When friends of ours, Nicki and Andrew Bruce, bought a small plot, upon which there was a dilapidated bungalow, on an island in Marlow and showed it to us with much glee, declaring they were going to build the first “floating house”, we were intrigued but wondered if they would ever manage it. Would they regret … [Read more...]
Award Winning Property Finders Start New West Wales Venture
Carol & Rayner Peett have launched West Wales Property Finders to fill a niche in the growing Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion & Gower property market. Formerly with leading search agents, County Homesearch during which time they won numerous awards including the Best Property Finder UK and Best … [Read more...]
The Draw of Childhood Homes
Young people are given unreasonably high expectations for purchasing their first homes by memories of their childhood homes, according to a survey by Lloyds Bank Insurance. Many first time buyers admitted that their first homes would never live up to the memories of where they grew up and one in four property owners … [Read more...]
House Prices in National Parks
The average house price in National Parks has risen by £91,265 or around 36%, over the past 10 years; £10,000 more than the average price increase for all properties in England and Wales. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park saw a growth of 36% and is Wales’s most expensive for property, with average prices standing at … [Read more...]
Farmland in Wales the Most Expensive in the UK
The price of farmland in Wales has seen the largest price increase in the UK over the last year, and is now the most expensive in the UK, a survey by the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) has shown. The average price per acre of farmland in Wales is now £8,625; an astonishing rise of 19% in the last … [Read more...]
33 Minutes to Choose a House
A new survey by Aviva shows that people now typically spend just 33 minutes looking round a house before making the decision to buy it. The time spent viewing before making a snap decision to purchase has dropped from an average of 39 minutes 10-20 years ago. A quarter of home owners admitted to only viewing a … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Get the Best out of your Move to the Country
People move to the country for many different reasons. Some may wish to close their door behind them and not integrate with the local community but, in my experience, the way to gain most from your move to the country is to throw yourselves wholeheartedly into local life. This is the advice I give to my clients … [Read more...]
A Briton’s Dream Home
As a nation of proud homeowners, you might assume that the majority of us would yearn for some palatial, listed castle or “Grand Design”. However, you would be wrong. Research from a survey of 2,000 people undertaken by Gocompare.com revealed that most people’s dream home is a new build, 4 bedroom house in the … [Read more...]
