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Estate agents and sellers aren't obliged to tell you that a property is rumoured to be haunted, so if you want to be sure that you won't be sharing your new home with the ghosts of its former tenants, you need to ask the right questions. Warren Bright, CEO of Propertyfinder.com, agrees that ghostly sightings could affect a house's price.

"Whenever there's uncertainty about a house, its contents and structure - and I think a ghost would come under that category - it detracts from its saleability and therefore might adversely affect the value".

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Posted by Bronwyn at 01:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Just like the smurfs, the picturesque Akbuk Bay is the location of a unique holiday development. Located on a hill approximately 500 meters from the Aegean Sea all the houses in the Mushroom Village Holiday Development will have their very own uninterrupted sea views. The imaginative idea originated from the builder during her pregnancy a number of years ago.  Her ambition was to create a family orientated nature theme holiday where parents could de-stress while their children were happily occupied in a safe natural environment.

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If you are in the market for a garden shed or happen to have a bit of an obsession, then you have to visit www.readersheds.co.uk - the ultimate site for shed heads. People post images of their own sheds, describing features and the origins and other sheddi vote and comment on what they see. Some of them are quite funny like this:

My relationship with my shed has led me to believe it actually has feelings because one cold and windy night I was sure I heard it communicate in its own rattley way with the neighbours wooden shed which is just the other side of the fence. All we heard all night was clanking and rattling followed by the creaking of the neighbours in some sort of reply. I am positive that if it was not for the obstacle of the fence that Mr Rattler would be up for it and we would then be the proud owners of a mixed material shed.

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I thought it would be fun to look at strange homes from throughout the world.  The kickof the series, we found a stylish converted bus being promoted by Double Decker Living.

They describe it as "environmentally friendly, spacious, and secure accommodation in a manner which is ideally suited to the lifestyle of today’s society. They have a vibrant, dynamic nature to them which helps impart a feeling of well-being and fun within the occupants."

Check out their site at http://www.doubledeckerliving.com

If you have an interesting home that you want to share or know of interesting or strange homes - just send us an email to mailto:pfblogs@propertyfinder.com

http://www.doubledeckerliving.com/index.php

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