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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Luxury home with unique neighbour for sale - but auctioneers could not get in
A large four-bedroomed home which neighbours Birmingham City's training ground is being put up for auction with a guide price just shy of £600,000. The L-shaped detached freehold home, called The Fieldhouse, is set in 1.83 acres in a 'semi-rural' spot. It is set over two floors in Wast Hill Lane in Kings Norton on the southern edge of the city. READ MORE: £1bn city centre-Blues-airport tram plan - all we know so far Downstairs, it has three reception rooms, a kitchen/dining room, a utility room, toilet, a cloakroom and am entrance hall. On the first floor are four bedrooms, one of which is en suite, a shower room with a toilet and a landing. Adjoining the home is a garage and the home also has extensive gardens and a gated driveway. It has gas central heating and double glazing and is a stone's throw from the Blues' Wast Hills training Ground accessed off Redhill Road and known as the Knighthead Performance Centre. It could make the perfect pad for a footballer wanting an easy commute to work! The freehold property, with a guide price of £595,000, is being auctioned by Bond Wolfe in its next online sale on Thursday, May 15. It is being sold on behalf of an LPA (Law of Property Act) receiver and is said to be 'currently occupied' but the terms of that occupation are 'uncertain'. Bond Wolfe said: 'At the time of going to print, the auctioneers were unable to inspect the property internally and therefore the accommodation details should not be relied upon.' The auctioneers have also said the property is believed to benefit from 'permitted development rights' – but any potential buyers are told to make their own checks with the local planning authority. Gurpreet Bassi, chief executive of Bond Wolfe, explained that The Fieldhouse was being sold on behalf of the LPA receiver. Mr Bassi said: 'This property is situated on a plot of approximately 1.83 acres with a garage, gated driveway and gardens outside. 'The semi-rural location is close to the Blues' Wast Hills training ground, and is just down the road from the University of Birmingham Observatory, housing the largest optical telescope in the West Midlands. 'We understand The Fieldhouse has permitted development rights, although interested parties must make enquiries to the local planning authority to independently satisfy themselves about the property's suitability for any use or development proposed. 'Internally, we understand there is an entrance hall, kitchen and dining room, three other reception rooms, a cloakroom, utility room and toilet on the ground floor. 'There is then a landing and four bedrooms upstairs, one with an ensuite bathroom, with an additional shower room and toilet serving the other bedrooms, plus gas central heating and double glazing.' But Mr Bassi continued: 'However, the auctioneers have not yet inspected the property internally, and therefore the accommodation details need to be confirmed. 'It should also be noted that the property is currently believed to be occupied, and further details are available in the legal pack.' Bond Wolfe said The Fieldhouse will be among scores of lots appearing in Bond Wolfe's next auction, which is due to start at 8.30am on Thursday, May 15 and anyone wanting to register should visit: The auction will be livestreamed via Bond Wolfe's website with remote bidding by proxy, telephone or internet.
Daily Mail
04-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Schoolhouse transformed into two homes is for sale with a price tag of £130,000 - but there's a catch
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.
