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Wreck of the week: West Sussex Worthing. £225,000. What? A two-bedroomed town house. Condition: the 1970s are still going strong inside – £100,000 or so would fast-forward it into the present day. Why you should … It’s a stroll from the town centre and the seafront. Why you shouldn’t … It has only a patio-garden.
Winkworth, 01903 216219
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In town: London A leaf-canopied garden wraps around two sides of this two-bedroom coach house. A steel spiral staircase, curved glass block walls and huge windows add chic, plus there’s space for a study. It’s a shame that ... The open-plan living room is less than 10ft wide. London SE15. £410,000.
Wooster & Stock, 020 7708 6700
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In the country: Cornwall St Keyne, near Liskeard, Cornwall £215,000. Because … it’s as pretty inside as it is out. Both bedrooms have beamed ceilings and pastoral views, and the whole is set amid a farmyard conversion with a double garage. It’s a shame that … An open-plan kitchen and living room will discomfort some cottagers.
Bradleys, 01503 264888
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Bargain of the week: East Sussex £625,000 may look alarming, but Rodean is the really posh part of Brighton and there is a bright side: this five bedroom house began at £675,000, would ordinarily be valued at £725,000 (the owner wants a quick sale) and, if you spent a couple of hundred grand on rescuing the fittings and decor you could rejoice in an estate worth nearer £1.25m. The lure is sea views as far as Worthing from the front bays, large rooms and a walled garden. An enclosed balcony opens off the master bedroom which could have a dressing room or en suite bathroom if you sacrificed the small fifth chamber. Winkworth, 01273 320300
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Dream home: Herefordshire From the french windows in the huge drawing room you can shift onto a terrace with panoramas over the River Wye and unsullied countryside. In winter you can rejoice in it all from beside the woodburning stove. Fishing rights and nearly an acre of terraced gardens and woodland come with this Victorian farmhouse in the village of Hoarwithy. One of the four bedrooms has a full length window to absorb the views and a glass door to the garden. £425,000.
Knight Frank, 01432 273087
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