Posts by Christopher Walkey
4 Signs Of A Water Leak And How To Fix Them
Plumbing issues are never much fun to deal with, they always come at the worst possible times and they cost money to put right. But a water leak is a particularly difficult issue to deal with as it can rapidly escalate into something much worse. Below are four tell-tale signs that you have a water…
Read MoreHow to Effectively Promote a Vacation Rental Property
The word “promotion” sometimes brings up ideas like flash sales, a discount campaign, or cheeky give-away. Has the promise of a deep discount by buying in the next hour or a branded tote been the reason you rushed to make an expensive purchase? Probably not. It’s no different with the short-term rental market, where…
Read MoreHow to ‘Dress to Impress’ as an Estate Agent
I was debating whether to in fact name this article ‘How not to dress like the typical Estate Agent‘ as many people will, I am sure agree, that we can usually spot the typical estate agent walking about in town (yes, those days when walking around town freely was allowed and norm prior COVID-19)! Many…
Read MoreWhere to order Ceiling Roses online
Having just moved in to a new property I have been very busy with some updating works. Well, when I say new property it is in fact an old property, was in recent years used as a care home so I now have the huge task of re-converting it back to residential from commercial. These…
Read More3… 2… 1… Go! It’s back to work for Estate / Letting Agents:
With over 300,000 property transactions in the pipeline and delayed since the COVID-19 lockdown, it is now all systems go in the English estate agency / letting agency world. The easing of restrictions for many businesses starts today and that will include the property market. “From today anyone in England can move home if they…
Read MoreTo Virtual View or not to View?
As nearly all the Estate and Letting Industry sector are sitting at and working from home, the chance to embrace technology in order to carry on as normal has increased. I am sure that I’m not the only one seeing many more videos in our email inboxes and social media timelines, from virtual tours of…
Read MoreWhat will UK property prices do during and after COVID-19?
For many years now it has been a relatively care free upward climb in property prices with many regions seeing decent annual increases. ‘Demand & Supply’ is usually what causes the value of anything to be set, currently there are plenty of takers for property both for sale or to rent, some areas there are…
Read More10 Tips to writing good Content
A great way to attract interest online is to have plenty of content. This can take all forms from videos to ebooks and can be both positive and controversial, the main aim behind any of it though is to attract attention. What is Content (marketing)? Of recent years most content is shared online, though traditional…
Read MoreWill Covid-19 convert High Street Agencies to Hybrid / Online Agencies?
There are two reasons that the title of this article may be a possibility – One in that some agencies will have to scale back spending for the foreseeable future of which their premises could be one way in which to reduce costs. The second point is that having worked from home some may have…
Read More‘The Waitrose Effect’ – Fact or Fiction?
What exactly is the Waitrose effect? The Waitrose effect is simply the added value put on to local property when one of these supermarkets are located in the immediate vicinity. Property prices are said to be generally higher thanks to a Waitrose being nearby, though many will say that the area itself is what adds…
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