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 […]

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 […]

Saturday August 15, 2020

At an early age Damiano Rea realised he had won the lottery of life. Born of Italian heritage to hard working owners of an Italian Restaurant and living in Heaton, an area where he still lives and works. The restaurant was to figure large in Damiano’s early life. At age seven he was decked out […]

Thursday April 16, 2020

Discrimination of any kind is a dreadful thing and while we have made great strides in recent decades, there is still a way to go. Notting Hill today is highly des-res, the abode of Luvvies, hedge funders and people who buy Gwyneth Paltrow products. In my parents’ day it was very different. A local slum […]