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Prehistoric Solicitors

Prehistoric Solicitors

It's 2014 people..though I'm sure everyone is aware of that. So how can a small pocket of allegedly professional solicitors still be working in the dark ages. I'm utterly appalled by the tardy antiquated way that some of these solicitors work. Has no one told them...

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Buy to Let Property, Golf & Referrals

Buy to Let Property, Golf & Referrals

I've just spent a night away on a golfing break with three other property related professionals. Happily 'shop talk' is not our primary focus as it's an escape from business, property prices, the property market, the frustrating buy to let mortgage market  and buy to...

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Reputation & Recommendations

Reputation & Recommendations

It's always a pleasant phone call when a new house-builder or property owner calls us because of a direct referral. Like so many industries you can live and die by your reputation and ours is very much intact and flourishing. Yet again yesterday we took a call from a...

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Manchester – City of Property Growth

Manchester – City of Property Growth

Nationwide and HSBC have both recently highlighted Manchester for its property price growth, with Nationwide noting it for more growth than the crazy extremes of the London property market. HSBC described it as a Property Hot Spot. Having worked in Manchester city...

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When Stock is King

When Stock is King

The UK buy to let property market is challenging and tough at the best of times but the investment property market is finding itself increasingly in the position where motivated buy to let investors outweigh the quality and quantity of BTL opportunities. New build...

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Illogical & Ill-informed…Desperate?

Illogical & Ill-informed…Desperate?

It would be wrong of me to name the actual developer in question but I've been asked today by a national brand house-builder to get a client to legally complete on a house within the next few days on a house that won't be build complete until the end of November....

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Bastion’s Guests Meet the Terriers

Bastion’s Guests Meet the Terriers

Bastion Estates were proud to sponsor the Heritage Suite at Tuesday night’s game Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic. Simon, Jane and Guy welcomed guests from local estate agencies, property companies, developers, solicitors and even a representative from a Hong Kong...

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The Mighty Terriers

It's something we should have done before or at least not left the gap so long as finally we've sponsored another game at Huddersfield Town. Great company, much humour and the beer helped. Shame about the resulting nil nil draw but thanks to all for coming. Some good...

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Suddenly Happy to Be a Terrier

Jane & I were guests of the board of directors of Huddersfield Town Football Club today with director's box seat and lunch with the directors in the boardroom. Very kind and thoroughly enjoyable day though the result was not as we had hoped. Ironically Jane is now...

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The Joy of Inquisitive Buyers

You may think that a potential buyer who asks endless questions about the UK buy to let market and which buy to let investments he should make followed by many investment and property related minutia style questions is a pain but I disagree. It's a genuine joy to...

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