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Find a Property this Spring
Last week I looked at Spring being the perfect time to sell your home, and some of the practical and aesthetic considerations you need to pay special attention to in order to show your home in its best light. But, once you have made the decision to sell your home, you then have to look at the logistics of selling, and that means securing an estate agent. Do you choose the traditional High Street option, or do you sell your home using an online estate agent? The nature of trying to sell or find a property has changed so much in recent times. When we bought our home in 2003…
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Thinking of selling your home? It’s time for a Spring Clean.
Spring has most definitely sprung. Yesterday was another gloriously sunny day, a day for spending some time in the park or garden, finding a beer garden on the way home from work, and starting that Spring Clean. Yes, when the weather turns good again after the winter chill thoughts always seem to turn to cleaning. I’m not sure why, but think it has something to do with the fact we can actually peg things on the line, curtains, bedding, towels etc, and everything smells so fresh. I also think that this is linked to the fact that Spring is notoriously the best, and most popular time of year to sell…
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New Year, New Start for 2016
Every year, millions of people make a whole heap of resolutions, things they want to do, or achieve, or do differently, in the new year. New Year, new start is a mantra that lots of people want to live by, but then break the well-meaning resolutions by the 2nd week in January. But for some people a new year could really mean a totally new start, something that is dramatic, life-changing, and ultimately life affirming. I recently read an amazing story in the National press about a couple who decided to make a major life change. They sold their home, most of their belongings and then purchased a boat, starting…