As an agent, I always found autumn to be the most stressful of the four seasons – mainly due to what is one of my favourite times of the year….Christmas or the dreaded ‘C’ word as we named it! Apart from the annual argument about who had to work the week before, and who had … Read More
Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex are very popular choices for second home buyers – especially the New Forest and along the south coast. Their perfect weekend retreat might be driven by hobbies such as sailing or other water sports, or just a place that is familiar to them through previous holidays or childhood memories. We … Read More
As we are always saying, we are immensely proud of our testimonials and we received another lovely one this morning. These clients really took the brunt of the intensely competitive market we experienced in the first half of this year. They were put into a contract race on the first property we found them – … Read More
When we started Goosechase Property Search, we were given some very sound advice by renowned London property finder, Guy Morton with whom I had completed many transactions during my years as an estate agent in Fulham. He said he had often been approached to sell or let properties privately for clients /contacts, but he had … Read More
In my first week as an estate agent back in 1991, my old boss Peter Toben took me to a little brasserie on Lavender Hill, Battersea for lunch and gave me two excellent pieces of advice which have always stayed with me all these years on: Buy ‘People Watching’ by Desmond Morris Always give best … Read More
Its hard to believe but in just a few weeks the wonderful, eccentric and colourful event that is The Hat Fair will be upon us again. Taking place over the weekend of July 4th, the longest running UK festival of street acts is a true taste of what Winchester is all about and a wonderful … Read More
On the second day of this year, we met Mark and Davina who were living in Brussels and were looking to move back to this country. They had stayed with friends just outside Winchester over Christmas, had fallen in love with the area and felt this was the perfect place to begin the next chapter … Read More
Many years ago I was featured in the ‘Diary of an Estate Agent’ in the London Evening Standard. We thought it would be fun to do a snapshot of a week in the life of a search agent…its certainly never dull! Tuesday: We meet up with one of our clients who has just got … Read More
Victoria Bond is the founder of schoolguide.co.uk, a free online information resource for parents looking to find the best school for their child. Search 35,000+ schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by name, postcode or location and see all the official data clearly displayed in a single page I recently saw a … Read More
Victoria Bond is the founder of schoolguide.co.uk, a free online information resource for parents looking to find the best school for their child. Search 35,000+ schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by name, postcode or location and see all the official data clearly displayed in a single page I recently saw a … Read More