Property News from Times OnlineRenfrewshire Wallace Forester estate reborn
When Wallace Forrester died in 2001, he left behind an eight-acre estate and a stunning garden that had taken almost 40 years to perfect, but his family, who inherited Avenel, in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, faced some tough decisions on how to preserve his legacy. Caithness has properties ripe for renovation
Travel around the nearly traffic-free roads of Caithness and one thing becomes clear quickly: there is a great deal of property in need of redevelopment. Indeed, such is the quantity of wrecks ripe for rescue in the most northerly mainland county that the Prince of Wales has launched an initiative to try to save them from ruin. Is it worth it? St Andrews, Fife, £1.25m o/o
What it is: A large and impressive house in one of the golf capital?s most popular areas. Set in nearly half an acre, it has three reception rooms and five bedrooms. It is surrounded by a walled garden. Time and Place: David Mach
When I was five, I went on a three-day rail journey to Poland, where my father came from. I remember it so vividly, from the moment I was standing on the platform in Leven, in Fife, with my father reassuring me as the steam engine arrived, to sitting in a restaurant in Prague, eating soup and being sick, but making sure nobody saw me. Neighbourhood watch
To find out what is happening to house prices in your area, click here Greenhouse effects: Heatkeeper radiator panels
What are they? Metallised PVC sheets that fit behind your radiator, reducing heat loss through the walls and ceilings and eliminating cold spots. Is it worth it? Pittington, Co Durham, £150,000
What it is: The Old Chapel is a stone building dating from 1858 and in need of renovation. In a semi-rural location, and accessed by anunmade road, itcomes with planning permission forconversion into a two-storey,2,660 sq ft house with three reception rooms, three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It has electricity, water and drainage facilities. Outside are a grassy area and an enclosed yard. The property is in Littletown, a village outside Pittington, six miles from Durham. Home economics: A drop of southern comfort
The monthly survey of the housing market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) provides a useful snapshot from the estate-agency coalface. The latest, out last week, confirmed that downward forces are still at work, but also found a few green shoots. Garden cuttings
Vision in white Scotland?s Snowdrop Festival should satisfy the most ardent galanthophiles (see Rachel de Thame?s article, left). It runs until March 16 and includes more than 25 gardens. For details, visit scotland.com/snowdrop-festival Seats of power
The statement chair is the decorator?s favourite fix, adding instant character to any room. The sheer choice available ? from fantastic moulded plastic to corrugated cardboard, from sumptuous leather club chairs to dazzling floral tubs ? will leave you needing, well, a nice quiet sit-down. Houses of the week
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Thought you had to go to Bulgaria or some obscure resort to afford a flat or chalet in the moun-tains? Think again. Prices in some of Austria?s better-known ski destinations are considerably cheaper than in their French or Swiss equivalents, and there are signs that the country is finally loosening some of the rules that have hitherto made it difficult for foreigners to buy. Don?t get mad – redecorate (or how to move on without moving out)
With six out of 10 British couples admitting to arguing over the way they decorate their home, a certain amount of compromise is required. A bathroom strewn with girlie products, for example, is bound to aggravate him; and as for a state-of-the-art plasma-screen television that dominates the entire living room ... Strangers in paradise
I would rather cut off my arm than sell Crabshell,? Steve Smith says of his holiday home in Kingsbridge, south Devon. One glance at his three-bedroom second-floor flat and you can see why: directly on the waterfront, 5 Crabshell Quay has airy, light-filled rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows that look straight out over the Kingsbridge estuary and sandy beaches within a short walk. The big green giveaway
Pollyanna herself would be hard pushed to find something positive to say about the current economic climate, but even if our financial clout is weakening, our eco-credentials are growing stronger by the day. Moving house
Actuaries are meant to be even more boring than accountants. They calculate insurance risk. Yet such an image does not fit Ross Russell, who, in his mid-forties, decided he?d made enough money out of his City business, cashed in his beans and, with his wife, Sally, decided to build a home in deepest rural Suffolk. But not just any old home. This one moves. Time and place: Jane Birkin
Idon?t remember the 1960s as exciting. Maybe I was too conventional. I just wanted a baby ? and I had her, my daughter Kate. Her father was the James Bond composer John Barry. I remember Newsweek wrote about ?John Barry and his E-type Jaguar, and his E-type wife?. I was only 19, and that is what I had become. It?s not flattering, but true. Moving on
NO KHAN DO Beyond the brochure: outrageous fortune
Willow Lodge, Locksbottom, Kent, £4.95m The girl just wants to have fun
Amanda Eliasch hates interior designers. And bankers, and sunlight, and babies. But especially interior designers. ?They kill off any chance of someone having a personality in their home,? she says. What she loves is colour. And there?s so much of it in her house in Belgravia that you find yourself reaching for your sunglasses as you step inside.
When Wallace Forrester died in 2001, he left behind an eight-acre estate and a stunning garden that had taken almost 40 years to perfect, but his family, who inherited Avenel, in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, faced some tough decisions on how to preserve his legacy. Caithness has properties ripe for renovation
Travel around the nearly traffic-free roads of Caithness and one thing becomes clear quickly: there is a great deal of property in need of redevelopment. Indeed, such is the quantity of wrecks ripe for rescue in the most northerly mainland county that the Prince of Wales has launched an initiative to try to save them from ruin. Is it worth it? St Andrews, Fife, £1.25m o/o
What it is: A large and impressive house in one of the golf capital?s most popular areas. Set in nearly half an acre, it has three reception rooms and five bedrooms. It is surrounded by a walled garden. Time and Place: David Mach
When I was five, I went on a three-day rail journey to Poland, where my father came from. I remember it so vividly, from the moment I was standing on the platform in Leven, in Fife, with my father reassuring me as the steam engine arrived, to sitting in a restaurant in Prague, eating soup and being sick, but making sure nobody saw me. Neighbourhood watch
To find out what is happening to house prices in your area, click here Greenhouse effects: Heatkeeper radiator panels
What are they? Metallised PVC sheets that fit behind your radiator, reducing heat loss through the walls and ceilings and eliminating cold spots. Is it worth it? Pittington, Co Durham, £150,000
What it is: The Old Chapel is a stone building dating from 1858 and in need of renovation. In a semi-rural location, and accessed by anunmade road, itcomes with planning permission forconversion into a two-storey,2,660 sq ft house with three reception rooms, three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It has electricity, water and drainage facilities. Outside are a grassy area and an enclosed yard. The property is in Littletown, a village outside Pittington, six miles from Durham. Home economics: A drop of southern comfort
The monthly survey of the housing market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) provides a useful snapshot from the estate-agency coalface. The latest, out last week, confirmed that downward forces are still at work, but also found a few green shoots. Garden cuttings
Vision in white Scotland?s Snowdrop Festival should satisfy the most ardent galanthophiles (see Rachel de Thame?s article, left). It runs until March 16 and includes more than 25 gardens. For details, visit scotland.com/snowdrop-festival Seats of power
The statement chair is the decorator?s favourite fix, adding instant character to any room. The sheer choice available ? from fantastic moulded plastic to corrugated cardboard, from sumptuous leather club chairs to dazzling floral tubs ? will leave you needing, well, a nice quiet sit-down. Houses of the week
Northamptonshire - £2.5m In from the cold
Thought you had to go to Bulgaria or some obscure resort to afford a flat or chalet in the moun-tains? Think again. Prices in some of Austria?s better-known ski destinations are considerably cheaper than in their French or Swiss equivalents, and there are signs that the country is finally loosening some of the rules that have hitherto made it difficult for foreigners to buy. Don?t get mad – redecorate (or how to move on without moving out)
With six out of 10 British couples admitting to arguing over the way they decorate their home, a certain amount of compromise is required. A bathroom strewn with girlie products, for example, is bound to aggravate him; and as for a state-of-the-art plasma-screen television that dominates the entire living room ... Strangers in paradise
I would rather cut off my arm than sell Crabshell,? Steve Smith says of his holiday home in Kingsbridge, south Devon. One glance at his three-bedroom second-floor flat and you can see why: directly on the waterfront, 5 Crabshell Quay has airy, light-filled rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows that look straight out over the Kingsbridge estuary and sandy beaches within a short walk. The big green giveaway
Pollyanna herself would be hard pushed to find something positive to say about the current economic climate, but even if our financial clout is weakening, our eco-credentials are growing stronger by the day. Moving house
Actuaries are meant to be even more boring than accountants. They calculate insurance risk. Yet such an image does not fit Ross Russell, who, in his mid-forties, decided he?d made enough money out of his City business, cashed in his beans and, with his wife, Sally, decided to build a home in deepest rural Suffolk. But not just any old home. This one moves. Time and place: Jane Birkin
Idon?t remember the 1960s as exciting. Maybe I was too conventional. I just wanted a baby ? and I had her, my daughter Kate. Her father was the James Bond composer John Barry. I remember Newsweek wrote about ?John Barry and his E-type Jaguar, and his E-type wife?. I was only 19, and that is what I had become. It?s not flattering, but true. Moving on
NO KHAN DO Beyond the brochure: outrageous fortune
Willow Lodge, Locksbottom, Kent, £4.95m The girl just wants to have fun
Amanda Eliasch hates interior designers. And bankers, and sunlight, and babies. But especially interior designers. ?They kill off any chance of someone having a personality in their home,? she says. What she loves is colour. And there?s so much of it in her house in Belgravia that you find yourself reaching for your sunglasses as you step inside.
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