In todays world the kitchen is the heart of any home. People are looking for more and more from their kitchen as it’s where the family spend a great deal of time, cooking, eating and socialising. The bigger the kitchen the better, the key is to make the room as light and as spacious as [...]
These are the top ten things people are looking for in their new home. The more you have the more desirable your home will be.
Good Location
Nice views
Garage/Off Road parking
Big garden
Large kitchen
Downstairs toilet
En-Suite
Extension/plenty of living space
Neutral colour scheme
Original features
Carpet in the kitchen or bathroom
Patterned/Bright coloured carpets
Modern windows in a Period Property
Stone cladding
Cluttered/Overcrowded rooms
Gloomy/Dark rooms
Limescale around the shower or bath
Badly built extension/porch
Dead/Dying plants
Untidy/Dirty front door/garden
When preparing your house for sale, it’s worthwhile remembering you are not just selling a home you are selling a lifestyle.Your prospective buyer needs to be able to imagine living there themselves. First impressions are very important, your front garden/driveway and front door need to be clean and tidy. Declutter your home, your rooms need [...]
Home improvement, renovating, upgrading or refurbushing your home has become a national pastime. Makeover shows on TV, like Property Ladder, Better Homes etc make it look easy but in reality it always takes longer and costs more than you first think. It is important to make sure that the work you carry out will add [...]
It’s the time of year for planning your holiday you’ve been saving hard but how many times have you arrived on your long awaited holiday for your hotel or accommodation to be a disappointment, it’s next to the main road or a building site. The beach isn’t the promised 2 minute walk that was stated, [...]
It’s known that in some countries prices are increased for overseas buyers in particular the Brits buying abroad. the Brits comparing prices to what they are used to in Britain automatically think that property is cheap. But are you getting a bargain or paying over the odds? Not only is there the issue as we [...]
We were promised there would be no repeat of the Boom and Bust situation in England. Yet here we are after many years of a boom of over inflated growth of property prices that a bust is sure to follow. Property prices are so high that first time buyers can’t get on the property ladder. [...]