large

A fire-damaged Rotherham house that went under the hammer without a reserve selling for £40,000, and a Sheffield farmhouse going for more than £780,000 were among the highlights of a 'very busy' £4.6m Mark Jenkinson and Son October auction.

Damaged by fire in 2018, the semi-detached house in Thurnscoe, with a freehold plot of 202 sqm with gardens and driveway and no reserve, went for £40,000 and was one of 30 of the 36 lots which sold at the auction for a total of £4.66m.

Top price at the auction, held at The Platinum Suite, Sheffield United Football Club, was £782,000 for Speight House at

Bidders turned out in force for Auction House London’s recent sale (Wednesday 30 October 2019), with one Lot attracting a record 18 potential buyers, all on the phone at the same time.

The three bedroom terrace in Preston, Lancashire needed modernisation. It started with a guide of £30,000 and sold for £75,000. Director and Auctioneer at Auction House London, Andrew Binstock said, “At one point there were 18 people bidding on the phone and as we had only 13 handsets we had to borrow phones from some of our sponsors and advertisers – it was a fabulous scene and a great atmosphere.”

Some

The trend for investors continuing to be active in the real estate market notwithstanding political uncertainty was emphatically borne out at the Acuitus October auction when 82% of the lots sold with more than £34m raised.

Investors set their sights on alternative commercial properties as three ‘alternative’ lots investment properties sold for in excess of £3m. These included a freehold hotel and restaurant investment in St Clears, Carmarthen let to Travelodge Hotels until 2039 which sold for £3.21m at a yield of 5.6%.

A development opportunity in Ware, Hertfordshire comprising eight shops

The remarkable rise and continuing success of the UK’s fastest growing auction business was once again witnessed at Bond Wolfe Auction’s October sale at Aston Villa FC.

The month preceding the sale saw over 3,700 viewings and over 35,000 legal documents downloaded by interested property hunters, resulting in over 1,500 attendees and a record number of telephone and internet bidders.

The auction enjoyed an 84% success rate, with 108 lots sold from 129 lots offered, raising a total of over £11.6 million.

Bond Wolfe Auctions, which launched in January this year, has so far sold 503 lots out of