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.

Springtime selling – 9 tips to get you moving blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

Springtime selling – 9 tips to get you moving

After a winter of short, dark days sitting on the sofa working their way through the bottomless tub of Christmas ‘Celebrations’, home-hunters are hungry for…

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Create first impressions that last – let your home shine blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

Create first impressions that last – let your home shine!

Seven seconds. That’s all the time you have in which to make a good first impression. During that brief timeframe, we create an indelible impression…

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5 Top tips for winter selling blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

5 Top tips for winter selling

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat…you won’t sell your house while it looks like that! While the whimsy of festive folk songs may…

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How to make sure your photos look fabulous blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

How to make sure your photos look fabulous

In a world where you can pick your spouse-to-be from a directory of online photos at the swipe of a finger, it takes a lot to stand out from the crowd.

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When should I sell? – Is it the right time for you to move blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

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 blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

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 blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

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 blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

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 blogpost by AshdownJones estate agents in the Lakes and Dales

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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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.