Property news


Portelet boathouse sold to local couple for £200k

A LOCAL family bought the Boathouse at Portelet for £200,000 at an auction on Saturday.


Open market to stay, but under new rules

GUERNSEY’S housing open market will continue to exist, but under stricter States control, if deputies accept proposals published today.


States houses sale could raise £430m.

PROPOSALS to sell the entire States housing stock could net a bonanza payout of more than £430m.


Martel Maides in TRP dispute

A DISAGREEMENT over the definition of what constitutes retail activity has led to Martel Maides appealing its TRP valuation.


States property may be used for emergency social housing

A STATES property could get a new lease of life, providing vital emergency housing.


Property draw winner’s son has an eye on prize

A CIVIL SERVANT and his wife won the first prize in the Sarnia Estate Agents Property Lottery draw which took place on Saturday to raise money for the Guernsey Cheshire Home.


‘Town is blighted by modern development’

TOWN has been blighted by ‘undistinguished’ developments for too long, according to John McCormack, whose book, The Guernsey House, is the definitive work on older houses in the island.


GE ‘not after commercial gain through property development’

DEVELOPING its Vale Avenue properties could ‘distract the company from its core activity of electricity supply’, Guernsey Electricity has said.


Piece of Guernsey heritage to be sold

A FORMER boathouse near Portelet harbour is expected to sell for more than £100,000 at auction next month.


High demand for apartments at One St Julian’s Avenue

HALF of the apartments in the first phase of a large St Peter Port redevelopment project were reserved within hours of being released.

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