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Dreaming of a chocolate box to call your own? This
grade II listed four-bedroom cottage in Highcliffe-on-Sea,
ten miles from Bournemouth, has a kitchen, a utility room
and a one-bedroom cob cottage. winkworth.co.ukWEST SUSSEX
Around six miles from Chichester, this five-bedroom
home is adorned with sycamore panelling and ornate
plasterwork. The gardens feature a lily pond, a mill race
and veg beds. jackson-stops.co.uk
NORTHUMBERLAND
Bristol House near Hexham was home to the author
Catherine Cookson, who adored the surrounding North
Pennines landscape. It has five bedrooms and superfast
broadband. finestproperties.co.ukANGLESEY
No 2 Lighthouse Cottages is a four-bedroom coastal bolt
hole on the Menai Strait, with gorgeous views over Puffin
Island, Trwyn Du Lighthouse and across to Snowdonia.
jackson-stops.co.uk
LANARKSHIRE
A Georgian mini-estate about half an hour’s drive from
Glasgow, Netherfield House is a lush five-bedroom pile
with a lochan, 70 acres of grounds, a Clive Christian
kitchen and, of course, a cream Aga. savills.comLANCASHIRE
Greenside marries floor-to-ceiling glass, polished concrete
and Burlington slate. The 6,770 sq ft five-bedroom home
has an indoor pool and a hot tub. Lytham St Annes is a
15-minute drive away. themodernhouse.com
BIRMINGHAM
Offering more than 2,600 sq ft of stucco-fronted living
space, this four-bedroom Georgian townhouse is in a leafy
cul-de-sac in Edgbaston. The city centre is 2.5 miles away.
knightfrank.co.ukWEST YORKSHIRE
Designed by John Carr, the architect who worked on
nearby Harewood House, this grade II listed terrace
eight miles from Harrogate has four bedrooms and a
first-floor laundry room. carterjonas.co.uk
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lLook away, Generation Rent. Last
week a 108 sq ft studio flat with no
loo in Barons Court, west London
came up to rent for almost £1,000 a
month. The kitchen does not have a
hob or oven (only a microwave) and
the shower is in the wardrobe.lAmong the (many)
distasteful revelations in
Sue Gray’s partygate
report was that
cleaning and security
staff in No 10 were
treated poorly. For us
at Home it is a crucial
one. We love cleaners and
many of us couldn’t live
without them. They
deserve our respect and
admiration, as well as fair
pay. Long live cleaners.UP
lParents and children were treated
to the heart-throb Harry Styles reading
Jess Hitchman’s In Every House, On
Every Street on CBeebies’ Bedtime
Stories last week. The viewers
who were able to gaze past his
floppy locks and cheeky grin may
have noticed that the sunshine-
yellow armchair Styles was sitting on
was none other than the Strandmon
wing chair from Ikea. It’s available for
£229, but whoknows what that one
could fetch at auction now that his
treasured tushhas been on it?l“Red” Wandsworth in
southwest London, which
Labour has just gained
from the Tories, was
responsible for one in
ten £1 million-plus
property sales in the
capital last year, as
champagne socialists
flocked south of the river.l Pensioners and accidental landlords came in for
harsh criticism last week after a government survey
revealed that they were most likely to be bad
landlords. The English Private Landlord Survey found
that landlords with only one or two properties were
found to rely on friends, family and letting agents for
information on legal requirements and were more
likely to blame bad tenants when things go wrong.DOWN
lLoaf is gunning for Farrow & Ball’s
crown for the most pretentious
name, it seems. Want an armchair
in a mustard hue? Look no further
than the Crumpet love seat in
Butter Drip (£1,445). There are
loungers called Slowcoach and
Pudding, a blue linen called
Hosepipe and the eyebrow-raising
sofa bed Easy Squeeze (left) in
Grandpa’s Trousers (£1,895).PROPERTY LADDER — WHAT’S HOT AND NOT
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