Properties for sale for around £500k – from a Grade II-listed Georgian former rectory in Stanhope, County Durham, to a 19th-century chateau in southwest France.
Gable Cottage, Upper Castle Combe, Castle Combe, Wiltshire.
A Grade II-listed semi-detached cottage in a village, with a paved courtyard leading to a studio and a large walled rear garden backing onto fields. It has beamed ceilings, exposed stonework and a stone fireplace. 2 beds, 2 baths, recep, kitchen. Price: £500,000+ Hamptons 01225-685280.
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Echo Wood, Cabrich, Kirkhill, Inverness, Scotland.
A passive eco house built in 2011 with an EPC A-rating, with gardens that include a garage with an en-suite studio and kitchenette. It has an open-plan dining kitchen and living area with a contemporary log-burning stove. 4 beds, 3 baths, recep. Price: £525,000+ Strutt & Parker 01463-719171.
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Chateau Ax-Les-Thermes, southwest France.
A chateau built in 1800 at the foot of the Pyrenees overlooking a village. It has large casement windows with external shutters, marble fireplaces and a wooden staircase leading to a landing where the walls and ceiling have been hand decorated by a local Ariege artist. 5 beds, 3 baths, recep, breakfast kitchen, swimming pool, gardens, 0.69 acres. Price: €577,500 Groupe Mercure +33 5 6121 5201.
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Chateau Ax-Les-Thermes, southwest France. A chateau built in 1800 at the foot of the Pyrenees overlooking a village. It has large casement windows with external shutters, marble fireplaces and a wooden staircase leading to a landing where the walls and ceiling have been hand decorated by a local Ariege artist. 5 beds, 3 baths, recep, breakfast kitchen, swimming pool, gardens, 0.69 acres. €577,500 Groupe Mercure +33 5 6121 5201.
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Cemetery Lodge, Wood Lane, Ramsey, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
A renovated Grade II-listed Gothic-style cottage built in 1860 within walking distance of the town centre, with a front garden and a rear courtyard garden. It has a dual-aspect sitting room with a triple-bow window and open fireplace, and a dining kitchen with a Watson range cooker. 2 beds, dressing room/study, bath, recep, 2 outbuildings, parking. Price: £500,000 Fine & Country 0330-333 1060.
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Rock Channel Quay, Rye, East Sussex.
A house now in need of some updating in a small development backing onto the River Brede.It has a decked terrace and a riverside garden with a timber summerhouse. 3 beds, 2 baths, recep, kitchen, garage, store. Price: £450,000+ Batcheller Monkhouse 01424-775577.
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Woodfield Cottage, Luston, Leominster, Herefordshire.
A renovated Grade II-listed half-timbered cottage. It has leaded-light windows, exposed wall and ceiling timbers, a large inglenook fireplace with a wood-burning stove and a fitted kitchen with a door leading onto a covered dining terrace and the garden. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, boot room, garden store outbuilding, parking, cottage gardens. Price: £450,000 Knight Frank 01743-66420
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Port East Apartments, Canary Wharf, London E14.
A spacious apartment in a Grade I-listed converted warehouse close to the shops and transport links at Canary Wharf. It retains its beamed wooden ceilings and exposed brickwork, and has a balcony and a contemporary kitchen. Residents benefit from secure parking and a concierge. Bed, 2 baths, open-plan kitchen/living area. Price: £500,000+ Savills 020-7531 2530.
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The Old Rectory, Front Street, Stanhope, County Durham.
An updated semi-detached Grade II-listed Georgian former rectory set in gardens with off-street parking in a popular market town. The house has marble fireplaces, a large drawing room in the former library that retains its panelled walls and bookcases, and a dining kitchen with a cast-iron spiral staircase leading to a mezzanine with a home office. 3 beds, bath, recep. Price: £465,000 Finest Properties 01434-622234.
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Natasha read politics at Sussex University. She then spent a decade in social care, before completing a postgraduate course in Health Promotion at Brighton University. She went on to be a freelance health researcher and sexual health trainer for both the local council and Terrence Higgins Trust.
In 2000 Natasha began working as a freelance journalist for both the Daily Express and the Daily Mail; then as a freelance writer for MoneyWeek magazine when it was first set up, writing the property pages and the “Spending It” section. She eventually rose to become the magazine’s picture editor, although she continues to write the property pages and the occasional travel article.
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