f you're moving house, the first thing to do is finalise your moving date, and then you can start ticking things off your checklist. Use our guide below so you don't forget anything:
Four weeks before you move house:
Book a removals company as soon as possible. This will guarantee you get the date and the company you want. Keep in mind that weekend moves are likely to be more expensive.
Check your home contents insurance policy to see what cover you have regarding moving home. Your removal company may provide this if you are not covered.
Arrange for parking of the removal van outside your
SDL Auctions, one of the UK’s largest auction networks, has announced a record-breaking number of 40 dates for its 2018 auction calendar.
The increase in dates – up from 37 in 2017 – follows a successful year when the company expanded into Manchester and the North West, as well as increasing activity in its established areas of Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Cheshire and North Wales.
Rory Daly, chief executive and auctioneer at SDL Auctions, said: “The last 12 months have seen us break various records, including holding the biggest ever Birmingham auction and setting a record for
Auction finance is a great way for property developers to secure a below-market-value property, often from a motivated seller. It could even be suitable for first-time developers too, if you've got the right expectations from the beginning.
Putting up your hand and bidding on a property worth hundreds of thousands of pounds is a daunting prospect, even for experienced auction-goers. If you make the winning bid, you'll usually have to pay a non-refundable deposit on the day, and you'll have 28 days to pay the balance.
That means that the timeframe for auctions is much shorter than the
A fire-damaged house drew competitive bids that resulted in the hammer coming down at a top price during the latest SDL Auctions Bigwood auction in Birmingham.
There was more than £16 million raised at the auction at Villa Park on 14 December, which included a wide range of properties from across the West Midlands.
And SDL Auctions Bigwood, part of one of the UK’s largest auction networks, has now announced it will be holding seven auctions in Birmingham in 2018 as part of a 40-date auction calendar – the highest number the company has ever held in one year.
People in search of building plots and renovation projects flocked to the Symonds & Sampson property auction at The Memorial hall in Sherborne Dorset on 8th December .
Auctioneer Mark Lewis said “As soon as we put the catalogue together I knew that we would receive a great deal of interest for some of the lots and this was a very strong end to the year. We sold 124 auction properties in 2017 and raised the second highest total since 2007 with a record number of people attending the sale room.
Highlights included:
Building plots: A site in Shillingstone sold for a two bedroom bungalow sold for
Network Auctions has reported an 82% sales result raising £3.4m in its last sale of the year on December 7th marking a record beating year for the company.
The sale included some notable results with a building plot in North London achieving a hammer price of £210,000 against a reserve of £110,000, a semi-detached house in Bristol with a late addendum relating to Japanese Knotweed selling for £434,000 against a guide of £360-370,000, and a bidding war for a parcel of land in Feltham which saw an astonishing hammer price of £17,000 off a guide of £2-3,000.
An historic church and its neighbouring church hall were two of the notable sales in SDL Auctions Graham Penny’s latest auction in Derby on 15 December.
The Church Hall fronting Market Street in Swadlincote sold for £81,000, from a *guide price of £40,000+, while the adjoining Methodist Church on West Street, which dates back to the reign of King George III, saw the hammer come down at £56,500 from a guide price of £40,000+.
Meanwhile, a former Frankie & Benny’s restaurant at 39 Cornmarket in Derby city centre sold on its guide price of £350,000, while a corner shop with accommodation above
The final Cheffins property auction of the year saw development and investment lots sell for premium prices on Wednesday 6th December. Hosted at the firm’s salerooms in Cambridge, the sale grossed over £2.75m across eleven lots including land, investment opportunities and residential homes.
The highest price on the day was £890,000 paid for the Colourbox Montessori Nursery on Haverhill Research Park which offered a rental income of £61,065 per annum. Making in excess of £100,000 over its estimate of £750,000, the property offers the investor buyer a final gross yield of 6.8%. The modern
More than £19m has been raised by SDL Auctions Graham Penny in its Nottingham property auctions across 2017 – up by £1.5m on 2016.
The impressive revenues, raised from seven auctions held at Nottingham Racecourse during the last 12 months, are higher than any competing auction business in the city.
The latest auction on Thursday 7 December saw what was possibly one of the biggest semi-detached properties in Nottingham sell for £273,000, from a *guide price of £160,000+.
Strong bidding for the property at 1 Alexandra Gardens in Carrington was driven by the fact that it had seven bedrooms across
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