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Friday May 9, 2008
Buying & Selling
Scottish council house is architectural gem
You could call Isabelle Lomholt's East Lothian home estate of the art
Why the property credit crunch favours cash buyers
Cash is king as a fortunate few benefit from falling prices
Focus on: charming but pricey Lincoln
The inside information on this university town of two halves
Is it worth it? Bearsden house, £294,995
This four-bed house in the popular Glasgow suburb needs some work
The man who captured a castle
Never underestimate the scale of a DIY project, especially when it's a 50-room pile with no staircases
The blood-curdling history of Quarrelwood House
The quiet location of Quarrelwood House in a bowl of Dumfries belies its violent history
Fine fairways and eco homes lure buyers to Dartmouth Golf & Country Club
Will new green resorts prise golfers from the Costa courses
Is it worth it? Dolish Farm, Luppitt, Devon, £540,000
Wreck of the Week: a rundown barn in Cornwall
Major intervention is need to rescue this empty shell near St Austel
Property focus: Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Buying a property in the Bard's back yard
Your own private island - in Wiltshire
A classic coutry cottage in the middle of a village pond
Saudi prince buys £42m worth of Park Lane and Knightsbridge property
London still lures the world's richest buyers
For sale, NW1: former Primrose Hill home of H.G. Wells
Why NW1 is the postcode of the published
West Kirby: the forgotten seaside town of Daniel Craig's schooldays
A hidden Edwardian gem is awaiting discovery
Buy a cottage in Fife Andrew Carnegie once owned
It's just down the street in Dunfermline from the first of the thousands of libraries he established throughout the world
Is it worth it?: Dalwhatswood, Newmilns, Ayrshire, £325,000 o/o
A dilapidated farm with permission for five units
Geoffrey Nicholsby, kilt-maker to stars, sells up
After 20 years fighting bureaucracy to renovate a ruined castle in West Lothian, he is off to seek fresh horizons
Scotland house market defies price downturn
Knight Frank report says average prices rose 13% over the past year; compared to 5% British average
Cricketer Marcus Trescothick on growing up near Bristol
Marcus Trescothick recalls happy days learning to bat amid the apple trees of his childhood home near Bristol
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James Bond:
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