Here at Winging It we like to know what’s going on in the housing market, so our feathery ears pricked up (no idea if this is ornithologically accurate…) when we heard of an interesting new trend: the rise of the ’secret seller’.
Stacks Property Search tell us that a lot of estate agents are being approached [...]

Where do I start with this? Monty’s cottage, from ‘Withnail and I’ – one of the most quoted films EVER – is up for auction by Savills on 16th February.
It’s starting price is £145,000 but you just know it’s going to go through the roof as rich movie geeks get all misty eyed at the [...]

Actually, spend about 500,000 pennies and you could become the proud owner of this ex-public convenience in Parcllyn, Ceredigion.

The blurb states that it could be used as parking and/or storage, but come on, with a bit of imagination surely we can do better than that?
I’d rebrand it as ”LooLand – The Great British Public Convenience [...]

I know, you’re all probably sick of the whole US Presidential election. But rejoice readers; it’s all over now! And we couldn’t let it pass without some tenuous property-related blog now could we?
So even as Barack Obama is chasing George Bush around the grounds of the White House shouting “get orf moi laaaaand”, here are [...]

It was Miguel de Cervante’s birthday yesterday (happy birthday Mig, me old mucker) and so in honour of his most famous character Don Quixote, here are a few choice windmills for sale for him to tilt at.

Sadly they’re all lacking their sails, but I’m sure the Don would still have had a pop at them [...]

The witty Royals of Rent blog reveals that negotiators at Falcon and Foxglove (Burnley) have taken to burying statues of St Joseph in the gardens of properties they’re trying to sell.
St Joseph? Despite many years enduring the tender ministrations of Sisters of Mercy, Christian Brothers, Jesuits and Dominicans, this is a new one on me.

But [...]

I read that Gatwick Airport is up for sale, a snip at £1.8billion. It’s certainly not your average ‘property for sale’, but its particulars are impressive:

(original photos: johnsto and stormo66)

Ahhhh, Seattle – home of Sub Pop, Starbucks and mutant dogs.
Let me explain. The very amusing blog Photoshop Disasters led me to a very odd property listing in Shoreline, Seattle.
As I flicked through the photos all appeared to be in order: 4 bedrooms, large living room, modern kitchen.
But then on the 7th picture in the [...]

If an Englishman’s home is his castle, then it seems that an American’s home is his missile base.

Ten years ago businessman Bari Hotchkiss bought a decommissioned Titan Missile Base in Central Washington to be used as a summer camp for his children.
Just imagine…
“Hey kids, we’re off to summer camp!”
“Daddy, will we be climbing trees, swimming [...]