The Hawthorns, popular with generations of Baggies fans on match days, has been saved.
And the new owner, Steven Hayer, has pledged it will remain a pub so long as it can turn a profit and is supported by the community.
The venue in Blackheath was put into the most recent SDL Bigwood auction held at the Holte Suite, Aston Villa.
Described as “suitable for a variety of alternative uses subject to obtaining any appropriate planning permission”, it prompted suggestions that the site could be redeveloped.
Mr Hayer, who bought it prior to the auction for an undisclosed sum, said he had acquired it
ONE of the country’s largest property auction networks is to hold events at the Macron Stadium.
SDL Auctions will host its first event at the stadium on Thursday, March 30.
The date will be added to the network’s already 30-strong UK-wide auction calendar which also includes venues in Chester, Derby, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry and Stoke.
Rory Daly, auctioneer and CEO at SDL Auctions, said: “It’s a very exciting period of expansion for our auction network. We recently held our first auctions in Chester and Stoke and now we’re adding Bolton to our calendar as part of our
SDL Bigwood’s first auction sale of 2017, held on the day Doris struck, went down a storm!
At the Holte Suite, Aston Villa, it raised £14.7 million with a success rate of 84 per cent.
Gurpreet Bassi, partner and head of auctions for the Midlands, said: “The crowds were happy to battle their way in despite the wind, so much so that the room was busier than I ever seen it, to the extent that on health and safety grounds security were operating a ‘one in, one out’ policy on the doors.
“At one point, we were considering moving the auction to the football pitch!”
Commercial, investment and residential properties and a number of agricultural and paddock land parcels will be on offer at the next Cheffins auction on the 15th March.
Key opportunities include the Keith Leonard Estate which is made up of seven lots to include two houses, a large agricultural barn and over 90 acres of both garden and arable land.
Investment properties are also on offer, including a freehold, mixed-use building with over £50,000 pa in rental income from high street stores Subway and SpecSavers with planning consent to convert the upper floors to residential flats in
The estate of Keith Leonard is available on the open market and ard consists of seven lots. Mr Leonard’s legacy comprises of two houses and a large agricultural barn, alongside over 90 acres of both arable and garden land making this one of the few traditional fenland estates to still be in existence.
Keith Leonard died in 2014 and was a local farmer and a regular attendee of the Cheffins Machinery Sales at Sutton, near Ely. Mr Leonard was aged 71 when he passed away and had spent his entire life in Soham, having attended the now closed Soham Shade School as a child. He was the only child of
The first Acuitus commercial property auction of the year saw £35m of assets sold, with the keenest interest being shown in properties producing long-term income or those located in London.
Acuitus auctioneer, Richard Auterac, commented: "The outlook is positive for our second sale of the year on March 30th and it is evident that owners have been encouraged to submit lots by the mounting evidence that the property market thrives, despite the external uncertainties. Real estate remains one of the best stores of value and buying and selling in the auction room is an excellent and immediate
SDL Graham Penny has a property going under the hammer in its next auction on 16th March, which has one of the country’s most famous addresses – 1 Coronation Street.
The property isn’t the home of the Barlow family though, it’s not even in Wetherfield or next to the Rovers Return, instead it’s a two bedroomed end-terrace house in Stoke on Trent on the market with a *guide price of only £35,000+.
Andrew Parker, auctioneer and managing director, commented: “When we started inviting entries for our next auction we weren’t expecting to include such a famous property address in our catalogue. We
The 2nd February’s Auction proved to be a fantastic event for Auction House North West with over 400 bidders in attendance, attracted by a hugely varied range of Commercial and Residential Lots with Guides ranging from NIL reserve to £425,000.
A delighted Stuart Cooper, Director of Auction House North West commented:
“The February auction was much busier than expected and a packed room produced some outstanding results for our clients, the commercial property highlight being a former council depot in Poynton which achieved nearly £100,000 above guide. The focus now turns to our auction on 23rd
After SDL Bigwood’s record breaking first auction in Coventry in November last year, the region’s leading auction house is looking to follow up with another cracker in March.
The event at the Village Hotel, Dolomite Avenue, Coventry, is on Wednesday, 29 March, and would-be sellers only have until the closing date of Wednesday 8 March to enter their property to sell under the hammer.
The November auction was Coventry’s largest-ever auction and a packed salesroom resulted in a hugely successful auction which raised £1,893,500 with 88 per cent of lots selling on the night.
Award-winning property auctioneer Auction House is declaring a new UK auction record, after entering 703 lots into its February auctions.
The number instructed beats the figure listed in December 2016, which was the company’s previous highest ever total.
Commenting on the achievement, Founding Director Roger Lake said “Never before has an auctioneer entered over 700 lots into its auctions in a single month. It’s a remarkably buoyant start to the year, which signals a noticeable resurgence in auction activity. It means that more sellers are choosing the auction route to market, their confidence
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