One of Bearsden’s most magnificent buildings, Boclair House, situated at the foot of Boclair Hill, is set to become a wedding venue. WPH Developments Limited paid £1,050,000 for the historic building a few years ago.Manorview Hotels, who will run the hotel, now plan to turn the Grade B listed building into a boutique hotel with the surrounding two acres of landscaped gardens. They will be marketing the Tudor Gothic mansion as an ideal wedding venue and place to stay for Read more [...]

Buy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoBuy PhotoLast SlideNext SlideBuy PhotoThis historic West Village home with a stone front on a double lot is located on Seyburn in Detroit. (Photo: Regina H. Boone, Detroit Free Press)Buy PhotoWith a flush of new restaurants and escalating house prices, West Village is a poster child for Detroit hot spots right now. One of the first homes to be built there – this Read more [...]

New auction rulesGunning says the Office of Fair Trading is working on new rules for auctions in NSW and this has the backing of the NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Victor Dominello.Gunning says a taskforce which has the support of NSW Premier Mike Baird is working on resolving the grey areas surrounding auctions. The taskforce includes the Real Estate Institute, the Australian Livestock Property Agents Association and the Estate Agents Co-operative.In Sydney's sizzling market, Read more [...]

Timed perfectly to coincide with the arrival of country lovers at Harewood for this week’s Game Fair, Knight Frank’s Harrogate office (01423 530088) has launched the two most important country houses seen on the open market in North Yorkshire this year: Grade II*- listed Brandsby Hall at Brandsby, 13 miles north of York, offered at a guide price of £4.75 million, and Grade II- listed Loftus Hill, at Ferrensby, eight miles north-east of Harrogate, for sale at a guide of £8.5 million. As Read more [...]