Schoolhouse transformed into two homes is for sale with a price tag of £130,000 - but there's a catch

Daily Mail​

04-05-2025

An old school building has been put on the market as two homes - but their 'attractive price' comes with a catch.
The former schoolhouse near Worcester is on the market as a pair of semi-detached homes for £130,000.
The first - ironically titled Number 2 - boasts of a canopy porch, hallways, reception room, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms.
While the second - also known as Number 3 - has a reception room, kitchen area, hall, shower room and three bedrooms, as well as a garden space.
Beyond that, both homes offer little else.
Exposed floorboards, peeling wallpaper, and a partly gutted kitchen have been put on offer as what can only be described as a fixer-upper.
Stairs with the carpet notably ripped up and water stained cupboards were also on show.
The sales brochure admitted that both 'are in need of improvement works throughout' but did have electric heating and double glazing.
Jonathan Hackett, consultant director at Bond Wolfe, told Worcester News: 'These two vacant, semi-detached homes were the result of the conversion of an old schoolhouse some years ago.
'Number 2 has a canopy porch, hall, reception room, inner hall, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom with a shower on the ground floor, with a landing and second bedroom upstairs.
'Number 3 has an entrance hall, shower room with toilet, inner hall, reception room and dining kitchen on the ground floor, with a landing and three bedrooms upstairs.
'There are gardens outside, plus the properties have electric heating and double-glazing, however they are in need of improvement works throughout.'
The Acton Green property is on auction May 15.
It comes less than a week after another unusual abode came on the market in Swanage, Dorset.
A former police station was put up for sale for £1.2million with its original front desk and charge rooms as well as a series of cells with wooden beds.
In the listing for the property, estate agents have described it as an 'excellent redevelopment site' with planning permission to convert it into three three-bed flats and three four-bed homes.
The listing goes on to say: 'The property is situated on a prominent site about one third of a mile level distance from the town centre and beach.
'Swanage lies at the Eastern tip of the Isle of Purbeck, delightfully situated between the Purbeck Hills.
'It has a fine, safe, sandy beach, and is an attractive mixture of old stone cottages and more modern properties, all of which blend in well with the peaceful surroundings.
'To the South is Durlston Country Park renowned for being the gateway to the Jurassic Coast and World Heritage Coastline.'
This station joins a list of odd things which have gone up for sale and it is far from the most unusual thing up for grabs.
As previously reported, a Cold War-era former observation bunker on the edge of the royal estate at Sandringham in Norfolk went up for auction last month.
The Dersingham Royal Observer Corps post was once part of a large network of observation posts up and down the country which were constructed as part of an early warning system to detect impending nuclear attacks and calculate their impact.
The Dersingham post is buried in the land on the north-east side of Chalk Pit Road and has been well-preserved.
The site was built in 1957 and has two components: a concrete orlit hut above ground and a hidden bunker underground.
Both structures were completed due to the heightened threat of nuclear war at the time.