The company prides itself on its extra-wide dimensions, "large enough for a Rolls-Royce," says partner, Philippe Abbott-Wilcox. English Heritage Buildings produces oak timber-frame garages, sold in kit form by mail order. However, all these benefits could all disappear if there is a change of government, so now may be the time to buy...James Harris, 01962 841842; The Wilson Group, 0171-589 4161; Bidwells, 01223 841841; Savills, 0131 226 6961; Strutt & Parker, Exeter, 01392 215631; Strutt & Parker, Edinburgh, 0131 226 2500.Penny Jackson returns next week. Anyone who wants to add a garage to a pretty cottage might think twice about putting up a standard brick building with up-and-over doors But help is at hand.

With grazing, silage land, woodland, a loch and trout and salmon fishing, the estate is offered as a whole or in seven parts. "It was a much larger estate in the past, but has slowly been nibbled away and it's very likely to be split up into three viable properties," says Mr Ross.Estates have attractive tax benefits. There are capital gains advantages, 100 per cent inheritance tax relief if the farming is in hand and 50 per cent if it is let - capital gains from forestry is also tax free. It should certainly have a serious business side."Savills is selling a small Scottish estate which is really two in one. The Finlarig and Morenish estates at Killin, Perthshire, are on the market together for pounds 795,000.

With 953 acres, these have two substantial houses, the old Finlarig Castle and a further house and cottage. Of the 285 acres, 265 are excellent farmland and there are also two lakes stocked with trout and carp. The agent is looking for offers in the region of pounds 1million.The same agent has a very much larger estate, the Gaick Estate, in Invernesshire. This has 18,500 acres and has attracted considerable interest from the overseas market.

It is being sold for pounds 2.25 million.Bertie Ross, head of Savills' Agricultural Agency, says: "An estate should earn revenue from more than one source and ideally have the main house on its own. The estate earns its keep (but no more than this) through a shoot. "This is a 211-acre Hampshire sporting estate with a charming Grade II listed timber-frame two-bedroom cottage," says partner, Hume Jones. It has a park, woodland, pasture and arable land, and is on the market for pounds 600,000.James Laing of Strutt & Parker, reckons that "traditionally an estate has been worth more whole than in parts. It is only in the last six years, that selling an estate in bits has been much easier and produced more money for the seller."Strutt & Parker is selling Tregavethan Manor, which is a profitable equestrian estate in Kenwyn, near Truro in Cornwall. The owner, Mrs Clark, has run a successful farm and small stud there for many years and is now moving on to something smaller. The estate has a four-bedroom manor house, two semi-detached cottages, a bungalow, an arable and stock farm and well- respected stud with 16 loose boxes.