The best retirement money-spinners
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Location: Belford, Northumberland
Guide price: £199,995
Agent: Smiths Gore, 01289 333030; smithsgore.co.uk.
A chance to live in (and modernise) a slice of stately home. This apartment,
in Grade I listed Belford Hall (27 acres of grounds), needs some updating. |
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Location: Blockley, Gloucestershire
Guide price: £995,000
Agent: Jackson-Stops and Staff, 01386 840224;
jackson-stops.co.uk.
Built in 1824, Northwick Mill still has its original mill wheel and mill
stream, plus a guest annexe for when the family visit. There is an outlying
workshop to escape to when they do.
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Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire
Guide price: £298,000
Agent: Hamptons International, 01865 512332; hamptons-int.com.
Stable conversion, one of eight apartments in the same Grade II listed block,
vaulted ceiling, original horsey features.
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Location: Windlesham, Berkshire
Guide price: £2.4m
Agent: Barton Wyatt, 01344 843000; bartonwyatt.co.uk.
A five-bedroom gated home with its own private island and (fish-stocked) lake,
plus an indoor heated swimming pool.
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Location: Chieveley, Berkshire
Guide price: £895,000
Agent: Strutt and Parker, 01635 521707;
struttandparker.com.
Converted stable block in need of a facelift, with five bedrooms, annexe and
large gardens. Plenty of active pottering areas, too: log store, tractor
store and wine store
Location: Ramsey, Essex
Guide price: £590,000
Agent: John D Wood, 01245 344222;
johndwood.co.uk.
Five-bed mill house, left, with ancient windmill in garden, sails still
intact. There’s an old coach house in the 2.2-acre grounds, currently used
for storage.
Location: Chiddingfold, Surrey
Guide price: £795,000
Agent: Hamptons International, 01483 417222,
hamptons-int.com.
One that’s already undergone extensive renovation is this characterful Gothic
chapel, pictured top right. It has four bedrooms, a courtyard garden and a
terrace. Well located right in the heart of the village.
Location: Downton, Hampshire
Guide price: £995,000
Agent: John D Wood, 01590 677233;
johndwood.co.uk.
Five-bedroom Apple Court can be divided into a main house (three bedrooms) and
guest annexe (two bedrooms). There’s a holiday cottage in the grounds
(rental £450-£700 per week), plus a barn with potential for development into
holiday lets, say the current owners. Walled gardens and a commercial
nursery too.
Location: Dartmouth, Devon
Guide price: offers in excess of £2m
Agent: Savills, 01392 455755;
savills.co.uk.
Perfect for the nautically minded retiree, The Keep (built 1856) is a stunning
five-bedroom fortress, offering sea views, huge gardens and high
stone walls.
Location: Paston, Norfolk
Guide price: £475,000
Agent: 01603 605510;
abbotts.co.uk
This three-bedroom cottage comes with its own tourist attraction, a 19th
century windmill. Stow Mill has been restored and is currently open to the
public, complete with a gift shop. The potential is there for a vibrant
business as well as a quirky place to live.
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