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For sale: 1960s-designed five-bedroom house in West Byfleet, Surrey

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Not every house we feature necessarily comes with a designer pedigree. This 1960s-designed five-bedroom house in West Byfleet, Surrey is just one of 11 similarly-styled houses on the same estate. But it's an incredibly distinctive house nonetheless.

The interior has been made to look very 'average' to be honest, but it's a design that should be very easy to change around and return to a '60s-style pad, if that's what you want. See the interior shots to see what we mean by that.

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For sale: 1960s Edward Schoolheifer-designed three-storey house in Manygate Lane, Shepperton, Surrey

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We do tend to feature a lot of houses with restrictively-high prices on here and while we're not claiming this Edward Schoolheifer-designed three-storey house in Manygate Lane, Shepperton, Surrey is cheap, it might well be a house that's affordable to some of you.

Designed by the Swiss architect Edward Schoolheifer for the Lyon Group in 1964, it's a three-storey, two-bedroom modern house that's located on the celebrated Manygate Lane estate in Shepperton. Interesting period architecture, but without the 'Lotto win' price tag.

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For sale: Late 1960s Eric Lyons-designed Span house in Ashtead, Surrey

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Another Span house on the market, this time an Eric Lyons-designed property in Ashtead, Surrey.

Designed by architect Lyons for Span in the late 60s, it is a K-Type house, considered the best of the designs and like all Span properties, very much about space and light. That means a good amount of glass, open spaces and the blurring the edges between outside and indoor space, with communal areas that encourage residents to mix.

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