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Real People, Real Property, Real Problems, Realistic Solutions – Home:Work is the UK’s brightest property podcast magazine dedicated to home buyers, homeowners, investors and developers. Every fortnight Property Developer, Broadcaster and Journalist Richard Black talks to people on a Property journey, from self-builders to seasoned developers, and downsizers to first-time buyers; they all have a property story to tell. Alongside Richard, they turn the messes into successes. Also in the podcast, fantastic tips and treats on how to get the best from the property, you’re buying, lessons in bagging a bargain and punching down the purchase price, and the odd development opportunity also drops into the show. With the latest news from the Property market, views and insight in where it’s headed, Home:Work is a must-listen for everyone, wherever you are on the property ladder.
Guest: Jonathan Wood, Sowerbys Estate Agents, Norfolk Cladding costs, Leasehold Laws, Communal living becoming unpopular and stories of excessive charges from freeholders have all cast a cloud over the simple lock up and leave lifestyle living in an apartment can bring. So is the market for flats well….flat? or is it springing up all over the place? Jonathan and I took a look around two top floor offerings at either end of the market.
Guest: Craig Rowe, Flat Renovator and TV Presenter Whether you’re on the top rung of the ladder of the bottom layer of the housing market, an offering of an apartment can seem like a good idea.
One man I met through my presenting role at QVC shopping channel is also a presenter both on QVC and Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun. Craig Rowe has only ever developed and renovated flats, he told me his opinions on lock up and leave living… Guest: Simon Gilvey, Broadland Consultants Mortgage and Independent Financial Advisers Broadland Consultants Ltd is a firm of Independent Mortgage Advisors and Independent Financial Advisors based in the heart of Norfolk, whose team have been servicing their clients’ financial advice needs for over 25 years.
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In this episode, we discuss: Overseas Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property Advice of buying in today’s Property market
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Property is never far from his mind and alongside the odd rental, Craig has made a fantastic job of renovating leasehold flats, an area of the property market struggling against issues including cladding, changes in leaseholder laws and avoidance of communal living. Before all of those issues crept in, Craig created a fantastic restful retreat from a seventies, South London, second-floor duplex. Richard went to meet him to get a look around. Also on the programme, a round-up of news making the headlines in the property markets right now:
Business is booming for bungalows according to many estate agents throughout the UK. Prices in some areas for a single-storey living are rising at double the rate of other properties. Traditionally bungalows are around 5% cheaper than a two-storey home in the same area, but according to the property website Zoopla, demand for bungalows was 63 per cent higher than the five-year average. Estate agents suggest the amount of opportunity a bungalow can bring is a major driver in what a family might look for, a larger footprint, potential to extend up and out and often an overall bigger plot, not overlooked by neighbouring bungalows.
Lenders have broadly welcomed new government plans to allow state benefits to be considered when calculating affordability for a mortgage. The new proposal named ‘benefits to bricks’ was announced a short time ago bringing about a change in rules to allow around 30 billion a year paid out in welfare payments to count towards income in a new mortgage application. The banking industry has raised reservations however has broadly welcomed the proposal whilst awaiting further detail.
An opportunity to buy a modest property in the Historic Home of Horseracing has appeared. The Exning Estate in Newmarket Suffolk has hit the market. The estate consists of over 1700 acres, a substantial principle house with manicured grounds a further 60 residential homes, three studs and an equine hospital and even a 155-acre solar farm. The property is on the market through Savills and will attract a potential stamp duty bill of just under six million pounds if sold at its £50 million pound price tag.
And Richard Black and Jonathan Wood of Sowerbys Estate Agents Norfolk mull over the Status Quo of the housing market in these most unique of times.
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In this episode, we discuss: Overseas Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property The advice of buying in today’s property market
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Fresh from our journeys looking at home buying abroad, we’re back in the UK with a great set of programmes and a better line up of guests from the world of Property purchasing, refurbishing, renting or selling. Today’s guest can only be described as a hugely influential force in the property industry. He’s the Commercial Director of an international Law Firm, a developer, renovator, buyer and seller but we’re more familiar with him from his massive on screen presence. He's spent almost twenty years helping buyers find their dream home either in the UK as part of the top rating property show, Escape to the Country on BBC One, all the way through his international travels with Channel 4’s ‘A Place in the Sun’. From buying a dump to being gazumped Jonnie Irwin spoke, at length and very transparently Home:Work Property Podcast. Jonnie spoke to myself and Jonathan Wood, of Sowerbys Estate Agents Norfolk and kicked off with telling us how, before property, he gave a couple of other careers a try… If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! In this episode, we discuss: Overseas Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property Advice of buying in today’s Property market
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Fresh from our journeys looking at home buying abroad, we’re back in the UK with a great set of programmes and a better lineup of guests from the world of Property purchasing, refurbishing, renting or selling. Todays’ guest can only be described as a hugely influential force in the property industry. He’s the Commercial Director of an international Law Firm, a developer, renovator, buyer and seller but we’re more familiar with him from his massive on-screen presence. He's spent almost twenty years helping buyers find their dream home either in the UK as part of the top rating property show, Escape to the Country on BBC One, all the way through his international travels with Channel 4’s ‘A Place in the Sun’. From buying a dump to being gazumped Jonnie Irwin spoke, at length and very transparently Home:Work Property Podcast. Jonnie spoke to myself and Jonathan Wood, of Sowerbys Estate Agents Norfolk and kicked off by telling us how, before property, he gave a couple of other careers a try… If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! In this episode, we discuss: Overseas Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property The advice on buying in today’s property market
Follow our Podcasthttps://thehomework.co.uk/ (Thehomework.co.uk)
Follow our Host / Guesthttps://richardblack.co.uk/ (Richardblack.co.uk) https://www.judicaregroup.com/site/blog/spain-blog/jonnie-irwin-judicare-ambassador (https://www.judicaregroup.com/site/blog/spain-blog/jonnie-irwin-judicare-ambassador) https://www.normanphillips.co.uk/biographies/celebrity-experts/jonnie-irwin/ (Jonnie Irwin | property expert | TV presenter (normanphillips.co.uk)) http://www.aplaceinthesun.com (www.aplaceinthesun.com) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006vb2f (BBC One - Escape to the Country) http://www.sowerbys.com (www.sowerbys.com) https://www.oldhallcountrybreaks.co.uk/ (Old Hall Country Breaks)
This special of Home Away from Home: Work looks at the decades-old love affair between UK property buyers and the desire to own a home in the sun. We specifically home in on an area very popular with overseas homeowners from all over northern Europe – the eastern Costa del Sol. We talk to ‘A Place in the Sun’s Jasmine Harman about her knowledge and experience in the area, an estate agent from the local town of Competa shows us around two very different villas and an Englishman tells us why he bought and the changes he’s seen in his life since he made the step of investing overseas. If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today! In this episode, we discuss: Overseas Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property The advice of buying in today’s property market
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In this episodeGuest: Jasmine Harman – ‘A Place in the Sun’ Channel 4
The second of two special editions of the show Home Away from Home:Work…On the programme today, we record this overseas special in the Eastern Costa del Sol, Spain.
Richard Black, property developer, broadcaster and journalist and will be looking at what opportunities this part of Europe can bring UK house hunters. Jonathan Wood has been an estate agent selling high end homes in the UK for over 20 years, he’s here to find out what is making the market in Spain move, there was a time only a few years ago, Spain was property paradise lost, but now is it everything under the sun? First let me introduce you to the part of Spain we’re in. Known as the Axarquia region, we find ourselves on the eastern side of the Costa del Sol. It’s around an hour from Malaga and two hours from the more built up side of the coast with resorts such as Marbella and Torremolinos often hogging the limelight. Behind the bright lights of the western end, this area offers more relaxed and tranquil surroundings. Against the backdrop of dramatic mountain ranges the coastal resorts offer some of the best climates in Europe. Known as the balcony of Europe the mountains of northern Africa can be seen on a clear day just across the Mediterranean sea. One person who has been here hunting for property dozens of times is Jasmine Harman from Channel 4’s ‘A Place in the Sun’, here’s what she had to say about the area.
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Guest 2 – Eva Maria Sigvardt, Agente Inmobiliario Estate Agent + 34 638 29 05 46 info@competahomes.com http://www.competahomes.com/ (www.competahomes.com) Avd. Constitución nº 21 Bajo 29754 - Cómpeta (Málaga)
Eva Maria is Danish but is an Estate Agent in the área. She talks transparently about what people are buying, the reasons for the demand, and the issues that homebuyers might face.
‘John’ – Villa Owner John purchased his home just before the first lockdown was announced. It’s beautiful; a two bedroomed single-storey villa in the countryside above the village with the reputation for having ‘The best climate in Europe’.
John details his buying journey and gives us the facts, fears, benefits and burdens of owning a home abroad.
This special of Home Away from Home: Work is devoted to a lady who’s spent almost twenty years making our overseas property dreams come true…Jasmine Harman started her job presenting Channel 4’s ‘A Place in the Sun’ 18 years ago. For over two decades the programme, Jasmine and her colleagues on the show, have made dozens and dozens of dreams come true as budding Brits realised their desires of home owning abroad was more than just the preserve of the rich and famous. I managed to find a gap in Jasmine Harman’s schedule, in between returning from Gran Canaria and flying off to Tenerife, and I started by asking her how our demands as overseas property buyers have changed in the time she’s been presenting ‘A Place in the Sun’ If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. In this episode, we discuss: ● Overseas Property Market ● Renovations ● Self Building ● Fine property ● The advice of buying in today’s property market Follow our Podcast ● Thehomework.co.uk Follow our Host / Guest ● Richardblack.co.uk ● www.jasmineharman.com ● www.helpforhoarders.co.uk ●https://www.aplaceinthesun.com/ ( Overseas Property for Sale - A Place in the Sun)
In episode 8 we discuss a new platform of questions to ask when viewing a house…a top 10 tips round-up of who, what’s and why’s… The programme contains a round-up of stories affecting the property market right now.
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In this episode, we discuss: Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property The advice of buying in today’s property market
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Explore these Resources or Items Mentioned in the ShowIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources: Velvetorange.co.uk Minorsandbrady.co.uk http://www.thetimes.co.uk (www.thetimes.co.uk) House Beautiful Magazine http://www.ft.com (www.ft.com) http://www.richardblack.co.uk (www.richardblack.co.uk) edp24.co.uk theguardian.co.uk Thehomework.co.uk
In episode 7 we summarise DES RES and move on to the ten questions you should ask when looking at a new home. The programme contains a round-up of stories affecting the property market right now. If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our https://thehomework.co.uk/ (Contact Page) and let us know how we can help you today! In this episode, we discuss: ● Property Market ● Renovations ● Self Building ● Fine property ● The advice of buying in today’s property market Follow our Podcast ● Thehomework.co.uk
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Explore these Resources or Items Mentioned in the Show In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/15/homes/bel-air-mansion-the-one/index.html ("The One" mega-mansion once worth $500 million defaults on $100 million in debt,) https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/15/homes/bel-air-mansion-the-one/index.html (forcing a sale - CNN) https://www.tatler.com/article/more-is-more-largest-stately-home-to-be-built-in-britain-in-100-years-is-inspired-by-the-great-gatsby (https://www.tatler.com/article/more-is-more-largest-stately-home-to-be-built-in-britain-in-) https://www.tatler.com/article/more-is-more-largest-stately-home-to-be-built-in-britain-in-100-years-is-inspired-by-the-great-gatsby (100-years-is-inspired-by-the-great-gatsby) www.thetimes.co.uk www.ft.com www.richardblack.co.uk edp24.co.uk theguardian.co.uk Thehomework.co.uk
To Buy or Not to Buy confronts a set of first-time buyers with a brand new house – whilst it sounds like a match made in heaven, the decision process puts Jamie and Sarah through hell. Meanwhile, at the very top of the housing ladder, there’s trouble of a different kind. Rachel and Grenville admit they are property addicts, they’ve moved 14 times in 20 years and own around £10,000,000 worth of property. Even with all of that success and wealth, the route to downsizing from their £3.5million home is turbulent – hear their remarkable story. In episode 6 we put the second S into Des Res, as we work through our Home Made Home Work six-stage process to bag a property bargain
The programme contains a round-up of stories affecting the property market right now.
If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!
In this episode, we discuss: Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property The advice of buying in today’s property market
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Explore these Resources or Items Mentioned in the ShowIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
https://www.propertyreporter.co.uk/ (Home | Property Reporter) https://www.business-live.co.uk/business/commercial-property/birmingham-house-prices-expected-rise-22778334?presentid=webnews&ocid=msedgdhp (Birmingham house prices expected to rise more than any UK city - report - Business Live (business-live.co.uk)) https://www.charleschurch.com/new-homes/essex/charles-church-at-coopers-grange (Charles Church at Coopers Grange, New Build Houses For Sale in Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2PY | Charles Church) http://www.thetimes.co.uk (www.thetimes.co.uk) http://www.ft.com (www.ft.com) http://www.richardblack.co.uk (www.richardblack.co.uk) edp24.co.uk theguardian.co.uk Thehomework.co.uk
Lockdowns and a desire to be away from people triggered home moves in unknown quantities as people sought a place away from the rigours of Covid. We speak to one man who, after over 30 years living and working in a City, has sold up and is heading for the Countryside and his first-ever back garden! In episode 5 we put the second E into Des Res, as we work through our Home Made Home Work six-stage process to bag a property bargain
Richard finds a development opportunity for less than £100,000 but what are the benefits and burdens of buying this bleak little studio flat in a sought after town.
The programme contains a round-up of stories affecting the property market right now.
If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!
In this episode, we discuss: Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property Advice of buying in today’s property market
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Follow our Host / GuestRichardblack.co.uk
Explore these Resources or Items Mentioned in the ShowIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk (www.thetimes.co.uk) http://www.ft.com (www.ft.com) http://www.richardblack.co.uk (www.richardblack.co.uk) www.edp24.co.uk theguardian.co.uk https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109884995#/?channel=RES_BUY (Studio flat for sale in Bridge Street, Loddon, Norwich, NR14 (rightmove.co.uk)) Thehomework.co.uk
Her story is repeated by many, often dreaded by some, but cannot be ignored by any of us. Sarah (and her partner Jamie) are taking every chance they can to get on the first rung of the property ladder, but even with good jobs, good salaries and a good deposit, the market outruns them with potentially devastating consequences. In episode 4 we put the R into Des Res, as we work through our Home Made Home Work six-stage process to bag a property bargain
Richard finds a development opportunity for less than £100,000 and not only is it detached and developable it could also have a sea view.
The programme contains a round-up of stories affecting the property market right now.
If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!
In this episode, we discuss: Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property The advice of buying in today’s property market
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Follow our Host / GuestRichardblack.co.uk
Explore these Resources or Items Mentioned in the ShowIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources: http://www.sowerbys.com (www.Sowerbys.com) https://www.flickandson.co.uk/ (Estate Agents in Suffolk | Property For Sale from Flick & Son (flickandson.co.uk))https://www.paulhubbardonline.com/ (Lowestoft's Estate Agent | Paul Hubbard (paulhubbardonline.com)) http://www.thetimes.co.uk (www.thetimes.co.uk) http://www.ft.com (www.ft.com) http://www.richardblack.co.uk (www.richardblack.co.uk) www.edp24.co.uk http://www.livingproperty.co (www.livingproperty.co) www.theguardian.co.uk
How do you solve problems? Like Maria… in this edition of Home:Work we meet self build and renovator Maria and she tells Richard about her property journey and the latest project she’s embarking on. We find out a bit more about who is Richard Black?
The show puts the first ‘S’ into Des Res the six-stage information process to help buy a property.
And; Are you a postcode snob? Richard Black and Jonathan Wood talk about the absurdity of one digit in a postcode adding (or subtracting) thousand of digits from the price of a home.
The programme contains a round-up of stories affecting the property market right now.
If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!
In this episode, we discuss: Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property The advice of buying in today’s property market
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Quotes“When you’ve got friends in their 70’s buying bungalows to avoid stairs, that’s the time to do something, really quite mad!”
Explore these Resources or Items Mentioned in the ShowIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources:
http://www.Sowerbys.com (www.Sowerbys.com) https://www.flickandson.co.uk/ (Estate Agents in Suffolk | Property For Sale from Flick & Son (flickandson.co.uk))https://www.paulhubbardonline.com/ (Lowestoft's Estate Agent | Paul Hubbard (paulhubbardonline.com)) http://www.thetimes.co.uk (www.thetimes.co.uk) http://www.ft.com (www.ft.com) http://www.richardblack.co.uk (www.richardblack.co.uk) Cotswold.gov.uk/netzerocarnbontoolkit
In this episode of Home:Work we meet Dr Martin Scurr and his wife Rachel. Martin is a GP and medical advisor in film and television. He lost the chance to buy a remote farmhouse over 30 years ago, but three decades on he’s got it – and the mammoth renovation job that comes with it! We put the first ‘E’ into Des Res; it's free and easy and you needn’t leave your living room but the process could save you a lot of time and money when buying a house.
And we meet budding self-builder, Paul, clearing the site for his contemporary designed barn in the countryside…could cash flow bring it down before a spade has even hit the ground? And; The programme contains a round-up of stories affecting the property market right now.
If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!
In this episode, we discuss: Property Market Renovations Self Building Fine property The advice of buying in today’s property market
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Follow our Host / GuestRichardblack.co.uk
Quotes“When you’ve got friends in their 70’s buying bungalows to avoid stairs, that’s the time to do something, really quite mad!”
Explore these Resources or Items Mentioned in the ShowIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources: http://www.Sowerbys.com (www.Sowerbys.com) http://www.thetimes.co.uk (www.thetimes.co.uk) http://www.ft.com (www.ft.com) http://www.richardblack.co.uk (www.richardblack.co.uk)
In this episode of Home:Work we speak to an estate agent of over twenty years Jonathan Wood and ask him, is the current accelerated housing market sustainable? We start the six-stage process to buy a new home called Des Res, it's free and easy and you needn’t leave your living room but the process could save you a lot of time and money.
Jonathan Wood takes us ‘Around the Houses’ and we hear about some of the more unique properties available on the market at the moment. And; The programme contains a round-up of stories affecting the property market right now.
If you are a new listener to Home:Work, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!
In this episode, we discuss: Property Market Fine property The advice of buying in today's property market
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Quotes“I’ve never seen a market like this in over twenty years”
Explore these Resources or Items Mentioned in the ShowIn this episode, we mentioned the following resources: http://www.Sowerbys.com (www.Sowerbys.com) http://www.thetimes.co.uk (www.thetimes.co.uk) http://www.ft.com (www.ft.com) http://www.richardblack.co.uk (www.richardblack.co.uk)
Real People, Real Property, Real Problems, Realistic Solutions – Home:Work the UK’s brightest property podcast magazine dedicated to homebuyers, homeowners, investors and developers. Every fortnight Property Developer, Broadcaster and Journalist Richard Black talks to people on a Property journey, from self-builders to seasoned developers, downsizers to first time buyers; they all have a property story to tell. Alongside Richard, they turn the messes into successes. Also in the podcast, fantastic tips and treats on how to get the best from the property, you’re buying, lessons in bagging a bargain and punching down the purchase price, the odd development opportunity also drops into the show. With the latest news from the Property market, views and insight into where it’s headed, Home:Work is a must listen 30 minutes for everyone, wherever you are on the property ladder. Home: Work released fortnightly on Wednesdays and available for FREE on your podcasting app of choice. Visit thehomework.net for more details.