Families are transforming their homes to make room for their boomerang kids

Growing numbers of families are turning their downstairs rooms into living accommodation for their grown-up children. A record 3.3million people aged 20 to 34 still live with their parents and worryingly, this is increasing. But this isn’t just new bedrooms for the grown-up children; many people are opting to create these rooms for their elderly…

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Do you need a coach?

Do you need a coach

Imagine for a moment, you have caught one too many sideways reflections in the bedroom mirror, and you decide you need to lose a bit of middle-aged padding. You buy the gear, download an app or two, and resolve to finally use that expensive gym membership, at least three times a week. For a couple…

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Trying to sell your tenanted property?

We all know it can be a stressful time when putting your house up for sale, but does it make things harder having a tenant there? We have compiled a couple of things you will need to be aware of in terms of your tenants’ rights. Unfortunately you can’t just kick your tenants out because…

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What’s your big dream?

What’s your big dream

How taking practical and actionable steps towards your goals can make them a reality. What’s your end game? What are you doing all this for? Is your ultimate ambition to be an estate agent until they carry you out in a box? Or do you have something else you want to be? A dream? I speak…

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Online agents versus high street agents whose side are you on?

Online agents versus high street agents whose side are you on

Estate agency, as we’ve known it, is changing.  Pre-internet, our job was to provide information; post-internet, it our job is to explain it. Every vendor and purchaser, landlord and tenant, not only has all the information they think they need, right there at a click of their mouse, but they also have something we don’t:…

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The “Buying Your Home” Checklist.

Buying a home can be one of the biggest commitments that you will ever make and also the most expensive. You need to make sure you get everything right. If you have bought a home before you will be familiar with the process and what’s needed to successfully buy a home. But if you’re new…

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Why invest in property?

Steadily, but assuredly, the economy has moved into a new cycle. Gone are the years of decline and stagnation and, in their place is a period of consistent economic growth, falling unemployment and, at last, wages increasing in real terms. A good time to invest then, but what should you invest in to best secure…

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