Selling your current home and buying a larger, nicer one is an exciting prospect. The thought of a more comfortable home, more bedrooms, larger rooms and a bigger garden can be a potent one. But if you’re seriously considering upsizing, it’s important that you are fully aware what the process involves and the questions you need to ask yourself.

In all our years as a letting agent, we’ve seen numerous occasions where people who have decided to rent out a property can’t ‘let go of it’ emotionally. This often happens with ‘accidental landlords’. These are landlords who didn’t buy a property with the intention of letting it out, but have ended up doing so. It's not personal, it's business.

Landlords’ purse strings have been squeezed by tax and regulatory changes over the last few years and more and more buy-to-let investors are opting to go it alone and manage the letting and management of their property themselves. There are around 170 pieces of legislation that govern the private rental sector and here are the 12 most important...

Maximising the return on a buy-to-let property is a massive priority for landlords. If the wrong choices are made even before a tenant moves in, then it will be difficult to get the most from the investment. Our 'Six Stage Road Trip' will help you make the right choices. Why a 'Road Trip'? Because the destination is the most important bit..

Being a landlord isn’t straightforward and it helps to get advice from a professional. Landlords may choose to use the services of an agent, however, the agent that they initially picked may not have been the best choice. If you would like to explore your options, you have probably asked yourself 'How easy it is to switch agents during a tenancy?'

You're probably thinking that the headline is a very bold claim! However, we believe it to be true as we are changing the way that we advertise our marketed properties AND changing how potential buyers find their new home. We still have the primary objective of selling your home for the maximum price in the shortest time.

Even though house prices have more than tripled in the UK, it is still cheaper today to buy a house as a first-time buyer than in 1989 or 2007. This is good news as the Bank of England are changing the rules for mortgage affordability for first time buyers in August. This means more people will be able to jump on the Alfreton property ladder.

Trade bodies have vigorously lobbied government during the two and a half year process leading to the delivery of the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. It’s fair to say these bodies were underwhelmed by its contents and questioned whether 'fair' is an accurate description of it's contents. What do you think?

In an ideal world, the home selling process would be straightforward and quick. You would list your home for sale, carry out viewings, receive multiple offers, and sell your home fast and above the marketed price. Unfortunately, selling your house isn’t always that simple and your home could end up sitting on the market longer than you anticipated.

You’ve prepared your home for sale. You’ve appointed your estate agent and your home is on the market. Then you receive an offer. One of the most common dilemma’s when selling a property is how to respond when a potential buyer comes forward with an offer. In this blog, we look at how to handle offers...

Is the art of negotiation dead in estate agency? Negotiation is about knowing what you want, going after it, and respecting the other person in the process. Remember, the whole point of negotiating is compromise and that both the buyer and the seller are more anxious to agree than to disagree.

The asking price of your property will help determine the level of interested buyers that view your property so it is something that is vitally important to get right. The majority of interest in your home will be when potential buyers first see the property hit the market so that first impression needs to count.