Property hotspots for young professionals
Fulham, in South West London, has topped a poll of the UK’s most desirable areas for young professionals. The research, carried out by Lloyds TSB, found that SW London post codes had the biggest draw...
View ArticleGive Your Kitchen The Extractor Factor
Nowadays when it comes to home styling everyone wants something different but when it comes to bespoke designer kitchens there’s one thing that everyone wants and that’s to ensure it is functional and...
View ArticleTips For Picking The Right Home Lighting
Good lighting is often hard to notice within a home, but if you get it wrong, it quickly becomes apparent. Here are some tips to getting lighting right. Think about your objectives Firstly, understand...
View ArticleRainbow Rooms
With this dreary, rain soaked summer lingering into July, it will take more than a few scatter cushions to bring some colour and light into our lives. So, how about taking the plunge and injecting...
View Article1000s sign up for the Great British Move
Over 6,000 sellers have already included their properties in the Great British Move Open House event, due to take place on the 15th & 16th September. If you are searching for your ideal home, the...
View ArticleGo home to Gothic
With Halloween celebrations taking place this week across the UK, it is a fitting time to take a look at properties with a gothic twist. This week we look at unusual properties with an atmospheric...
View ArticleFreeze out the winter chill with energy efficient homes
With the harsh winter weather setting in, fuel bills are likely to be a big expense for everyone. If you’re planning on moving home in 2013, putting energy efficiency on your property priority may lead...
View ArticleSpringtime Gardens
At last, British summer time is here! After what seems like an extra long winter, it’s now finally time to think about the benefits of buying a property with a blooming marvelous garden. With the...
View ArticleRenovate or relocate?
Should I stay or should I go? Your guide on whether the grass is always greener…. It can be an exciting proposition to sell a current home and move into a larger or different one, but it can also be …...
View ArticleProperty of the Week – Quirky and Cool
Here are a few of our favourite properties from this weeks latest listings on our Propertywide site. We thought we would go for a ‘quirky’ theme this week! Grab a cup of tea and get settled to view...
View ArticleFactors that can affect the value of your home
The UK housing market is benefiting from a boom in house prices, with house prices rising at their fastest pace for three years according to Halifax. The building society said that current trends...
View ArticleDo you have residential property industry experience?
If you answered yes to these questions, Countrywide Surveying Services, one of the UK’s largest employers of residential surveyors and Valuers in the UK, and an appointed Valuer to all major lenders...
View ArticleNational Dress up your Pet Week!
Do you have the most stylish pet in your street? This week has marked national dress up your pet day. As we have missed this...
View ArticleRabbit Hutch Britain
Today’s Independent newspaper reports that millions of people are living in homes that are too small for them. The poorest households are said to be worst hit with resulting health problems for...
View ArticleMaintaining your own Downton Abbey
With Christmas basically here, the Downton Abbey festive special is already causing us fans excitement. The return of the Crawleys and the confirmed appearance of George Clooney, means the Edwardian...
View ArticleProperty of the week: Divine Renovations
Whilst many of us have given up certain vices for lent, there are other ways to feel more spiritual. Choosing to live in a converted church or chapel may be seen as controversial by some, but the space...
View ArticleProperties of the week: The Ultimate Water Features
Although the majority of properties are purpose-built, for those who have a little imagination and time on their hands the UK is teeming with structures that were never intended to be lived in, yet...
View ArticleProperties of the week: Schools walls and halls of justice
As television programmes like Channel 4’s ‘Grand Designs’ perennially demonstrate, the British public are nothing if they aren’t inventive when it comes to converting properties into great...
View ArticleProperties of the week: Interesting Interiors
Gerard Depardieu once said that ‘everyone has taste, even if they don’t realize it’. He was apparently speaking of food, but his theory may hold good for broader applications. We took a brief peek at...
View ArticleProperties of the week: It’s spring. It’s April. It’s time to think gardens.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, the great Roman orator, is reputed to have written ’If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need’. The meaning of what he actually wrote was ’if you have a...
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