Buying a listed property? You may need Indiana Jones
One of the first questions I am often asked is why does Savills have an archaeologist?
View ArticleTiming your move to the country
When is the right time to move out of London for the country? It’s a question I get asked all the time and the short answer is: it is always the right time.
View ArticleListed buildings - headache or the jewel they advertise to be?
The listed status of approximately half a million buildings across England and Wales, nearly 70,000 in Scotland and 8,500 in Northern Ireland, provide us with some of the most beautiful and fascinating...
View ArticleBrilliant Badminton
It’s that time of year again – one of Britain’s greatest sporting traditions, Badminton Horse Trials, which runs until Sunday.
View ArticleCome on in – the water’s lovely
The luxury of a swimming pool in the back garden continues to appeal to many UK buyers.
View ArticleStamp duty – why we need urgent reform
The recent court case between HMRC and the developers of Battersea Power Station - which the latter lost, ending up with a stamp duty bill of more than £50m - started me thinking.
View ArticleFinding your own masterpiece
Masterpiece, London’s best summer Art and Antiques show, gets underway today. Set in a huge tent made to look like a neo-classical country house on the same site as the Chelsea Flower Show, Masterpiece...
View ArticleThe value of nature
In farming terms, when agents talk about the value of land they broadly categorise it as 'arable', 'pasture' or 'wood', with the best arable being the most valuable and wood/scrub the least.
View ArticleWhat the rate rise means for mortgage borrowers
The Bank of England has increased interest rates by a quarter of a point to 0.75 per cent. This move, only the second in a decade and the first since last November, was widely expected on the back of...
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