Property And Mental Health
Posted on Monday, May 9, 2022
Like falling in love, deciding to buy a new home’s a blast.
It reboots your life, so that every detail of your daily routine feels fresh and exciting once more. And from the moment you set eyes on ‘the one’, that new home fills your every spare moment with fantasy party plans, Pinterest pages and colour pallets, as you style out your new life from the comfort of your tub.
5 Good Reasons to Add Colour to Your Home
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2022
The colour that greets you when you get home, should make you feel good as soon as you walk through the door. Otherwise, your environment isn’t supporting you as well as it could. It’s a personal daily impact and all it takes to fix is paint.
How to Move House, Even When You’re Not Moving House
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2022
The change of scene, the fresh start, the new paint, the champagne.
Do you secretly envy everyone who’s planning to move house this Spring?
Well, here’s your piece of the action.
If you’re planning to list your home - this is for you.
If you’re planning to stay in your home - this is also for you.
And if you’re in disagreement with your partner about moving home - this is definitely for you.
5 Steps: A view to a thrill
Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2021
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?
Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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
Posted on Monday, October 4, 2021
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
Posted on Thursday, September 2, 2021
“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.