Comments (2) Bastion House in Gloucester is set to be transformed into houses should planning permission be granted on the listed building.The plans would see the grade II listed building transformed into eight one bedroom flats, a two bedroom flat and a four bedroom house.Bastion House is currently being used for office space but has been unused for some time.Planning consultant at SF Planning, Rob Ellis, said: "It is good news to see the building go back to Read more [...]

From North Shields to Darras Hall, we can reveal some of the most expensive house sales in the North East in recent months. Figures obtained by us show the top 10 most expensive houses that were sold across our region in November. Among those on the list are properties in North Tyneside, Newcastle and across Northumberland. Out of the top 10, the cheapest sold was £522,500 (on November 6), while the most expensive went for a whopping £995,000 (November 20). Nationally, all of the top 10 most expensive Read more [...]

What is the true cost of buying a house in the 73 official commuter spots? Value for money ranking Area County Journey time (minutes) Annual travel cost Average house price Average mortgage repayment Combined annual commuter cost (mortgage repayment + travel cost) 1 Tilbury Essex 45 £3,352 £183,658 £7,836 £11,188 2 Grays Essex 34 £3,352 £190,065 £8,112 Read more [...]

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"I don't think it went down too well with all these people around the world,” the Prince said, with a smile. “I get told by lots of people ‘oh I knew so-and-so’ and ‘I wanted to buy this that and the other’.” The Prince has appeared in a new BBC Alba series Great Estates, exploring the conservation of Scottish stately homes including Dumfries House. He told the programme of the “labour of love” to preserve the house and its contents, admitting it had been an “appalling risk” Read more [...]

Comments (5) PLANNING experts will be brought in to find out how the building of homes in Derby city centre can be speeded up – thanks to a £213,000 Government grant.Details on how the money will help are sketchy.But it has become available through the city centre's new Housing Zone status, which has also meant developers can bid for a slice of a £200 million pot of cash to help with clearing contaminated land and demolition. Councillor Martin Rawson, cabinet Read more [...]

In much of life you get what you pay for — and real estate is no exception. A review of listings in the 100 largest U.S. Read more [...]

Wednesday, 6 January 2016 By Laura Watkins in Local People THE building of three new houses at Lower Hardwick, Chepstow has been approved by Monmouthshire County Council’s (MCC) planning committee. Lower Hardwick is a Grade II listed building sited in spacious grounds and is situated opposite the also Grade II listed Ashfield House. Lower Hardwick was built in the early 19th century and is located facing Hardwick Hill.In 2012 planning permission was Read more [...]

PLANS to build new homes in a picturesque dale village have met strong opposition. The three proposed houses would be built on a car park to the rear of Fernaville’s Rest, Whorlton. But councillors and villagers have fervently opposed the proposals on the grounds that parking would spill on to the village green. More than 20 people attended Whorlton and Westwick’s December parish council meeting to air their grievances about the plan. Jacqueline Everitt, who lives at The Steadings, said Read more [...]

The number of houses listed for sale in Auckland dropped to its lowest number in 20 years at the end of December, the city's biggest real estate agency says. Barfoot Thompson has released its figures for the month, saying the 796 sales in December was 19.3 percent lower than sales in November and the lowest in any month for the past 22 months. The average sale price of $869,492 was down only 0.8 percent on November's record average price while the median price rose 0.6 percent to an all-time high Read more [...]