Category Archives: Useful sites

Don’t forget to redirect your mail! https://www.royalmail.com/personal/receiving-mail/redirection   You can redirect your mail to any UK or overseas address for 3, 6 or 12 months from just £33.99. Price on Royal mail 4/2/2022  

Wondering how safe somewhere is? I’m watching the planning meeting of my local council on youtube and they’re talking about a development and problems potentially with road accidents – Which reminded me of this web site https://www.crashmap.co.uk/Search It’s not cheery … Continue reading →

https://www.planttracker.org.uk/ is a website where once you’ve registered you can report Japanese knotweed. The Environment Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage, Natural Resources Wales and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency have joined forces to help combat the spread of the UK’s most problematic … Continue reading →

I suspect this is a fairly new feature, but I haven’t spent a lot of time recently looking at sold prices. The colour code relates to price. It’s a nice feature, which in some areas will perhaps really highlight cheap … Continue reading →

I’ve not really used ‘On the Market‘ much, but today I have had a play. I put in a postcode and did a search. It extended the postcode to within 1/4 mile which wasn’t a problem at all. I assume … Continue reading →

Did you know that over 5% of homeowners sell their property without an estate agent? Selling your home using the Internet is now as effective as using an estate agent, with one major difference… You don’t pay the agent’s commission. … Continue reading →

It was normal this morning but I’ve just done a search and it’s changed! Massively! [Yes I really do use rightmove several times a day] Here’s a screengrab. You can now filter by newest listed (used to be most recent) … Continue reading →

New app called Appraised http://getappraised.net/ – Instant house price appraisals as you browse the market Appraised! helps you identify properties where the seller’s price expectations are or are not in line with data the Land Registry holds. Not tried it … Continue reading →

Stamp Duty for Buy to let and second homes will now be +3% – supports families buying their own home through a 3 percentage point surcharge on rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax on purchases of additional properties like buy … Continue reading →