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Jake CivardiThe dual town/country existence has been growing over the past few years, the pandemic however has made it even more appealing. Jake Civardi, Partner at The Buying Solution says: “We have noticed a marked increase of second home buyers coming into the market recently. They are looking turn key houses; the current mentality being ‘buy…
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Philip EastwoodAir conditioning could become the new normal in the UK after Britons were forced to sleep through a week of unseasonably hot nights. Firms responsible for fitting homes with air conditioning units reported seeing surging demand in recent days, while estate agents said prospective buyers now considered the once luxury item to be a necessity. One company…
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Jonathan BramwellJonathan Bramwell talks to Carole Walker at The Times Radio Q Have you noticed more people looking to move out of London and major cities? A As soon as lockdown happened we received many more calls. A lot of buyers were already looking to make the move as London in particular was getting too expensive.…
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Harry GladwinHarry Gladwin talks to The Sunday Times about the flurry of interest from buyers looking to purchase a small holding in the UK and live the ‘good life.’ Agents have reported smaller plots of land are “gold dust” as urbanites look to gain space and avoid the masses. Driven by a desire to gain space…
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Mark LawsonFrom the bookish clutter of Robert Peston’s North London eyrie, to Prince Charles’s reassuringly chaotic desk at Clarence House, lockdown has afforded us a strangely intimate insight into the working-from-home ways of many household names. But with 77% of us having no intention of returning to an office when this madness is all over, according…
Read more Mark LawsonNow that people are becoming more wary of visiting GP’s and hospitals for minor appointments and with many private hospitals being given over to the NHS, there is a trend emerging for the ultra rich to include medical facilities within their own homes. Mark Lawson, Partner at The Buying Solution, says; “One of our more…
Read more Harry GladwinThe lockdown, heatwave and limits on foreign travel have fuelled demand for outdoor swimming pools in the UK’s top end homes. Contractors are reportedly rushed off their feet and have started to create waiting lists. Each project can take up to four months and if the pool is to be built in an area of…
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