Don’t wait until the New Year to sell your home!   More people search online for a new home over the Christmas period than any other time of the year. Over the last several years, there has been a steady increase in the number of active buyers looking for their new home online over the Christmas period, with Christmas Day pulling in millions of page views on Rightmove, and even more on Boxing Day!...

Column from EDP Property News (27/10/2017) The Department for Communities and Local Government is launching a consultation on how to make to make the house buying process simpler, faster and less stressful. Changes could include possible financial penalties if a buyer or seller pulls out of the agreement without a good reason, tighter controls for estate agents with mandatory training for those in the...

November sees the next in the series of our A Morning for Landlords open advice events.  Caroline Lake MNAEA, Area Lettings Manager, will host the open morning offering advice to new, current and future landlords. Are you an existing landlord looking to work with a new agent? Are you looking to invest in property and thinking about renting it out? Are you a new landlord and unsure exactly what...

Following recent growth and expansion to our team of Chartered Surveyors, we are now able to offer our wide range of surveying services in Lincoln, Newcastle, and the North East. This means we are able to bring high-quality surveying to more customers than ever before along the East Coast.  With a vision of expansion into Yorkshire, we will soon be able to offer our services to clients from Colchester in...

Professional Bodies Watsons are proud to be associated with the following professional bodies. Our Property Management Team always work within the guidelines and code of conduct as set by them. Here is a brief overview of the professional bodies within the Block & Estate Management industry:   RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Watsons is regulated by the RICS. RICS rules of conduct cover...

We’re very proud of our employees and no more than Wesley Stokes, Senior Negotiator at our Watsons of Cromer branch. Wes, who also lives in Cromer is a lifeboatman and part of the Cromer RNLI team of volunteers, and can often be called away from his desk at any time to head out to an incident. Being on call 24 hours a day means volunteers can get called to a shout, whatever the time of day or weather...

Register Your Electrical Appliances   Why take the risk? House fires and electric shocks, which can be caused by faulty appliances, are amongst our biggest fears. Yet most households still don’t register their electrical items and therefore manufacturers are unable to contact them in the event of a recall. Faulty appliances alone cause over £40 million of damage in the UK every year and around...

NAEA Propertymark Board member and Branch Manager at Watsons of Norwich, Ian Harris provides some handy tips and guidance on making an offer for your dream property: Putting an offer forward to purchase your dream home is a big thing. Here are some tips and guidance to make the process as smooth as possible. Alternatively, you can watch the NAEA YouTube video here. Preparation Firstly, the more...

So what exactly is a Section 20 Notice, and what are they for? As a managing agent, we find there is often confusion by our clients as to why remedial works are sometimes delayed, and what may appear as a simple solution, seems to be taking time. The reason for this could be the implementation of a Section 20 procedure. Section 20 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 (as amended by the Commonhold &...

Estate agent boards have proved a great marketing tool for a very long time, with some arguing they are an essential to sell or let your property; while others disagree. With the increase of online marketing, is there still a place for these traditional estate agent boards in the digital age? With the saturation of social media, and more users than ever before searching for properties online, there must...