Another choice bit of British real estate goes on the market
For a mere £925,000 English pounds, you can own Willy House.
No, that’s not its official name, but I didn’t make it up, either. Schoolchildren did, it says here.
It looks like a perfectly nice 17th Century house of some size. Five bedrooms, stable block, separate one-bedroom cottage.
But it is all rather overshadowed by the topiary. The shrubs are at least a couple hundred years old, though nobody knows how long they’ve been carved into giant tallywhackers. It predates the current owner, who’s lived there for 20 years.
It isn’t on the estate agent’s site, for some reason. Looking around, somebody paid £279,000 for this (guide price £60,000 – £70,000). That will be a property developer. Say farewell to Potato Cottage.
Bastards.
October 14, 2021 — 4:45 pm
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