Houses which break the chain

the weakest link by Darwin Bell

With the housing market currently having the jitters houses which say things like "No forward chain" are more attractive since that means what chain there is will be less likely to disintegrate.

Most of the ones I'm going to list will come from primelocation as it allows one to do key

Here are some that make this promise:

1. Old Mill, St.Wenn - £760,000
   
   Set in 7 acres this is a house with 5 bedrooms, 3 receptions and a long kitchen/breakfast room too.
   
   It has a small lake and beside a 1 bed lodge. The image that has most appeal is of the lake with a small boat on a jetty - how romantic!
   
   But what worries me most is the claim that:
   

   Great attention has been paid to retaining "olde worlde" effects wherever possible

   
   Maybe that just means beams but could be a way of excusing all sorts of things - although there are 10 photos only two are of the house's interior which doesn't bode well.
   
   Maybe I can live in the wooden lodge.
   


2. Detached Grade II Listed Farmhouse with Holiday Cottage, Sticker - £595,000 (Link not working - 13/12/07) 5 bedrooms, 1 reception, kitchen/breakfast room.
   

   Two further traditional stone barns, one with outline planning to convert into a second holiday let and the other with potential.

   Does that mean potentially another holiday cottage or just that you could do something with it?
   


3. Jacobstow, Bude, Cornwall - 5 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - £475,000
   Its odd that this is described as being 5 beds etc. as it really is two separate properties (with separate council tax bands) side by side. One with 3 bedrooms and the other with two.
   The one that has been used as a holiday cottage looks lovely the other seems dark and maybe rather low ceilinged - though I've not seen it so don't know.