Birmingham Post

Elizabethan Roots of Eastcote Manor

Many of the Midlands' best properties changed hands at Birmingham's Grand Hotel in Colmore Row. George V was on the throne when Eastcote Manor went under the hammer at the smart auction venue on April 10, 1919.

For What It's Worth: ; a Budget Between Pounds 800,000 and Pounds 900,000 Is a Privileged Starting Point for the Buyer After a Village Home, Not Too Far From the Beaten Track. This Week It Might Buy Into a Top Location for the Midland Commuter, Mod Cons in Old Warwickshire or Upmarket Choice On the Very Southern Fringes. Marsya Lennox Drew Up the Shortlist.

1724, Warwick Road The Knowle office of John Shepherd has put a price of pounds 825,000 on the traditional four bedroom house at 1724, Warwick Road on the edge of the village.

Residential Property: The Country House Package

Georgian looks, Jacobean origins, parkland surroundings and a showpiece parterre are just part of the country house package on offer with Trebandy House near Ross-on-Wye. There are more boxes to tick on the property wish list common to so many country house buyers. Notably, these are the five acres plus, the five bedrooms minimum and easy access to the motorway network.

Residential Property: How to Maximise a Property's Value

The Solihull property that sold to the first viewer following some simple, neutralising treatments, advised by the property staging service Estate agents will be the first to admit they find it hard to be blunt with potential clients. They will give their professional advice on asking price and marketing strategy.

Residential Property: Real Character in a Modern Home

Weighing in at a considerable pounds 1.2 million, Inca House at Ladywood Road, Four Oaks Park takes a prominent position in the busy Royal Town marketplace. Houses is this upper price band may no longer be 'top rung', overtaken only recently by the new generation of pounds 1.5 million plus properties.

Residential Property: Listed Farmhouse Far From the Sea

Dodmoor Farm at Weedon in Northamptonshire, a listed farmhouse dating to the 16th century and set in more than 10 acres. The house and stabling are being sold at auction next week Landlocked Northamptonshire was the chosen retreat for a 16th century seaman who had tired of the ocean wave.

Spanish Property

John Shepherd's overseas department is staging an exhibition of Spanish property this Sunday, March 21 at the Ardencote Manor in Claverdon. It will provide a well-timed platform for a range of developments across Southern Spain, featuring a number of new schemes and properties priced from pounds 70,000 to over pounds 1 million.

Residential Property: A Winning Rural Combination

Burmington Leys near Shipston-on-Stour in south Warwickshire, a late Victorian house in 1.7 acres with a converted three bedroom cottage. The guide price for the whole is pounds 1.375 million An interior at Burmington Leys which also has six cellar rooms

Residential Property: Extra Space Over Three Levels

Neil Grinnall, chairman of the Neil Grinnall Group with a model of the company's K1 and K2 developments in Worcester. A new phase of townhouses is underway, prices to start from pounds 339,000 A model impression of the back of the K2 townhouses which will come with conservatories, garage, gardens and more than 1,400 sq ft of living space

Show Home Opens at Hadzor Hall

Two of the new Bloor homes at Hadzor Hall near Droitwich in Worcestershire, one now open as a show house. A total of 34 new homes are planned for the parkland site Inside the new show property

Residential Property: Snapping Up the Smaller Apartments

The buyer who wants a smaller, new city apartment - now - may be in for disappointment. Birmingham agents report a shortage of newly-built apartment homes, ready for immediate occupation.

Poundbury Principles Adopted for Mitton Park Site

A Westbury street scene from its Renaissance portfolio, traditional designs arranged in period-inspired street scenes. The idea is being put into practice at Mitton Park, Stourport-on-Severn The widely-acclaimed 'Poundbury principles' are coming to Stourport-on-Severn in the shape of new residential development by Westbury.

Residential Property: Roses History to Daisy Lake

Daisy Lake, at Oakley, on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border, is for sale at pounds 750,000 through Knight Frank's Birmingham office on 0121 236 0777 Knight Frank's Birmingham office has just launched a fascinating property onto the early Spring market - a house occupying a lavish lakeside location with an historical past.