Sharon Dale

The pandemic and its lockdowns put a rocket under the sale of rural and coastal homes as working from home became “a thing” and we looked for an escape from towns and cities and dreamed of fresh air and fabulous scenery.

This cottage in the sought after village of Shepley comes with equestrian facilities and a fabulous treehouse. The property has a sitting room with an inglenook fireplace, a second reception room/formal dining room, and an open plan dining kitchen plus a utility room.

The recent The Yorkshires. Residential Real Estate Awards organised by The Yorkshire Children’s Charity were a resounding success in celebrating the sector and rewarding those who have been judged outstanding. The awards event also raised much-needed funds for the charity. Here are this year’s winners: Richard Irving of ID Planning who won the Lifetime Achievement award.

The latest House Price Index from property website Zoopla reveals that 2024 is set to be a bumper year for house sales. Rising incomes combined with average mortgage rates at their lowest for two years, have resulted in the highest level of new sales since late 2020.

The trajectory of Hebden Bridge from a mill town in decline to one of the most sought-after places to live, started with hippies, the original real ones, not the well-heeled yuppy hippies who came later.

Former punk rock roadie, police officer, vicar, exorcist and now a best-selling novelist, Graham Taylor, better known in the literary world as GP Taylor, has had an interesting life and one that has most certainly helped inform the books that he writes, including his first best-seller Shadowmancer.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced her plans on spending and taxation. There were several policies affecting residential property starting with an increase in the stamp duty land tax for second/additional homes from two per cent to five per cent, applicable from tomorrow, Thursday October 31.

Those of us who are regularly glued to TV programmes featuring property renovation and self builds will know that what can go wrong often does go wrong leading to a huge amount of stress re budget, timescales and relationships. It’s not unheard of for couples to call it a day during or just after the project, though they are in the minority.

Whitby is a Mecca for those who love Georgian architecture thanks to its profitable heyday as a port, which is one of the reasons why self-confessed “Georgiafiles” Richard and Jane Pottas were keen to move there.

In the antiques world, “having a good eye” is a compliment that recognises a person’s ability to spot something of quality and/or interest and there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence to show that it can be inherited. Lizzie Mills is a prime example. Her father is John Tennant, who founded an auctioneering and estate agency business in his home town of Middleham in 1971.