Location: Rural
In Pictures: ‘Country House Clause’ home on the Kent Downs plays with C17th form
Charles Holland Architects has been granted planning permission for a playful new "Paragraph 79" house in Kent's AONB, which offers a "mannerist inversion" of its Grade II*-listed neighbour
‘The Ghost House of Sussex’: Notorious £40m mansion is still only half-built after 33 years
The Daily Mail reports on the "£40m mansion left to rot for 33 years by notorious slum landlord Nicholas van Hoogstraten".
Market Snapshot: Jersey’s HNW appeal channels prime price growth
HNWI influx drives an 84% jump in £1m+ residential property transactions
A Shore Thing: Mapping the coastal price premium
70% of prime waterfront properties acquired by UK buyers are used as a main residence, reports Savills
Sherbourne launches £9m ‘flagship’ new-build country house in the Berkshire Downs
The 14,000 square foot Roden Park is “one of the finest houses to reach the market in decades", according to developer Sherbourne Developments
Lack of urgency keeps a lid on prime regional prices
Realistic pricing is the key to generating competing interest in this kind of market, advises Savills
Sterling Private Office recruits another from Knight Frank, making a move into the country market
18-month-old prime resi consultancy SPO has brought in Nick Mead from The Buying Solution to launch a country property division
Prime country house market slows as caution reigns
Prime regional property prices fell by an average of 0.6% in Q3, leaving the annual change at +0.1%
Independent review to look at expanding National Parks & AONBs
70 years after National Parks and AONBs were first established, a new review will assess if current protected landscape policies are fit for purpose
Top Scottish golf course tees up investors to drive resi development plans
The Dundonald Links has planning in place for 45 new detached homes next to the seaside course, plus a spectacular new clubhouse and lodges
‘Rare & exciting’ coastal development opportunity in Dorset heads to auction
A 1.49 acre cliff-top site in Canford Cliffs, Dorset, is for sale for the first time in over 41 years, with a guide price of £4.5m+
Buying agency Recoco recruits Humberts’ former country house chief
Jeremy Campbell-Harris is joining the Devon-based buying agency in September