A magnificent mansion that occupies one of the finest plots on the millionaires’ playground of Sandbanks has gone on the market for £8.5million. The luxury house is one of just 14 properties located on the ‘elite’ stretch of Britain’s most priciest coastline. The row of harbourfront homes are worth well …
Read More »The abandoned London Underground station where so many train drivers didn’t stop it became a running joke
One of the sad things about London’s great history and heritage is that it sometimes gets destroyed when buildings are demolished and swanky new office blocks are built. Sometimes lovely old buildings get sold on. Such was the case with one of London’s little-known abandoned Tube stations. Brompton Road in …
Read More »The surprisingly pretty ‘beach village’ with a hidden beauty spot where Londoners are ‘paying over the odds’ for properties
Felixstowe in Suffolk is famous for being the UK’s largest container port. The port receives 2,000 ships per year and operates 17 shipping lines, employing more than 2500 people directly. In pictures, it looks like any working port: industrial, with its colourful shipping containers arranged like a giant game of …
Read More »Exeter buys Bristol Royal Mail distribution centre for €37m
Global investment firm Exeter Property Group has acquired an industrial asset in Bristol, UK, for £31.4 mln (€37 mln) from BMO Real Estate Partners … Source link
Read More »Reading’s new developments and how they could change the town forever
The town is set for massive change – we look at what’s there now and how it could change Reading is set for a huge transformation over the next decade. A number of huge plans are either underway, have planning permission or are waiting to be given permission by Reading …
Read More ȣ6 million Berkshire home is most expensive sold during lockdown despite massive drop in sales
Million pound Berkshire homes were still changing hands at the height of lockdown – including one which sold for an incredible £6 million. The coronavirus outbreak has had a massive effect on the housing market, and statistics from the Land Registry show an enormous drop in sales between the start …
Read More »10 Reading developments everyone hated – and what happened next
Development in Reading is a hot topic. On the one hand, people are concerned about the amount of flats being built, the lack of family homes and the effect on the local roads and infrastructure. On the other, Reading Borough Council has steep government targets to meet, a growing population, …
Read More »New portal by-passes agents and charge £14.99 to sellers
… 1995, geo-location data from Google and Royal Mail databases, financial markets data and records from the Office of National Statistics“ he adds. Source link
Read More »Plans for huge 600-home development at former Reading Royal Mail depot don’t include affordable housing
Plans for a huge new development in Reading now contain no affordable housing after the developer submitted an amended plan. Hermes Property Unit Trust had submitted plans for more than 600 homes on the site of the empty former Royal Mail depot in Caversham Road. Initially, it was proposed the …
Read More »New homes in London: Colindale Gardens and Islington Square among new-build neighbourhoods with green space and garden sanctuaries
A decade before London’s Low Emission Zone came into force, air pollution concerns had prompted the capital’s then-Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to introduce a Living Roofs and Walls policy. And since 2008 there has been phenomenal “growth”. Today London has more than 40 per cent of the UK’s green roofs and …
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