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hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 8:49 am Post subject: House & 1 acre for sale Lincolnshire

A bit cheeky of me to do this but my late grandmothers house is for sale, I can't bare the thought of anyone living there who she wouldn't like! I think she'd like you guys so anyone interested?!.

Based between Sleaford and Ruskington in Lincolnshire.
5 bedroom house
Approx 30ft living rm
Approx 20ft dining rm
A 'daytime' living room
Kitchen
Entrance porch
Large upstairs landing/open space
Bathroom
Downstairs loo

Set back from river slea which runs down the edge of the garden.

Set on 1 acre (maybe a bit more)

LOADS of out buildings, a couple of which are 2 storey.

Needs a bit of doing up but you could live in it for years without doing a thing.

NEGATIVE POINTS:
A private road which runs from the main road has a railway crossing which you have open yourself. This is nice as it offers a bit of security but in winter its a pain in the ass!

Is up for £250,000

Being sold thro Humberts in Sleaford (will find number)

(There is a resident goose for Tahir to play with!)

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45434
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 9:26 am Post subject:
Sounds great (apart from the goose), you can't get much for that price in Essex

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 9:53 am Post subject:

It does sound very nice. I rather like Lincolnshire too. It's still not for me though (I need more wood, and possibly a better climate) but I hope you find someone to love it Hils, and if they don't I hope Granny Hils pops by to haunt them

Just in case other people are interested, what do you mean by a "daytime" living room and does the proximity of the river have any advantages or disadvantages (thinking fishing, flooding, and people nosing from boats)

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 2:16 pm Post subject:
Have humberts put it on their website? I couldn't find it (did find one or two other nice looking properties, though!) I don't think I can pursuade hubby to move that far north yet, but I'll try!

Gertie

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 1638
Location: Yorkshire

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 3:52 pm Post subject:
Lincolnshire is a lovely county - with some beautiful properties. Remember, folks, you normally get more for your money up this end of the country (listen, I'll do anything to get downsizer membership away from Essex/Wales )

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 9:03 pm Post subject:

Gertie wrote:

Lincolnshire is a lovely county - with some beautiful properties.

Remember, folks, you normally get more for your money up this end of the country (listen, I'll do anything to get downsizer membership away from Essex/Wales

)

only as long as you don't want to live anywhere near the A1!

I've been (not very seriously, I admit) looking around there for a while. I don't necessarily want a lot of land - I'd be happy with a big garden and a small house we could extend later, but I want solitude. I'm fed up of listening to 27 lawnmowers all weekend! I'm sure there are places up there, but I promised I wouldn't look properly until we sold this place, otherwise I'll just be cross cos I missed out on a dream property!

pricey

Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 6444

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 9:23 pm Post subject:
[quote="Bugs"](I need more wood, and possibly a better climate) Portugal

Goxhill

Joined: 27 Mar 2005
Posts: 245
Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Wed May 11, 05 9:39 pm Post subject:
The climate isn't so bad - we're on the dry side of the country. It is a bit treeless though - although the Woodland Trust is based in Grantham which always seems a bit ironic to me! Trying to place where it is - must have driven past it quite often.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 12:02 am Post subject:
Sounds like a good price for a Downsizer. Nice little plot too. Hope it sells well.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 12:03 am Post subject:
Hope this doesn't put people off, but is it at risk of flooding, being so close to the river?

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 6:12 pm Post subject:

No where near the A1 - you have to drive to Grantham first!

Its on the edge of Sleaford, on the road to Skegness on your right. Sleaford is a mile away.

The river does flood but has never got into the house.

I don't think that Humberts will have taken pictures yet.

Yes she probably will haunt anyone who lives there - only if she doesn't like them. It is really beautiful and holds many many lovely childhood memories

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 6:20 pm Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

A room you would do work in in the day, its next to the kitchen, but not the dining room! We spent most of our time in there having a cuppa doing paper work etc.

See above re flooding.

The river Slea isn't navigated but the water ways people were trying to navigate it but my nan put a stop to it for various reasons. The river bed cracked in the draughts in the 70's and would take a hell of alot of money to raise the level to get anything but a rowing boat down - they'd have to go over a 8 ft waterfall first!

My nan did stock the river between the waterfall and 'end lock' with trout. But there was a bad chemical spillage a couple of years back which wiped most of them out. Things are back to normal now though.

H

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 6:33 pm Post subject:
Ok got a map now! Find Sleaford Lincolnshire. There is a road (A153) going north from sleaford - the first turning right (which leads to Evedon) you can see a railway line crossing it then a river. Its on the bit where the first river you come to crosses the road. Does that make any sense at all??!!!

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Fri May 20, 05 4:44 pm Post subject:
https://www.fastcropit.com/hugr/html/templates/details.cfm?id=hugr167793# This is it - hope link works

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 05 5:34 pm Post subject:

OK guys the sale has fallen through

You know you want it!

Its empty and I know about everything there is to know about it now, good & bad.

Soil is amazing - like a shop brought bag of compost. 10ft green house - out buildings enough for work shops & stables. There's one that would be an amazing annex - 2 storey.

Is the hard sell working yet???

A walled garden perfect for veg (about 1/3 acre) same size garden. The other 1/3 acre of land is what the house & out buildings stand on.

There will be the opportunity to rent grazing land for horses from me. I will have approx 7 acres to let.

This IS a downsizers ideal opportunity to make a real go of things.

Hils

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