‘Always look on the bright side of life…’
09.05.2024So sang Eric Idle’s Barrabas to Graham Chapman’s Messiah, Brian, as they dangled helplessly on their crucifixes…was Barrabas referring to the resurrection, did he know something that Brian, the ...
Power to the People!
09.05.2024And so, as the market rages around us like a bushfire gone berserk, we must pause awhile this coming weekend, take a deep breath and enjoy yet another bank holiday. This fourth one of the year is c...
Gimme Shelter
26.02.2024
Gimme Shelter
I’ve been off for a month, and so whilst I was calling round checking in...
An Inconvenient Truth
11.04.2023No, despite my impeccable woke credentials, I am not going to lecture you on climate change. We’re going to talk about truth, albeit at times inconvenient, and lies. Because even though I said th...
Tricks and treats
28.10.2022Are spooked buyers opting out of the sales market and finding the rental market just as tricky? “The trees are about to show us just how lovely it can be to let things go”… …well lucky a...
A Dog Day Afternoon
10.08.2022Dog Day Afternoon, one of the great films of the 70s, starring the wonderful Pacino and Cazale playing Sonny and Sal, a pair of dysfunctional ne’er-do-wells who botch a bank robbery on a hot summer'...
Attention all landlords: Let’s Talk About Lets!
07.07.2022We spend a lot of time discussing the housing market in these missives, and by that, I mean the sales market. And I guess that’s understandable for, as a nation dedicated to the notion of homeown...
Wandsworth Property Market – chicken or egg?
06.06.2022“Half of all £1m+ UK house sales are in London…with Wandsworth leading the pack at 11%. (Ken and Chel 2nd at 9%).” So said a City A.M. headline the other day. ...
+++STOP PRESS+++ Brief Market Update
10.02.2022At this time of year, we talk to lots of new people dipping their toes into the new market. This New Year there’s a common theme – “I don’t want to go on the market as there’s nothing to ...
Trust In Me
02.02.2022“Trust in me, just in me…” so sang the Serpentine Seducer of the Junglebook. And so do oh-so many tedious estate agents of various shades (including me obvs). Anyway, I recently read the f...
Fall Fall Fall
08.11.2021This weekend the clocks go back marking the end of British Summer time and as Autumn turns to Winter thoughts turn to hearth and home and hibernation. An Englishman’s home may be his castle; or his ...
Rampton Baseley acquires Palace Gate Lettings
13.10.2021Rampton Baseley, market-leading estate agents in South West London has acquired Palace Gate Lettings, a four-office operation that has been at the forefront of the lettings market in the same area sin...