Matt Dilkes

When letting your property, you naturally want your property to look its best, but how far should you go in terms of presentation? Firstly, aim to understand how your property “sits” within the market. Not all tenants have the...

We are asked about landlord insurance all the time - it is huge area with lots of different types of cover available. This makes it hard for us to be able to tell you exactly what type you will need as it will depend entirely on...

The Government announced a temporary cut to stamp duty in the summer statement, meaning that from 8 July 2020, anyone purchasing a property in England and Northern Ireland will find that the threshold for paying Stamp Duty Land...

As we look towards the autumn and winter trading months, our video below we discusses how busy the local lettings market has been, as well as our current operational situation with Covid-19. Our industry body Propertymark ( ARLA )...

Finding a buyer for a property is only part of our job. Our work isn’t finished until your sale completes and the keys are handed to the new owners. Once we’ve accepted an offer on your property, we work really hard to...

As a buyer, seller or landlord you will no doubt of come across leases on properties. A lease is a ‘contract’ between the freeholder and leaseholder of a property. For example, a block of flats may be owned by a freeholder who...

The Emergency Out of Hours service will be available to tenants (01202 554470 - Option 3) throughout the Christmas break, and payments will continue over the period but allow for delays for bank holidays. Thank you for your valued...

Early signs have suggested that the demand for rental property locally remains high, this is due to ongoing stock shortages as well as an influx of people relocating for work with the big employers such as JP Morgan. Whether these...

The government released its eagerly anticipated Levelling Up White Paper at the start of February. The wide-ranging paper details various plans to change policies including the private rental sector, but with little detail on how,...

Yet more changes to the Right to Rent procedures will come in from 6th April as a new code of practice is launched which sees a big shift to online practice. Key information - Biometric cards will no longer be able to be accepted...