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8 of the best houses for sale for around £500,000
The best houses for sale for around £500,000 – from a four-storey, Grade II-listed townhouse in Bath to a top-floor flat in a Victorian building in North Kensington.
A converted church surrounded by open countryside. The property retains its stone windows and has an open-plan living room with a vaulted ceiling and a wood-burning stove. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, reception, study, detached pool house with spa. Price: £525,000+Knight Frank 01890-230445
A C-listed manse with mature gardens and a range of traditional stone outbuildings. It has open fireplaces with period surrounds and a large kitchen with an Aga. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions, office, garage with studio apartment. Price: £500,000+Strutt & Parker 01738-567892
A Georgian house dating from 1785 in a prominent position with bedrooms that command views towards the River Crouch. It has a fitted kitchen, a generous reception room with a wood-burning stove, and a private courtyard garden with direct access to the sea wall and coastal walks. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, terrace balcony, courtyard garden. Price: £500,000Savills 01245-293233
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A top-floor, one-bedroom flat in a converted Victorian building on a quiet, tree-lined street in North Kensington. The house is situated close to the cafes, restaurants and independent shops of Ladbroke Grove and is within easy reach of Portobello Road. It has a fitted kitchen, a modern bathroom with a skylight, and retains its original sash windows. Bed, bathroom, open-plan kitchen/reception, storage room. Price: £500,000Marsh & Parsons 020-7313 8350
A cottage that has been restored and extended, situated in a village with a popular pub. It has exposed beams, flagstone floors and a Shaker-style kitchen that opens onto the garden. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, dressing room, reception. Price: £500,000+Jackson-Stops 01308-423133
A renovated, semi-detached period property with far-reaching views across open countryside towards Alderley Edge and the Peak District. It has oak floors, a dual-aspect sitting room with a log-burning stove, a Shaker-style kitchen with a walk-in larder, and the south-facing gardens include a summer house. 2 bedrooms, bathroom, reception, dining kitchen, garden workshop, garden. Price: £500,000 Savills 01625-417452
A Grade II-listed townhouse within walking distance of the city centre. The property is arranged over four floors and has flagstone floors, period fireplaces, sash windows with shutters and a dining kitchen on the lower-ground floor that opens onto a courtyard garden. 2 bedrooms, bathroom, reception, dining kitchen, courtyard garden. Price: £465,000Knight Frank 01225-325992
A traditional cottage close to the market town of Thetford in the Norfolk countryside, surrounded by gardens that include an outbuilding and a greenhouse. It has exposed wall and ceiling timbers, exposed brickwork, a large inglenook fireplace, a country kitchen, an additional kitchen and a utility room. 3 bedrooms, bathroom, 2 receptions, office, green room, 2 kitchens, 0.65 acres. Price: £500,000 Sowerbys 01953-884522
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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.
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