If you’re thinking of selling your home, the first step is to make preparations for the sale so that the house stands out and gives off the impression of a property well-taken care of, both on the inside and outside. First impressions do count and in real estate, they can make or break a deal. If your home exterior...
As the sunsets and night draw in, winter days are all about the weather dropping down to a few degrees to build up the coming of Christmas season, a time when people spend so much time indoors. This is when the feel and the look of a home become the most important. With competition high during this time of...
Most people's mortgage deals are either fixed-rate or variable. A fixed rate deal is for a set period, whereas with a variable rate deal, the interest rate can move at the discretion of their lender.
If you have been on the same mortgage deal for quite a few years now, you’re most likely on a variable rate deal. This means...
New lending rules, introduced on 30th September, have left landlords with fewer options to fund their property investments. The last couple of years have seen several changes to the landlord world, with changes to tax relief, stamp duty and the introduction of many other regulations. The recently introduced rules now mean that portfolio landlords will face much tougher checks...
Laminate flooring is easily one of the best options on the current market, and one of the most popular. Like any flooring type it has some drawbacks, but it is easily one of the best for its versatility and reliability, whilst ensuring it keeps prices down to a minimum.
One of the reasons Laminate is so popular it because it...
Spending money to make your rental property more energy efficient may not be at the top of your list of priorities. However, investing can make your rental home more appealing and help avoid future maintenance costs and issues such as damp. Tenants are becoming savvier and as more estate agents list the energy rating of properties in adverts, a...
1 in 10 Brits are now opting to park elsewhere and convert their garage space into an extra, practical room for the whole family to utilise.
Here are 3 innovative ways to breathe new life into your misused and unloved garage:
Home Office
A home office is easy to achieve and comes with a multitude of benefits for the whole family. Invest...
When watching property programmes on TV these days it’s certainly noticeable that an increasing amount of homeowners are opting for wood flooring in their home – you may even have it in yours! Whether it features throughout living and dining rooms, conservatories, bathrooms and kitchens or even bedrooms the timeless natural beauty of wood can be seen almost everywhere!...
Ontario is Canada’s most populous province, but the vast majority of its nearly 10 million souls live in its densely populated southern counties. Most of the province is all but uninhabited — which makes it an ideal place for intrepid land buyers.
It’s not hard to buy vacant land in Ontario. Before you do, ask yourself these seven questions.
1. Where...
Home buyers often shudder with fear at the thought of the conveyancing process due to the well voiced horror stories. Whether it was having a difficult estate agent or a non-communicative solicitor, the challenge of buying a home is worsened by not actually knowing what to do and when to do it.
Believe it or not, the process follows the...