If space is needed and especially a good number of bedrooms and bathrooms, then a former bed and breakfast establishment or a hotel for sale might be a property worth considering.
There will be bedrooms aplenty, and surely bathroom and ensuite facilities in abundance, and the site might even be ideal to reopen as a business, convert into apartments subject to planning consent, or invite a good number of family members to make the move with you.
Or if you have a business that needs space but want to live at the site too, then with the appropriate consents in place, a former hotel might be a perfect property to be versatile to suit your needs.
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This huge house in the village of Argoed, just minutes from Blackwood high street, is a beast of a building offering nine bedrooms, six with an ensuite facilities, so that's the ample bedrooms box ticked.
The property also has two kitchens, several more bathrooms, five reception rooms, a laundry room, four hobby and office rooms, two store rooms and a cellar - to say it is a versatile property is an understatement.
Inside, the property still boasts some stunning period features, including a beautiful tiled floor in the hallway that complements the period staircase with intricate carved details and side wall panelling, plus an unusual and visually delightful carved panelling with fresco detailing on the walls.
The main living area is a vast space that combines a very generous kitchen at the rear boasting a large range cooker that looks small in its sprawling surroundings. This is a kitchen diner with clout, offering ample space to fit as many people as you know around a larger dining table.
This room flows into an even bigger space via a large, beam-topped opening, and this massive reception room offers a roaring fire within the big brick chimney breast, and another place to dine if the kitchen table over-flows or you want to eat while watching the match.
But there are so many rooms in this house that it can accommodate a dedicated TV and media room, plus a games room, gym, playroom, multiple home offices - whatever your lifestyle wants and needs - as well as ample storage in the cellar and the occasional, additional storage room.
Of course with more people comes the need for more parking and this property can deliver here too, with off street parking burrowed into the garden at the side of the house as well as a driveway on the other side.
The garden wraps around the building to provide a private courtyard as well as a tree-lined lawn area and views across the fields that blanket the valley from the upper storeys.
The property is now a residential dwelling and is going to auction with a guide price of £306,000 and a minimum opening bid of £264,000. In the past when it was operating as the Sirhowy Arms Hotel, it was the site of the murder of 22-year-old Cerys Yemm in November 2014 by Matthew Williams, who also died at the scene after being tassered by police officers. The jury at the inquest at Newport Coroners' Court gave the conclusion of sudden unexpected death through a combination of illicit drug use and restraint for Matthew Williams.
The huge house with huge potential is going to online auction with Paul Fosh Auctions from noon on Tuesday, October 4 to 7.26pm on Thursday, October 6, call the company on 01633 254044 to find out more. And don't miss the best dream homes in Wales, auction properties, renovation stories, and interiors - join the Amazing Welsh Homes newsletter, sent to your inbox twice a week.
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