Timewarp Property Named 'House Of The Year' 50 Years Ago Expected To Sell For £240,000

A timewarp property which has remained unchanged since it was named 'House of the Year' FIFTY years ago is expected to sell for £240,000 when it goes under the hammer next month. See NTI story NTIHOUSE. The unique four-bedroom home - which is named Montana - was designed in 1966 by architect Ronald Smith. Its unusual box-shape style caught the eye of the Ideal Home Show which named it the 'House of the Year' in 1967. The property was built in a Canadain style on a slope with the top floor at the same level as the road with the lower floor below ground. Incredibly, the inside has remained exactly the same since the 1960s with Parana Pine wooden doors and panels dominating the interior. It has the same dated carpets and wallpaper, which are a variety of bright colours and floral patterns, as fifty years ago. The house, which is in Boscobel Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, has been owned by the same family since 1967 who have changed nothing about the interior. But it is now up for sale and is expected to attract bids of over £240,000 when it goes under the hammer at the Pennycuick Collins auction at Birmingham City Football Club on March 2.