Do you live in a listed building? Clive Aslet, writing in the latest edition of Savills Barometer magazine, feels your pain – and your joy. Clive is the proud owner of a Grade I listed house in Ramsgate and knows that while caring for a piece of Britain’s history can be hard work, the rewards are enormous.
Contrary to common belief, says Clive, you can make changes to a listed building: “My advice to owners wanting to alter a listed building would be: proceed with tact.” But, he continues, “the pangs suffered during a project will end up as nothing more damaging than good dinner party stories."
These listed houses are some of the finest on the lettings and residential market.