Property
Development bids wanted for Royal High School
The former Royal High School has been put on the open market by the City of Edinburgh Council. It is giving interested parties the chance to submit development proposals in return for a long lease of the building. The council’s finance and resources committee agreed in January in a private session that the historic and…
Read MoreTake a look inside Scotland’s Home of the Year 2021
The Moss – a beautiful Georgian renovation in rural Killearn – has been crowned the winner of 2021’s Scotland’s Home of the Year. It was revealed on Wednesday night in the finale of the popular BBC Scotland series, filmed at Glasgow’s iconic House For An Art Lover. A fourth series of the popular property show,…
Read MoreScotland’s Home of the Year to be unveiled tonight
The time has come – Scotland’s Home of the Year 2021 is to be revealed today. Judges – Anna Campbell Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers – convene at the iconic House for an Art Lover to decide which of the nine regional finalists will win the prestigious title. From Shetland to the Borders, Skye…
Read MoreA beautiful property with a pond for £1.6 million+
A stunning six-bedroom home in Edinburgh’s Morningside has been brought to the property market. Presented by Rettie and Co, Trafalgar House is a rarely found detached Georgian villa set within a spectacular stone wall-enclosed garden featuring a large expanse of lawn, two ancient monkey puzzle trees, apple and cherry trees as well as a fishpond.…
Read MoreFinal contenders in Scotland’s Home of the Year
A period pink property in Killearn competes with a Victorian terrace and a townhouse in Glasgow for the last place in the final of Scotland’s Home of the Year. Judges Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers visit homes in Glasgow and the Clyde Valley starting with a Georgian renovation in Killearn – The Moss.…
Read MoreHead for the Highlands in home of the year hunt
This week, the judges head to the Highlands in their search for Scotland’s Home of the Year. Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers consider three homes in Aviemore, Inverness and the Beauly Firth. They start with Saltire House, a new-build in Aviemore, home to Ian and Myra and their dogs, Blue and Max. This…
Read MoreLooking to Lothian for Scotland’s Home of the Year
Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers look to Lothian to find the next contender for Scotland’s Home of the Year. They start with Castle Glimpse, a corner tenement flat in Leith with views of Edinburgh Castle. Built in 1815, the property has been home to Matt since 2019. What was once a dilapidated and…
Read MoreScotland leads the way with pet-friendly property rentals
Scotland is the most pet-friendly place in the UK when it comes to property rentals which allow pets. According to Google Trends, searches for ‘pets’ has increased by 60% over the last three years. As a nation of pet lovers, more than two in five bought a puppy to be their Covid-19 companion, and two-thirds…
Read MoreHome of the Year search hits Orkney and Shetland
The judges are Shetland and Orkney bound in this week’s search for Scotland’s Home of the Year. Interior designer Anna Campbell-Jones, architect Michael Angus and lifestyle blogger Kate Spiers start off their judging with a self-build in Burra in the West of Shetland. Da Hen Run is a one-and-a-half storey, Scandinavian style wooden frame house,…
Read MoreHome of the year search heads to central Scotland
In the fifth episode of Scotland’s Home of the Year, the judges travel round Central Scotland in their search for homes with unique style, design and architecture. Interior designer Anna Campbell-Jones, architect Michael Angus and lifestyle blogger Kate Spiers explore an industrial new build in Fife, a house filled with fun in Dunblane and a…
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