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EDITOR’S LETTER
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In our second issue of the ESPC magazine, have spruced up the outdoor spaces of your
we’ve packed in as much expert advice as home in recent months. We offer some tips on ESPC PROPERTY
possible. For buyers, there’s advice on how to getting your garden ready for winter so you can
househunt in the “new normal”, and for sellers, still make the most of it.
the benefits of offering virtual viewings when
bringing your home to market are explored. And while the end of the year hasn’t arrived yet,
we’re already casting our thoughts ahead to
Many mortgage lenders have raised the 2021 and so is Dulux. The paint brand recently
minimum deposit amounts due to the impact of announced their colour of the year for 2021 as
COVID-19 but that hasn’t stopped Scottish first Brave Ground, a warm neutral tone which pairs
time buyers getting on the property ladder. The excellently with deeper brown colours as well as
First Home Fund has proved popular in assisting shades of cinnamon and caramel. We pick out
them – Peter McGregor from ESPC Mortgages some of our favourite Brave Ground products
explains how how this scheme works. in this issue.

If you are a landlord or own some buy-to-let If you’re on the hunt for a new home, keep
properties, you may wonder about the benefits an eye out for the properties featured
of getting a letting agent to manage your throughout the magazine. They’re easy to spot
property for you versus doing it yourself. Nicky with a dark blue ESPC property sticker at the
Lloyd, Head of ESPC Lettings, offers advice top. And remember, we have thousands more
on this, with emphasis on the importance of properties for sale on espc.com
adhering to the latest guidance and legislation.

We have now most definitely left the warmth
of summer behind and the chill of autumn has Happy reading.
set in. After many months of spending as much Claire Flynn
of our time outdoors as possible, you may be
loathed to confine yourself to the interior of Editor
your home in the coming months.

Our view is that a garden is for the whole year,
not just for summer. Undoubtedly many of you
A stylish farmhouse property with a difference; contemporary and immaculately finished
both inside and out, the flexible accommodation hosts family, friends, workspace and leisure
with ease - with equestrian facilities extending some 17 acres and stunning sea views.
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