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With the property market getting back to business landlords could be forgiven for thinking things will soon be back to “normal”. But let’s be clear, people may have stopped hoarding loo roll and hand sanitiser, but things aren’t going to be normal for some time. The ongoing shadow of Covid-19 means every industry, including the…
It’s the ‘will we, won’t we?’ question of the moment. Will we get our two weeks holiday in the sun? Or won’t we? The current situation means it’s unclear if people in the UK will be able to make their annual summer pilgrimage abroad to sunnier climes. New quarantine regulations, concern over a possible second…
Let’s take a moment to celebrate some of the joyous, upbeat, and downright quirky stories that made us smile this week. The Knitting Nana A nimble-fingered Norfolk Nana is raising funds for the NHS. Margaret Seaman, 91, is knitting a woollen tribute to the Nightingale hospitals set up to provide care during the Covid-19 crisis….
It’s often said the UK is made up of animal lovers. And since the lockdown began that love affair has grown even stronger. According to a 2019 survey by a company called Statista, more than 40 per cent of households across the UK own pets. Dogs and cats are the most popular, but also rabbits,…
Last week letting agents were given the go-ahead to return to work as part of the Government’s strategy to ease the country out of lockdown gradually. While this is good news that doesn’t mean that it’s business as usual in the property market. To borrow a line from the rock band The Pretenders “Some things…
On Wednesday last week, it was officially announced estate agents in England could go back to work as part of the Government’s phased relaxation of the lockdown. And we’re open again but only because we are fully ready to do so thanks to preparing in advance. Some agencies have rushed blindly out of the traps,…
As we enter a different phase in life under lockdown, we’re starting to feel more positive about the future. And here’s why. Good news is coming in from different sections of our everyday lives. Health Public health officials in England have approved a test to see whether people have been infected with coronavirus in the…
Alongside home baking, videoconferencing, and hair clippers the popularity of the Great British outdoors has rocketed since the lockdown began. Garden centres have reopened across the country following social distancing advice and are doing a roaring trade. And we have also reopened, following the Government’s announcement on Tuesday. We’ll be strictly following the COvid-19 safety…
We work with hundreds of landlords in and around Chelmsford. And in our experience, most of them are good people, who work hard and care about the way their tenants are treated and the standard of the homes they rent out. But they are often painted as the villains of the piece and labelled with…
A special news bulletin According to an estate agency news website, restrictions around property viewings and transactions are to be lifted tomorrow. This gives the green light for the property market to fire back into life – albeit in a very safe and managed way. At 7.30 pm this evening, Estate Agent Today published an…
In this 90-second read, we give you an update on what the Government’s report issued today means to people thinking of selling or letting in CHELMSFORD. The UK Government’s plan to steer the four nations through the Covid-19 storm was released today at 2 pm. And we’ve read through it and here’s our understanding of…
As some sections of our society are slowly being ‘unlocked’ following Boris Johnson’s address yesterday evening, there is some light beginning to be seen at the end of the tunnel. The messages we’ve all heard from medical officers across the UK is that if we stay very mindful of the threat of Coronavirus, we can…