The property converted by award-winning developer Michael McNamara Associates is set in a large plot

The property, converted by award-winning developer Michael McNamara Associates, is set in a large plot, and built around a large courtyard area, ideal for summer parties or for simply keeping an eye on children.The interior features vaulted ceilings and plenty of exposed brickwork, a 40ft sitting room, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It is priced at £475,000.Indeed, for those prepared or able to move out of town, former agricultural buildings provide an ample supply of one-storey properties. The Stockyard is a barn conversion built on the edge of the village of Syderstone near Burnham Market in north Norfolk. We will not see his like again.
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Rimonabant, made by the French company Sanofi-Synthelabo, has been shown in two separate American trials to speed weight loss in overweight patients and to double the number of people stopping smoking while preventing subsequent weight gain.The twin effects of rimonabant on two of the Western world’s dominant cravings could give it a crucial advantage over other drugs on the market. Built in the Seventies, it has large picture windows overlooking the large south-facing garden – in that decade plots were often much larger, too. One of three properties on the private road, the four-bedroom property also features a large open-plan L-shaped sitting/dining room, kitchen and breakfast room and double garage, and is on the market for £499,000.In the village of Holbeton, South Devon, Brent House is a detached three-bedroom single-storey home that was redesigned and completely renovated 12 years ago.

Set in around three-quarters of an acre, it has been modernised with features such as floor-to-ceiling windows and a triple-window patio door that overlooks the rear garden with countryside views. The first route is to look for properties built in eras when one-storey buildings were not the rarity that they are today.In Cranleigh, Surrey, 2 Collingdon Court is a one-storey detached house. Single-storey properties include that most derided of property types, the bungalow, while in the context of the densities suggested in the Government’s PPG3 planning guidance, new-build developers would seem to be embracing the three- and four-storey townhouse with low footprint to square footage ratio with unseemly haste.But for those who want to stay on the level, there are still plenty of options, although apartments aside, these are greatly increased if you venture outside the large towns and cities. In fact, the contemporary loft style is much easier to achieve in a property that is all on one level.”It must be said that opportunities for those looking to live the single-storey life would not appear promising. She bought a one-storey property that quite frankly was totally outdated but she has turned it into something very contemporary, all stripped floors and hole-in-the-wall fireplaces. We sold one place recently to a single woman who commutes to her work at an art gallery in London. Andrea Davies, of agent Henry Adams in Sussex, says that having the entire living accommodation on one level appeals to a far wider range of people than is typically thought.”In our experience, families certainly like it So do younger people without children, and increasingly so.

We decided that the living space in an apartment was much more usable because you lose all the dead spaces that stairs and hallways take up, not to mention saving on all that legwork if you happen to forget a book or an item of clothing two floors up.”It is a myth that only those who find stairs physically difficult hanker after the single-storey life. It is a hop and a skip from a park where the children can play, and is also close to the Underground station.
“We are dedicated townies, so we like to be able to get out, whether to the theatres in the West End or to children’s activities,” says Ian. “But what really got us down when we lived in a house were the stairs. But in a reversal of the usual progression from apartment to house that usually goes with a growing family, the Allens recently sold their four-storey period house and moved into a three-bedroom apartment just down the road.

Their new home is at The Academy in Vauxhall, London, a development of 55 apartments in a converted Edwardian school building with a newly built wing by Copthorn Homes. They both work in the City and take full advantage of the rich cultural life the capital has to offer. They also live in a property chosen to suit their lifestyle – which includes being parents to Jake, five, and Daniel, two. The rent on the curry shop is just £10,800 a year, which means the owner of the flats will have to rent them very well to get a decent yield.. Kate Allen and her husband Ian are archetypal urbanites. In addition, certain types of shop make the flats difficult to let – any business that starts early and closes late, for example, or creates noise and smells.The Savills auction featured a pair of shops with a flat extending over both, in Stanwell, Middlesex, which fetched £266,000 The rental income on the shops totals £18,800. One of the shops is a chip shop, however, with the risk that the smell of fat frying will severely limit the rent that can be charged for the flat upstairs.Andrews & Robertson sold a take-away curry shop with three vacant flats above in Tulse Hill, south London, for £425,000.