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KINOULTON, NOTTS
Leave town with the £225,000 proceeds from your Hammersmith flat for this period cottage in the Nottinghamshire village of Kinoulton. The spacious interior has exposed beams in the sitting and dining rooms and oak units in the kitchen/breakfast room, from which there are steps down to a walk-in pantry and utility room. Three bedrooms with sash windows and fitted wardrobes, and a family bathroom are on the first floor. Courtyard style gardens feature an outbuilding, original well with pump, colourful borders, as well as cherry and mock orange blossom trees. Journey time into London by train from nearby Grantham is about 70 minutes.
Through Humberts (0115 950 5444).
LUTTERWORTH, LEICS
Buy a character home dating back 500 years for £250,000 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. This charming black-andwhite timbered thatch is full of period details including an inglenook fireplace in the dining hall, beamed ceiling in the sitting room and quarry floor tiles in the kitchen. A beamed landing has access to a loft and doors to a bathroom and three bedrooms with storage space. A pretty garden at the rear is screened by shrubs and incorporates a courtyard area and listed brick store. Market Harborough to St Pancras is about 75 minutes. Contact Andrew Granger and Co (01858 431315).
