DESCRIPTION
The quest for the ideal home is often a hazardous, if ultimately rewarding experience. Thelwell has studies the rules of the game and produced a book both to instruct and to amuse. Starting with a translation of estate agents’ language, he goes on to the techniques of buying and selling a property, the hazards of owning a country cottage and the lunacy of converting old buildings. It’s all here, from central heating to surveyors’ reports, from stately homes to the back seats of abandoned cars. This is a most desirable property and a snip at the price.