⏱️ 5-minute read Most people choose an estate agent partly on a feeling. Three agents come round. One seems the most confident, another suggests the highest price, and perhaps one simply feels like the best fit. There is nothing wrong with that. Selling a home means working closely with an agent for several months, so liking and trusting the person...
⏱️ 5-minute read People can spend hours thinking about the house and ten minutes thinking about the street. It is understandable. The house is what gets photographed, measured and discussed after a viewing. The area around it can become secondary. Then someone moves in and discovers that the quiet road they viewed at eleven on a Saturday morning is a...
⏱️ 5-minute read Most sellers assume the awkward questions come later. Perhaps several weeks after accepting an offer, when the buyer’s solicitor starts going through the paperwork and asking about rights of way, alterations, guarantees or something that happened with the neighbours years ago. Increasingly, that information matters much earlier. The principle is known as material information, and getting it...
⏱️ 5-minute read There is a question estate agents hear every September. “Could we still be in by Christmas?” The answer is yes. But the timescale is tighter than many sellers realise, and what happens during the first few weeks can make a big difference. 📅 Why September Matters September often brings fresh activity to the property market. Summer holidays...
⏱️ 7-minute read Nobody teaches the language of moving house. Most people pick it up in fragments, usually halfway through a conversation while trying to look as though they already knew. Somebody mentions a memorandum of sale and there is a polite nod. A solicitor writes about a restrictive covenant and it gets quietly Googled afterwards. So, here is the...
⏱️ 2-minute read If a home was bought five years ago, it could be worth considerably more today. According to recent Zoopla analysis, the average UK home increased in value by 15.3% between June 2021 and June 2026, equivalent to an average gain of around £36,100. 📈 But National Averages Only Tell Part of the StoryProperty prices do not move...
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