Autumn 2012

West Midlands & Wales

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elcome to your property update for WWest Midlands & Wales. We’re delighted to share with you some of the diverse properties that your local Strutt & Parker team has to o€er, as well as our expert insight into your local In summer 2012, property market. For an innovative way to access Strutt & Parker saw a a large and enthusiastic pool of potential buyers, 64% or easily view a wide range of houses, contact us increase in instruction numbers and for details of Strutt & Parker’s upcoming Open 14.6 % House Day, taking place on Saturday 6 October. increase in exchange levels, compared with 2011.

And from May 2011 to ‘The key word is June 2012, across the regions we produced realism on both sides’ on average

In the first few months of more manageable than in the 2.75% the year, both the number of countryside. We continue to IN EXCESS viewings and people registering sell around 60% of our houses of our clients’ with us were up 11% compared to people from outside the expectations on price to this time last year. Although West Midlands, particularly prices are still under pressure, from the southeast, and also there is a realisation among from nearby Cheshire, where vendors and purchasers alike prices are considerably higher. ‘The 12-month outlook for that people just want to get on Interestingly, 19% of the the UK property market with their lives and, over the houses Strutt & Parker sells, as is muddled. It’s key for next six months, we don’t a firm, are to people working mortgage providers to expect very much to change part-time or full-time from support the main “engines” – the key word is realism home – in Shropshire, it is of the market – first-time on both sides. 28%. It seems many people buyers and mid-market – We are finding that are prepared to commute through greater liquidity and affordability. Our Highland, Stansbatch there is good demand further in order to Herefordshire HR6 in the middle take advantage of view is that, although market, particularly the quality of life personal debt needs to be Highland farmhouse is believed to date from the 12th century and retains a wealth of period features. Home to contained and reduced, the current owner for eight years, the property has been sympathetically improved to create a truly wonderful in towns, where that Shropshire There is a realisation the lending costs that are five-bedroom country home. Set in an elevated rural position, with fabulous walks and out-riding on the maintenance can offer. among vendors and currently throttling the doorstep, Highland enjoys wonderful far-reaching views stretching to the Black Mountains and dominates its and running purchasers that Mark Wiggin, market will start to soften.’ hillside location. Few other properties can boast its immeasurable presence and charm. costs are people just want Partner Stephanie McMahon, £925,000 to get on with Head of Research their lives

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Frome Court, Bartestree SOLD Hereford HR1 An attractive mid-terrace three-bedroom cottage within the grounds of a former convent.

£234,000

The Old Rectory, Bleddfa Buckton Mill, Buckton Powys LD7 Shropshire SY7 A Grade II Listed four-bedroom An impressive Grade II Listed former rectory surrounded by three-bedroom former corn rolling Radnorshire countryside. mill in an idyllic rural location.

£625,000 £500,000

Algerian Cottage, Knowbury Shropshire SY8 The brochure you produced was A spacious and fl exible four-bedroom property in an outstanding SOLD 328 position with unrivalled views across the surrounding countryside. the best we have seen active potential Mr H, Shropshire £650,000 buyers have registered in Ludlow since 1 January

The Old Hay Barn, Kinton Leintwardine SY7 SOLD A fantastic and well-presented Grade II Listed fi ve- bedroom barn conversion in beautiful countryside.

Redwood Farmhouse, £598,500 St Michaels Worcestershire WR15 An attractive six-bedroom period property with stables and land available by separate negotiation.

£425,000 Brockton, Lydbury North Kiln House, Knowlegate Shropshire SY7 Shropshire SY8 A Grade II Listed fi ve-bedroom stone property, presented An exceptional fi ve-bedroom property with to a very high standard, plus a useful garage block. unrivalled views and a unique design in six acres.

£450,000 £795,000

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The Ridges, Birtley Herefordshire SY7 A beautiful three-bedroom red- brick house in a striking elevated position with far-reaching views.

£449,000

Tyn Y Wern, Dolau Powys LD1 A strikingly pretty period farmhouse set in beautiful gardens Thanks for the very with outbuildings and land in a very attractive location. successful Open £499,000 House Day Mr & Mrs J, Manley

Hopswood, Orleton Shropshire SY8 An exceptional four-bedroom barn conversion with an annexe, beautiful gardens and paddock.

£650,000

The Mount, Cressage Shropshire SY5

The Grange, Church Preen An outstanding family home that originates from the 1890s – with later additions – that o€ers generously Shropshire SY6 proportioned reception rooms with bay windows and doors that open on to the beautiful gardens and grounds. An exceptional country house set in spectacular gardens and There is further accommodation over two floors in the coach house, which also has four adjoining open bay grounds totalling 12.25 acres. Available as a whole or in lots. garages, two of which are currently used as stables. The Mount stands in a superb rural setting with stunning views over the Severn Valley, The Wrekin and Wenlock Edge. £1,250,000 £1,100,000

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Waterside House, Maesbrook Shropshire SY10 A rare development opportunity to create a substantial country house sitting within 16 acres.

£600,000

Broadway House, Kynaston Farm, Ruyton XI Towns Montgomery Shropshire SY4 Powys SY15 An immaculately presented four-bedroom former An elegant eight-bedroom farmhouse with an attached one-bedroom annexe.

Grade II Listed country house. £495,000 £1,250,000

The Glen, Hanwood We have sold properties Shropshire SY5 ranging in value from A five-bedroom Georgian village house that dates from the early 1800s with a veranda running along the rear overlooking the gardens. £220,000

£599,000 to £1.45m

Honeysuckle Cottage, Haye House, Bridgnorth Rodington Shropshire WV16 Shrewsbury SY4 An impressive seven-bedroom A spacious five-bedroom family Grade II Listed country home home with great accomodation. with views over the Severn Valley.

£775,000 £925,000

The Woodlands, Cocknage Staffordshire ST3 Oaklea, Shifnal We were impressed A handsome period country Shropshire TF11 by your marketing and house with a lodge, stable block, A five-bedroom house with stunning views that was originally communication skills woodland, land and great views. built in the 1850s and completely refurbished in 2011. Mr & Mrs S, Dolgellau £895,000 Offers in excess of £645,000

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Ludlow Shrewsbury SOLD

Bernadette Jenkin David Henderson Negotiator Associate Partner

Kevin Boulton What’s the best way to Mark Wiggin What’s the best way Partner spend a Sunday afternoon Partner to spend a Sunday Llwynderw Hall, Welshpool in your area? Walking afternoon in your area? Powys SY21 Which is the best house in the Shropshire Hills, Which is the best house I like to go fi shing A charming south-facing period you’ve sold this year? which is an Area of you’ve sold this year? with my young son on residence with delightful grounds It’s not the most Outstanding Natural This is an unfair question a secluded lake in a nestled in the Severn Valley. expensive, or the biggest, Beauty. I like to walk with as I happen to love every picturesque wood. The £650,000 but Algerian Cottage friends or family to work house we sell. setting is so beautiful has a view that cannot up an appetite for a big What’s the best way to that even the trout don’t be beaten. It also has a Sunday lunch at one of spend a Sunday afternoon seem to want to move Quarry Place, Shrewsbury fabulous kitchen. the fantastic village pubs. in your area? Getting on out of Shropshire – or Shropshire SY1 If you could live anywhere a bike and exploring the perhaps that’s just my A beautiful Georgian seven-bedroom house that retains many of % in your area, where countryside. I don’t really poor fi shing skills. its original features despite having served a number of functions, 22 would it be? A large realise how lucky we are If you could live anywhere including a hospital. This property sold in excess of the guide price. in your area, where Viewing fi gures townhouse with a to be surrounded by such £1,400,000 in Shrewsbury are southwest-facing garden completely stunning would it be? I think it up year to date in either Broad Street, countryside. would have to be the Mill Street or Dinham. What’s your top tip for buzzing little town Red Roofs, Shrewsbury A signifi cant pay rise making a property stand of Much Wenlock. or lottery win would out? If you have a gated If I could have a super Shropshire SY3 An elegant six-bedroom Edwardian house with be required to achieve Ben Winson drive, open it before power, it would be... delightful gardens in a sought-after residential area. this though! Negotiator people arrive as a closed the ability to catch What’s your top tip for gate is unfriendly. more and bigger fi sh. £950,000 making a property stand Which is the best house out? Great photography you’ve sold this year? is a must. It amazes me It has to be 6 Quarry that so many agents allow Place, which is a stunning houses to go to the market Georgian townhouse with awful presentation. with fi ne views that has If I could have a super been in the same family Sutton Road, Shrewsbury power, it would be... for almost 60 years. Shropshire SY2 to fl y, so that I could get It needed renovating A handsome fi ve-bedroom Georgian townhouse around the countryside but the rooms were with well-proportioned accommodation. very quickly without magnifi cent and I’m £595,000 getting stuck behind sure it will be an tractors and lorries. exceptional family home.

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