If 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.
Selling property at auction is a fantastic way to sell if you’re looking for a speedy, secure and stress-free sale.It also provides both a transparency of sale and high degree of certainty rarely available through private treaty methods, ensuring that your property is sold to a buyer willing to pay the most on the day. The entire process, from instruction to exchange of contracts, can take as little as four to eight weeks.
Properties that are regularly under the hammer include:vacant or tenanted houses and flats, commercial and retail premises, land and development sites, former churches
The second Acuitus multi-asset auction of 2021 raised £22.2m with a success rate of 86%.
The largest lot sold under the hammer was £3.225m for a freehold retail investment with residential development potential in St Ann’s Road, Harrow, London. It produces a current annual rent of £48,000 and was sold at a net initial yield of 1.4% - reflecting the re-letting potential of the retail units and the residential development potential of the remainder.
Acuitus Chairman and auctioneer, Richard Auterac, commented: “This sale featured a number of lots with development potential and these are
Buyers were out in force for the Auction House London sale on 3rd March, with many properties selling well above reserve prices and expectations.
The additional sale date for March was laid on by auctioneers, following high demand from buyers and sellers at the start of 2021. Last week, 55 lots were sold at a success rate of 80%, raising more than £16m pounds (£16,266,300). This property in Abbey Wood, south east London - untouched since its private treaty sale in October 2020, sold at £355,000, considerably more than its selling price last year.
With staycations the byword for sunseekers this year, competitive bidding is expected for a detached holiday lodge in Cornwall at the next Bond Wolfe Auctions’ online auction on Wednesday 31 March.
The three-bedroomed property at number 20 within the popular at St Tudy, near Bodmin, has an attractive guide price* of £39,000+.
Ron Darlington, consultant director at Bond Wolfe Auctions, said: “We’re expecting huge interest in this full furnished holiday lodge, which comes with a long leasehold.
“Not only does it have its own patio and hot tub, there is also fishing, golf
A dilapidated former button factory in Birmingham could soon be done up for a fresh future after it appears in Bond Wolfe Auction’s next online sale later this month.
Repair and refurbishment could soon bring the eponymous Button Factory, based at the Maypole Works in Maypole Lane, south Birmingham, back into service as industrial premises.
Alternatively, the building could be demolished and redeveloped to create new homes on the quarter-acre site, subject to planning permission.
The site has been used for button manufacturing since at least the 1930s, one of the key industries that
A trio of former care homes within a mile of each other in West Bromwich will all go under the hammer at the next Bond Wolfe Auctions online auction at the end of this month, with combined guide prices* in excess of £1.5 million.
McLaren House, St Andrew’s Court and Rowena Court are each listed separately in the brochure for the upcoming auction, on 31 March, along with 223 other lots from across the UK covering everywhere from Cornwall to Northumberland and with guide prices ranging from £nil to £850,000.
Ian Tudor, managing director of Bond Wolfe Auctions, said: “All three properties are
Auction House is reporting a wave of new sellers to its auctions, attracted by a rise in the number of bidders, and selling prices which are regularly reaching figures well-ahead of expectations.
The group has already experienced its busiest ever March, with 476 lots entered into this month’s sales, compared to its previous highest figure of 434 in 2020.
Commenting on the figures, Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake said: “In an ordinary year, this would be considered an excellent achievement; in the middle of a global pandemic, it’s a phenomenal one.
Auction House is reporting a wave of new sellers to its auctions, attracted by a rise in the number of bidders, and selling prices which are regularly reaching figures well-ahead of expectations.
The group has already experienced its busiest ever March, with 476 lots entered into this month’s sales, compared to its previous highest figure of 434 in 2020.
Commenting on the figures, Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake said: “In an ordinary year, this would be considered an excellent achievement; in the middle of a global pandemic, it’s a phenomenal one.
Despite supply of homes falling in the wider property market, a leading auctioneer is reporting record growth which it sees as a sign that auctions are becoming more mainstream.
Following the launch of its 216-lot March auction catalogue, SDL Property Auctions is reporting an impressive increase in lots of 149% year on year. This is in stark contrast to the national figures released by Rightmove in its latest house price index, which show a 21% drop in new sellers coming to the market compared to the same period last year.
Managing director and auctioneer Andrew Parker believes the
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