Country houses for sale
Guides and advice
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Footpaths and rights of way usage
A quick guide to the number of different ways in which members of the public, or others, may have rights over your land
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How to avoid chains breaking
In this cooler market, property transactions often grind to a halt as parts of the chain break. Cheryl Markosky has a few tips on how to keep the show on the road
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In the market for a chateau
International celebrities, successful businessmen and European aristocrats have all been drawn to what are perhaps France's most beautiful homes
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Homes for four seasons
In a climate of global warming, few resorts make the grade for genuine four-seasonality. Liz Rowlinson selects the best mountain resorts that combine snow and summer sun
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Prime Marbella market
Behind the headlines lie two different markets on the Costa del Sol
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Creating my idyll in Andalucía
Five years ago, Simon Munro Kerr abandoned the bitter winters of Jura in the Inner Hebrides and took on a tumbledown farm in the hills of Andalucía
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£1m country house market
Prime country house buyers are turning against commuter-belt counties and heading west on the quest for the rural idyll
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French châteaux: the regions
What can you expect to buy in the most popular château regions of France
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Property in Mykonos
It's deceptively laid back but deeply fashionable so the demand for property on Mykonos means that prices bear no realtion to the other islands
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How extensions add value
Adding an extension in the current uneasy market can increase the value of your house, says a new study
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How to lay a fire
Fires are cheaper, more cheerful and use up spare sticks. Tessa Waugh tells us all we need to know about open fires
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Phil Spencer’s property comment
As the property market wakes up after the summer, Phil Spencer says that the buyer-seller chain is under increasing threat from gazundering
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Guide to Durham
From Country Life's guide to England's counties
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Guide to Devon
From Country Life's guide to England's counties
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County guide to Cheshire
From Country Life's Guide to England's counties
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Digging out the basement
Basement projects are expensive exercises but when matched against the costs of moving, they start to add up
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Registering village greens
Duck feeding and blackberrying are some of the important pastimes undertaken on village greens. Roderick Easdale explains how to protect them from developers
