One of my worst faults is that I have a constantly roving eye for a house in need of a bit of TLC. Here are a few that have caught my attention recently, though they’re all either sold or probably will be before long!
Lovely traditional house in Halkirk, packed with period features – just look at this staircase!
Formerly inhabited by a heavy smoker, this would need stripping right back.
It’s got damp issues and I’d want to get a loo/shower room in downstairs somewhere (possibly by taking a bit off the dining room), but this house has amazing bones and has an enormous back garden that could potentially provide a plot to build another house on. Was on at offers over £115,000, went to fixed price £103,000 and is currently under offer.
Pete tells me I am not allowed to buy this until I am making more money than God.
The roof is shot and has been for years and a lot of the glass is broken. But what’s left is beautiful.
And yet again, a wonderful staircase.
I think it would make a fantastic space to show off the area’s artists and craftspeople – turn the downstairs into cubicled work areas for creatives, turn the upstairs into a gallery/showroom to sell their wares. Downsides are the lack of parking and the fact that just sorting out the roof is going to run into six figures. Also B-listed. Currently under offer for the third or fourth time at £50,000.
This is a former drill hall, used by the Territorial Army from 1890 to 2018. Gorgeous proportions.
Lovely old stone floor and upstairs, the drill hall and those amazing windows.
It has three entrances at the front and looks from the floorplan like it would split vertically into three houses fairly easily. The problem is that they’d be pretty big family-sized homes and there’s no garden. Currently on at a fixed price of £120,000, down from its initial asking price of offers over £150,000.
I have a load more I’m keeping my eye on, but that’s probably enough for this evening, I’ll save the rest for another day.
