It is somewhat ironic that the banks have foreclosed on the developer of this former Grade II Listed Hotel that has been skilfully and sympathetically divided into six houses, particularly as they were the instigators of this recession; their unabashed greed has lead to all of this misery. Never mind, they have kindly stepped in and forced the sale – wasn’t that good of them? It’s proved they know little of banking; I wonder how much they know much about developing property, but they’ve got to do something. Anyway all of that to one side, my Clients have found a very pleasant house a short distance, six straight-ish miles from the nearest large town, almost in the peace and quiet of the countryside. Almost – the London train hurtles past fairly regularly and although it’s in a cutting, it can be heard. The country lane is also used as a bit of a race track, and well, like the train they too hurtle past, which may be a little annoying. The developer has done a good job on it’s conversion and it’s extremely well fitted out, but they left out a couple of bricks in a hidden gable wall at roof level, and because this is the countryside, in came the bats…   more »