Moving home, office, national & International advice

THE big day has arrived, you are moving to a new home and leaving the old one behind.
Here’s a handy run down of dos and don’ts for your moving day:
● Your chosen removal firm will give you a short time window for their arrival (often 9 am to 9.30 am),  so make sure you are [...]

BUYING a house at auction can seem a tempting way to avoid all the usual bureaucratic, complex and time consuming process associated with the property market.  What could be months, can possibly be reduced to minutes while you’re waiting for the hammer to fall.
However, there’s far more involved than showing up, finding yourself a deal [...]

A HOUSE, a home, that special place to live and grow, is one of the most important purchases you will ever make.
Start by understanding every aspect of the mortgage process.  Youíll be signing legally binding document, so know the game in advance and stay ahead.
Make sure your finances are in order and you have a [...]

Hopeful sellers continue to make the same fundamental mistakes over and over in pursuit of getting their dream prices for their homes.  Some sellers are their own worst enemy and driven by ££££ signs, they lose all perspective and badly damage their chances of selling as a result.
Here’s a round up of some more house [...]

China and glass items need, of course, to be wrapped well.  Get a box and pad it with screwed up newspaper, ensuring the bottom of the box is well covered.
All fragile items should be wrapped individually in plain paper, and put into the box in a vertical position.  Do not lay them flat which will [...]

FIRST impressions count and that’s no different when it comes to selling your house.
It can only take 30 seconds for a lasting judgement to be made, so don’t blow your chances of selling before a potential buyer has even crossed the threshold!  Here’s some tips to help you sell quicker.
If you have a front garden, [...]

How NOT to sell your house – Mistake four: Using an inexperienced, ineffective or unethical estate agent
LOVE them or loathe them, estate agents are a necessary part of the process of buying and selling a house.
There are good estate agents and bad, and most around the same to employ, but finding the right one can [...]

How Not to sell your home – Mistake Three: poor marketing.
“Why canít I sell my home?” is the anguished wail of many a frustrated house seller, looking with despair at the lonely FOR SALE notice swinging in the breeze while the telephone remains silent.  In desperation, the seller drops the asking price and could well [...]

How NOT to sell your house – two
PROPERTY sales are the single most important transaction weíll ever handle. The process can seem daunting and complicated, but donít panic. There are common sense ways to ensure you get it right.
Mistake Two: poor condition of property.
Hereís two words of advice for [...]

BUYING OR selling a house is said to be one of the biggest financial transactions we will ever undertake in our lives.
When it comes to selling a property there are rigid but straightforward and common sense dos and donít dos to observe to ensure a successful sale.
Mistake One: Overpricing:
Overpricing [...]