Average time to sell?

Negative by Caro's Lines

I wonder how long it really does take to sell a house at the moment. In Monday's Guardian it says 8.5 weeks but that is averaged out over the whole country and doesn't take into account any of the houses that have been languishing unsold for months on end. Or the ones that come off the market without having been sold. At least I assume that's true - I'd like to know how its calculated.

Guardian - Saturday 26th January 2008

And talking of the Guardian in their Snooping around section they featured one of the round houses in Veryan near St Mawes. Its not in my St. Mawes list as to make it manageable the list only contains properties actually in St Mawes. But I did mention it in my South Coast Villages post a couple of weeks ago. I was disappointed to find that the Guardian did not include any more details than I'd already gleaned from the particulars on the website. The Guardian had it priced at £495,000 whereas the agent specifically lists it as offers in excess of £495,000.

(I think that anyone currently listing as "offers in excess of" is very brave! From what I've seen hardly anyone is selling and it looks like no-one is achieving their asking price. Its all very well having a lower limit beyond which you won't drop but this is now a buyers market...)

When I started this blog I was expecting there to be a lot more change in the houses on the market than there has been. However I'm glad I did start it as its giving me a way of tracking what's happening in the area I'd like to be living...

Would you buy a flat?

One of the things I've been struck with is just how expensive flats are now that they are called "apartments". I've never owned one, though I have rented a couple, and thinking about it now I doubt I ever will buy one. There are so many problems with them:

• Maintenance costs - one of my friends in a flat has recently been landed with her share (a quarter) of the roofing bill of £60,000 (£15,000 for her share) - seemed a little extortionate and entirely unexpected but she had no choice but to pay up!
  
• Self-run Management Companies - what a pain they are - especially if any of the people who own the flats are letting them out to tenants - next door has this problem...
  
• Lack of security - communal front doors get left open or are opened without due care via buzzers...
• Noise - I don't like people walking around in rooms over my head or playing music that vibrates my floor from below (I had enough of that at university!)
• Stairs - I don't want to have to drag my shopping up loads of stairs (both flats I rented were top floor and too many stairs up!)
  
• Parking - Even if there is parking its going to take luck to be are the one who gets to park by the door (I won't seriously consider any house without parking - I've never yet bought one without its own off-street parking though I have rented them and regretted it)
• Smells - especially cooking smells and cigarettes - these often seem to pervade the insides of flats - maybe the communal stairwells aren't well ventilated?
• Leasehold - if I'm forking out hundreds of thousands I want to actually own my own place - and if its not a very long lease when one comes to sell it may not be viable any more.
  
• Lack of a private garden space or worse still a garden that is down loads of stairs and not even visible from the flat. This seems to "add value" to the flat but in practice the garden becomes neglected and is just a pain - where do you keep gardening tools when your little patch of garden would be totally consumed by a shed?
• And currently they seem to be rather poor bets as investments...

So that said, apart from the ones that happen to be in my St Mawes list, I won't be looking at any more apartments here.

Statistics

Just a reminder to myself about the difference in percentages on the way up and on the way down.

If a house starts out at £200,000 and rises to £400,000 then that is a 100% gain. the reverse, from £400,000 down to £200,000 is only a 50% loss.

Cornishman Property Pages

Despite seeing almost none of the properties I've been watching for the last 2 months sell there are still new ones being added. This encourages me to take even more time in looking - there is no rush to buy whatsoever, there is ever increasing choice and unfortunately very little in the way of price reductions despite the static market. I wonder how many of the sellers really believe they'll get their asking price? Or even within 10%?

Cornwall has a really difficult housing market. Its prices are dictated by fickle outside investors whilst locals have really low wages and are all but priced out. Anyone who already owns a house in Cornwall (whether they are local or not) when they come to sell it naturally wants as much for it as they can get... however those fickle outsiders are currently much more wary since although it is lovely to be able to spend the odd week by the sea luxuriating in one's "investment" its not a very good value investment if its "losing money". But the property market is a strange one, a house doesn't actually have a value until its sold. The idea that its "worth" some specific value is based on what someone else has paid for somewhere else and rather assumes other people will have the money and want to spend it similarly.

This is currently not true.

People with cash know they can wait and get much better returns for it right now in savings accounts. And people who need mortgages are much less likely to get them after the credit crunch whether or not they are themselves "sub-prime" or not. And of course people with houses to sell before they can buy are all stuck in the same tangled web.

Of course if a property is a business then its value should be easier to judge. I've been checking out holiday cottages and what one might hope to make from letting them out and its currently not good. The returns tend to be far less than 6% (before income tax). And no-one in their right mind would currently buy at full price in the expectation that their investment will then continue to go up to cover any short-fall in returns from holiday lets.

As the owner of a house I'm all too well aware that houses cost real money to keep going, they need maintenance to stay watertight, updating to stay attractive (important if you want to let it out) and cost real money in council tax (or business tax), electricity etc. If one is not nearby oneself there is also the need to hire people to do the gardening and housekeeping. Money in the bank doesn't cost this much to maintain!

I'm also interested to see which houses start to come on the market in the next few months as people with second homes hope to sell them just after April's change in CGT makes any profits far less heavily taxed.

Of the houses in the photo above slashed with red "NEW" banners I'm sure I've seen some of them before, making them rather less new...

Here are the one's marked new:

St Erth, 3/4 bed, detached reverse house in cul-de-sac - £375,000 - this one does not have any energy charts to show for itself which makes it seem, as a 4 bed house, to have been quite a long time on the market...

St. Ives, detached tea shop + 3 bed apartment - £675,000 - this one specifically says the date of instruction was December 2007 so not really very new...

Angarrack - 3 bed semi - £269,950 - doesn't seem to be on rightmove so may indeed be new...

Penzance - pub - £185,000 leasehold (22 years remaining) - plus £53,000 rent per year (not mentioned in the paper but in the details on the web) with a rent review coming up in September - seems like quite a lot of money to be finding every year! Luckily running a pub has never been one of my dreams...

Angarrack - 2 bed, reverse - £197,500 - no energy chart...

Incidentally, I wish estate agent details would give ceiling heights as well as room sizes.

St Mawes again...

The main change is that a few which are no longer advertised on primelocation are now on rightmove, they may have been there before but I'd linked to their primelocation entries. I'm not keeping enough details to tell whether these really are the same one ones but it seems likely as all are with the same agent and match in prices etc.

1. FF Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - £235,000 & £230,000, £225,000, £225,000
2. Conversion Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £325,000, £275,000
   
3. Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - OIRO £300,000
   
4. Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - OIEO £305,000
5. New to list - Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom - £315,000
   
6. No longer listed - Detached Bungalow - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £319,950
   
7. Mid Terrace? - 3 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £330,000
8. Sold STC - Detached Bungalow - 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £355,000
9. Under Offer - Terraced Cottage - 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £355,000 - Still listed but price now marked as £375,000 - did I really get this wrong before? Sorry if I did!
   
10. Under Offer - Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathroom - Asking price of £395,000
11. Detached Bungalow - 3 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £395,000
12. Semi-detached Cottage - 3 bedrooms OIEO £395,000
    
13. Detached Barn - 1 bedroom, 1 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £399,950
14. Bungalow - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £420,000
    
15. End of Terrace - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £425,000
    
16. Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathroom - Guide price of £440,000
    
17. Sold STC - Semi - 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - OIEO £450,000 (I didn't notice it being "OIEO" before...)
    
18. Detached Cottage (+ 1 bed Annexe) - 4 bedrooms - Guide price of £495,000
19. No longer listed - Under Offer - Detached Bungalow - 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom - £500,000
20. No longer listed - FF apartment - 4 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £525,000 Unless its this one, now on rightmove: FF apartment - 4 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £525,000
21. Detached Bungalow - 2 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - £549,950
    
22. End of Terrace - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £550,000
    
23. No longer listed - GF Apartment - 3 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £650,000 Unless its this one, now on rightmove: GF Apartment - 3 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £650,000 clearly the other half of this one £525,000
24. No longer listed - Detached House (+ Annexe) - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - Asking price of £659,000 Unless its this one, now on rightmove: Detached House (+ 2/3 bed Annexe) - 4/5 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - £659,000
    
25. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £695,000
26. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - Guide price £695,000
    
27. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 4 bathrooms - Asking price of £745,000
28. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £795,000
29. Detached House* - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - Asking price of £925,000 (b,c,d)
30. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 4 bathrooms - Asking price of £925,000
    
31. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - Asking price of £1,250,000
32. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - Guide Price of £1,500,000, £1,250,000
33. Detached Bungalow - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - POA Asking price of £1,450,000
34. Under Offer - Detached House - 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms - £1,750,000
35. Sold STC - Detached House - 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £1,750,000

Review of houses from November 15th's Cornishman

I thought I'd check out some of the properties that were on the market 2 months ago to see how many of them have sold.

Featured on the front cover were:

• Penzance £695,000 Miller Countrywide - still on - no change in price or agent
• St Ives £450,000 Miller and Son - still on - no change in price or agent
• Hayle £550,000 Lillicrap Chilcott - still on - no change in price or agent
• St Just £475,000 Savills - still on - no change in price or agent

These may also be on with other agents but they are all still on with the ones advertising them back in November.

Page 2's featured property:

• Penzance £330,000 NCT - still on - no change in price or agent

Now I'll look at a few from each advertiser that week.

Bradleys

• Carbis Bay - £545,000 - still on - no change in price
• New build "eco-houses" St. Ives - £400,000 - now £375,000

Stratton Creber

• Goldsithney - £192,500 - under offer - PZ/30/10/2007
• Carnyorth, St Just - £249,950 - still on - no change in price - PZ/06/07/07
• Brittons Hill, Penzance - OIEO £269,950 - still on - no change in price - PZ/17/11/07 (this one may disprove my theory that these are date references as the paper is 15/11/07)
• Higher Sheffield, Paul, Penzance - £374,950 - still on - no change in price - PZ/23/07/07

Miller & Son - several of these were marked as reduced so I'll check all of them:

• Ludgvan - £220,000 - ?
• Rosudeon - £239,950 - SOLD
• Germoe - £292,500 - still on - no change in price
• Penzance - £225,000 - now £220,000
• Marazion - £297,950 - maybe the same one
• Praa Sands - £199,995 - ?
• Penzance - £157,500 - ?

I find it extremely hard to find houses on the Miller & Son site so the ones marked "?" may still be there.

Your Move

Marked reduced in November:

• Ayr Lane, St Ives - £375,000 - now £360,000
• Wheal Speed, Carbis Bay - £249,950 - still on - no change in price

Not marked reduced:

• Trewellard, Nr Pendeen - £310,000 - still on - no change in price
• Godolphin Mill - £345,000 - still on - no change in price despite "Our client is keen to start another project, therefore we have priced for an immediate sale..." Looking on rightmove its on with three agents: Your Move, P A Wilkins, Stratton Creber - all the photos show it as a house in the middle of an unmade garden - it would be more attractive with at least some turf!

P.A. Wilkins (their own website seems very limited so I've gone via rightmove)

• Newlyn - £299,500 - still on - no change in price
• Trewellard - £225,000 - still on - no change in price
• Nr. Penzance = Buryas Bridge - £450,000 - still on - no change in price

Miller Countrywide

Three shown large:

• Porthcurno - £525,000 - down to £495,000
• Tehidy Park - £299,950 - down to £289,950
• West Penwith - £550,000 - ?

Marshall's

• Paul - £750,000 - still on - no change in price
• Mousehole - £625,000 - ?
• Trevaylor - £375,000 - Sold STC
• Mousehole - £285,000 - still on - no change in price

Whitlocks

• Penzance - £269,950 - in paper described as substantially reduced for quick sale - still on - no change in price
• Rosudgeon - £430,000 - ?

PRH

• Crowlas - £389,950 - still on - no change in price

These were amongst those advertised as offering to pay £500 per month towards the mortgage costs for the 1st 12 months (NB that's just offering £6,000 off and not even all at once or in a way that reduces stamp duty...)

• Kelynack, St Just - £450,000 - still on - no change in price
• Morwah - £225,00 - still on - no change in price
• Newlyn - £249,950 - down to £229,000
• Paul - £230,000 - still on - no change in price

Berwick & Berwick

• Carbis Bay - £285,000 - still on - no change in price
• Ventonleague - £299,950 - ?

Cross Estates

• Lelant - £450,000 - still on - no change in price
• Carbis Bay - £369,950 - still on - no change in price

NCT

• St Buryan - £199,950 - still on - no change in price
• Outskirts of Marazion - £295,000 - still on - no change in price

Several that I decided to look for I couldn't find, its unlikely these were sold as most agents would still have them marked as sold to encourage people to put their properties on with them. But some of them may. Some may still be there but not have turned up when I looked for them. Others may have changed agent.

Only 2 that I found were marked as sold. 36 were to be found and not yet sold. I've no idea how many would be expected to have sold over the two months that include Christmas.

South Coast Villages

"Sea and Gate" by baralbion

Time to explore some new places. I thought I'd look at some houses in some of the villages on or relatively near the South Coast. I also thought I might consider more modern houses... and what may be more reasonable costs. Though, like everyone, I'm concerned about the possibility of a house price crash and as we have yet to put our house on the market let alone attempt to sell it these may still be in the dream category...

Gorran Churchtown

The agent H Tiddy describes this as:

Gorran Churchtown is one of three habitations in the parish of St Goran (the parish name being spelt with only one 'r'), the others being Gorran Haven, a fishing village now much expanded, and Gorran High Lanes, a small hamlet. Gorran Churchtown is very peaceful and attractive with a village shop/post office, a church, pub, garage/shop and primary school. About one mile away is the harbour and sandy beach at Gorran Haven, and access to miles of stunning cliff walks. Gorran Haven also has further facilities including a doctor's surgery, public house/hotel and more shops. The famous 'Lost Gardens of Heligan' are approximately 2 miles away and the working fishing village of Mevagissey is approximately 4 miles. St Austell is approximately 9 miles away, The Eden Project is approximately 12 miles distant and the Cathedral City of Truro is approximately 16 miles. There is a regular bus service to and from the village, and it also has its own community bus service.

I like the idea of being near the lost gardens and the Eden project. I imagine myself taking photographs all year round in these most photogenic of places.

Modern 4 bedroom house in Church Gorran for £369,950. From the details this looks like a wonderfully straightforward house with two bathrooms upstairs (1 of them ensuite). The kitchen is described as a "breakfast kitchen" and is next to the separate dining room. If I were to view this house I'd be considering knocking those together to make a much larger room. It also has a garage and maybe countryside views. The description on rightmove doesn't mention them but there are two different photos of views included. Rather annoyingly this house doesn't tell you where it is on a map. Also the agent has a domain name - www.htiddy.co.uk - but this just goes to rightmove so no more information is available.

Also on with this agent is a new build in Veryan. Which they describe as:

Veryan and Veryan Green comprise a most pleasant village famous for its 'Round Houses' in the beautiful Roseland Peninsula of South Cornwall, and is a true village community with a post office/mini-market, primary school, Church, an excellent pub and a Sports and Social club (including indoor bowls). It is also a conservation area and is approximately 2 miles from the unspoiled Pendower and Carne beaches. There are many lovely country walks in and around the village, and the Cornish Coastal Path is also within easy reach. The Cathedral City of Truro and administrative centre for Cornwall is 12 miles away with excellent shopping facilities. The King Harry Ferry, approximately 4 miles, provides a short cut to Falmouth and leads to the far west. The sailing centre of St Mawes is within 8 miles.

The house is 4 bedroomed and on at £450,000. This one does have a map and looks to be 1-2 miles from the coast. One feature of the property is "no water bills" so it must have its own supply. Although its advertised as 4 bedrooms it only has 2 upstairs which means the other two are more flexible - on the floorplans the smallest is labeled as a study. There is a shower room downstairs so these 2 bedrooms would be fine as guest rooms. From the photos its has a rather strange looking conservatory and a depressingly small garden.

One of the "round houses" mentioned above is currently for sale - OIEO £495,000. It looks quaint.

Tregony is described by agent Alastair Shaw as:

The village of Tregony offers a range of facilities including Post Office, general stores, Pub, Primary and Secondary Schools, Doctors surgery, Church, bus service and is central to the surrounding town and city.

They have their own website which seems to be mostly concerned with the mess that dog owners aren't clearing up.

On at £349,950 is a four bedroom house with 4 bedrooms upstairs, 2 of them look a reasonable size. Downstairs is what looks like a very decent sized kitchen/dining room thus allowing the room marked as "dining room" to be a study as it has frenchwindows out onto the garden I think we might both want that one! It has also a garage and something described as an "outhouse" - maybe a shed?

H Tiddy also have a place on in Tregony and they describe the village as:

Tregony is known as the gateway to the Roseland Peninsula. This is an area of outstanding natural beauty with much National Trust property, and a wealth of beaches, coastal features, fishing villages, lovely countryside and sailing facilities. Tregony was once a thriving port on the River Fal before it was silted up. To-day it is flourishing again with many interesting old buildings, Church, good senior and junior schools, doctor's surgery, Public House and a range of shops and facilities along its wide main street, including a mini-market, post office, restaurant and dentist. The Cathedral City of Truro provides all major amenities some 8 miles to the west, while 9 miles to the east is the town of St Austell, and 10 miles to the south is the sailing centre of St Mawes.

The house is a split level detached house with 4 bedrooms and is on at £345,000
- it has views and a better sized garden than some. Its tremendous disadvantage, if the floorplans are correct, is that the bathroom is on a different level from the bedrooms although it does look as though there is a loo on their same floor.

I like their descriptions of villages but I find it odd that an estate agent can possible consider this to be a Full Description:

The accommodation comprises: Entrance Area • Upper Hallway • Living Room • Dining Room • Bathroom • Kitchen / Breakfast Room • Lower Hallway • 4 Bedrooms • Cloakroom • Utility Room.
Outside: Garage • Parking • Colourful well-stocked Gardens to the front and rear.

At least there is a floorplan with dimensions... but there is no mention of materials or plumbing for dishwashers etc. H Tiddy if you are reading this please put a bit more info on!

Still in Tregony in the beguilingly named Froglane, is a 3 bedroom house on at £288,000. The house has a rather pleasing layout though the rooms look a little small. There is no garage but there is parking via "an unmade lane".

And for £285,000 a three bedroom detached with a garage, The Old Blacksmith Shop. This one has full written details and no floorplans!

Desperation in The Cornishman's Property Supplement?

Last Thursday's Cornishman's Property section included two rather odd offers.

This one involves a house in Crowlas on at £389,950 where they are offering to pay the stamp duty. Which means the buyer, if paying top whack, would get the £11,698 paid for them. Someone has clearly noticed that there is something magical going on around this price.

If a buyer takes up this offer at the asking price then the vendor will get:

£389,950 - £11,698 = £378,251

whereas if the buyer puts in an offer of £378,251 and pays the stamp duty then due of £11,347 this brings their total bill up to £389,599 which is very similar, (though note it is in fact less).

The obvious moral of this to me is that one ought to offer very much less than the asking price and maybe press for them to maintain their offer of paying the stamp duty on top of this! I've read that most buyers are currently offering between 5-10% less than the asking price not just 3%. And with thoughts of a really significant crash in the offing starting even lower must be sensible.

Then there is this one:


These properties on at a variety of prices are all offering £6,000 holidays! On the cheapest of them, £125,000 that's 4.8% whilst on the most expensive £475,000 that's a very poor 1.26%. So eyecatching but not good deals. And frankly smacks of desperation.

There are some adverts on other pages which are advertised as "reduced" or "new price" but as there is no mention in the paper of what they were previously asking that could mean a very minor adjustment or a major one. Luckily I've saved my old copies so I can tell that:

Botallack, 3 bed terraced which in November was on for £199,000 is now down to £184,950 a reduction of 7%

Nancledra, 2 bed FF apartment was in November advertised then as on at a "new price" of £149,950 and is now down to £125,000 which would be, if true, a whacking reduciton of over 16%. Though on rightmove the price looks likes its really - £129,950 which is a reduction of 13%. The photos look as though it could do with a visit from a "house stager"

Nancledra, 1 bed GF apartment was in November advertised then as on at a "new price" of £140,000 and is now down to £129,950 which is a reduciton of 7% - the photos also look as though it could do with a visit from a "house stager" and on rightmove this one's price is now £125,000 which is a reduction of over 10%

I do feel sorry for people who have been hoping for more and reasonably expected it since their houses were valued at more before they put them on the market. I just hope they do actually manage to sell. In the last house price crash my mother was unable to sell at all.

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Samson Got Top Billing Jan 10 2007


This is a house that I've been following the fortunes of since before I started this blog.

The first time I saw it, it was on with Lillicrap Chilcott. Their description mentioned that it had previously been a holiday cottage on with Classic Cottages.

I wondered what sort of investment it was as a holiday let so I contacted Classic Cottages to find out. They said it would be in price band M. Which I reckoned meant one might get £13-£15k a year from it after their advertising costs but before all other costs (electricity, housekeeping, council tax or business rates etc. etc. and income tax) and allowing for vacancies. So not a very good return for £349,500. In fact at less than 4% before running costs and tax, a great deal worse than a building society account.

Looking it up in the land registry is seems to have last been bought for £290,000 in July 2003. And it looks as though they may well have spent quite a lot of money doing it up since. Unfortunately from an investment point of view I think it is actually worth less than what they paid for it then. (At that price the return is around 5% before costs and tax).

And from a living there point of view, the garden seems very small. Also there is the question of whether it has, or at least has plumbing for a washing machine and / or a dishwasher.

The details when on with Lillicrap Chilcott didn't mention plumbing for a washing machine or dishwasher so I emailed them asking about this. I got no reply.

It then went on with Whitlocks and still no mention of washing machine or dishwasher. I emailled them the same question and again got no reply.

Incidentally in the December 13 2007 issue was this:


I wonder whether there was a sale that fell through or whether this was a mistake as it was being taken off Lillicrap Chilcott's books and the agency being transfered to Whitlocks.

If I was the current owner of this place and it has got the plumbing that appears to be missing I'd hassle my estate agent to put it in. I'd also drop my price considerably. And I'd put it back on with Classic Cottages since its most likely use is as a holiday cottage and one with forward bookings would be much more attractive, especially if they could prove a better return than I've estimated.

Yet another St. Mawes Update

"St Mawes" by James Logan

Since I made the first list of properties for sale in St Mawes (22 Nov 07) there have been very few changes to it. Here is the current list. At last something is under offer! I thought I'd also extend the list to include anything that is marked as under offer on rightmove or primelocation.

1. FF Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - £235,000 & £230,000, £225,000, £225,000
2. Conversion Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £325,000, £275,000
   
3. Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - OIRO £300,000
   
4. Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - OIEO £305,000
5. Detached Bungalow - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £319,950
6. Mid Terrace? - 3 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £330,000
7. New to list - no idea how old this one is - Sold STC - Detached Bungalow - 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £355,000
8. New to list - no idea how old this one is - Under Offer - Terraced Cottage - 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £355,000
   
9. Under Offer - Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathroom - Asking price of £395,000
10. Detached Bungalow - 3 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £395,000
11. Semi-detached Cottage - 3 bedrooms OIEO £395,000
    
12. Detached Barn - 1 bedroom, 1 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £399,950
13. Bungalow - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £420,000
    
14. End of Terrace - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £425,000
    
15. Apartment - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathroom - Guide price of £440,000
    
16. New to list - no idea how old this one is - Sold STC - Semi - 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £450,000
    
17. Detached Cottage (+ 1 bed Annexe) - 4 bedrooms - Guide price of £495,000
18. New to list - no idea how old this one is - Under Offer - Detached Bungalow - 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom - £500,000
19. FF apartment - 4 bedrooms, 1 reception room, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £525,000
20. Detached Bungalow - 2 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - £549,950
    
21. End of Terrace - 2 bedrooms, 1 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £550,000
    
22. GF Apartment - 3 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 1 bathroom - Asking price of £650,000
    
23. Detached House (+ Annexe) - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - Asking price of £659,000
24. New to list - Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £695,000
25. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - Guide price £695,000
    
26. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 4 bathrooms - Asking price of £745,000
27. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - Asking price of £795,000
28. Detached House* - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - Asking price of £925,000 (b,c,d)
29. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 4 bathrooms - Asking price of £925,000
    
30. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - Asking price of £1,250,000
31. Detached House - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2 bathrooms - Guide Price of £1,500,000, £1,250,000
32. Detached Bungalow - 4 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms - Asking price of £1,450,000
33. New to list - no idea how old this one is - Under Offer - Detached House - 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms - £1,750,000
34. New to list - no idea how old this one is - Sold STC - Detached House - 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms - £1,750,000

Cornwall has a lot of coast

Widemouth Bay by simpologist

One of my reasons for moving to Cornwall is that there one is never all that far from the sea - the question I find myself asking is whether I want to actually be beside the sea or whether simply being in Cornwall will be sufficient.