Comments (0) THE president of Lichfield's St Mary's in the Market Square has said "urgent steps" are being taken to safeguard the institution's future.David Wallington, president of the Guild of St Mary's, warned Lichfeldians "use it or lose it" in an up-front letter to the Mercury."Recent letters have suggested that St Mary's in the Market Square is facing difficulties," he said."I can confirm that this is so but urgent steps are being taken to produce a new Read more [...]

This is a sponsored post by Eve Thompson of Reston Real Estate. It does not reflect the opinion of Reston Now. In my Just Sold blog on Monday, I talked about the large amount of housing inventory we’re carrying in Reston. My oft-repeated caution to sellers is that to be successful in a crowded market it is critical that you do everything you can to separate your property from the crowd. The way to do that is to be the very best-priced and best-presented home in your category. You want Read more [...]

Plans to convert the old Abbotsford School building on Bridge Street into two semi-detached houses have been described as “extraordinary” by the mayor of Kenilworth, Cllr Michael Coker. Although the application was not objected to by Kenilworth Town Council members, many made comments of concern due to the lack of extra parking spaces that the new occupants of the houses would need. The plan effectively complicates an already complicated development. Cllr Michael Coker Cllr Read more [...]

Community groups in Derry have been invited to attend a roadshow in the city next week aimed at saving old buildings and allowing them to be reused for new purposes. The Brick regeneration roadshow will provide top advice to community groups on saving the buildings they love including heritage experts from The Prince’s Regeneration Trust (PRT). The former Waterside Railway Station. 2001JM65 There are currently around 500 buildings and monuments of architectural and historic interest Read more [...]

A LANDMARK Barrow hotel could be transformed into homes under new plans unveiled this week. The Victoria Park Hotel, in Victoria Road, went under the hammer at a property auction Read more [...]

DEVELOPERS at the former King Edward VII hospital in Midhurst have had to go back to the drawing board over their assisted care home plans after failing to find anyone willing to take them on. They now want a change of use of the land earmarked for the special homes so that they can build 54 homes with underground and surface parking as well as access roads and drives.Planning permission for the redevelopment of the whole site was granted to City Country specialist developers in Read more [...]

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A 4,500-acre country estate with woodland, parkland and a spectacularly landscaped sunken swimming pool, Wilderness Reserve offers a collection of manors, farmhouses and country cottages to rent in Suffolk. The latest addition to its portfolio is the Cartshed, a converted timber-framed barn with an expansive glass-walled open-plan living space and an Ergofocus wood burner. This is a great party space, but the true luxury comes from the bespoke nature of each visit – from private chefs to archery Read more [...]

Once complete it will have around 750 new and converted energy-efficient homes in landscaped grounds only a mile from Chichester city centre. One-bedroom flats start from £265,000 from Linden Homes (01243 781494/ lindenhomes.co.uk), which is offering Help To Buy on a selection of them, a community garden will be created by Chichester Community Development Trust and there will be cycle paths through the 85 acres of landscaped park.St John’s Hospital in the Essex county town of Chelmsford has also Read more [...]

EDINBURGH is one of the most expensive cities in the world to rent a property through “sharing economy” rental site Airbnb, a report has claimed. A study, from Airbnb data analytics company AirDNA.co, found that the Scottish capital is the ninth most expensive in the world, with an average list price of $144 (£95) a night for an entire home.Airbnb, which was set up as a way for people to rent out spare rooms in their home – or even their entire property – Read more [...]