North Wales Properties - North Wales Homes

Is it a blank canvas or simply unfinished?
ONE OF THE attractions of building our own house was, for me, the fact that I wouldn't have to correct someone else's awful taste in decor.

London high-fliers target rural retreats after record bonuses
IT HAS absorbed the Dutch, the Arabs, the Danes, the Scandinavians, the Americans and more recently the Russians. Now rural Scotland is bracing itself for the invasion of a new breed of lairds.

BoS upbeat on economic prospects for 2007
SCOTLAND'S housing market will grow 7 per cent next year, but the economic fundamentals underpinning the growing demand will be sound, according to the Bank of Scotland's forecasts for the economy next year.

Love thy neighbour ... or risk missing out on selling your home
HOUSE sellers need to think beyond just cleaning up their own home for sale and make sure their neighbours just smile nicely and don't let slip any dirt on the neighbourhood, according to a new report.

Big house in the little wood Inside knowledge
When Dr James Frost first viewed Easter Caerlee there were two main things that appealed to him about the house: the views, and the solidity of the building.

Latin locations
SUNNY, scenic and oozing with glamour, countries like Argentina and Brazil are currently enjoying an unprecedented property boom.

North Wales Property for sale - North Wales Cottages

Unique selling point
THIS HOUSE IN YARROWFORD IN Selkirkshire needs a fair amount of work, mainly because the former schoolhouse and school building have been used as two separate cottages up until now.

Light touch Inside knowledge
Garden level flats can feel a tad dreary when viewing them in the dead of winter, where the lack of natural light only accentuates the drawbacks of a location below street level, yet this preconception is neatly flipped on its head when visiting this...

Mine be the glory
Dunfermline is something of a property hotspot and now the villages on its outskirts are getting in on the act too. One of these is the former mining village of Crossgates, located just three miles away, where Thomas Mitchell Homes are building 167...

House prices fail to hit �200,000
UK HOUSE prices ebbed away from the �200,000 mark in October, though annual inflation continued to accelerate, official statistics showed yesterday. The average price was �197,987, down slightly from September's figure.

London high-fliers target rural retreats after record bonuses
IT HAS absorbed the Dutch, the Arabs, the Danes, the Scandinavians, the Americans and more recently the Russians. Now rural Scotland is bracing itself for the invasion of a new breed of lairds.

Mixed picture for construction trade points to hazy outlook
SCOTLAND'S construction industry has enjoyed mixed trading fortunes over the latest quarter, according to two key building industry reports.

BoS upbeat on economic prospects for 2007
SCOTLAND'S housing market will grow 7 per cent next year, but the economic fundamentals underpinning the growing demand will be sound, according to the Bank of Scotland's forecasts for the economy next year.

North Wales Properties - North Wales Real Estate

Light touch Inside knowledge
Garden level flats can feel a tad dreary when viewing them in the dead of winter, where the lack of natural light only accentuates the drawbacks of a location below street level, yet this preconception is neatly flipped on its head when visiting this...

Is it a blank canvas or simply unfinished?
ONE OF THE attractions of building our own house was, for me, the fact that I wouldn't have to correct someone else's awful taste in decor.

House prices fail to hit �200,000
UK HOUSE prices ebbed away from the �200,000 mark in October, though annual inflation continued to accelerate, official statistics showed yesterday. The average price was �197,987, down slightly from September's figure.

London high-fliers target rural retreats after record bonuses
IT HAS absorbed the Dutch, the Arabs, the Danes, the Scandinavians, the Americans and more recently the Russians. Now rural Scotland is bracing itself for the invasion of a new breed of lairds.

Mixed picture for construction trade points to hazy outlook
SCOTLAND'S construction industry has enjoyed mixed trading fortunes over the latest quarter, according to two key building industry reports.

Big house in the little wood Inside knowledge
When Dr James Frost first viewed Easter Caerlee there were two main things that appealed to him about the house: the views, and the solidity of the building.

North Wales Property for sale - North Wales Real Estate

This week's hot topic - our erratic plumbing
I KNEW THAT project managing a build ourselves would most likely deprive us of the Ribbon Cutting moment when, however metaphorically, the house is declared complete.

Latin locations
SUNNY, scenic and oozing with glamour, countries like Argentina and Brazil are currently enjoying an unprecedented property boom.

Bauble-icious
For too many of us, getting the house spruced up for the festive period involves dusting off a battered box of decorations bought when Slade had the Christmas number one.

London high-fliers target rural retreats after record bonuses
IT HAS absorbed the Dutch, the Arabs, the Danes, the Scandinavians, the Americans and more recently the Russians. Now rural Scotland is bracing itself for the invasion of a new breed of lairds.

Edge of greatness
If Drummond Place is about city centre living, with Harvey Nicks practically your local corner shop, Westwick at 66 Spylaw Bank Road in Colinton moves the action to the western fringes of Edinburgh.

Mine be the glory
Dunfermline is something of a property hotspot and now the villages on its outskirts are getting in on the act too. One of these is the former mining village of Crossgates, located just three miles away, where Thomas Mitchell Homes are building 167...

Is it a blank canvas or simply unfinished?
ONE OF THE attractions of building our own house was, for me, the fact that I wouldn't have to correct someone else's awful taste in decor.

North Wales Real Estate - North Wales Homes

Bauble-icious
For too many of us, getting the house spruced up for the festive period involves dusting off a battered box of decorations bought when Slade had the Christmas number one.

Best-laid plots
AT ORCHID Grove, Bellway Homes' development in Carnbroe, near Coatbridge, potential buyers have the opportunity to round off 2006 with an excellent package being offered on two of the company's most sought-after properties.

Edge of greatness
If Drummond Place is about city centre living, with Harvey Nicks practically your local corner shop, Westwick at 66 Spylaw Bank Road in Colinton moves the action to the western fringes of Edinburgh.

Light touch Inside knowledge
Garden level flats can feel a tad dreary when viewing them in the dead of winter, where the lack of natural light only accentuates the drawbacks of a location below street level, yet this preconception is neatly flipped on its head when visiting this...

It's a gift
HOUSEBUILDERS often talk about houses being in "move-in" condition but that doesn't usually mean a fully decorated tree.