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Three bedroom brickbuilt house with development potential and large mature garden on the outskirts of Longridge. Freehold with vacant possession. Ash Lea will be offered for sale by auction subject to conditions and unless sold previously in the Knowle Green Green Village Hall, Knowle Green, Longridge at 2.30pm on Tuesday tO June 2008 Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son.,Tel: Of 200 441351 Fax 01200 441666


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CHIPPING Lovely, fully ; . renovated, 2 bed period - cottage with stone.floors & beamed ceilings: N ew: :


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Country bungalow with large gardens


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Three bedroom stonebuiltdarmhouse.for'.renovation, stonebuilt barn and ancillary building all contained within a roadside setting over. 1 acre. Freehold.with vacant possession. Watery Gale Farm will be offered for sale by auction subject to conditions and unless sold previously at the Dog & Partndge Inn, Heskelh Lane, Chipping at 7.30pm on Tuesday.17 June 2008. Auctioneers Richard Turner & Son Tel: 01200 441351 Fax: 01200 441666 ,


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2 BURNHOUSE COTTAGES NEWTON-IN-BOWLAND, BB7 SEE


Price: O.A £520,000


LOCATED in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty among the Bowland Fells, 2 Burnhouse Cottage is an end barn conversion with far reach­ ing views and a wealth of natural fea­ tures. Set in the heart of the Hodder Valley


• with a south e ast facing aspec t across open fields onto Birkett, Eas- inglon and Newton Fells, this small ■ hamlet of cottages, barn conversions and farmhouses is a short drive from. the local am enit ies of Dunsop Bridge, Newton and Slaidburn.


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Surrounded by footpaths, the prop­ erty offers four bedrooms (three dou­ bles), reception rooms and a family size breakfast kitchen..


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There.is private parking, maturing ; lawn gardens with borders and a


Is ^ough being done to help first-time buyers?


PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has announced a number of measures to help first-time buyers'bn to the'/ property market, but has he gone ; far enough? According to Michelle Spensley,' Head of Conveyancing at leading


'regional law firm Forbes Solici­ tors, the measures Mr Brown has: set out fail to solve one of the key: problems of rising stamp duty costs, which Js deterring many first time buyers. ■ .< .


. Michelle,'pictured, commented; “The Government is.trying to. assist first-time buyers with


j^ h em e s ; such as::improving ^^ft:cess to shared ownership prop-;. ^Rty, however they are failing to recognise:the major problem of/ increasing stamp duty costs. : ,


' “In my experience this added’ expense is a major factor putting . off many first-time buyers.” . :' , ' . ■The average amount of stamp 'duty paid by .first-time buyers::


betweenJ2002 and 2007 has increased by 82%. With the rising cost.of house', prices over recent;' :years7 more and more properties.


are failing to fall under the stamp duty threshold and more than half of Britain’s working population, fcannot afford to buy a home.” - Yet Mr Brown might be reluctant


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to raise the stamp duty threshold, for as Michelle added: “Last year,; stamp duty tax provided the Gov-, ernment with revenue of £6.4m.” y


sheltered dining patio overlooking the front gardens. The sitting room features an exposed stone wall and ce ilin g


•beams complemented with a hand- built sandstone fireplace with arched beam in which sits a cast-iron multi­ fuel stove. There is a solid oak floor with a polished wax finish with hand­ made oak skirting boards. The family-sized dining room has- views to the.woodland at the rear.: The generous breakfast-size kitchen


offers a range of fitted units, incorpo­ rating a dishwasher, a “Rangemas- le r 110" stove, a fitted isiand with cupboards including a fridge with a freezer compartment. From the kitchen are views on to the side patio and extensive open vievys. to the front. A utility room and cloakroom are also located on the ground floor. A hand-made oak staircase with turned metal spindles leads to the half landing and the fourth bedroom.


From the main landing there are three double bedrooms, one featur­ ing split level accommodation. ; The bathroom comprises a four- piece suite. : Outside are private gardens and patios and an oak-built log store with slate roof and a detached workshop. For further details, contact: MSW Hewetsons, 6 Church Street, Clitheroe, 01200 42 41 42 or e-mail: c o l in® m sw h e w e ls o n s .c o .u k michael@mswhewetsons.co.uk.


The great British property gamble


WITH the housing market in its most volatile state since the early ’90s, one m four homebuyers (26%) unduly take a huge financial gamble by not bothering to do any comparative research on the cur­ rent value of homes before putting in an offer. Despite 90% of homeowners saying their home was the biggest


■ purchase of their Ijfe, 71%>admit they do not even check.a property’s previous sale price before: signing


• on the dotted line,'potentially risk­ ing thousands of pounds in over­ payment. hoopla!; the UK’s first “p.nljne


/■ property community", cornbiries ;'S home.valuation tools, so ld ip ice •linformation and user-generated.j ^content to bring transparency4o.: nthe property, market. It questioned’ -more than 1-,000 homeowners to find out: hpw informed people are, .'when It comes'to buying,.selling. ■ and tracking their properties.' ; ::


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i^i.The surveyfound that more peo-;. ■'pie carry out research on the^ price,-


='‘of'blenders and toasters, cars and : .yfurniture than they do on their ;:;pfbspective home,'with 92% saying: y they check the-price of; household


appliances before purchase. In addition, 85% say they compare the value of cars before buying, them, and 78% do the same tor fur­ niture, whereas only 42% of people. say they thoroughly research house prices before making a pur­ chase. Despite widespread internet


. access throughout the UK, more ■ than half (51 %) say they do not use the web to check property prices, ',


.with a staggering 40% unaware ■ that previous sold prices, what the ' neighbours paid for their proper;,


-ties, and.current values are free/ and easily accessible online. : .


'/ j briein three (29%) also admitted. ■Ihey'did no research into the local;


"Marea before moving in,.with only ;;one in ten (10%) saying they asked


'■-a' neighbour what the community .- was like before committing to pur- .chase. Regretting the error, 41%


■ said their lack of research resulted : in their housing honeymoon only ^ lasting one week. ;i: .The top five areas that home-,


i owners end up regretting not doing; their homework on are:


® Parking . ^ Nei ghbours’


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. .•T ra f f ic congestion ® True value of their home


■ ® Local amenities (including


schools, doctors, etc) And It is not just buyers who are


“in the dark”: despite 63% of home- owners saying their property is


• their pension, less than one in ten (9%) could give an accurate cur­ rent valuation of their home, in fact, UK homeowners admit to tracking their savings accounts and share portfolios'more frequently than the value of their home, with over half (51%) rarely or never monitoring their home’s value. ■The lack of available properties


on the market was also shown to be a big concern with 43% of homeowners wishing they could make an offer,on a home not cur­ rently on the market and a quarter (24%):experiencing “neighbour- envy’.’; wishing they owned.some-


. one else’s home instead of their own.'


: ' Alex Chesterman, founder and chief executive of Zooplai, said: “UK homeowners are desperately uninformed when it comes to deal­ ing in the residential property mar­ ket.” •


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