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The Househunter: a large family home in the north of England

This is such a handsome house I'd buy it for that alone. Generally speaking, I tend to value interiors over exteriors as it's lovely to have a pretty house but it is more about what's going on inside and arguably you're better off living in the ugly house looking at the pretty one opposite but
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The Househunter: Hillside House in Hastings

It's more of a cliffside house really but I fell down an alliterative rabbit hole.... anyway look at this. A Grade II listed property with views over the rooftops below to the sea beyond and after the year we've had this seems like the perfect place to be living right now. Come to think of
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The Househunter: A Two Bedroom Flat with South-facing Garden

Surely the dream first time buy is a two bedroom flat with a south-facing garden, although this isn't really first time buyer prices, but, be that as it may, it's a great example of open plan living and squeezing a lot into a small space. Coming in? It's in Brackenbury Village, in west London (explains
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The Househunter: Georgian Dreams

warm neutrals via the modern house
Oh I had such a good house for you this week. A real mix of yesterday's post actually so I know you would have loved it. It was all dark and rustic with lots of William Morris velvets... anyway it's been taken off the market so you can't see it but just consider a floral
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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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The Househunter: Pretty in Pink

From the candy pink of stylist Siouxsie Dickens to the pale pink of this week's Victorian terrace I think we can safely say that pink is gaining ground as the new neutral of choice. Of course, there will always be those who default to a safe grey (and a dark grey will warm and enhance
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The Househunter: Open Plan Living in a Victorian Terrace

It was a tricky choice this week - between the incredible folly conversion extension which was lovely to look at and the house that might give you some proper tips and ideas for your own spaces. The latter won out. This week. So it's a three bedroom Victorian terrace in Bath that is on the
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The Househunter: Room by Room

Following on from the interview with Matt Gibberd yesterday, it seemed only right to check in and see if he had any new properties for sale given his comment that, since estate agents were allowed to open up again a few weeks ago, it was "busy, busy, busy". And indeed there is a slew of
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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

Proper lottery money this week as we get to have a look around this house which, apparently, belongs to the illusionist Derren Brown. It's a 19th century former print house that has been converted into a three bedroom property spread over five floors to include a cinema, artist's studio and two south-facing terraces. It's on
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The Househunter: Room by Room – Concrete and Antiques

On the face of it not a property I would normally consider, but actually I love this. It must be lockdown mania - in the same way I suddenly want to paint my kitchen ochre yellow, it now seems I want to live in a concrete bunker. Well, a very posh concrete outhouse, as 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 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: Room by Room

Right then let's see what you make of this. Following on from yesterday's eco house tour in a 1960s property, this was built in 1979 and is a house that would have been screamingly unfashionable until very recently. But times have changed. As Oliver pointed out, these houses often have big square rooms and large
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The Househunter: Room by Room

There are now so many architect designed apartments at the newly redeveloped BBC Television Centre that it's a wonder there are any left undone for the rest of us to have a go at. Designers include Suzy Hoodless, Bella Freud, Laura Fulmine and now The Waldo Works. This, like the others, is on the market
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The Househunter: Room by Room

I'm sucker for a black clad building and while I sense this one might divide opinion it's so different from what, I assume, most of us live in that I wanted to take a tour to see what we all think. It's in Broadstairs, Kent, and is on the market with The Modern House for
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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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