Summary - Castle Hill, Buckland Newton DT2 7DE
Two adjoining period cottages: one 2-bed, one 3-bed, each with private garden
A rare rural opportunity in Buckland Newton: two attractive semi-detached cottages set within the White House Farm holding. One cottage provides two bedrooms, the other three, each with good-sized private gardens and off-street parking. The pair share a yard and barn and sit on a substantial overall plot, offering scope for holiday lets, staff housing or extended family use (subject to consents).
The cottages are handsome period buildings with clay tiled roofs and double glazing added after 2002, but they require a degree of modernisation throughout. Services include mains electricity and water, private drainage (dated and likely non-compliant with current regs) and LPG-fired boiler heating to No.2. EPCs are mixed (G and E) and substantial upgrading will be needed to improve energy performance and bring drainage up to standard.
Practical positives include no flood risk, low local crime, affordable council tax and direct access to a large agricultural holding and farm buildings nearby. Broadband is very slow and mobile signal average — important considerations for holiday-let or remote-working plans. A historical free water supply arrangement exists but is due to end in about ten years; buyers should allow for future utility cost changes.
For an investor or buyer comfortable with renovation, these cottages present clear upside: period character, sizeable gardens, generous overall acreage nearby and flexible potential uses (STPP). Budget for building work, drainage replacement and energy improvements when assessing value and cash flow projections.
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