Want to extend your home, or a property that you are planning to buy? Here’s how to do it without having to submit a planning application.

Permitted development rights enable homeowners to make certain building works on a property without planning permission from the local council and without approval from a neighbour.

Although letting a property is considered one of the safest investments you can make, how can you be sure you are doing everything you can to maximise your return?

Same question, different market. Here is how the property market in Molesey is performing compared to this time last year.

Tenant Fees Ban. How will landlords and tenants be affected?

The new Tenant Fees Act comes into force on the 1st June 2019. So what is it? And how will it affect landlords and tenants?

That’s one of the key takeaway messages in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement this week. As the government introduces its Future Homes Standard, requiring that all new-build properties use low-carbon heating and become more energy efficient.

Other headlines included the expansion of the Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme by up to £3 billion. Which will enable housing associations to build an extra 30,000 new homes through the scheme.

The requirements for electrical safety standards in residential properties are changing again, and the onus will now fall on the landlord to ensure the property holds a valid EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report).

It’s long been understood that colour has the power to transform behaviour and shape the way that we perceive a wide variety of goods and services. Businesses spend millions in branding and marketing to encourage us to chose their brand above others.

In our homes, we also use colour to affect the mood and ambience of each room. With brands such as Dulux investing heavily in the branding of colours to reflect the style, heritage and personality that we want to portray.

Whether you voted to leave or stay, Brexit is beginning to take it’s toll on the UK housing market. Which ever way you look at it, we’re facing uncertain times; not helped by the fallout from the latest historic events at Westminster.

So, should you be concerned? And could Brexit affect your property investment plans? Let’s look at the statistics…

Historically, the Christmas and New Year holidays see record visits to sites such as Rightmove and Zoopla, with over 1.6m properties viewed online as people escape the Christmas turkey to think about their next move.

Understandably, many people are reluctant to sell or let their property until after the New Year. But, if you are thinking of moving, selling or letting a property in January, can you afford not to put your property in front of potential buyers at this important time of year?

As we approach the end of 2018, we look back at the Molesey property market in detail.