Plain-English advice on buying, selling, letting and renting on the Kent coast, written by the people who do it every day.
• "An apartment is over £100 grand and a flat under £100k", said my friend. • Joking aside, there is no difference, call it what you will, the humble apartment/flat has served Thanet well over the years. • The average sale price of an apartment in Thanet in 2021 was £179,994, making it an excellent first-time buyer purchase and buy-to-let investment. • In this article, I want to look at the apartment/flat in Thanet and how it could solve the county’s housing crisis.
Read the articleIf the idea of an insect infestation at your Thanet rental property makes your skin crawl, read on to find out how to beat the bugs this summer.
Read the articleIf you’re new to the property market, learning the lingo is essential. There are lots of legal and financial terms you need to get your head around and lots of research to be done. Two terms that you need to be familiar with are ‘freehold’ and ‘leasehold’. This quick read explains what each one means and why they are important.
Read the articleMany of Broadstairs’s mature homeowners are stuck in their oversized homes. Their children flew the nest years ago, yet they are unable to find suitable Thanet properties to move to. Broadstairs’s ‘Generation Stuck’ are holding back those younger Grantham ‘Generation Renters’ move into the larger homes they need. What is the answer to this problem? Read the article here….....
Read the articleIn this quick read, we’ve pulled together some of the most popular interior design profiles on Instagram to give you some inspiration.
Read the articleSevere conveyancing delays mean savvy sellers must act now to be in a new home by Christmas. You probably think it’s too early to be thinking about Christmas, right? After all, why worry about tinsel, trees and a present for dear old Aunt Bertha when it’s the middle of summer? But if you’re planning to move home and hope to be in your new pad by Christmas, then now is the time to get moving. Let us explain why there’s no time to delay.
Read the articleA thorough inventory can save a landlord time and money and prevent messy end-of-tenancy disputes. So why do so many landlords rush this essential stage – or skip it altogether? In this quick read, we look at why an inventory is important and what you need to include in it. Picture this Your tenant of the past 12 months is leaving. You go to check them out and find a massive stain on the carpet, the sofa cover has been torn and there are lots of marks on the walls. Uh oh.
Read the articleHave you heard of ‘unlocking the value of your home’? Do you know what it’s all about? If you’re over 55, chances are you’ve seen or heard this phrase several times from targeted advertising. While ‘unlocking value’ might sound like an elaborate spiritual journey or magic trick, instead, it’s quite dull and refers to equity release. So, what is equity release? Is it a good idea? How does it work? In this quick read, we go through the essentials.
Read the articleWe all know that kids these days spend more time indoors (often on screens) and less time running around outside. If you’re a parent or carer frustrated by this trend, read on to learn how some parents are fighting back through a scheme called Playing Out.
Read the articleThanet property prices have increased by 27.8% over the last two years. Thanet house prices have risen on the back of several things, including changes in how people see their homes and how they live and work (i.e. working from home), a lack of properties on the market and government tax incentives (the stamp duty holiday in 2020). Yet, the tide could be beginning to turn as the number of houses coming on the market is increasing as supply is starting to catch up with demand - in Q1 2022, 389,811 properties came onto the market in the UK compared to 425,295 in Q2 2022. One would typically expect Q1 to be larger than Q2 in average years. Yet some commentators are saying one thing that could stifle this growth is the cost-of-living crisis.
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