Friday December 3, 2021

We have won a gold award in the Property Academy Best Estate Agent Guide (BEAG) in association with Rightmove. This puts us in the top five percent of UK lettings and estate agencies. When the news came in, a colleague asked why I was staring at the ceiling. “Leave me alone. I am basking” came […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]