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AUCTIONS.................................. 43
CLASSIFIEDS.............................. 43
NEW HOMES.............................. 41-42
RESIDENTIAL
Allan Morris.................................. 16-17
Andrew Grant.............................. 26-37
Cawley....................................... 36-37
Connells....................................... 18
Griffiths & Charles......................... 24-25
HANDY FOR M5: 60 Winchcombe G Herbert Banks........................... 15
Drive, Warndon Villages, Worcester. Halls............................................. 34-35
Hills Estate Agents......................... 22-23
Head east John Sanders.................................

Knight Frank..................................
Parkinson Wright..........................
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for a link Philip Laney & Jolly........................

Platinum.......................................
RA Bennett...................................
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detached
Reeds Rains.................................. 10-11
Shelton & Lines............................. 5
Spencers...................................... 32
Taylors......................................... 30-31
ON the east side of Worcester, The Property Centre..................... 14
convenient for access to the M5, LARGE HOUSE: 2 Ashby, Berkeley Haywood, Warndon Villages, Worcester, has four double bedrooms. Town & Country Property Services.. 13
Lots of room here

can be found a link detached Waterfords................................... 12
family home at 60 Winchombe Your Move.................................... 38-39
Drive.
Part of the city’s Warndon
LETTINGS
Villages development, the
Allan Morris Lettings..................... 51
property’s ground floor
accommodation includes an Andrew Grant Lettings.................. 53
entrance porch, a lounge and a Belvoir!......................................... 48
IN the Berkeley Heywood district marble hearth and double french shower. The house has a parking
kitchen diner. Griffiths & Charles......................... 52
of Worcester’s Warndon Villages doors to the dining room. area in front of a garage and a
Upstairs are three bedrooms is 2 Ashby. The 28ft long kitchen has been lawned garden with mature trees. G Herbert Banks........................... 45
and a family bathroom. It has gas central heating, upvc re-fitted and has integrated units, At the rear of 2 Ashby is a patio Hills Estate Agents......................... 47
The house has enclosed front double glazing, a garage and including a fitted breakfast bar. seating area and a mainly lawned Houselets...................................... 45
and rear gardens, there is a gardens. Beyond is a utility room. garden with flower and shrub Northwood.................................. 50-51
garage and off-road parking. On the ground floor there is an Upstairs are four double borders and trees. Platinum....................................... 49
entrance hall, an understairs bedrooms off a galleried landing. Premier Places.............................. 56
BUYER’S INFO cupboard, a cloakroom, a lounge, a The master has an en-suite shower BUYER’S INFO Reeds Rains.................................. 44
PRICE: £145,000 dining room and a combined room and double fitted wardrobes. PRICE: £285,000 Simply Lets................................... 55
AGENT: TAYLORS kitchen and family room. Two other bedroom have fitted AGENT: MICHAEL TUCK Town & Country Property Services.. 54
CALL: 01905 453381 The lounge has a gas fire on a wardrobes and the bathroom has a CALL: 01905 757577 Your Move.................................... 46
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Enjoy improvements at smart

period home near motorway
Mike Pryce goes in search of Victorian houses in Worcester and comes across one that not only has off-road parking but also a garage
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HE Victorian period was with the additional benefit of a
one of substantial converted cellar.
industrial growth in On the ground floor there is a
Worcester and with it reception hall with ceramic tiles,
came an appropriate two formal reception rooms, access
increase in the number of houses to the cellar, a modern fitted kitchen,
being built, particularly in the area a utility area and a cloakroom.
to the east of the city where the The lounge has ornate cornicing
railways and most of the large and a feature fireplace with a
engineering and glove-making wooden surround and a gas fire.
firms were based. The dining room includes a period
Many of the terraced and semi- style gas fire and double french
detached houses were originally doors to a secluded patio.
destined for workers’ families and On the first floor the house has
occupied a network of side streets three bedrooms and a refitted
in a swathe running across the family bathroom. Stairs lead up to
Arboretum, Rainbow Hill, St the converted attic. Two of the
Paul’s, Wyld’s Lane and Bath Road bedrooms have period cast iron
areas of the city. Today many of fireplaces and the double bedroom
these properties have been in the attic has views to the
renovated and turned into fine Malvern Hills. Further benefits
family homes. include double glazing and gas
Because of their inner city central heating
location and being built at a time There are gardens and the big
when the automobile was not plus is that there is also a detached
about, vehicle parking can garage. At the front of the house
sometimes be an issue. A garage is are steps to the front door and a
obviously a bonus so check for low red brick wall encloses the
off-street parking or the availability garden which has a selection of
of nearby on-street parking. shrubs and plants
Today’s first property is number The rear garden includes a
240 Bath Road on the south side of private courtyard with flagstones
Worcester and on one of the main and steps to a raised lawned with
roads. This immaculately side borders and a variety of plants
presented family-sized home comes and shrubs. Beyond is an area of
with period features and it is hard standing and the detached
convenient for both the motorway garage.
and the city centre. BUYER’S INFO
The property has been improved
to a high standard by the current PRICE: £269,995
owners and comes with spacious AGENT: REEDS RAINS
accommodation over three floors CALL: 01905 619904 PERIOD FAMILY HOME: 240 Bath Road, Worcester, has a large double bedroom in its converted attic.
THREE MORE OF A KIND: SOLID AND STILL RELIABLE VICTORIAN GEMS

36 HOLLYMOUNT 14 LOWELL STREET 14 BERWICK STREET
East of Worcester city centre can be found 36 Hollymount, In the Arboretum area of Worcester is 14 Lowell Street an end Number 14 Berwick Street is a well presented period terraced
Tunnel Hill. The property, which has been refurbished to a high of terrace with accommodation over three floors. house In the Cherry Orchard area of Worcester.
standard, has two double bedrooms and a re-fitted first floor On the ground floor is a lounge, adining room and a kitchen. On the ground floor it has a sitting room and a dining room
bathroom, while at ground floor level are a sitting room, a The first floor has a bedroom and a bathroom and on the with one door to a staircase and another to a cellar. There is a
dining room and re-fitted kitchen. The sitting room has a built-in second floor are two more bedrooms. fitted kitchen that has wall and floor units and some integral
period storage cupboard and the dining room has a door to the The lounge includes a feature fireplace and a built-in cupboard, appliancees. The bathroom, which has a shower over the bath,
rear garden. while the dining room has double glazed doors to the rear is also on the ground floor.
The rear of the house has a pathway to the front and a gate to garden and a built-in cupboard. There is also a feature On the first floor are two double bedrooms and further benefits
a decked and lawned area of garden with fenced boundaries to fireplace in one of the second floor bedrooms. include gas fired central heating and upvc double glazing.
the side and rear. There are also views across the city. At the front of the house is an area of gravelled garden, while The property has an enclosed front garden, while to the rear is
at the rear is a part paved/part gravelled garden. a lawn and flower and shrub borders.
PRICE £149,950; AGENT ANDREW GRANT; CALL 01905 PRICE £148,500; AGENT SHELTON & LINES; CALL 01905
PRICE £149,995; AGENT HILLS; CALL 01905 723545 734734 353933
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FERNHILL HEATH WORCESTER ABBERLEY WORCESTERSHIRE

A Substantial Executive House with Outstanding Accommodation An Outstanding Period Semi-Detached Cottage Overlooking The Old Village Square
Entrance Porch. Galleried Reception Hall. Study. Magnificent Open Plan Sitting Dining Room With Potential To Beautifully Presented and refurbished with Dining Room, Sitting Room, Magnificent
Subdivide If Required. Kitchen Breakfast Room. Large Galleried Landing Area. Five Bedrooms Including Living/Kitchen/Breakfast Room complete with Four Oven Aga, Utility/Cloakroom, Converted Cellar/ Study.
Imposing Vaulted Master Bedroom Suite. En-Suite Guest Bedroom And Family Bathroom. Double Integral Landing. Bedroom One with En-Suite, Bedroom Two, Bedroom Three. Principal Bathroom. Attractive
Garage. Drive And Parking. Landscaped Rear Garden. Garden.
GUIDE PRICE £575,000 Worcester Office 01905 726 220 GUIDE PRICE £315,000 Worcester Office 01905 726 220
DORMSTON, WORCESTERSHIRE KEMPSEY, WORCESTER WICHENFORD, Nr MARTLEY

A Detached Residence Annexe Potential, Gardens & Paddocks approx. 2 Acres. Impressive Detached Bungalow And Attractive Gardens In This Popular Village Exceptionally Spacious 4 Bedroom Bungalow With Attractive Garden Backing Onto Open
Hall, sitting room, dining/family room, kitchen, utility, master bedroom with dressing room Porch. Reception Hall. Cloakroom. Sitting Room. Dining Room. Kitchen Breakfast Room. Countryside - Chantry School Catchment
Utility. 3 Double Bedrooms Including Master With En Suite. Principal Bathroom. Detached Reception Porch, Large Main Hall, Open Plan Dining and Sitting room, Conservatory, Study, Large
and ensuite, four further bedrooms to include annexe with ensuite, family bathroom, garage, Double Garage. Private Drive Approach. Ample Parking. Beautifully Maintained Level Kitchen/Breakfast room, Utility, 4 Bedrooms Incl Master Bedroom with En-suite. Family Bathroom.
workshop, parking. Outdoor Swimming Pool, fish pond and stable block. Gardens. Garage. Large Mature Gardens With Fine Aspect Over Ajoining Countryside to The Rear. Over 2,378 sq ft.
GUIDE PRICE £595,000 GUIDE PRICE £475,000 GUIDE PRICE £428,000
Bromsgrove Office 01527 575525 Worcester Office 01905 726 220 Worcester Office 01905 726 220
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LAUGHERNE PARK, MARTLEY NORTHWICK, WORCESTER BISHAMPTON, PERSHORE

An Exceptionally Well Proportioned Family House With Attractive Garden in this Exclusive Setting - Grade II Listed Period Cottage Of Great Character with Large Garden. A Well Presented Semi-Detached Bungalow With Attractive Garden.
Swimming Pool and tennis Courts. The property is situated in the centre of the village of Bishampton and enjoys a light southerly aspect to
Reception Hall, Shower/Cloakroom, Utility, Sitting room, Dining room, Large Beautifully Fitted kitchen/Breakfast Hall, Sitting room, Dining room, Kitchen/Breakfast room with Aga, Rear Utility/Boot
the rear. Bishampton has a vibrant community with local facilities including a refurbished pub,
room, landing Master Bedroom with En-suite and Large Dressing room/Double bedroom 4, 3 Further Bedrooms. room, Cloakroom. Cellarage. 5 Bedrooms over 2 Upper Floors. Bathroom. Large
Garage. Attractive garden with Driveway and parking. Superb Communal Heated Swimming Pool and 2 All hairdressers and recently reopened community shop. Hall. Kitchen. Sitting Room. Two Bedrooms.
Weather Tennis Courts. Short Distance to Martley and Chantry School. Brick Built Workshop and Adjoining Store. Car Port. Attractive and Large Gardens. Refitted Bathroom. Front Garden With Landscaped Parking Area. Attractive Lawned Rear Garden. Garage
GUIDE PRICE £408,000 GUIDE PRICE £345,000 £187,290
Worcester Office 01905 726 220 Worcester Office 01905 726 220 Worcester Office 01905 726 220
Bromsgrove Worcester
01527 575525 01905 726220
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Lots of space at extended house

ELM Cottage, at Elms Green,
Abberley, near Worcester, is an
attractive period property.
It has a large extension at the
rear that combines the clear
contemporary lines of the new
rooms with the more traditional
layout of the original and period
details such as exposed timbers
and fireplaces.
On the ground floor are three
principal reception rooms together
with a large reception hall. These
include a sitting room with exposed
timbers and a cast iron wood
burning stove.
Adjoining the sitting room, the
main reception hall doubles as a
good sized study area while beyond
is a dining room with more exposed OLD AND
timbers and an open fireplace with NEW: A
copper hood. large rear
Next to the dining room is a extension
further reception room that is used is a big
as an additional living room and a feature
playroom. of Elm
The impressively laid out and Cottage,
designed extension accommodates Elms
a large and light dining kitchen, Green,
which is open to a rear hallway where Abberley,
there is a utility and a cloakroom. near
The kitchen features hand-built Worcester.
oak units with honed dark granite
work surfaces and a large central On the first floor are five good cottage and has a smart en-suite. garden features a circular lawn gardens with a variety of
island unit housing an electric sized bedrooms, four of which have The remaining bedrooms are enclosed by lavender borders and a maturing native trees. The gardens
cooker. Other built-in appliances fabulous views across the Teme served by a family bathroom. gravelled path. A side garden extend to about half-an-acre.
include a dishwasher and a fridge. Valley to the distant Clee Hills. Elm Cottage stands back from a includes a secluded spot that is an
From the kitchen is an attractive The bedrooms include an lane with a hard standing and ideal placeto sit and enjoy the view BUYER’S INFO
outlook over the garden and there impressive master room with an turning area that leads to an across fields. PRICE: £575,000
are french doors to a landscaped en-suite shower room. The guest attached garage. At the rear is gravelled and AGENT: JOHN SANDERS
terrace. bedroom is within the original The attractively landscaped front decked terracing and lawned CALL: 01905 726220
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PROPERTYPROFILE
GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT IS HANDY FOR THE CITY
A two-bedroomed modern ground floor
apartment, 2 Old Racketts Court, in
Sansome Walk, Worcester, is part of a
converted warehouse near to the
centre of the city.
The layout of the property includes a
communal reception hall, a private
reception hall, a combined L-shaped
sitting room and dining room with a full
length storage cupboard, a fitted
kitchen with a four-ring gas hob and a
double oven, two double bedrooms
and a bathroom.
Number 2 Old Racketts Court, also
has double glazing, a security entrance
system, gated allocated off-road
parking and gas fired central heating.
PRICE £159,950; AGENT CONNELLS;
CALL 01905 611411
THREE-STOREY HOME: 35 Lower Drive, Besford, near Pershore, is a big house on a corner plot.
Smart home with

countryside views
ON the Besford Court Estate fitted kitchen that opens into a Number 35 Lower Drive
development near Pershore is breakfast room. benefits from a large detached
35 Lower Drive, an attractive Beyond is a conservatory and garage, the rear section of one
detached house with each of the rooms enjoy half having been converted to a
accommodation set out over attractive views at the rear fully fitted office complete with
three floors and standing in an overlooking the garden and a second broadband line.
impressive plot. countryside beyond. Also at the rear of the house
Approached over an extensive A staircase rises from the are attractive landscaped
paviour driveway which main reception hall to two gardens that open out onto a
provides turning and parking floors. On the first is an en-suite large orchard which borders
and for a number of vehicles, guest bedroom, two more open countryside to the side
the house is effectively in a bedrooms and a family and rear.
corner position with open bathroom while on the second In all, the grounds extend to
grounds and a coppice to the floor is a master bedroom suite about half-an-acre.
side and fields at the rear. featuring a dressing area and BUYER’S INFO
The smartly presented shower room with some superb
accommodation includes two views, not only to the rear but PRICE: £479,950
main formal reception rooms also across the estate to the AGENT: JOHN SANDERS
together with an impressively distant Malvern Hills. CALL: 01905 726220
Semi-detached is in a village
IN the pretty countryside of
west Worcestershire can be
found number 14 Hollins Lane
in the village of Martley.
This three bedroom semi-
detached home has country
views at the front and has gas
central heating and mostly
double glazed windows.
The accommodation includes
a hall, an inner hall, a sitting
room, a dining room, a kitchen
and a combined utility and
breakfast room with a door to a
cloakroom.
On the first floor there are
three bedrooms, a bathroom
and a lavatory.
14 Hollins Lane has
established gardens at the front
and rear, a driveway and a car
port.
BUYER’S INFO
PRICE: £189,950
AGENT: PARKINSON WRIGHT
CALL: 01905 721655 SEMI-DETACHED: 14 Hollins Lane, Martley, has three bedrooms.
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Country home has pool and view

CHURCHLANDS at Tedstone
Delamere is situated in a very
peaceful position on the
Worcestershire/Herefordshire
border amidst glorious countryside
near Bromyard.
On three sides is a central terrace
– which most of the principal
rooms overlook – with an outdoor
swimming pool and hot tub. The
house is also in an elevated position
and has far reaching views across
the breathtaking Teme Valley.
Churchlands is off a private no
through road and the main
entrance is through a gated
driveway with stone pillars. The
drive swings around to the front of
the house where there is parking
for several cars.
Completed about five years ago it
features exposed beams
throughout, solid oak doors on the
ground floor and solid pine ones on
the first floor. There is also exposed
stone and brickwork in some rooms
and double glazed windows and
timber frames throughout.
Churchlands has a superb
entrance hall with floor to ceiling
windows on two sides. There is a
dual aspect drawing room with GLORIOUS: Churchlands, Tedstone Delamere, near Bromyard, has five bedrooms, a swimming pool, more than two acres of grounds and views.
patio doors onto the terrace and
the dining room – accessed from breakfast bar. Integrated bedroom with patio doors to the room that can be made available gently away from the property,
both the drawing room and the appliances include a stainless steel terrace and in its en-suite for swimming pool users. wrap around it and cover just over
kitchen – is light and airy with double oven, a four-ring ceramic bathroom is a sunken spa bath. The multi-level raised east facing two acres.
more floor to ceiling windows.
The combined kitchen and
hob with an extractor hood and a
stainless steel microwave. A stable
There are four more bedrooms –
one of which could be used as a
stone paved terrace has steps down
to the garden where there is a
BUYER’S INFO
breakfast room has a range of door opens onto the terrace. study. circular seating area, a pond and PRICE: £665,000
wooden fronted wall and base units On the ground floor of The guest bedroom – reached off raised flower beds. AGENT: KNIGHT FRANK
including a central island and a Churchlands is an en-suite master a secondary hall – has its own wet The gardens and grounds slope CALL: 01905 723438
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Clear up the clutter and bring

pinks and florals into the home
Are you still stuck in winter gloom? Follow Gabrielle Fagan’s advice and you’ll find that a few inexpensive touches will raise your spirits
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PRING is here and it’s the says, are ideal as cushions when
perfect time to give rooms a used with larger beds and high
fast facelift so they're ready headboards.
for brighter days. Louise Top tip: As a finishing touch, try a
Barltrop from Dunelm Mill, decorative quilt, bedspread or
said: “At this time of year it’s easy throw folded neatly and draped
to feel winter will never end, over the end of the bed.
especially if our homes are still Spring buy: Lightweight ribbed
dressed in dark colours and heavy Meribel voile bedspread in a soft
fabrics. smoke or silver grey, from £175 for
“A few simple touches can a single size. Matching cushion
cheaply and quickly transform cover, £30. Complement it with
your home. Bright pinks are on Santorini bed linen in white or
trend and florals blooming. smoke, from £65 for a single duvet
Combining the two will make a cover. All from the White Company.
room look ready for spring, no
matter what the weather outside.” FAKING IT
And clearing up the clutter ahead Our gardens may still be looking a
of that annual ritual – the spring little bleak but who needs nature
clean – could be a good excuse to when you can fake it?
invest in pretty storage that’s Artificial flowers are a world
decorative as well as practical. away from the plastic horrors of
Sabrina Sandha at interiors yesteryear, and nowadays even the
specialist Store Twenty One. said: most ardent horticulturist would
“Flowers, fruits and patriotic find it hard to tell the difference.
designs are strong this season and Tiffany Davies founder of Bloom,
pretty boxes adorned with cherry specialists in silk flowers and
blossom, strawberries or flags are arrangements, said: “Always
our most popular.” choose appropriate flowers for the
time of year for the most realistic
STYLE ON A SHOESTRING effect. Layer your flower sizes,
Just making a few changes can large at the back, medium in the
transform rooms, according to middle and small at the front. This
PRETTY COMFORTABLE: Occa-Home spotted Grapes funky cushion, £41 and orange Edith funky cushion, £60.
Kirstie Allsopp, presenter of will give an arrangement a sense of
Channel 4’s Location, Location, perspective.”
Location.
She said: “I've just organised my
SPRING SOURCES Top tip: Natural flowers need light
but silk flowers can highlight the
children’s toys, which had started darkest corner and brighten a dark
to take over. Tidying them away in B&Q: 0845 8500175/diy.com. window sill or shelf.
new colourful plastic storage boxes SWEET BLOOM: 0844 Spring buy: This dramatic
has already made the room look DREAMS: 4822332/bloom.uk.com. arrangement of silk calla lilies –
great. The White THE CONTEMPORARY HOME: many people’s year-round favourite
“I also love putting new things up Company’s 0845 1308229/tch.net. bloom as it tones with any colour
on walls to give them an Santorini bed DUNELM MILL: 0845 scheme – is particularly effective
inexpensive facelift. I’ve framed linen, from 1656565/dunelm-mill.com. combined with green bamboo
collections of postcards and even £65 for a OCCA-HOME: 0844 shoots. It’s £165 from Bloom and
tea towels, And as a finishing single duvet 8794258/occa-home.co.uk. comes in a rectangular vase narrow
touch, I’ve got new table lamps for cover, RAINES & WILLOW: 01628 enough to fit safely on a
essential splashes of colour to Meribel voile 486710/rainesandwillow.co.uk. mantelpiece, bookshelf or
brighten up dull corners.” bedspread STORE TWENTY ONE: windowsill.
Top tip: Use chalkboard paint on a from £175 storetwentyone.co.uk. MIRROR MAGIC
wall so the kids can draw on it, or and cushion THE WHITE COMPANY: 0845
apply magnetic primer and invest cover, £30. 6788150/ thewhitecompany.com Mirrors are so much more than
in some colourful, magnetic letters somewhere to gaze, they can
and shapes. Top tip: Smarten up wall sockets contemporary multicoloured including the multicoloured magnify the light in a room and
Spring buy: Glossy, bright red with screwless socket covers. pendant chandelier shade, £21.99. Grapes funky cushion, £41, make the space seem larger.
Titania table Lamp, £15.48, also Spring buy: Graham & Brown All from the Contemporary Home. abstract black and grey Rondo Sara Pomfret, founder of Raines
available in blue, green, black and Countess wallcovering is scattered funky cushion, £55, and an orange & Willow furniture company, said:
with roses and is £17.48 a roll. CUSHION MAGIC Edith funky cushion £60.
silver. Rust-Oleum’s instant “Mirrors have so many properties,
chalkboard paint, £7.98 and Screwless sockets start from £6.98. Cushions are the costume jewellery not least bouncing sunlight around
magnetic primer, £11.98. All from Both from B&Q. of homes; affordable, an easy way
BEDDED BLISS
a room – so welcome at this time of
B&Q. SURPRISE ACCESSORIES to reflect trends and brilliant at Cocooning under blankets and year when it’s in such short supply.
giving an old sofa or chair a new quilts is fine for winter but warmer “As a decorative piece, mirrors
WICKED WALLS Turning everyday items into lease of life. weather is the perfect excuse to should also be gorgeous to look at –
Spring sunlight is a welcome sight planters and vases – from tin cans Kate Mooney managing director treat yourself to fresh new bed pale-coloured frames and those
and banishes the gloom but its and milk bottles to mugs and jugs – of Occa-Home, said: “At this time of linen and mark National Bed with a silver or gold leaf are
bright rays can highlight dull walls will make even a small collection of year when we are tantalisingly Month in March. particularly popular currently,
and jaded room schemes. Even fresh flowers eye-catching. close to the lighter nights and Chrissie Rucker, founder of the because of their elegant, decorative
refreshing a feature wall with paint Clare Price, founder of the brighter days, we’re all craving White Company. said: “Before you look.”
or paper could be an easy, cheap Contemporary Home, said: “I love colour. If your taste is demure and dress a bed, take a step back and Top tip: Place a mirror opposite a
way to rescue a room. filling pretty vases or jugs with you’re not ready to experiment consider it as a stylist might. doorway or window so the reflected
Neil McLennan, deputy editor of daffodils at this time of year and with metallics, zingy bright colours “Think about how the bed will fit light gives an illusion of more
Livingetc magazine, said: “Bold dotting them around the house. It’s or pattern – all of which feature in into the overall scheme of your space. Use long rectangular
florals, statement patterns and simple, gives instant cheer and this season’s trends – you can bedroom, what colours you could mirrors on larger walls to generate
vibrant colours are huge right now. doesn’t cost the Earth.” incorporate them into your rooms pick out in the bed linen or more light in the bedroom, and
Wallpaper collections such as Top tip: Bring instant glamour and in a liveable way with cushions.” cushions and what style of round smaller mirrors for narrow
Graham & Brown’s tap brilliantly sparkle to a gloomy room with a Top tip: Change door handles or dressing best suits the space.” bedroom walls.
into these key trends. Modern and chandelier, or use clusters of tea knobs on cupboards to give them a She suggests small, square Spring buy: Camille silver
easy to live with, these wallpapers lights to add a twinkling glow. quick lift – ceramic and glass cushions placed squarely on the rectangular mirror, £180, or try the
are both confident and assured Spring buy: Pastel metal jugs, £5.99 details work extremely well. bed for a tailored look, or mixed Hampton round mirror, in silver
without being shouty or taking each, coloured glass jam jar Spring buy: Occa-Home has a with larger cushions for a layered leaf or white, £115, from Raines &
over the room.” lanterns, £12.99 for set of four and brilliant array of cushions effect. Large square pillows, she Willow.
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AROUND THE DEVELOPMENTS
Work starts at new site

CHAMPAGNE corks were
popping in Evesham when Taylor
Wimpey Midlands sold the final
home at its luxury Stone Pippin
Orchard development in Badsey.
This followed a flurry of
interest from home buyers keen
to move up the property ladder.
The development has been a
huge success since its launch in
2009. Buyers have been attracted
to the stylish high quality homes
surrounded by beautiful
Worcestershire countryside. BRICKS AND
Anne Wallace, regional sales MORTAR:
and marketing director for Taylor Taylor Wimpey
Wimpey Midlands, said: “We’re Midlands has
delighted to be handing over the begun to build
keys to the final home at Stone new homes at
Pippin Orchard, a development Lavender
which has been popular since its Fields,
launch. While some house Evesham.
hunters have chosen to bide their
time before making the move, Lavender Fields development family homes. The new £339,995 for a five-bedroom
others, like the ones at Stone down the road in Evesham which development will feature plenty detached.
Pippin Orchard, have realised offers a fantastic selection of of green open spaces, footpaths, For more information, call 0845
that now is the ideal time to buy. homes to suit all types of buyer.” cycleways and a children’s play 0264001 or go to taylorwimpey.co.
“Anyone who missed out on Lavender Fields will offer one area. uk/midlands . Alternatively, visit
their dream home at Stone Pippin and two-bedroom first-time buyer Prices start at £169,995 for a the marketing suite, open daily
Orchard needn’t despair . We properties through to traditional three-bedroom semi, £274,995 for from 10 am to 5pm, to view the
have recently launched our new three, four and five-bedroom a four-bedroom detached and development plans.
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Houses and Houses and
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Flats to Let Flats to Let
TO LET
Spacious 1 bed maisonette in ONE Bedroom flat in Warndon
Wardon Villages, new kitchen to rent £400 pcm. Tel. 07769
and bathroom with shower, off 874848
road parking for 2 cars, easy
STUDIO FLAT
UNDER THE HAMMER
access to Hospital and M5, no
Rainbow Hill, self contained,
Cornish beauty was

DSS, children, smokers or pets.
parking, DG, quiet, laundry
Unfurnished at £495 pcm room, no DSS. £290 pcm
07974 434784 07967 215044/ 01981 540116
1 BEDROOM FLAT
Rainbow Hill. 2nd floor. Parking.
DG. Good sized rooms. Quiet
£340 pcm Rooms To Rent
07967 215044/01981 540116
2 BED DETACHED HOUSE
St Johns. Modern, spacious,
popular with bidders

parking, garden £575 pcm SINGLE ROOM
Tel. 01905 769306
www.arrowestates.co.uk In modern house, near City
LARGE 1 BEDROOM Centre, weekly cleaner,
APARTMENT
Church Road. GCH. DG, ORP, broadband, all bills included,
£495 pcm
01905 457658/ 07866 521941 no DSS. £73 pw.
LARGE 2 BED APARTMENT Telephone 07979 866644
With parking. Off Bath Road.
£495 pcm. WINDSOR AV, HENWICK RD
01905 821471 Single & Dbl. £230 - £395 pcm
Fully inc; Profs only. No DSS
Catalogue cover oil painting of wives waiting for their husbands takes top figure at Halls’ sale of fine art LARGE GROUND FLOOR FLAT Tel: 07776 201010
A
With Garage. www.roomsinworcester.co.uk
GCH, DG. £480 pcm.
LARGE 19th century 07810 354819 / 01905 356902
oil painting by ST JOHNS Commercial
Horace Henry Cauty,
Double/single rooms in refur- Property
bished house, garden/parking.
depicting fishwives No DSS. From £220 pcm
078703 67316 TWO OFFICES TO LET
on a quayside WARNDON VILLAGES Situated 1 mile from Worcester
awaiting the return of the 1 bed flat with parking. Well City Centre, alarmed,
presented. Unfurnished. Suit from £245 pm inc rates
fishing fleet, sold for £5,800 at professionals £465 pcm 07974 935101
fine art auction house Halls. 07795 430656
The painting, which was

being sold by a Herefordshire
collector, was contested by four
telephone bidders before being
secured by a Cheshire buyer.
It was the front cover lot on
the catalogue for Halls’
successful £170,000 auction of
fine paintings, silver and
jewellery. Cauty (1849-1909) FINE ART: Above, Charles Jones’ oil painting of sheep and a donkey
specialised in genre scenes and and right, Horace Henry Caughty’s scene of a Cornish quayside.
exhibited at the Royal Academy
from 1870-1904. depicting animals, particularly wooded landscape made £3,500.
Halls’ paintings specialist sheep, which earned him the Other leading prices were
William Lacey said: “It was a nickname Sheep Jones. £1,250 for an oil painting
beautiful painting, probably of A late 19th century oil entitled The glorious twelfth by
a Cornish harbour scene, and painting by Victorian landscape Alfred Oliver (1886-1921) and
attracted a lot of interest.” artist George Turner (1845-1910) £1,200 for a watercolour by
Another artist in demand at of a valley on the Duke of Moses Griffith (1747-1819) of
the auction was Charles Jones Devonshire’s estate in Beddgelert in North Wales.
(1836-92), whose oil painting of Derbyshire sold for £3,900, while The pencil signature of artist
sheep and a donkey in a winter a collaboration by Frederick Lawrence Stephen Lowry (1887-
landscape sold for £5,000 to a Richard Lee (1798-1879) and 1976) added value to a limited
Leicestershire buyer. A Welsh Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803- edition print of his work Our
artist, he specialised in 1902) of cattle watering in a town, which sold for £500.
More ways of selling

MAKING sure your property is to market their homes to
seen by as many potential ADVICE: millions of potential buyers
buyers as possible is obviously
Malcolm He said: “For sellers some
one of the most important
Grainger- agency websites also allow
priorities for anyone trying to
Payne is them to track the progress of
sell.
senior their sale by providing
When using an estate agent
branch milestone dates from ‘offer
manager
most people can expect to have accepted’ to completion and
at Your
a for sale board, sales ensures they are kept up-to-date
Move.
particulars and advertising in at all times.
their local newspaper – all to like viewings, or mortgage “It’s not just about the agency
encourage a buyer. appointments, receive details of website, however, it’s also
However, what some agents new properties that come to important that an agent
don’t consider is the wider market, sign up for newsletters arranges for a property to be
market and how important it is or even make an offer on a marketed on other well-known
to have ongoing exposure for a property – all online. sites – called property portals –
property – not just locally but And, the opportunity for a these can attract more than
nationally, too. viewer to do this at a time and 37 million visitors each month
Its been said that between 85 place that suits them must including a significant number
and 90 per cent of homebuyers surely encourage a potential of potential buyers.
now use the internet to search buyer to use that agency’s site. “IT investment is very
for properties when looking to Some also offer search important and something not
move so it’s now becoming facilities which allow buyers to all agents consider as a priority.
increasingly important to use locate properties in areas and It’s wise for any seller,
an agent who utilises price brackets that suit them. therefore, to consider this when
technology as much as possible. This is particularly useful for choosing an agent.
Take a look at any estate those looking to relocate to “Today people don’t want to
agency website and it’s often another area and who need to be restricted in selling or
interesting to see how they view property before visiting in buying houses during normal
market properties and what person. office hours – 24-hour access to
additional features they offer to Malcolm Grainger-Payne, information and property
enhance sales. senior branch manager for Your details from across the UK is
Some, for example, can allow Move in Worcester says there is now not just useful – its
visitors to book appointment now an opportunity for sellers essential.”
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LettingsNews
HOMES OF THE WEEK
SANSOME WALK, WORCESTER FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER SANSOME WALK, WORCESTER WHITTINGTON, NEAR WORCESTER
Open plan accommodation with hall, kitchen, Well presented and spacious modern one First floor apartment with hall, lounge, double Spacious two bedroom character apartment
lounge, double bedroom, bathroom and shower. bedroom apartment in the heart of the city bedroom, fitted kitchen, bathroom, shower and located on the edge of Worcester in a sought
Unfurnished. Private gardens and parking. centre. Nnght storage heating. Unfurnished. after and exclusive development.
£500 pcm £475 pcm £495 pcm £595 pcm
SIMPLY LETS 01905 612818 MARTIN & CO 01905 619890 SIMPLY LETS 01905 612818 MARTIN & CO 01905 619890
THE TYTHING, WORCESTER HAMILTON ROAD, WORCESTER WARNDON VILLAGES, WORCESTER DIGLIS ROAD, WORCESTER
Two-bedroom, second floor flat comprising A well presented first floor apartment with hall, Unfurnished three-bedroom link detached with Unfurnished first floor apartment with secure
lounge, fitted kitchen with appliances and lounge, double bedroom, fitted kitchen and breakfast kitchen, lounge/diner, conservatory, off-road parking. Hall, living/dining room, kitchen,
bathroom with shower. Unfurnished. bathroom with shower. Unfurnished. en-suite, bathroom, garden, garage and parking. two bedrooms and en-suite shower room.
£475 pcm £565 pcm £750 pcm £750 pcm
HILLS ESTATE AGENTS 01905 723545 SIMPLY LETS 01905 612818 HILLS ESTATE AGENTS 01905 723545 SIMPLY LETS 01905 612818
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PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM: From left, Heather Hunt, Cheryl Phillips, Tara Tipper and Dani James.
Most landlords and

tenants impressed
PREMIER Places has laid following the commencement of individual member of staff has
further claim to being one of a management/tenancy the time to build a rapport with
the region’s leading letting agreement. She is is clear as to the customer and ensure that
agents and made a great start to why such remarkable customer their requirements are afforded
2011 with impressive customer retention rates are achieved. the attention to detail they
retention rates. She said: “It is simply down to deserve.
Dani James, office manager at our unrivalled customer service “As a result, landlords can
its branch in Foregate Street, underpinned by a unique relax in the knowledge that
Worcester, said “More than 93 organisational structure that their property is legally
per cent of our managed affords both landlords and compliant, rent is collected on
properties and about 80 per cent tenants access to a dedicated time and their property is well
of tenants have renewed their individual who is personally maintained by a fully
contractual agreements because responsible for each function referenced tenant. The tenant is
they have been delighted with within the lettings process.” also happy in a well maintained
the premier service. With a combined experience of home and a cycle of continuous
“Landlords who have left due about 30 years at Premier improvement ensues.”
to changes in circumstance Places, the six-strong property Premier Places has access to a
have also provided positive management team prides itself range of in-house contractors
feedback on the service received on knowing exactly what who can undertake any
and say that they wouldn’t landlords and tenants want. maintenance work required,
hesitate to recommend Premier Miss James said: “Unlike other speeding up the process and
Places to other landlords.” letting agents, we are privileged eliminating all of the stress for
Miss James heads up the to have a dedicated member of the landlord.
firm’s property management staff focusing on individual For more information, contact
team which is responsible for areas such as: rent collections, Dani James on 01905 734177 or
ensuring both landlords’ and tenancy renewals, maintenance e-mail dani@premier
tenants’ requirements are met, to name but a few. Each places.co.uk.
LettingsNews
HOMES OF THE WEEK
PARK STREET, WORCESTER ST JOHN’S, WORCESTER

Re-furbished student house split over four floors Three-bedroom semi detached with hall, lounge/diner,
with communal lounge, kitchen, shower rooms on kitchen breakfast room, bathroom, gardens, garage
each level, laundry room and a large patio garden. and off-road parking.
£325 pcm £695 pcm
PREMIER PLACES 01905 616616 TOWN & COUNTRY 01905 610710
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HOMES OF THE WEEK
LITTLE SOUTHFIELD STREET, WORCESTER ST JOHN’S, WORCESTER ST GEORGE’S WALK , WORCESTER AMBER REACH, WORCESTER
Unfurnished two-bedroom terraced house with Spacious two or three bedroom first floor split Well presented and spacious modern apartment Two-bedroom second floor aparrment with
lounge, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms, level flat with hall, lounge, dining room, kitchen with two-bedroom. Situated in in a quiet lounge, kitchen with appliances, bathroom with
bathroom and garden. Partial double glazing. and bathroom with shower. On road parking. residential area close to Worcester city centre. shower, and allocated parking. Unfurnished
£550 pcm £525 pcm £595 pcm £530 pcm
PREMIER PLACES 01905 616616 HILLS ESTATE AGENTS 01905 723545 MARTIN & CO 01905 619890 HILLS ESTATE AGENTS 01905 723545
ST JOHN’S, WORCESTER NORTHWICK, WORCESTER OFF LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER SPRING LANE, WORCESTER
A three bedroom semi-detached with lounge, Spacious three-bedroom semi-detached with Five bedroom non-estate detached house with Unfurnished second floor apartment with secure
kitchen, cloakroom, utility area, bathroom, lounge, dining area, kitchen, utility, bathroom lounge, dining kitchen, dining room, utility, off-road parking. Living room, kitchen, two
gardens and off-road parking. with shower, gardens and parking. Unfurnished. bathroom, garage and rear garden. Unfurnished. bedrooms, bathroom, shower and central heating.
£675 pcm £650 pcm £1,200 pcm £525 pcm
TOWN & COUNTRY 01905 610710 HILLS ESTATE AGENTS 01905 723545 HILLS ESTATE AGENTS 01905 723545 PREMIER PLACES 01905 616616
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Be careful with
any investment
in buying-to-let CAVEAT
A
EMPTOR:
If you’re
NEW wave of ‘creative thinking of
financing’ schemes, investing in
targeted at novice buy- a buy-to-let
to-let investors, are property
returning to the market then get it
– with potentially dangerous checked out
consequences. by an
Lettings company Belvoir warns expert.
that advertisements and seminars
enticing people to look at ways to
buy a property for rental without offer and on completion of could well be close to mortgage short term, selfish motives. We
the need for a cash deposit, need to STERN WARNING: Dorian Gonsalves. purchase. fraud. want investors to succeed and not
be viewed with extreme caution. Many investors took out no “Some of these operators even get drawn into a deal they will live
Steve Slawson, who runs the market slowdown in 2008 are deposit, over inflated interest only suggested using credit card to regret.”
company’s branch in London Road, creeping back and some of them mortgages but then failed to payments as a deposit, which is a Dorian Gonsalves, managing
Worcester, believes that such have no morals. achieve the rental returns totally irresponsible thing to do. director of Belvoir, which has more
properties should not even be “A substantial number went into promised, leaving them with a “We urge new, and inexperienced, than 140 offices throughout
contemplated without some basic receivership with their directors substantial short fall. investor landlords to carry out Britain, said: “If a deal sounds too
research and checks fleeing overseas to avoid claims These novice investor landlords detailed checks before being lured good to be true, it usually is.
He said: “Because investment in and litigation – leaving a trail of then struggled to re-mortgage as into such schemes. Potential property investors should
buy-to-let is unregulated in Britain, disaster behind them.” the property was worth less than “How much better is it to ask for spend time investigating the local
the Latin phrase ‘caveat emptor’ – Such operators made large between 25 and 50 per cent of the impartial advice from an area, to determine average selling
‘let the buyer beware’ – is a very margins by claiming to source inflated purchase price. independent and professional prices and realistic rental prices.
clear warning to anyone wanting to below market value (BMV) As a direct result thousands had property lettings agency, such as “We have a very close ear to the
explore the current wave of properties, promising big financial their properties re-possessed Belvoir, which can help to compare ground on the property market in
popularity in buy-to-let investment. returns for investor landlords. between 2008 and 2010. deals and offer free advice without the Worcester area and are quite
“Many of the zero deposit But the properties were often Mr Slawson said: “Mortgage deals sale or introduction fees? willing to use our knowledge and
property buying clubs and groups overpriced and the operators which do not require a deposit and “As a local business, with very experience to help guide you
which grew rapidly and then charged hefty fees for their can only be achieved by creative high standards to maintain, we are through the decision making
disappeared during the housing services at the time of making an over inflation of the property price not in the property market for process.”
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