Rhuthun / Ruthin

As you might expect, there’s a spring in the step of the housing market this season. Since we last looked at this , some two dozen property owners have joined the market. A couple of these have already reduced their asking price. A further half dozen …

Earlier, when we looked at the Rhuthun/Ruthin housing market , we hinted about something significant as regards residential rentals. On January 13th, Porth y Dŵr was put up for let.  Compared to Railway Terrace, Porth y Dŵr seems reasonably priced Por…

This post features dwellings for sale. There's also an interesting development on lettings that will be the subject of a later article. One of Rhuthun/Ruthin's more unusual homes found its way onto the market in October. It's Greyholme, Gr…

Talking of industrial units (as we were yesterday ), Denbighshire council's 20,000 sq ft former Hen Lôn Parcwr social services Canol y Dre premises is on the market for £500,000. You have 13 days in which to submit an informal tender (by 12.00 noo…

It's been a month since the final tenants moved in .  In early autumn sunshine, Clwyd Alyn's Glasdir estate looks swish I've not spoken to anyone who has a bad thing to say about the design of the new Clwyd Alyn estate next to Taylor Wimpe…

Informed sources say that today will see the last of Clwyd Alyn's tenants moving in to the new Glasdir site . This is the tenanted one adjacent to Taylor Wimpey's market housing. Clwyd Alyn's will then be completed.  The site was controver…

£750,000 seems excessive for a house with zero reception room and zero bathrooms Marked as sold subject to contract within exactly one week of joining the housing market is Argoed, behind upper Mwrog Street. You approach the house along a curved drive…

We do enjoy looking at estate agent speak . They're fair game, don't you agree. Perhaps as a prelude to the Sunday Times judging Rhuthun/Ruthin to be the best place in Wales to live , the Cavendish Ikin blog has run an article on 'Five Rea…

Two grade II listed properties are currently on the market in Rhuthun/Ruthin.  The Wynnstay Purple Bricks calls it 'stunning and substantial'. Half of the former Wynnstay Arms, all seven bedrooms, is up for sale at £400,000. This is the part c…

The shot the Sunday Times chose to illustrate Rhuthun was unexpected It's out. The Sunday Times 'Best Places to Live' guide. So, what does it say about the Welsh winner , Rhuthun/Ruthin? And, how accurate is it? We liked the Old Courthouse…

Forget our empty streets, partly-closed-in-summer tourist attractions, a general shabbiness, cars everywhere and the infighting between groups... in the news this morning is the Sunday Times 2023 analysis of the best places to live in the UK. The news…

It didn't take long for someone to fall for the spin from Holywell's Tate Rowland estate agency and it was on September 9th that probably 15th or 16th century Bryn Clwyd, Clwyd Street, was placed on the market with them.  It's the sort of …

2023 is the year of returns and the latest is Open Doors. Though this is held over the weekend, it was noticeable that yesterday, Saturday, was the day when most premises' doors were open. A significant number had been open in previous years but s…

We learnt recently that one of our newest residents who moved this spring, late of Sussex and who now lives in Pwllglas, chose the Rhuthun/Ruthin area not because of our fine heritage and streetscape, not because of our quality schools or our sense of…