This month, we were very excited to get into the festive spirit as we launched our holiday window campaign competition. To share in the Christmas cheer, we have transformed our shop front window into a giant advent calendar! Each pane has a bespoke model of a property frontage...
We recently unveiled the new office frontage for our Shoreditch HQ, for which we received lots of wonderful feedback ( previous blog link here ). As we teased at the time, in addition to the exterior redesign we also undertook to revamp some internal space. This turned out to be...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. First up this week...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. Property number one...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. Our first find this...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. First up and we...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. Property number one...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. Kicking off this...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. Kicking off this...
Two months ago, at the Agents Giving Summer Charity Ball, base took part in the charity raffle, with a winning bid placed on a Greek barbecue feast hosted by Location Location! Well, time travels fast and Friday 9th September saw the base team head up to Enfield to be the guests...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. The first property...
In early 2021, the London property market was a very different place compared to the present day. With the third national lockdown having started in January, the country (and the world) was still very much in a state of uncertainty and facing difficult times. People were leaving...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. The first property...
Put Friday 30th September 2022 in your calendar to submit a meter reading to your energy supplier, in order to avoid being overcharged on your bill! We find ourselves once again facing another energy price cap hike set by Ofgem. This is a twice-yearly review from the energy...
Background: In 2014, our tenants of 2 years residing at 7 Garden Walk had reported a discolouration to the wood flooring immediately in front of the integrated dishwasher. This sort of maintenance report is not a major issue, but the cosmetic damage was not in keeping with the...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. The first property...
As letting agents, we naturally meet with a lot of people looking to move - in a busy market the numbers can occasionally run more than 40 or 50 enquiries per available property. Amidst this sea of enquiries, one of the most common questions we get is whether the landlord accepts...
Ever since the founding of base in 2004, our HQ has been in the same location here in Shoreditch, on Garden Walk. An area famous for creativity, particularly art and fashion, we’ve always been keen to stay true to the area as well as our own ethos and never be just another...
Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times, overwhelming. In this week's Buy To Let Deals video, Kristjan reviews three listings, one for each of the price brackets set out: up to £500k, £500-750k, and £750-1m. The first property...
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are assessments completed by surveyors to measure the energy efficiency of a property on a scale of A-G, where “A” is highly efficient and “G” is inefficient (similar to the energy performance scale you see when...
Background: One of our long-term clients is the leaseholder of a property on the Boundary Estate, right here in Shoreditch, moments from the base HQ. It’s a spacious one-bedroom apartment with a large separate kitchen on the top floor of one of the previously local-...
Welcome to the inaugural episode of our new feature, Buy To Let Deals of the Week, where we take a look at the local property market of London to hunt for interesting investment opportunities. Scouring the market for quality investments can be daunting and, at times...
Later this year we will see change to landlord legislation with reference to smoke alarms and CO detectors. Current legislation is part of The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015, which states that CO detectors are required in “any room, used wholly...
Background: At the end of 2021, we took on a new instruction of a beautiful one-bed in E14. After our usual process of getting it cleaned and having our full range of marketing materials shot, we achieved an offer of full asking price with no requests, ready to move only a week...
On Friday the 15th July 2022, the estate and lettings industry came together at Epsom Downs Racecourse for their Summer Charity Ball, hosted by Agents Giving. Alongside the fabulous dinner, award ceremony, prize raffle and charity auction, was the highlight of the occasion, the...
On a sunny Sunday in May, co-founders An and Kristjan joined the property industry out in Essex to raise money with Agents Giving in their annual Dragon Boat Race - and very nearly surprised themselves with victory! Their team was spearheaded by the fabulous Suzanna Mavity from...
As a small company, staff turnover is rare. That's why we are always excited to welcome a new member to the team, and this is no exception! Annie has stepped into the admin role at base and taken it under her wing with no faff and no fuss. Bringing more than half a decade...
Submit a meter reading to your energy supplier this Thursday 31st of March to avoid being overcharged on your next bill! From April 1st 2022, the energy price cap set by Ofgem will increase by a huge 54%, an increase to the average household bill of around £700 extra per...
After nearly seven years with the company, our esteemed colleague Steve Akl has officially worked his last day for base property specialists. Since starting with us in 2015 as Head of Admin, his diligent work on more than 1500 new lets and tenancy renewals, as well as countless...
It’s not every day one of our favourite properties on the portfolio pops up as a feature on Dwell.com now, is it? This beautiful rental flat in Bow had its stylish makeover before it joined our books as an instruction, and didn’t Studio Mônty do a stunning job...