More Property Madness in Salcombe

Just when you think house prices can't go anymore loopy along come another rash of hugely priced houses! These are surely pushing the boundaries of what is possible!

Batson House

The most expensive one is in Batson, acorss the creek from Salcombe, so it's a good 30min walk into Salcombe town centre. The pictures look lovely but in reality you only get 2.5 hours either side of high tide so there are going to be long periods sat in your garden looking at mud!

Anchor Watch

I stayed in this apartment years ago when some relatives rented it, the views to the entrance of Salcombe Harbour are truly spectacular! Since then the current owner bought the top 2 apartments and knocked them trough into one huge open plan apartment...it's pretty special.

Monstrosity!!

And as for this ?!?!?! Who the hell is going to buy that and who the hell agreed the planning permission. What aspect of Salcombe does it actually fit in with? The Salcombe Town Council should be ashamed!

Rugbt Great Martin Johnson to move to Salcombe?

I have from a reliable source discovered that none other than Martin Johnson is looking for a house in the Salcombe area!

He recently viewed this waterfront property on Curlew Drive near Kingsbridge. Nice if you can afford it!

He would join the local rugby list of Clive Woodward (old Methodist Church Salcombe) and Salcombe's own Julian White, who seems to own half of Kingsbridge!

It's also another great opportunity to show my favourite YouTube clip. It's what England have been missing since he retired....perhaps now we will get back that winning mentality!

Salcombe, Britains 6th Richest Town!

So we managed number 6 in the Telegraph's top 50 richest towns in Britain! Pretty amazing for a once sleepy fishing/boat building town in Devon. What is quite incredible is the average income for Salcombe residents can't be much over £12k a year! The boom in second home owners has bought wealth to the town but at the expense of local industries and people...I suppose the question is would Salcombe have survived without this injection of wealth??

Who knows....

Salcombe, One of Britains Richest Towns

Salcombe is officially one of Britain's top 50 richest towns, according to a survey by Savills and the Daily Telegraph. The richest towns 50-41 were revealed today and by Saturday we will know the top 10.


I'll keep you updated and lets see where Salcombe comes out! With an average house price around the £400k mark it must be near the top, although, as yet we are some way off Sandbanks prices!