The AJ Blog
Everything you need to know about selling your home, in one handy place. Tips and advice about how to select the right time to sell your home, how to choose the best pricing strategy, step-by-step guides to style every room for photography and viewings, and how to choose the right estate to sell your home.
Unique homes – how we value them accurately
As estate agents, valuing homes accurately is at the core of our business. We’ve got to price them at a level that attracts enough attention from buyers, while achieving the maximum sale price for our clients, and sometimes it’s a challenge – particularly when there’s not much to compare them to.
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How to choose the best estate agent – 11 questions to help you decide
Selling your home is one of the biggest financial transactions you’re ever likely to make, and it could be an emotional time for you. So…
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Our top home styling accessories for 2021
It’s a new year – time to give your home a whole new look? If you’re selling your home, or planning to, our top home…
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Planning to downsize? start your new chapter in your next home
Are you starting to feel like you’re rattling around in a house that’s too big for you?
Are you ready to put less time, effort and money into somewhere new?
Winter viewing? How to make yours a success
We all dream of a white winter wonderland. A thick layer of snowy icing on the lawn, roaring fires, candlelit windows, movie afternoons wrapped in thick, downy duvets. The spicy scent of mulled wine drifting in from the kitchen.
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Secrets of fabulous property photography – learn from the pros
We have all heard that first impressions count and never is this truer than when trying to sell your property. Not only will excellent photographs catch the attention of eager buyers, but by emphasising the lifestyle your home actually offers, a well-planned photoshoot is likely to draw in serious viewers who won’t waste your time.
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Seven reasons to sell in September
In the blink of an eye, the trees are dappled in burnished reds and golds. That first waft of coal fire smoke garnishes the dusky sky. Dust off your autumn boots and dig out your gloves…September is here.
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6 1/2 Simple styling secrets – to make a buyer fall in love with your home
You know your home looks good. You’ve chosen your estate agent, the photographer’s booked and you’re ready to launch.
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Everything you need to know about selling your home, in one handy place. Tips and advice about how to select the right time to sell your home, how to choose the best pricing strategy, step-by-step guides to style every room for photography and viewings, and how to choose the right estate to sell your home.
When should I sell? – is it the right time for you to move?
It comes to us all. That defining moment. It can be brought along on winds of opportunity, on the back of financial necessity, or because…
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Meet the Land Girls
Superheroes live amongst us. Disguised behind their alter-ego titles of ‘wife’, ‘mother’, ‘daughter’ and ‘farmer’, these entrepreneurial women are hard at work.
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What to do before a viewing – our six time-saving tips on how to prepare for viewings
When it comes to selling your house, the viewer becomes the VIP. Here, we help you prepare for that all-important ‘state visit’.
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No viewings? – your home saleability checklist
We often visit people who have been trying to sell for a long time, without success. And we know how disappointing it can be to be stuck in limbo, with an unsold house and unfulfilled plans.
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Home styling for summer
The sun is shining, the grass is green and the scent of wanderlust is in the air.
If you’ve chosen summer as the season to move home, we’ve compiled a bucket (and spade) list of top tips to help get your home ‘beach body’ styled for the market.
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How many estate agents should you use to sell your home?
This is a question we often get when someone has tried to sell for a while – maybe even for years – without success.
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Successful downsizing – our complete guide
If you’re now or soon to be an empty nester, why waste money on space you don’t need? If it’s just you and your other half now, or perhaps just you, why not downsize to a smaller home or apartment to save not only on your mortgage but also on utilities, repairs, cleaning time, and more?
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How the right music can help you sell your home
Playing music to put someone in the mood for buying isn’t new. Retailers use it, hotels and even hairdressers employ background music to influence our behaviour. It can be quite literal: fast music makes us move quicker, and slower tunes help us relax, and browse. Music can be a very powerful sales tool.
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When should you invite an estate agent to see your home?
If you’re having conversations with your nearest and dearest about the possibility of selling your home, and moving on, how do you decide when to invite an estate agent into your discussions?
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