Are you thinking about making a change to where you live? If you no longer need all the rooms in your home, you might have decided to downsize into something smaller. Or perhaps it’s the opposite – you need more…
A great agent will be focused on selling your home at the best price, in a timeframe that suits you. If everything goes well, they’ll put the right value on it, market it effectively, then negotiate and progress your sale…
We all know that home improvements often increase the value or saleability of your home, but whilst most improvements enhance a property, they generally stay with it when it is sold. However, there are improvements you can make that will…
Summer is a great time of year to sell your home. With bright, sunny days, gardens at their greenest and flowers blooming, your marketing photos will look fabulous! More daylight hours and generally better weather than at other times of…
Recent research concurs with our own view that most buyers buy on instinct, typically viewing their eventual home no more than twice before making a decision to buy. Buying a property certainly appears to be a decision of the heart…
It’s official, our wonderful town of Melksham has made it on to the top ten list of the hottest places to sell in the UK. According to a recent report released by Rightmove, Melksham was the hottest town in Wiltshire and is…
Welcome to the May 2021 Melksham Property Market Comment. The cherry blossom is always a reminder of the very peak of spring, and indeed of the annual boost to the property market. Certainly, this year has seen more intense activity…
Sunday March 14th marks Mother's Day in the UK, a chance to say thank you, remember and think of loved ones. Across the UK there are over 4.6 million mums with dependent children, and in addition it is estimated 6.1…
The Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday extension, offering buyers in England and Northern Ireland a discount of up to £15,000 until 30th June 2021, and £2,500 up to 30th September 2021. In Wales, no land transaction tax will be…
Even before the pandemic, the average person spent about 15,000 hours commuting between home and office during their lifetime! Post-pandemic it has been estimated that around one in four people will be spending at least one day a week working…