Saturday May 1, 2021

Our recent move from letting agency to full-service estate agency comes at an interesting time. A year ago, the general prediction was a flatline for house sales as uncertainty begat caution. In fact, sales have gone bonkers. Much is written about the stamp duty holiday being a major driver and yes, this is undoubtedly a […]

Tuesday April 13, 2021

In April 2020 if you said we would still be talking about the strange new bat-bug in a year’s time I would have demonstrated a double positive can prove a negative by saying “Aye. Right”. But here we are. Maybe light at the end of the tunnel and everyone saying they cannot wait for things […]

Monday March 8, 2021

In the mid nineties the Spice Girls ruled the charts and business was coming to terms with a new opportunity called the internet. There were stumbles on the road. Pen Island should have thought it through before they simply stuck dot com on the end of their name. In the mid-noughties social media changed the […]

Saturday January 30, 2021

The Middle Ages was a quiet time for my Italian ancestors, aside from famine, pestilence and war. The Roman Empire was a distant memory and it would be ages before Hollywood offered us parts as Mafia gangsters. So, Italians turned to creating great art. Here in England our ancestors turned to creating strange laws. Some […]

Thursday October 8, 2020

The Chinese sage Sun Tzu said “If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” As a business plan I feel it leaves something to be desired but who am I to disagree with one of the greatest military strategists of all time? Homeowners fighting for the abolition […]