Scroll to the bottom for photos from reporter Brent Jang’s tour of the property. With a $2.398-million asking price, the fixer-upper built in 1930 might seem overvalued. But in Vancouver’s crazed real estate market, that price would likely be a bargain. The new listing is priced more than $1.1-million under the recent average price for single-family detached houses sold on the city’s west side. From the street, it looks like a bungalow, but there are two bedrooms upstairs. A mountain Read more [...]

Williamson County homes officially spent an average of 60 days on the market, the WCAR reported in December. But that includes all houses up until the moment an offer is pending and the closing is imminent.(Photo: File)Meg and Chandler Farmer went on vacation in Colorado after spending weeks unsuccessfully looking for a house to buy in Franklin. That’s when they unexpectedly spotted a posting on social media that friends planned to move.The house was not yet listed for sale, but the Farmers realized Read more [...]

SOHO HOUSE BERLIN ‘Cool is what we try to avoid,’ says Chris Glass, Soho House’s European membership director. Instead, the group wants to create an atmosphere that is immune to trends. ‘We’re designed for people who know us, who use us every day,’ adds Glass. Still, there’s no doubt that the opening of Berlin’s House, in central Mitte, has contributed to the city becoming a hipster hotspot.  Glass, 38, is American but has lived in Berlin for 15 years. He’s nicknamed Read more [...]

MIDDLEWICH is earmarked for an extra 235 houses to add to the hundreds of properties being built on the edge of the town. Gladman Developments wants to construct the new estate off Warmingham Lane, and is seeking outline planning approval for the scheme. The site pinpointed for the 235 houses comprises six fields used for arable purposes. To the west lies further farmland, which drops towards the River Wheelock, and to the south west is the listed Pettywood Farm and Read more [...]

Campaigners are hoping to stop the demolition of a 300-year-old pub by getting the building listed. Residents in Frindsbury are unhappy about plans to knock down the Royal Oak pub in Cooling Road to make way for six three-bedroom houses. A petition started by Joe O’Donnell calls on Medway Council to issue a building preservation notice to prevent the Georgian pub being demolished. It has already been signed by almost 1,000 people. The Royal Oak Pub could be demolished Agent Nicholas Taylor Read more [...]

Comments (1) ONE of the oldest block of terraced houses in Bristol is to get a new lease of life. The houses were built more than 250 years ago and come with one of the very best views in the city centre.Developers have been granted planning permission to turn six houses on the iconic Redcliffe Parade West into up-market city centre flats.The terrace of brightly coloured houses are perched on a hill over-looking the Floating Harbour and come with one of the best Read more [...]

The developers behind plans for a £35m overhaul of Lime Street have accused heritage campaigners fighting the proposals of “scaremongering”. Bosses at Neptune, the company working on the project with the backing of Liverpool council , say the scheme is a sensitive attempt to radically improve a shockingly dilapidated and derelict street . The comments come as SAVE Britain’s Heritage continues to battle the plans, with the group hoping to submit a new appeal at the end of the week. The Read more [...]

A pub near at the centre of a controversial row is to be turned into a home. Planning permission has been granted to partly demolish and convert the Newsome Tap on St John’s Avenue despite it only being re-opened as a pub last July. Owned by Newsome WMC Ltd, it will be converted into a detached five bedroom property with a sun room, rear garden and two rear parking spaces. An access road down the left hand side of the house will also be created. The plans will not affect the bowling green area Read more [...]

An IRA operative accused of committing sex crimes halted retribution against him by threatening to expose informants in the terror group’s ranks, it is claimed. The man is alleged to have carried out serious assaults, including the rape of a 12-year-old boy, while he was staying at “safe houses” in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic during the 1990s. The terror group was notorious for its use of punishment squads to mete out rough justice in the form of beatings and killings Read more [...]

A hobby can be more than just an enjoyable pursuit – it can also make you money. Here, The Mail on Sunday looks at ways to turn pastimes into a profit. Bright idea: Zoe Pocock used social media to show off her funky furniture designsHAVE AN IDEAThe best business ideas often start with a personal interest. At this stage you are only held back by your imagination.Former manicurist Zoe Pocock, 41, from Bermondsey, South London, got her business inspiration from discovering a niche in the Read more [...]