Category: Properties

Dream homes – Ponds, lakes & water features

Posted: April 16, 2018 • Posted in: Properties • Tagged: Dream homes, East Anglia

When you think of a garden, you’ll no doubt think of flowers and freshly mown lawns, maybe even a vegetable patch. But no truly attractive garden is complete without a water feature. A haven for wildlife, ponds, lakes or a fountain are beneficial to nature as well as attractive to look at. Water features are […]

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4-5 bedroom, detached new-builds near Newmarket selling fast

Posted: January 31, 2018 • Posted in: Properties • Tagged: New Build, Suffolk

Situated in the popular village of Gazeley, this exclusive development of homes by award-winning Hopkins & Moore is finished to the highest specification. Each of the 21 traditionally styled homes has been constructed from the finest traditional building materials and carefully designed to blend in with the idyllic surroundings of this traditional Suffolk village. Benefitting […]

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When is the best time to sell your property in East Anglia?

Posted: January 23, 2018 • Posted in: Financial advice, Properties • Tagged: East Anglia, Selling

For example, some people believe their property won’t sell in the autumn, or that there’s no point in listing in December. These assumptions are both wrong. The way people search for properties has changed. Through the internet, potential home buyers are now able to search for properties 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. […]

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Dream homes – wine cellars & cosy kitchens

Posted: December 4, 2017 • Posted in: Properties • Tagged: Dream homes, East Anglia, Norfolk, Suffolk

Christmas is a time for celebration. The giving of presents, gathering of family and the enjoyment of good food and drink. For many, Christmas Dinner is the highlight of the festivities. Roast turkey, stuffing, gravy, pigs in blankets, Yorkshire puddings, veg and gravy. Maybe a glass of wine or two. Eating Christmas dinner is a […]

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Is a period property right for you?

Posted: November 2, 2017 • Posted in: Properties

Great Lodge Farm, one of the oldest residential properties in Castle Hedingham, is within the landscape of the Great Park, formerly belonging to the Earls of Oxford. Queen Elizabeth I, as the guest of the 16th Earl of Oxford, spent time hunting and flying her falcons on the land surrounding Great Lodge Farm in 1561. This […]

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Getting your home in the picture

Posted: October 31, 2017 • Posted in: General News, Properties

Making sure your property is well presented photographically is highly important to David Burr and in Mike Fletcher they have a superb cameraman. Here he explains how he goes about his photography work. What is your biggest challenge? Definitely the general tidiness of a home. It can be really difficult to make an interior shine […]

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What makes a chocolate box cottage?

Posted: October 9, 2017 • Posted in: Properties • Tagged: Cottage, Dream homes

What is a chocolate box cottage? The term ‘chocolate box’ originates from late Victorian times. Today it is used to describe something which is ‘sentimentally appealing or pretty in a conventional way’. Gaining popularity in the mid-20th Century, the phrase ‘chocolate box cottage’ derives from the picturesque scenes printed on boxes of Cadbury’s chocolates throughout […]

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Dream homes – Cosy living rooms

Posted: October 3, 2017 • Posted in: Properties • Tagged: Country, Dream homes, East Anglia, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk

The living room, the lounge or the sitting room. Whatever you call it, it’s usually the room in which you spend a significant percentage of your downtime. It’s where you watch the television, entertain friends, read a book or enjoy games with the family. Living rooms are often described as comfortable, spacious and elegant. In […]

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Dream homes – Stunning gravel driveways

Posted: September 11, 2017 • Posted in: Properties • Tagged: Country, Dream homes, Norfolk, Suffolk

There’s something uniquely British about driving a luxury car up a sweeping driveway, the sound of gravel crunching under the tyres, the attractive look of the pebbles stretching out in front of you welcoming you home from an afternoon at the golf course. A large frontal feature, an attractive gravel driveway can be stylish, charming […]

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Dream homes – Stunning countryside views

Posted: August 21, 2017 • Posted in: Properties • Tagged: Cambridgeshire, Country, Dream homes, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk

There are many things that are wonderful about living in the countryside. Fewer cars, less noise and lower pollution levels. More space. A sense of community. And beautiful, amazing, stunning countryside views. Being mostly flat, East Anglia has an abundance of picturesque scenes. Wide, low lying fields are havens for wildlife, with the sight of combines […]

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