15 PERFECT PROJECTS
MOST people are prepared to do some work to a new home, maybe painting the walls or even replacing the kitchen. But to take on a complete renovation project takes determination, patience and a flexible budget. If planned and executed well, saving a wreck can be a way to create your spacious or historic dream home in a location that might otherwise be financially out of your reach.
So are you prepared to go from wrecks to riches by taking on one of these 15 renovation projects? 1. Caernarfon
£99,950 Looking like something from a set of a Gothic horror movie, this substantial Grade II listed detached house was a former rugby club.
Close to the town centre, the castle, and the waterfront, this unique house might give a new owner the opportunity to create a one-off residential and/or commercial property, subject to obtaining the necessary planning permissions, which hopefully won’t be a horror story. 2. Maenan, near Conwy
Offers in the region of £150,000 Anyone moving into this property needs to ask the mould to move out first.
This semi-derelict, three-bedroom cottag, definitely does not have an interior design look that’s popular this season.
However, what it does have is the bones of a characterful and charming cottage, complete with stone fireplaces and flagstone flooring, plus stunning views of the Conwy Valley. Call the Conwy branch of Beresford Adams on 01492 250095. 3. Penparc, near Cardigan £139,950 Enter at your own risk if you want to view the inside of this very dilapidated property.
The property is believed to have originally been four cottages, but now there’s only one decision to make: kill it or cure it. Planning permission will need to be secured on both options.
The sale comes with about 1.25 acres of land. 4. Cardiff Offers in excess of £275,000 Situated on the Taff embankment in Grangetown, there are a wealth of original features still intact inside this traditional four-bedroom semidetached house, such as fireplaces and floor tiles. Built in 1928, it’s time to welcome this property to the year 2018. 5. Holywell, Flintshire
£150,000 Apparently the few walls of stone used to be two structures. A detached stone cottage including a former garage plus a stone-built galvanised roofed building.
This former cottage is situated in an enviable, elevated position enjoying panoramic views over the Dee Estuary and beyond. 6. Beaumaris
£425,000 This pretty in pink three-storey terraced home looks perfect from the outside, and is in a pretty perfect position, situated on Beaumaris seafront. There are panoramic southerly views over the Menai Strait to the Snowdonia mountain range in the distance.
But inside the view isn’t quite as pretty. The house is tired rather than dilapidated and will need complete modernisation. 7. Rhosgoch, Anglesey
£175,000 This barn sits in approximately one acre of land, is spacious inside and still has many of the roof timbers,
frame trusses and old stable dividers still in place. What is also in place is planning permission for the conversion.
For sale with Williams & Goodwin, call the Llangefni branch on 01248 751000. 8. Gryn Goch, Gwynedd
Offers in the region of £259,950 Two renovations for the price of one with this sale, a detached and characterful cottage plus an outbuilding that comes with full planning consent for conversion into three holiday cottages.
Throw into the sale approximately 2.8 acres of land in an elevated position with distant sea views and maybe this is the perfect double restoration for someone who wants to live and work on the same site. Call estate agent Morgan Evans on 01248 723303. 9. Near Llandeilo £650,000 This derelict 18th century mansion called Cefn Cethin Manor has the potential to become a substantial five bedroom property.
There are also approximately 65 acres and several outbuildings including two barns and the coach house. Call estate agent BJP residential on 01558 822468. 10. Llandrindod Wells Offers in the region of £399,950 There’s so much on offer here that once renovated and developed this plot becomes almost a mini village.
There’s the restoration of the farmhouse including a two-storey extension, plus planning in place for four barn conversions.
In total there are five dwellings to develop. Call Holters Estate & Letting agents on 01743 832436. 11. Cellan, near Cardigan
£125,000 A cute semi-detached Grade II listed two-bedroom cottage in a rural location, complete with walled garden and babbling brook. This cutie could be the rural dream once the restoration hard work is complete.
Inside many original features have survived including fireplaces.
Get in touch with the Cardigan branch of West Wales properties on 01239 615915. 12. Llannerchymedd, Anglesey
Offers in the region of £195,000 There’s a lot of house on offer as part of this property sale, plus approximately 1.8 acres of land and numerous outbuildings. Inside the substantial house there’s no upstairs floor but there is a ladder. A spacious property with loads of potential. Call purplebricks on 0121 396 0881. 13. Swansea £39,000 guide price It’s not just former country manors and listed cottages that are looking for a restoration hero, there are plenty of homes on the market in a lower price bracket in need of some TLC.
If you’re a first-time buyer and getting on the property ladder is your dream, this might just be the home for you. Call purplebricks on 0121 396 0881. 14. Ferryside, Carmarthenshire £500,000 guide price Iscoed Mansion has all the potential to be an outstanding dream home, to someone with a vast amount of imagination, experience and budget.
Once the home of British Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton, the highest-ranking officer to be killed at the Battle of Waterloo, the Grade II listed property consists of a main three-storey Georgian house with matching wings on either side, plus a rear building which creates an enclosed central courtyard. Contact auction house South Wales on 029 2047 5184. 15. Pembroke Dock
Offers in the region of £1.2m This 20-sided Grade II listed Victorian fort called The Defensible Barracks has a dry moat, an internal parade ground and an array of design features to ensure enemies are kept out.
You will be a friend of the fort if you take this on and convert the remaining sections into a potential mix of residential and commercial units including realising the planning already in place for a 56-bed hotel. Call purplebricks on 0121 396 0881.