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.

How saleable is your home blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

How saleable is your home?

Ask most estate agents why a house hasn’t sold and they will usually say the asking price is the main cause. But is that the…

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9 ½ Top tips for Winter selling blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

9 ½ Top Tips for Winter Selling

Selling a house in the wintertime can be a bit tricky. Your garden is looking far from its best, dogs and children are wont to…

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Why we love unique homes blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

Why We Love Unique Homes

“I love your house.” As I said these words, the lady in front of me at the scrubbed kitchen table put her head in her…

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Light up your home blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

Light Up Your Home

Have you ever noticed when you go into an expensive restaurant, how the lighting really sets the mood of intimacy and quality? And how in…

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Top ten tips for styling your living room blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

Top Ten Tips for Styling Your Living Room

Add the ‘wow’ factor to your home Who doesn’t want a comfortable and cosy living room?  Where do we all settle down at night to…

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Three tips to make the most of your Lake view blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

Three Tips to Make the Most of Your Lake View

How many homes around Lake Windermere have lake frontage, do you think? We counted around 150. That’s almost seven for each mile of shoreline. And…

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How long will it take to sell my house blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

How long will it take to sell my house?

We were once called in to help a homeowner with a beautiful Georgian home in Keswick.  He and his wife had been trying to sell…

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Your Rightmove property performance report blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

Your Rightmove Property Performance Report

So your home is on the market; your sale board is outside; your photos are done and your house is on Rightmove. Maybe you get…

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Should you move blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

Should you move?

How do you decide if now is the right time for you My friend Marissa has her house on the market.  It’s a beautiful home,…

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The AJ Hub

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.