A man has described his shock at returning to his house and finding it stripped of all furnishings after it was sold without his knowledge. Having been alerted by neighbours, the Reverend Mike Hall drove to Luton and found building work under way and a new owner who said heContinue Reading

Nobody wants to operate on themselves and few would conduct their own divorce and yet almost everyone thinks that when it comes to finding a new home they are the best people to search for one, fall in love with it, evaluate it and then negotiate the best deal. TheContinue Reading

In a helpful article in The Times property editor Carole Lewis has some useful tips for people thinking of buying or selling in the current market. Buyers1. Make friends with estate agents, consider employing a buying agent, you need to do everything you can to get first sight of properties preferablyContinue Reading

Data out this morning from Rightmove highlights the shortage of homes for sale across the country. Newmarket tops the list. The town has seen a surge of 79% in sales agreed over the last year and a 49% drop in new sellers. Parts of Britain are so short of homesContinue Reading

From time to time we are asked if we know anyone who can… So here is our ‘little black book’ of tradesmen* and others who we or our clients have used in the past. Asbestos Surveyors – Kim Francis at AzMatt Japanese Knotweed – Richard Slade at Environet Building maintenanceContinue Reading