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PROPERTY ADVICE

Size matters A change in circumstances
Planning ahead
Circumstances can change constantly, which A lifestyle change is always a good time
can massively affect how much space we to reassess your home and whether it still If you’re a first-time homeowner, there’s
need. From the need for a home office, to works for you. Perhaps you bought a family a high chance your home is a flat, and is
a baby on the way, to older children moving home in a popular school catchment area, potentially on the smaller side. So, it’s a
out, so many things can impact your but now your children have graduated. If good idea to plan ahead, and think about
requirements. you find yourself with no need to live in the what you might need from your home
catchment area anymore, you could benefit in the next few years. If you’re planning
If you feel like the walls are closing in, or like from selling your home, even if it’s only a for your partner to move in, dreaming of
there’s too many unused rooms to maintain, few streets away, as your home will likely be starting a family, or thinking of going self-
employed, you might find it’s better to get
it’s a sign a new place might fit better to your in high demand from family buyers who are
current lifestyle. in the same boat you once were. ahead of the game and upsize now, to get
yourself an extra bedroom or two, and
to accommodate those dreams as they
become reality.
Your home needs extensive
work
Your ‘dream house’ has come onto
Obviously, properties require You just don’t love it anymore the market
regular maintenance, and some
jobs can be much bigger, and ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure’, so Perhaps you’re one of those people who
much more expensive, than others. the saying goes – and while we hope you don’t has always had that property they keep an
Unfortunately, times may come think of your home that way, the sentiment eye on, just in case; but what happens if that
when your home needs several stands that just because you don’t love home suddenly comes on the market as
expensive jobs doing all at once – your home anymore, it doesn’t mean it isn’t you’re casually browsing espc.com, and it’s
especially if you’ve been living there everything someone else has been searching actually attainable? It’s spontaneous, but if
for a long time – such as the need for for. If you’re bored of your environment, or you it really is your dream, there’s only one thing
a new roof coinciding with windows just don’t feel like it fits your lifestyle anymore, it for it – it’s time to book a free valuation and
needing updated. could be a good time to start a property search get your property on the market, while you
to find somewhere that sparks excitement. make your dream home your future home!
For some homeowners, the thought
of living through major works, and
the expenses they incur, might make
them decide that they’d actually
prefer to let someone else make
those updates. It should be noted If you’re bored of your environment,
that if you do decide to sell when
obvious upgrades are required, it or you just don’t feel like it fits your
will likely be noted on your Home lifestyle anymore, it could be
Report and may affect the value of
your property, but depending on a good time to start a property
the demand for your kind of home, search to find somewhere that
prospective buyers may not mind - sparks excitement.
some buyers prefer to do the work
themselves to make their new home
the way they want.

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