Conservation Group

Village Values

In a Sunday Times article last year it was suggested that the following features in a village would add to the value of property. Read on…

• Village Shop/Post Office; (Yes and yes, add about £5,000)
• Population less than 5,000 (Just?),
• and in Domesday Book (Yes, add £1,000).
• Public House listed by CAMRA, Good Food or Good Pub Guide, (Not yet? But Betley lost theirs, so add £5,000 anyway.
• Church, medieval with spire in historic setting, and Chapel, (Almost yes, yes, add £10,000 -.and donate it to them?…..)
• Schools, good primary with small class sizes, (Yes, add up to 10% premium, and more for the other good schools here)
• Community Groups (Yes, good)..but these have no financial influence, (bad)….but do have a feelgood factor, (good)..and friendliness can sway buyer’s decision…(assuming you want to sell, but good anyway).

Add all this up, plus

• Car accessory shop
• Newsagents
• Off-licence
• Butchers
• Indian Restaurant/Takeaway
• Chinese Takeaway
• Italian Takeaway
• Fish and Chip Shop
• Doctors’ Surgery

• Dentists
• Pharmacy
• Bus service in two directions
• Access to Wales
• Peak District
• Lake District
• Moorlands
• Big Pool with free fishing
• Lovely surroundings