Maidstone Property Market: Is it Time to Stamp Out Stamp Duty?
By Alex KnightMost people pay Stamp Duty Tax when they buy a property, house, apartment or other land and buildings over a particular price in the UK. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak (quickly followed suit by the Welsh and Scottish Governments),...
5,571 Maidstone Homeowners to be ‘Unchained’ From Toxic Leasehold Agreements
By Alex Knight5,571 Maidstone Homeowners to be ‘Unchained’ From Toxic Leasehold Agreements in Biggest Shake-up of Property Law in Decades When William the Conqueror invaded our fair shores in 1066, like all good kings, he needed to buy...
Housing market in Maidstone in 2021 – here are some reasons to be positive
By Alex KnightWhile no-one could argue it’s been an ideal start to the year, with a new national lockdown enforced to try and wrestle back control of the second wave of coronavirus, the fact that the property market has been allowed to remain...
Property Market Remains Open During Lockdown - What Do Homeowners Need To Know?
By Alex KnightIt wasn’t the greatest of starts to 2021, with the Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing on January 4 that a new national lockdown in England would come into play from January 6, lasting until at least March 31. However, there...
Don’t Stand for Estate Agent Excuses
By Alex Knight“I couldn’t hand in my assignment today because the dog ate my homework.” “The train to Maidstone is cancelled due to the wrong kind of snow falling.” “I can’t make it into work today boss because a ghost in my house...
Does Your Home Pass the 20 Second Test?
By Alex KnightWe live in a World where most of us are bombarded with never ending streams of information to process. And that information overload is leading to people making snap judgments quicker than ever. We see it here at Knight Edmonds...
The Most Boring Places in the World - Revealed
By The Knight Edmonds TeamA report came out towards the end of last year which declared the 11 most boring places in the World. Ironically given the subject matter it was an interesting read. Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, made the list as did Singapore,...
What ‘No Sale, No Fee’ Really Means
By Alex KnightTraditional estate agents have stopped using the phrase ‘no sale, no fee’. Others mis-use the phrase or ‘bend the rules’ to suit their own individual offerings. Here at Knight Edmonds – we love ‘no sale, no fee’. So...
The Weird and Not So Wonderful Things That Tenants Leave Behind
By Alex KnightIn this three-minute read, we look at the unusual things that tenants have left behind after moving out and explain how landlords can avoid post-tenancy clean-up bills. Most people think that once a tenancy has finished that's the...
The One Thing that Doesn’t Look Like Stopping in Maidstone in October Is …
By Alex Knight2020 will be remembered for generations as the year when life stopped, albeit temporarily. And with a second surge rising, that feeling of stop-starting stuff is still around. It’s a little like the hokey cokey but with