Thousands head for Brittas Bay cottage

At this time of year, with so much property on the market, house viewings tend to fall off and estate agents consider themselves…

At this time of year, with so much property on the market, house viewings tend to fall off and estate agents consider themselves lucky to get a dozen viewers through a house at a time. Not so Willie Clarke, of Clarke Auctioneers, who is handling the sale of Rockfield Cottage, a two-bedroom seaside house overlooking Jack's Hole beach, at Brittas Bay. So far, he says, more than 1,000 people have viewed the property and there is still a week to go to the auction taking in the crucial Bank Holiday weekend for a last crushing view. Originally he had expected it to make over £200,000-plus, now it's set to make £300,000 . . .