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The three-bed semi fetched more than £100,000 above the guide price, despite having no electricity connected. The house has been in the ownership of the same Baldock family for 70 years, and
the last resident - Ms Baldock - left it to Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation when she passed away. A neighbour has reportedly told the estate agents that the owner's
father did not want the property to be upgraded to electricity as he thought it was "too dangerous". Estate agents from Ibbett Mosely said visiting the semi-detached home in
Hillingdon Avenue was like going back in time as little inside had changed since the 1920s. The "time warp" home in Sevenoaks, Kent, went under the hammer on Thursday. When fully
modernised, houses in the same road of Hillingdon Avenue, generally sell in the range of £450,000 to £500,000. Speaking after the auction, James Baring at Ibbett Mosely, said: "I think
we have once again achieved a good price for our client. "It all adds up when you look at what could be done with this property, but I think all the publicity about the house was
beneficial, and helped to achieve a higher price than it would have done otherwise, which is great for the charities." The sum will now be split between two charities, which were left
the home in the will of the previous owner.
