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Let’s recycle ♻️ your Christmas tree – St Ann’s Hospice..

I’ve teamed up again this year with the amazing team at St Ann’s Hospice. Let’s recycle ♻️ your Christmas tree ???? to help support local patients and their loved ones. Information.. Earlier this year you helped us to raise an incredible £42,166.76 for the hospice by collecting 3,469 Christmas trees! Help us reach our target […]

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Meet the team feature..

This week we’d like to introduce Conor O’Reilly, the photographer who brings to life property details for all our potential homebuyers How did you get into professional photography? I studied film production at university and have always had a passion for creativity and design, so I’ve always been comfortable behind the camera and the opportunity […]

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Meet Marie from Bakehouse in Urmston..

Hi I’m Marie, welcome to Marie’s Bakehouse. I produce all my makes and bakes from my home kitchen in Urmston, Manchester, where I live with my two beautiful girls and long suffering husband- the cake business is slowly taking over! As well as producing beautifully decorated and deliciously tasting cookies and handmade cake toppers for […]

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Market update..

Buyer demand is still up by 4% on the more normal market of 2019, but down by 20% on October last year. The era of historically low interest rates is over, but there are signs that mortgage rates and availability are now settling down. As is usual in November, sellers are pricing more competitively to […]

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Will solar panels add value to my home?

Solar PV (or solar photovoltaics) is the generation of electricity using energy from the sun. Modern solar panels produce electricity from daylight – they don’t need it to be bright and sunny to work, which is handy in our climate, particularly in this part of the UK. Solar PV panels are normally mounted on the […]

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The 5 signs you are ready to move home..

As you can imagine, we meet a lot of people who have reached the point when they realise they are ready to move home.  Being ready to move is not the same as needing to move – we have met couples who love where they live so much they’ve hung on as long as possible! […]

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How to quickly refresh your home to help sell your house..

If you have been in your house for some while, you may well have grown used to your decor, and not really thought about how it might look to potential home buyers. However, fresh eyes – as in the fresh eyes cast about by people viewing your home – might spot signs of wear and […]

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When is the right time to downsize?

It can be a hard decision to make, moving on from the home where you and your partner have raised children, celebrated all of life’s greatest events, and which you once called your ‘forever home.’  With each lifestage comes change, and downsizing can be a positive one, but how do you know when it’s the […]

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What’s more important?

The 2022 Property Academy Home Moving Trends survey revealed that, across all ages and household types, factors like ‘being liked and trusted’ and ‘good market knowledge’ are more important to vendors than the fee they charge. When asked what the most sought-after attributes were when establishing trust in an agent, respondents rated ‘Listening to and […]

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Who will buy?

Selling your home can be quite the emotional rollercoaster. While it’s exciting to be looking for a new home yourself, unless you’re a first time buyer, it also means you will be inviting strangers into your home and asking them to judge it. If you are conducting viewings yourself, rather than asking your estate agent […]