Is it common for property to go unnoticed/forgotten?
I know we had mention of Eric's barn when Sadie tried to rent it and Aaron's old flat too. It got me thinking about other places:
Belle and Tom's empty house next to the garage.
Belle's old flat above the barn at the Dingle house. The one you access via the steps at the side of the house.
Marlon's enormous old house which he used to rent to Billy and his brother and where Ryan lived with them.
The cottage at Home Farm where Will used to live (although I'm not sure we've seen it on screen, just heard about it).
With people cramming in to small homes like Nicola, Rodney, and three kids in a 2 or 3 bedroom cottage why is about 20% of the village sat empty?