City apartments with terraces
As summer approaches everyone is looking to spend more time outside and when you live in the city where better than your own roof terrace? Take a look at three of Winkworth’s best in Brighton and London.
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SAFEagent Awareness Week 14-20 May
This week is the first annual National SAFEagent Awareness Week (14-20 May). The week has been launched in a bid to help raise public awareness of the importance of choosing a lettings agency covered by a Client Money Protection Scheme. This means that deposits and rentals are covered by insurance and will be refunded in the event of an agent going out of business or misappropriating client funds.
Renting Out Your Property in London
The news of the double dip recession perhaps comes as little surprise but it is certainly a downer for anyone trying to sell their property. The economic downturn has changed the way the housing market works, for many reasons. More people are looking for properties to rent in London and other cities and towns across [...]
Home Buying Guide for First-Time Buyers
The recession spells bad news for most, but not for first-time home buyers. While getting a mortgage can be difficult without a decent deposit, prices are significantly lower than they were pre-recession, which is bad news for sellers, but great news for those with nothing to sell. First-time buyers are at a slight disadvantage [...]
Getting Ready For Renting
More and more people are becoming landlords, either by letting out their own homes or through the buy-to-let market, in the face of the changing property market. Renting out your property is a great way to earn a second income in the short-term while waiting for the market to pick up or in the long-term [...]
How to relocate to the south of France
As summer approaches one inevitably starts to dream of holidays in warmer climates or even making the move to live somewhere hotter. One possible way to do this is to own an agricultural business in Provence.
Winkworth announce Champagne garden at Kew the Music
Winkworth, London’s largest estate agency group, is thrilled to be sponsoring Kew the Music for the second year running. And, the event held between July 3-8, is set to be even bigger than last year.
Hollande’s victory set to affect the market as French buyers look to move to London
Socialist Francois Hollande’s electoral victory this weekend in France, marks the end of Sarkozy’s reign. The move to the left will bring some big changes for the wealthy French. One of the most notable changes that Hollande intends to introduce is a 75% tax on anyone earning over €1 million. Winkworth agents are predicting that more French people will look to move to the UK where they will be taxed at 50% on their earnings.
Thatched Cottages
Winkworth has on the market some charming thatched cottages at the moment. Here are four of the best on offer.
Elvaston Place, a prestigious conversion of a South Kensington terrace
Offered for sale through Winkworth South Kensington Estate Agents is Elvaston Place – a brand new conversion of six spacious apartments across seven floors of a mid-terrace property in South Kensington.