It pays to sit down once a year and review how your buy-to-let is performing and flag up any potential issues looming on the horizon. A two-minute read.
We’re all familiar with an MOT, an annual check-up to ensure your car is safe and good to go for the year ahead. Well, let’s apply the same concept to a buy-to-let investment.
Even if your current tenancy is ticking along nicely, a property MOT can be a helpful exercise to ensure that you:
Are up to date with government regulations and maintenance
Have the right rental strategy
Are not spending more than you need to on your mortgage and repairs.
So, let’s go!
How much of what you know about estate agents is really true? This three-minute read debunks a few common urban myths.
The digital revolution has given rise to several assumptions about estate agents, but we’re here to tell you they’re not true. It’s time to separate fact from fiction and debunk four myths about estate agents.
It’s time to turn the tide on single-use plastics going to landfill or winding up in our oceans and waterways. A three-minute read.
The world is drowning in plastic, and here are some statistics to prove it.
The UK gets through more than two million tonnes of plastic packaging a year. 1
A whopping 500 billion plastic bags are used around the world each year. 2
There are 5.25 trillion macro and micro pieces of plastic in our oceans – killing, maiming and poisoning wildlife. 3
Plastic makes up a quarter of the diet of polar bears. 4 Yes, really.
You might think recycling is the solution, but only 16% of plastic is recycled; the rest goes to landfill, is incinerated, or dumped. 5 To tackle the problem, we need to use less plastic.
This two-minute read explains how to nail the must-have looks that could push up the price of your home.
Here at Greyfox, we’ve been telling our clients for years to ditch the clutter and get the décor spot on to secure a top sale. Well now a survey has proved us right!
The study* found that two in five buyers look for a property that matches their own personal taste in interiors. (The split was 46% of men and 36% of women, dispelling the myth that women are the fussier sex.)
Now, you may be wondering why buyers get so hung up on cosmetic details. After all, it’s easy enough to paint a few walls if you don’t like a colour scheme, and you’re buying a property, not the furniture.
But many buyers make emotional rather than analytical decisions. When they step inside a home, they want to imagine themselves living there. Younger buyers – influenced by the mountains of interior design content on TikTok and Instagram – may have particularly strong views.
This two-minute read looks at how to ensure your home appeals to buyers looking for a family home.
When it comes to devising a marketing strategy to sell your home, the first step is establishing your target buyer.
For example, if you’re selling a slick, minimalist penthouse studio, there’s no prizes for guessing that your target will be young professional buyers.
But if it’s a house or garden flat that you’re bringing to market, then buyers with families should be at the forefront of your mind.
The great thing about this group is that they tend to be committed buyers. They’ve usually done their homework on local schools, nurseries and parks and have their hearts set on securing a property in the area. Hence, when they fall in love with a property, they mean business.
As a busy landlord juggling a portfolio of multiple properties, you might be thinking about ways to reduce your workload or secure a regular income. Have you been enticed by promises of guaranteed rent?
Guaranteed rental schemes or rent-to-rent (R2R, not R2D2) schemes are growing in popularity. But hold on for a minute, what do they actually mean?
In a nutshell, it’s where you rent your property to a rent guarantee specialist who promises to pay you a certain amount every month and takes on the burden of managing your property.
Sounds great, doesn’t it? But is it too good to be true?
In this two-minute read, we look at why you should be cautious of rent-to-rent schemes and how they could be less profitable in the long run.
