Rightmove released a report saying that 70% of properties for sale this year are still unsold.
The BBC says Home sellers ‘cut asking prices for first time in 2011’
Author: Diane
Property Tracker for Chrome
Not quite property bee but worth a look if you prefer chrome browser
Property Tracker
Once installed you can browse rightmove and you’ll see the blue or green arrow. Hover over this for the info. Green down arrow indicates a price drop.
What info to leave for the new owners?
Should you leave information for the new owners when you move out? Some people do and some don’t. A folder full of useful information would be nice about what days the bin days are, where the nearest shop is and what time it closes on a Sunday.
You could also leave local taxi numbers and Takeaway menus with recommendations! That’d be a nice touch especially as moving is so tiring.
You could also be very thorough and leave the receipts for every major purchase in the house – although you might not have kept the reciepts for the bathroom suite you had put in back in 2001.
You could if you were organised enough leave the names and brand of each paint colour used on the walls – same with wallpaper, blinds and curtains – so they could be matched although light exposed paint does change colour over time.
You should probably look out for the instruction booklets on every appliance in the house. You’ll have them in a folder somewhere tucked away. The alarm instructions are important too so they can change the code!
Some people might also leave the names and contact details of every workman that had been in the house and what work they had done so that any guarantees could be chased up – or if they wanted more work of the same quality doing they would have an idea who to contact.
If you have a chimney then leave the number of the chimney sweep and when you last had it done and when they should probably next get it done.
You could leave the numbers of any emergency plumbers you’ve used too if you recommend them! All the useful numbers you pass on to neighbours when they want work doing.
Health care – leave the local doctors and dentist addresses and numbers, as well as the nearest chemist.
You could also leave your mobile phone number so that if they have any questions you can answer them – but leaving the heating instructions is a better idea!
If you decide to leave some info then you’re probably the sort of person to leave them some flowers or a bottle of wine too! It’d be nice if everyone did this but lots of people don’t!
Most expensive place in Manchester
It’s a 3 bedroom appartment in the Beetham Tower
I’d have gone back on a clear day and taken some photos to show off the view.
It is unique and spread over three storeys making this a triplex apartment. It is on floors 44 to 46 at the top of the Beetham Tower
It also has secure undercroft parking for five cars.
Dagnell End Farm in Worcestershire
Dagnell End Farm is lovely! It’s a 5 bedroom house on for £1,500,000
It also has a Separate 2 bed annexe. Very nicely done inside!
Dagnell End Farm dates from the 1700s
WICKHAMFORD – beautiful house
Wickhamford has this beautiful house for sale at £2,750,000
You will drool over this historic building. It’s beautifully half timbered and so pretty!
Reception hall, drawing room, dining room, library, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, secondary kitchen, cloakroom, utility room, larder, study, butlers pantry.
Master bedroom suite with dressing room (or additional bedroom, 3 further bedroom suites, 2 further bedrooms, family bathroom and additional 2 WC’s.
Self contained staff/guest flat: hallway, kitchen, utility room, bathroom, 2 bedrooms and sitting room.
Attached barn: garden store, additional store, log store, 4 loose boxes, 2 large first floor storage rooms (hayloft and additional storage room)
Separage 4 car garage/barn with large storage room above and attached squash court.
Additional 17th century barn, 13th century dovecote.
Buying a house next to a school
Is buying a house next to a school a good idea? I’ve lived next to a primary school in the past and it was fairly peaceful until break time when there’d be lots of kids running about screaming. It isn’t a bad sound though and if you go out to work you’re not going to be there.
There’s the thorny issue of parking – that might be a problem if you want to leave your house the same time as hoardes of parents arrive to drop off or pick up their kids.
Don’t rely on what the vendors tell you. Visit during school drop off time to see how chaotic it really is. Just drive past – or try to!
There’s possibly a difference in numbers depending on school size, but parents of secondary school children don’t park any nicer than those of primary school children.
Summerlands Cottage
Number 6 Summerlands Cottages was once owned by Dave Cousins: leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs.
It’s a lovely Grade II listed cottage near Honiton in Devon.
Coffin shaped pool?
Just have a quick look at this one – is that pool coffin shaped?
Property Snake – useful and interesting
Property Snake keeps an eye on propertys – how long they’ve been on the market and what percentage they have been reduced.
You can search by postcode or area.
They don’t have complete records but it’s useful anyway!
Property Snake for M21 (Chorlton cum Hardy in Manchester)
Click on the column headings to change what the data is sorted by.
Property Snake for OL9 shows that one property has been on the market for over 1000 days!
