
Lizzie Murphy
Property Editor at The Yorkshire Post
Yorkshire Post Property Editor. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Lizzie Murphy
Purey Cust House, an immaculate 10 bedroom property, sits in a private, gated position beside York Minster overlooking the tranquillity of Dean’s Park. Owners Mark and Nicky Calvert, who own Montenegro Moments – a holiday business in Kotor Bay, live in the house with their four children who range from 23 to 29 years old. "It’s the most beautiful house I’ve ever seen,” says Mark. “The location is unbeatable. It’s peaceful, yet in the centre of the city.
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1 week ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Lizzie Murphy
But amid the warm evenings and gentle rains, it was the Florida rooms, versatile, semi-enclosed spaces that blur the line between indoors and out, that left a lasting impression. “Kelly’s parents lived in America for 20 years,” says Colin, an opthamologist at the Hull and East Yorkshire Eye Hospital.
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1 week ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Lizzie Murphy
Her answer was clear: to create a one-stop hub where local organisations and charities could come together under one roof to support and improve the lives of people in the community. “It’s about lots of charities working together,” she says. Eleven years later, Leisa, chief officer of Next Steps, is a step closer to realising that dream but the charity needs to raise £450,000 to make it happen.
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2 weeks ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Lizzie Murphy
Rokeby Close Farm is a stunning period stone farmhouse with 3,800 sq ft of character-filled living space. The four-bedroom North Yorkshire home, near Hutton Magna, has been stylishly modernised while retaining original features like parquet flooring, timber beams, and multiple log burners. Highlights include a south-facing sunroom, elegant drawing room with countryside views, an open-plan kitchen with bespoke units and a Falcon range cooker, and even a home gym with sauna.
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2 weeks ago |
yorkshirepost.co.uk | Lizzie Murphy
A survey of 1,000 residents across England’s post-war new towns has uncovered that only four per cent spontaneously described their town as “nice”. Words like “boring,” “ugly,” and “run-down” dominated responses. Less than half of residents said the buildings where they live made them feel proud (46 per cent) or valued (41 per cent).
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