Make your house smell nice for viewings…

Selling your house may seem to be an endless cycle of keeping everything lovely and tidy and making sure you can actually still enjoy living there. If you’ve read through lots of other hints about selling your house you’ll see that scents can be used to make your home smell more appealing. Some people suggest putting a filter jug of coffee on, or baking bread, but you could also do something as simple as light a candle! There’s some really lovely smellie candles about that you might enjoy having in your house. Amazon have 33% off selected candles and room fragrances at the moment.
Remember though a scented candle is no excuse for an underlying smell. They should enhance not be a distraction.
Clear out anything that smells – and that includes rotten old trainers or the dogs old blanket. Only clean pleasant things can be in your house whilst you’re trying to sell it.

scented candles at Amazon
A scented candle is likely to be more pleasant than a burst of air freshener at the last minute too.
Of course if you’re a particularly good cook then you could bake a tray of cup cakes for when your viewers arrive. Who could resist buying a house where you were given a cup cake? OK so probably lots of people could, but it’d certainly make the house stand out in their mind.

General house viewing hints for the start of the year – make sure you’ve put away all the Christmas stuff. Ensure any extra rubbish that’s not been collected yet is out of sight too.

Primley Mount

The original features are
Primley Mount has lots of original features like marble fireplaces, coloured glass panelled doors, a rear \’servants\’ staircase, moulded ceilings, mahogany turned bannisters and large sash, bay windows. Room height of the ground floor is 10 feet 6 inches and 9 feet 3 inches on the first floor. The house is featured in a book of local Victorian photographs, it looks unchanged.

St Benets Abbey

With provenance back to
With provenance back to 1411
Grade II Star listed
Set in approx 1.8 acres of grounds
Four Star Visit Britain rated
Within easy walk of village amenities
Original chapel tower still remaining

THE PROPERTY
St Benets Abbey has origins dating back to 1411 and is a unique building standing in approximately 1.8 acres of grounds with a wooded back drop yet within a short walk of the good village amenities of Lanivet.

very interesting property!

Lovely house with land

Set in 31 acres
Set in 31 acres this 5 bed farmhouse offers a huge potential for a large family to enjoy life to the full. With grazing pastures, woods cider apple orchards, a stream running through there is something for everyone. The main house offers 3 bedrooms, triple-aspect sitting room and spacious farmhouse kitchen/diner.

A lot of apples trees on the land!

Grand Designs Magazine

This is a fantastic magazine for all fans of the show. Regular features on houses seen on TV, plus design articles and all sorts of new products for you to drool over.

Grand Designs Magazine

Grand Designs Magazine from Magazine Group £27.50
The magazine features really wonderful grand designs – these are incredible homes, housees that display real vision, and where risk-taking has been central to the project, as well as houses that embrace interesting materials and new technologies – all elements for which the TV programme is known.
It’s packed with design features you’ll want in your own home and information on creating your own grand design.

Designer radiators

Designer radiatorsHow many times have you seen a radiator and thought “oh I like that”… A few times maybe. I love the really chunky looking ones like you used to get in schools. Really solid looking radiators look good in big rooms, but there are so many types of designer radiator.

A review of designer radiators at B&Q
In the photo shown on this page there are three radiators. One of them doesn’t even look like a radiator, you might be mistaken for thinking it’s a mirror. It’s a clever design, using the upright style of radiator in conjunction with a reflective surface that makes it something entirely different.

From a heating perspective you need to know the BTU you need. There’s a calculator for this which needs room sizes.The british thermal unit works out how much radiator power you need.
You need to know the type of room: whether it’s a living room, a sleeping area or another type.
You’ll need room measurements including height and information on whether it’s got french windows, double glazing or is north facing.
The calculator gives you a BTU/hour figure and it’s this that you need to know for each room you need a new radiator for.

They have over 180 contemporary radiators which means you’ll find something that suits your needs in a style you like.
You can search by colour, by brand or by style or finish.
There are several brands Accuro-Korle , Acova, Bristan ,Jaga, Kudox , Thermic , and XIMAX ,

I do like the more unusual ones but you’d have to weigh up which would suit your own house and style. If you’re looking for a radiator for a dark room then picking a reflective one would certainly bounce more light off. For limited wall space you can pick a narrow one.

Things to look out for – what will heat it

– hot water central heating systems means
– hot water heating systems and can also be fitted with an electric element
– Stand alone electric only – no plumbing required

Fitting an electric element means you can press a button and have a hot radiator without having your central heating on. A real luxury treat!

Location Location Location

There was a new Location Location Location on last night

You can find out more here n Ch4

Kirstie and Phil meet two pairs of buyers who hope to make south-east London their home.

But with very specific requirements and a lack of time, Phil and Kirstie are going to have to really work their property magic to make these dreams come true.

Cruise ship workers Peter and Jason are desperate to end the years of living out of suitcases and hope to set up home together in the popular suburb of Beckenham.

Designers Nadine and Toby want a house that’s in need of serious refurbishment, with a 60ft garden, ideally with a flat front, and also with a `good narrative’ to boot… on a maximum budget of £350,000.

They like the big property (some sort of masonic hall attached) on at £350k.
They ask if £330k is too cheeky. Don’t think it was cheeky enough myself but it’s peopel acting as trustees so they’re holding out for a better price.

After the owner rejected this offer (and a higher offer) they eventually accepted an offer of 346k! Krusty said this was ‘good for a house that has been on the market 2 and a half years’!
It’s not good! I thought their budget was £350k tops so it means they won’t be able to do it up. They’ve put in full planning permission for changes. Worrying to hear them say “We need to get it warm, dry and safe” … isn’t it? UBOSM house looks like a huge project.

The entertainers struggle to decide between tow houses. They like the one with period features £292500 is offered but the other people who’ve offered are exchanging on their sale tomorrow so in a bid to hurry it up Phil asks what he can do to get the sale stitched up today – so they offer £295k and it’s a deal.