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It’s well known that the property market quietens down in the run up to Christmas with people preoccupied about the big day. The market however, traditionally picks up after the winter months and with the snowfall seemingly over, it’s a great time to prepare your house for a spring sale. How to sell your house [...]
21/02/2012 01:34
The six time Grammy winning singer has moved into a former convent, according to planetproperty.co.uk. Leaving the big smoke behind her, the singer has moved into the £7 million country estate in West Sussex. It boasts 10 bedrooms, a tennis court, multiple swimming pools, a guest cottage and its own helicopter hangar all set amongst [...]
16/02/2012 05:02
You may have seen Top Gear’s amphibious car challenge in which the boys had to build a car that could survive in water. Now, the UK is to see its first amphibious house. The amphibious house has been given full planning permission and is set to adorn the banks of the River Thames later on [...]
13/02/2012 04:44
Steven Spielberg’s epic War Horse is tipped to boost the economy of Iddlesleigh, rural Devon. Spielberg’s War Horse translates Michael Morpurgo’s children’s’ book to the silver screen following Joey, a headstrong stallion who is cared for by 15 year old farm boy, Albert. The story takes Joey from the picturesque, idyllic lifestyle of Devon through [...]
10/02/2012 09:10
Secret Estate Agent, Phil Spencer recently visited Andrew and Jenna in the exclusive Duchy area of Harrogate to work his magic to help them to sell their property. Andrew and Jenna’s three bedroom semi-detached house should have sold without any problems but they had problems enticing anyone through the door to view their property. [...]
07/02/2012 03:36
Fanatical Sherlock Holmes fans could soon be living in the ‘Baker Street’ lodgings. The flat which is used as the frontage for the BBC series is up for rent for £330 per week. The flat features a spacious double bedroom, living room with separate kitchen. Located on Gower Road near Euston North London the flat [...]
31/01/2012 05:13
Nowadays not many people live in the house they were born in, but 100 year old Georgina Brown from Hambeldon, Hampshire has spent a century in her family home, reports the Daily Mail. The great grandmother is the fifth generation of the family [...]
24/01/2012 05:16
You may think that there isn’t a lot you can do to help increase your house valuation, particularly as it’s difficult to change the age and size of your house. There are however lots of cost effective things you can do to give it a boost. 1. Presentation Presentation is an extremely important part of [...]
17/01/2012 12:02
Security measures proposed by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are open to the public which has prompted cause for concern. Buckingham Palace had intended for the amendments to Kensington Palace to be kept private but this decision was overturned. Council officials ruled that the planning permission documents will be open to viewing by members [...]
10/01/2012 12:39
In a recent interview, X Factor judge Louis Walsh admitted to losing over £8 million as the property market bubble burst, the Daily Mail has reported. Louis who has four homes in Dublin, an apartment in London and a beach house in Miami was quoted as saying: “It could have been worse. There’s a [...]
04/01/2012 04:04
