February 2013

Communication. The dying art…

In the year of our Lord 2013, I have realised that it is is vital to follow some basic principles when running a business.  During my time working alongside our Armed Forces that included a gentleman who went by the nom-de-plume of 'Velvet' (so smooth - you can work out the rest), I was once told by a general that a good ADC or staff officer should always wear out his or her shoes. Why?  Because nobody...

The national average is just that…

Figures released this week by the Office of National Statistics reported a national rise in house prices in 2012 of on average 3.3%.  As anyone who paid attention in their maths class at school will know, the average is calculated from the sum of the whole divided by the number of parts.  Transposing this to house prices does not mean that every area went up 3.3%. For those of us in Wales, it was...

Where was the agent?

Last week's tragic story about a gentleman whose skeletal remains were discovered behind the armchair in the flat that he had rented for many years, raises one very obvious question: where in the name of God was the agent during this period?  The landlord and the bailiffs only attempted to take possession of the property after the monthly rental payments had stopped. This was from an individual who has...

Now is the time…

If ever there was a time to get your house valued with the idea of selling it, I would suggest that it is now.  In the past I have made my feelings clear about the numerous amounts of surveys or opinions that have been published by either housing organisations, parties with a self-interest, or self-imposed experts who once viewed a property in the last millenium.  So it it is pleasing to note that...

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