Index 04 — Autumn release
Carrow Hill · Slate Quarter · Northgate Fields · Harbour TerracesBasalt Studio keeps a short index on purpose. We take a handful of houses at a time, photograph them properly, and tell you what a survey is likely to find before you spend a Saturday on it.
Current index
Each entry is written after a full walk-through. Where there is something to flag — a flat roof nearing its end, a shared drive, a boiler on borrowed time — it is in the description, not withheld until the survey.
BS-041 · Carrow Hill
Architect-built in the early seventies and sympathetically reworked. Double-height hall, west-facing reception. The single-storey flat roof was recovered four years ago; the main roof will want attention within the decade.
BS-038 · Slate Quarter
Top-floor conversion in a former bobbin mill. Original cast columns retained, kitchen replaced last spring. Lift access to all floors. Service charge covers the roof and the courtyard, and the sinking fund is healthy.
BS-044 · Northgate Fields
Single storey around a sheltered courtyard — unusual stock for the area and well suited to level living. Underfloor heating throughout. Comes with a shared private drive; the maintenance split is documented and modest.
BS-046 · Harbour Terraces
End of a short Victorian terrace with a long rear yard. Sash windows restored rather than replaced, which keeps the frontage right but means draught proofing is worth budgeting for. Walkable to the water in a few minutes.
Guide prices are our honest read of the market, not an opening bid. Tell us what you are looking for
Field notes
We only list where we actually walk. These notes are the same ones we give over the phone — useful if you are weighing one district against another.
Large plots on a slope, mostly built between 1955 and 1980. Light is the selling point; the gradient is the complication.
Converted industrial buildings and newer infill. The best units face the courtyard rather than the main approach.
Family housing on the field edge, and Victorian terraces closer to the water. Two very different buys within a short walk.
Selling with us
Five stages, roughly twelve to twenty weeks from valuation to keys depending on the chain. You deal with one agent the whole way through.
An hour at the house. We look at condition, comparable sales and what buyers in your district are currently rejecting.
You do Nothing but open the door.
A short list of what is worth doing and what is not. Photography and floor plans once the house is ready, never before.
You do Choose which items on the list you want to tackle.
The listing goes live with the full written description. First viewings are booked within the week, accompanied by us.
You do Approve the description and the price.
Every offer comes with its position checked — funding, chain, timescale — so you are comparing like with like.
You do Pick the offer, not just the number.
We chase searches, surveys and the chain weekly, and tell you when a date is realistic rather than hopeful.
You do Plan the move with a date you can trust.
What we handle
Buying and selling need different things from an agent. Here is what each side gets from us.
Sole agency on a short, rolling term. No upfront fee and no tie to a mortgage broker or conveyancer.
We will tell you when a house on our own books is wrong for you. It saves everyone a wasted month.
Questions
If something here is close to your situation but not quite it, put it in the enquiry form and we will answer properly.
Enquire
One short form. It reaches the agent who will handle your enquiry, not a call centre, and you will hear back the same working day.