Derelict - Trovit Property. Wreck of the week: Big London. A handful of properties caught my eye in Allsop's auction catalogue, including this derelict mortuary in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. It's on the market with planning permission to extend the existing building to create a two-bedroomed detached house. Incidentally, the auction details suggest this is land for sale, but I had a look at the planning permission and it's definitely to convert and extend the existing building.
What I really liked about this property is the second picture; of the garden and greenhouse behind the mortuary. Just the idea that the mortician whiled away between-body times growing tomatoes... I also liked the look of the former Methodist church in Milford Haven, below, with garden views out to sea (ignoring the dockside industrial units!). It has a guide price of £55k-£65k. Details here. Follow the link to this amazing derelict factory in London E8. "NB. Hmm... quite a promise that, anyone else thinking gritty East End drama and general unpleasantness?!
Wreck of the week: Two chapels, a water tower and waterworks for sale (but, ssh!, the factory's a secret) Two emails prompted me to dig around commercial property lists today for buried treasures. One was from Karl and Natalie, they of the mammoth church restoration project previously featured on WOW, and the other from a work colleague who is about to put the family's house on the market in order to buy a factory.
Karl wrote of the church above: "An interesting property near me, it catches my eye every time I drive past. If I had the money I would add it to my collection! " The Bethel Chapel, on Welshpool Road, Newtown, is up for sale at a recently reduced price of £200k. There's limited information here (scroll down the page). The second floor is a three-bedroom, open-plan flat; the ground floor is 1700sqft of workshop area, plus 600sqft of basement for a nifty under £80k.