Move or improve in 2022?

Is it a new home you need? Or just a new coat of paint? Estates East asks 3 revealing questions to help you with the answer.
5 Steps: A view to a thrill
Buyers spend an average of 15 minutes at a first viewing of a property. Here are 5 Steps to help you make every moment count. Everyone has their thing. Some people go straight for the taps, is the water clear? How’s the pressure? Others walk in as if they own the place, in case one day they do.
Being a good landlord is good for business. Could the way you deal with your tenants be costing you?

Managing your own property gives you control but it’s time-consuming and it means you’re out there without a map when it comes to your relationship with your tenants, leading potentially, to high turnover and loss of profit.
5 steps to preparing your home for sale

Freshly brewed coffee? Oven fresh buns? Who has time? Your property’s about to go on the market and the photographer’s booked to come in a few days to take the pictures that will inspire potential buyers to view your home. So where do you start?
Story of a Beginning
“So she’s left with no roof on her house and the estate agent’s saying it’s not his problem. Well, you don’t leave an elderly lady with no roof, you don’t leave anyone without a roof, not in east London”. Neil Collins bristles at the memory that 20 years ago made him decide estate agents couldn’t be trusted and that he should do something about it. We’re sitting in the Nag’s Head just off Orford Road in Walthamstow with Paul West and Paula Benson, founders of London design and branding studio Form , who first met Neil in 2019 to chat about a rebrand for his estate agency Estates 17.