Estate agents are beginning to bring staff back to work as people become desperate to move house – as London faces a potential 10 per cent slump in house prices. Chestertons has returned some of its lettings staff after seeing a 28% increase in requests to view its rental properties as Britons start thinking about … Read more
Euromillions winner Adrian Bayford is trying to save a state-of-the-art games room he built on his sprawling £10 million country estate without permission. The multi-millionaire, who scooped £148 million eight years ago with wife Gillian, stripped out a garage and replaced a leaking roof to turn the outbuilding into a snooker room and cinema with … Read more
Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor lost his job and home after false allegations of sexual abuse were made against him. Now, five years on, I can reveal that he has moved back into his former home on the Belvoir Castle estate owned by the Duke and Duchess of Rutland. Proctor resigned as the Duke’s £40,500-a-year … Read more
Peer’s estate is slammed after its Facebook page criticised lockdown as ‘saving the NHS, bankrupting everyone else’ in ill-judged post that was deleted following complaints Grade II estate of Lord Somerleyton posted criticism of lockdown on Facebook Page criticised shutdown for ‘saving the NHS, bankrupting everyone else’ Somerleyton Hall is held by hotel owner Hugh … Read more
The sprawling eighty-acre country estate that was once home to wartime actress has gone on the market for an eye-watering £10million. ‘Stunning historic’ Grade II listed Dunsborough Park, located in Ripley, Surrey spanned out from a modest Tudor farmhouse into a grand estate owned by Florence Desmond that attracted some of Hollywood’s biggest names. Breathtaking … Read more
Estate agents under fire for offering viewings during the coronavirus outbreak By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:12 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 00:26 BST, 29 April 2020 Estate agents have been accused of putting lives at risk by continuing to carry out viewings during the coronavirus outbreak. A bitter internal row … Read more
Missing estate agent Chelsie Dack is feared to have taken her own life after she wrote on Facebook about her struggles with life in lockdown. Chelsie, 23, said life was getting ‘scarier by the day’ and that she had ‘really underestimated this current situation’. Norfolk Police stopped searching for her after CCTV footage showed Chelsie … Read more
The heartbroken family of a missing 23-year-old woman fear she could have taken her own life after disappearing from her home. Chelsie Dack was reported missing from her flat in High Street, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, in the early hours of Monday. On Tuesday evening, Chelsie’s mother Dawn Howell shared an online post by Emma Halls, an … Read more
A mansion in the stunning Lake Tahoe estate made famous by Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part II has been placed on the market for a cool $5.5 million – an offer that some may find difficult to refuse. Located on the Fleur du Lac Estate, the sprawling 4200-square-foot property provided the backdrop to many … Read more
Quackers! The wine estate that unleashes 1,600 DUCKS into its vineyards to keep them free from pests Vergenoegd Löw The Wine Estate in South Africa unleashes Indian runner ducks into its vineyards The ducks happily dine on snails and insects, which allows the estate to be less reliant on pesticides They walk, rather than waddle, … Read more