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METRO - Michael Sword, 37 of Birmingham at his shared ownership home in Belgrave Village.

What I Own: My £210,000 Birmingham apartment is a shared ownership bargain

Channel: Property Property January 14, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
M3YY40 Harpenden is a small commuter town in Hertfordshire, England, U.K.

‘Snooty’ town named UK's most desirable place to live in 2025

Channel: Property Property January 3, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
St Ninian's Isle tombolo, Shetland Islands, Scotland

The ‘breathtaking’ island 100 miles from the mainland where everyone wants to live

Channel: Property Property December 31, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Story from Jam Press (Cheapest House Sale) Pictured: Exterior of the the cheapest house in the UK?s cheapest area. The cheapest house in the UK?s cheapest area is up for sale at ?50,000 Fancy snapping up the cheapest house in the cheapest area to buy in the UK for only ?50,000? Now you can. Shildon is a small quiet town, just outside of the bustling city of Durham. And it happens to be the most affordable place to buy in Britain. A study, carried out by Zoopla, found that the price of the average home was ?73,200. Now, a two-bedroom, semi-detached house has gone on the market; for a low market tag of ?50,000, reports Luxury Property News. Currently, there are others available for just ?40,000 ? but they?re listed as an auction, meaning this is likely the starting bid amount. This property, however, is a regular chain-free sale. And the best part? It requires no renovation work. Stepping inside, there?s a spacious entrance hall, living room ? with electric fireplace ? and reasonably sized kitchen. Each room, including the bedrooms, has been fitted with new grey carpet and the walls appear to have had a fresh lick of paint. The family bathroom, however, may require some TLC; but it already hosts all the amenities. With on-street parking and the freehold included it?s an absolute steal. Just a stone?s throw away from local facilities and schools, as well as transport links into the city, it?s perfect for a young couple or family. The property, which is on the market for ?50,000 is listed with Robinsons estate agents, Bishop Auckland. ENDS

The UK's cheapest area to buy a home, where properties cost £50,000

Channel: Property Property December 30, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Story from Jam Press (Pink Studio Builders) Pictured: Inside the studio flat. Bizarre studio flat with bunk beds for up to TEN builders to live in leaves home hunters baffled A bizarre studio flat full of pink bunk beds for up to TEN builders to live in has left home hunters baffled. The seafront pad is listed as only having one bedroom. There is also just one bathroom for them to share. But it costs an eye-watering ??1,295 a month to rent. The??flat, in Brighton, is dubbed as ???perfect??? for ???builders??? or ???students.??? Decorated with garish pink rose wallpaper, rainbows, pastelle bed coverings and fake ivy the property offers immediate move in. Potential tenants are allowed to move in to the property, equipped bizarrely with astroturf flooring, the day of viewing. The private landlord offers guaranteed acceptance to desperate house hunters with no credit check and a low deposit. Describing the property as perfect for ???builders, contractors, students and big families relocating??? the landlord charges a ??35 fee for same day move-ins. House hunters would be forced to share the small space with up to nine other tenants with only one bathroom between them all. The property boasts four bunk beds which renters would presumably be expected to share with other tenants. They would also be expected to share the single bathroom and a miniature kitchenette. The cramped space leaves little room for manoeuvring with the bunk beds, sofa and TV taking up any excess space. The landlord's listing on OpenRent reads: ???Themed extra large studio room with kitchenette, private bathroom, microwave, hob, 10 separate beds. ???Maximum tenants 10.??? ???Perfect for builders, contractors, students, large groups and big families relocating.??? Potential renters were left baffled by it, as reported by??Luxury Property News. One said: ???All these builders love pink beds and rainbows. ???I imagine if they did stay there it would be the source of a monumental p*ss

The weirdest homes to hit the market in 2024, from £15,000 telephone boxes to cubby holes

Channel: Property Property December 29, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
**METRO** What I Rent Patrick Magner at his one-bedroom flat Cortland in Birmingham .

What I Rent: I pay £1,275 for a one-bedroom flat in Birmingham and my friends are jealous

Channel: Property Property December 28, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Beautiful England.View of houses and boats reflected in Wey river water. Weybridge 01 04 2021 ; Shutterstock ID 1966629823; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Street with ‘monstrously large £8,000,000 homes’ named most expensive outside London

Channel: Property Property December 24, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Tracy in her living room.

Grandma's Christmas ‘ruined’ after simple leak forces her out of her home

Channel: UK UK December 21, 2024 By Jasper King
??Andrew McCaren 10/12/2024 Leeds UK. Sophie Marshall Clark & her home on Moor Road in Far Headingley in Leeds, Yorkshire, for The Metro What I Own feature. Photo Credit: Andrew McCaren

What I Own: Our £320,000 Leeds cottage has a country feel, but it's almost in the city

Channel: Property Property December 21, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
School children sitting at school.

Map shows areas in England where the most children are homeless this Christmas

Channel: UK UK December 20, 2024 By Jasper King

A £10 guest fee and a non-existent kitchen: 6 renters share their wildest landlord stories

Channel: Property Property December 23, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
FILE PHOTO - The Shark House in suburban Oxford. Photo released December 16 2024. The owner of the iconic "shark house" in Oxford says "come while you can" after council demand closure of quirky Airbnb.Oxford City Council won the planning appeal banning the use of short let accommodation last week for the quirky property in New Street, Headington, more widely known as the Shark House - which features a 25ft shark sticking out of its roof.This comes after owner Dr. Magnus Hanson-Heine, whose father Bill Heine constructed the sculpture without official planning permission from Oxford City Council in 1986.For the last five years, Dr. Hanson-Heine has been letting the property out on Airbnb for short term stays - but received notice from the council to shut it down, after a member of the public complained about the change from a residential use to a short-term let.

Would you pay £6,000 a month to live in a house with a shark in the roof?

Channel: Property Property December 20, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
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Man flees mould-infested flat after stench of sewage bursts from the walls

Channel: UK UK December 19, 2024 By Danny Rigg
Man holding a hard hat and wearing a high vis jacket, as construction workers talk in the background

This entire city was never built, here’s the heart-breaking reason why

Channel: UK UK December 17, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson
Christmas tree surrounded with gifts

Adding this feature to your home could bag sellers £130,000 more

Channel: Property Property December 17, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
*EMBARGO 8:00am Friday 12th JULY 2024. The ?3million house near Farnham, Surrey. Photo released July 11 2024. A mother-of-three who won a ?3million house thought it was a joke - by the family's notorious prankster.Rachael Reid, 54, who works in childcare, scooped the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw in Surrey.She also won ?100,000 in cash - for just ?10 - as part of a prize draw that raised ?3,450,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.Rachael is now the proud owner of a contemporary, five-bed room house near Farnham, complete with a pool house, gym and sauna.

Omaze property hits the market for £2,950,000 — but how many are actually lived in?

Channel: Property Property January 8, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Richard Tosh with his dog liquorice at his home in St Neots Cambridgeshire. Richard and his family have recently bought the four bedroom property after returning to the UK from New Zealand.

What I Own: We relocated from New Zealand for our £550,000 St Neots home

Channel: Property Property December 16, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner during a visit to a construction site in Cambridge.

Map of green belt under threat over Labour's 1,500,000 homes housing target

Channel: UK UK December 13, 2024 By Jasper King
Joris resident.

Entire London apartment block evicted with residents given two months notice

Channel: UK UK December 20, 2024 By Danny Rigg
The Mumbai skyline, featuring the towering, unusually-shaped Antilia building

The world's most expensive £3.6 billion home with 27 floors, snow room and ice-cream shop

Channel: Property Property December 12, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

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