This week local estate agency owner and lettings specialist Gareth Cheshire gives us his views on players in the Property Portal business Play nice now kids……. To quote the late Charles Aznavour ‘Yesterday when I was young’ well when I was younger (it wasn’t yesterday, it was a few years ago) I would often enjoy a playground spat, this didn’t really change in my career with the corporates,...
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We asked experienced estate agent and owner of Cheshire and Co, Gareth Cheshire, his views on whether a property's kerb appeal is, or should be, a factor if you are buying a new house or getting ready to sell your home. ‘Is beauty only skin deep? Now there’s a question! Over the years, and during many hours of TV property programmes, many of which I have appeared in myself, property presentation has...
This week Gareth shares his views on the Private Rented Sector. Followers of our property related blog will no doubt be able to cast their minds back to the burning embers of Chancellor (my bestie is Mark the Canadian at the Bank of England) Gideon's time at the Treasury when it seemed that his bete noire-before he made the voodoo doll of Theresa May after she had given him his P45-was the private rental...
... maybe, possibly, probably not. By this time tomorrow, we will at least know whose mantelpiece the World Cup trophy won't be sitting on come Sunday. It will come as no surprise to my adoring fan club that many years ago I was something of an accomplished (football) player. In other disciplines The Chesh still is in the premier league (no sniggering at the back thank you). Every year, myself and my...
Amongst other things, Gareth advises here to choose your agent wisely. Its just three more weeks...... yes, I know, England beating the team ranked 112th in the world does not mean that those of a patriotic disposition should be rushing to get "Football's coming home" tattooed on some part of their anatomy; but whether or not they need the extension on the ticket for the team bus in the short...
Gareth Cheshire, Owner of Cheshire and Co, discusses your new home priorities. Regular followers of the blog will already know that I have strong feelings about Miss Minogue, Jeremy Corbyn, expanding waists, Diane Abbott, Russian ladies with big..hair, pointy shoes on men, suits with skinny trousers and surveys, to name a few. All for very differing reasons and occupying both ends of The Chesh's love/hate...
So the war of words has begun; no, not The Donald and Messrs Putin/Jong-Un/anyone else who has p@$#d him off in the past 24 hours, but Purplebricks (PB) and the recently formed Charter For Independent Estate and Lettings Agents (CIELA). What started the death stare posturing and verbiage was PB releasing the results of a whopping 1003 people (why that specific number, I have no idea) surveyed, that...
Well that very much depends upon to whom you are referring. Let us start with the movers and shakers of the property world, namely Purplebricks. Ah yes, the Bruce brothers, who the majority of those involved in the business of trying to make money from selling houses, loathe, because, er, they have made an awful lot of money from (sort of) selling houses. For the record, I doff my cap (I am sporting a...
While it was interesting to read that Countrywide-one of the industry big hitters-had plunged deeply into the red last year resulting in far-reaching cuts countrywide (no pun intended); it was something else that drew my attention. The announcement hidden among the "review of their footprint across the UK", don't you just love corporate-speak? (translated here as 'we're $%^*&*') was that it has...
Many years ago, when I had still had hair (on my head), the world did not grind to a total halt because the 'snowflake' generation cannot cope with er, snowflakes and Jezza and Max were still young fascists-waiting-to overthrow-the Establishment/comedy value operatives for the Eastern Bloc, there were only 2 TV stations: BBC 1 and whatever franchise of ITV your TV transmitter could reach. In those days if...
