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The Househunter: A house by the sea

Right it's official, the lockdown is easing and we're officially allowed to spend the night away from home (in our bubbles) so I thought we should take a trip to the seaside, in our own virtual bubble, to look at this huge Georgian townhouse in fashionable Margate. Who's coming? It's big enough for us to
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The Househunter: Penthouse with great views

kitchen island with ladder
This week we are off to Bristol, to a rather fabulous apartment with 180 degree views across the harbour, three bedrooms above and parking all situated under an Ogee dome (yes I looked it up as well it's sort of S-shape - see below). I'm sold already... It's on the market with Knight Frank for
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The Househunter: Warehouse Living

Well I couldn't resist this week's property as it's called Warehouse K, or as I have renamed it Warehouse Chair, for reasons which will become clear. It's on the market with The Modern House, which is about to launch a spin-off site for period properties called Inigo, which I imagine will have us all in
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The Househunter: a four bedroom maisonette

Now this is lovely I hope you will agree. It's a four bedroom maisonette located minutes from the OId Street roundabout in London (make it very central for those who aren't familiar with the city) and is on the market with Aucoot for £740,000. Spread over the second and third floors of a low-rise modernist
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The Househunter: A Garden Apartment with expansion potential

When we bought our first flat (a two bedroom garden apartment back in 1998 - I won't tell you what it cost or younger readers will cry) we used to fantasise about buying the flats on the two floors above and creating one huge house. Then the woman on the top floor put hers on
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August Postcards: The Houseunter

A gorgeous light-filled Edinburgh flat for you to revisit today with lots of inspiration for zoning large spaces and bringing in vintage furniture.
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The Househunter: Room by Room

A lovely example of small space living for you this week - after last week's eclectic extravaganza. This is a converted coach-house built around 1800 which is now a two bedroom two floor property on the market for £700,000 with The Modern House. Let's go in through the round window first shall we (anyone around
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The Househunter: Room by Room

I've had to hunt about a bit this week to find you something you might think it was worth getting your virtual coat on for (not to mention shoes - what even are they and how do they feel?) but this is a very pretty house in north west London that is on the market
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The Househunter: Room by Room – the perfect one bedroom flat

I adore this little flat. From the way it has been decorated to the pretty pink walls outside. It's a one bedroom flat in Bristol and it's on the market for £350,000 with The Modern House. If the 19yo were studying in Bristol instead of Manchester.... But he isn't -  not that anyone is studying
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The Househunter: Room by Room – A Modernist House

I do love these modernist houses and while I have always lived in Victorian properties (pretty much all of them now I come to think of it - bar my Grandmother's 14th century timber frame cottage) I really could be tempted by something like this although I'd probably need to knock the inside around a
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The Househunter: Room by Room

To Scotland this week and a two bedroom flat for sale in Edinburgh that is on the market with Knight Frank for £625,000. I chose it because it's light and airy and fresh and, bearing in mind my last two posts about decorating in a lockdown and how to make a dark room lighter, it
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The Househunter Room by Room

all blue via the modern house
Deep diving into a properly colour saturated space this week and hopefully giving you a chance to see how this all enveloping colour soaking might work in your own homes. This is a two bedroom flat in Tottenham, north London, that is on the market with Brickworks for £500,000. It's worth having a really good
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The Househunter: Room by Room

Now this is a lovely sun-filled property that is on the market with Brickworks for £735,000 and there's lots to see and be inspired by. Coming in? It has been extensively remodelled by the vendors who opened up the whole of the downstairs to create a lovely light-filled open plan space with a kitchen at
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The Househunter: Room by Room

Now look at this. I love it when you can really see how an architect has taken notice of the surroundings. We have a new build not far from us which is on a hill and the houses above have gone from looking at a lovely view down the hill to a grey roof and
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The Househunter : Town and Country

Two for you this week as I couldn't decide which one to include so thought we could go town and country. Also, while both are very different the colour palettes are similar - basically they look like someone lay down in the middle of the Farrow & Ball factory and rolled around for a while.
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The Househunter: Room by Room

GeioSome of my favourite houses are the ones that don't actually look decorated. Or should that be designed. The ones where it looks like the owners just unpacked their stuff, poured a glass of wine and sat down. This Georgian townhouse is one of those. Although, it has to be said, the words "Georgian" and
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The Househunter: Room by Room

So last week we looked at a four bedroom house in the wing of a country manor and this week we've got the whole manor. It's actually a four bedroom former rectory that's two or three times as big as last week's but that can bring its own issues I think. This is on the
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The Househunter: Room by Room

We're off to Leeds this week to a Grade II listed 17th century hall which has been divided into three homes of which the end wing, with four bedrooms, is for sale. It's on the market with Manning Stainton for £399,950 and is five miles from the city centre. It's spread over four floors with
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The Househunter: Room by Room

Now this is lovely. It's a three bed maisonette that's on the market with The Modern House and it's in west London. Before we go in I should point out that I only ever post a selection of images from a listing and always include the link so that you can go and look around
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The Househunter: Room by Room

Welcome to The Househunter and my selection of a fabulous property that is on the market this week. Each week we take a look around a different house or flat and see where we can take inspiration and what the owners have done that might give us ideas for our own spaces. The price is
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