Posts by Christopher Walkey
10 Ways to Make Your Property ‘Stand Out’!
We all like to stand out from the crowd and we do so for many different reasons. When it comes to property we might keeping up with the Joneses or we might be looking to sell at the best price – What can we do to increase the appeal and attraction of our property? Front…
Read MoreInterest Rate Rises vs Stamp Duty Perks
Of recent years we in England have seen historic lows, and for lengthy periods, of interest rates. Between 2009 and 2016 they remained at just 0.5% and going lower still until a steady climb of recent months in 2022 seeing an increase to 2.25%. Many countries would dream to own such a low rate, though…
Read MoreMost Beautiful Villages In The World To Call A Home (#3 Is Our Favorite)
There are few things more pleasant in life than a gorgeous village. These are the locations that dreams are made of, with their winding alleys, tiny cottages, and beautiful views. So, if you’re seeking a place to live that will take your breath away, go no further than the list of stunning communities we’ve compiled.…
Read MoreWhat is a Compulsory Purchase Order?
You may think that you own your purchased property and especially if it comes under freehold. You own whatever is on that land (freehold) be it buildings, crops or even a fishing lake… but, you don’t always so I need to explain to you the meaning of Compulsory Purchase Orders. It’s rather rare – though…
Read MoreWhat do those spray paint markings on pavements mean?
You could call it pavement graffiti and most times it will simply be what reads as secret coding including letters, numbers and varied special characters coming in different coloured paints too. Most times it means absolutely nothing to us being unreadable, but for sure someone will have written it for someone else to understand right?…
Read MoreWhy do House Prices Rise & Fall?
Isn’t it an ever so popular headline in our dear msn news outlets, house prices! The likes of newspapers and property blogs love to grab readers via sensational breaking news headlines such as ‘House price crash looming‘ or ‘House prices rising faster than savers can save‘… you get the picture no doubt. I always found…
Read MoreCan I Keep Chickens In My Garden?
As our bills increase and with further rises undoubtedly yet to come, we tend to think about saving money as well as utilising what we have around us which may use less utilities such as gathering wood to cook food in the fire pit or storing rain water for watering our plants. From growing your…
Read MoreIs it safe to drink tap water?
For those of us old enough to remember package holidays out to Spain in the 1980’s from the Costa Blanca to Ibiza, we were always cautious regarding drinking the tap water and it certainly used to taste not very nice. Is it clean? Filtered? Washing water only? Can you brush your teeth with it? Should…
Read MoreHow to find #PropTech Investors
Finding an investor is the dream for some business start-ups and many others in established concepts too within the world of #proptech. Speaking from experience and I hope many will agree with me, when you are building your own start-up you become very passionate about it and see it as the next big thing wishing…
Read MoreMSN Scaremongering again? Property Market Crash reports
We all know, or at least by now should be waking up to, that MSN delivers mostly inappropriate / fake news and are countless times accused of political agendas when it comes to reporting on what’s going on in the world. What newspaper can refuse a controversial headline these days regardless to how legitimate the…
Read MoreBREAKING PROPERTY NEWS – 01/08/2022
Daily bite-sized proptech and property news in partnership with Proptech-X. PRESS RELEASE: Canopy and Housing Hand Announce Exclusive New Partnership The UK’s leading rental guarantor service Housing Hand and revolutionary renting firm Canopy have announced a new partnership that will further both companies’ mission to reduce barriers to private renting. The partnership will see Housing Hand support renters…
Read MoreNew Research Reveals Properties In The UK Sold For £10,000 Greater Than The Original Asking Price
New research from TwentyEA reveals that over the last 12 months, properties across the UK achieved an average selling price of 2.5% above the original instruction price, giving vendors an extra £10,000. TwenyEA’s latest property price data for June 2022 shows that the average price of a home has hit £400,000. The market does not…
Read MoreKärcher K2 Power Control High-Pressure Washer Review
Having recently purchased a property, that was somewhat neglected over the years, it was finally time to tackle the outside of which a decent part of the back garden area is made up of paving, an 8 x 12 metre, 400 sand stone paving slabs ‘back breaking assignment’ for me to tackle. Now these 35mm…
Read MoreWhat is Shared Living?
As property prices continue to rise as well as day to day living costs from utilities to food, we have to take a serious look at spend – For sure things do not look like they are going to cool down anytime soon. So with such financial demand on us relentlessly we tend to look…
Read MoreWEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP – 15/07/2022
A roundup of the week’s top property and proptech news stories in partnership with Proptech-X New property legislation kicked into the long grass Thirty-One Percent of Property Sales Falling Through Before Completion as Lenders Get Tougher Homesearch announce new partnership with Propertymark RICS: Demand and sales continue to cool although pricing trends remain relatively firm…
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