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Gerald Bowers
Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-30787429441916353052021-09-23T13:55:00.013+00:002021-09-23T14:10:44.785+00:00The Development of the Retford Town Centre Plan<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOVyJeJlW4YKPD4af1KRy3MLRN8iJWZ1U2ki_ebyJMeHv4v6frQ-6_9yDeahi90ovp4EI3Wqrgt65RNqF8AU6wTrgcLGNM5UAhqN5k1S378kf9XnNTPkWrZ5UsYCrh4xTxq3B4zY7_BBt/s1600/2+AA+Good+News.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOVyJeJlW4YKPD4af1KRy3MLRN8iJWZ1U2ki_ebyJMeHv4v6frQ-6_9yDeahi90ovp4EI3Wqrgt65RNqF8AU6wTrgcLGNM5UAhqN5k1S378kf9XnNTPkWrZ5UsYCrh4xTxq3B4zY7_BBt/w400-h225/2+AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Retford Town Centre Plan<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Retford Town Centre Neighbourhood
Planning Group <span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;">(R</span>TCNPG<span style="letter-spacing: 0.2pt;">) recently </span>commenced its wider public consultation
phase with a stall at Retford Market on Saturday 18<sup><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">th</span></sup> September 2021. As part of a planned programme of public
appearances and communications, RTCNPG will be appearing on some of the Retford
markets on Thursday, Friday<span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">, </span>and
Saturday, and Retford Christmas Market, over the next two months. The development of the plan is being managed by the Retford Business Forum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>The Vision for Retford Town Centre is: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">By 2037 Retford will be a safe,
healthy, accessible and sustainable town centre, supporting people of all ages,
which is proud of its heritage buildings and attractive to businesses as a
place to grow and prosper, providing a range of employment sites and premises. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Retford town centre is future facing,
the home of people and businesses looking to reduce their carbon footprint. The
value of natural assets will be enhanced and extended and investment will create
a rich mix of shopping, leisure, sports, health, cultural and social facilities
making Retford town centre appealing as a place to live, learn, develop, work
and spend quality leisure time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The process for constructing a Retford
Town Centre Neighbourhood Plan will take place over the next 18 months
completing with a referendum. Once adopted, developments within the Neighbourhood
Plan Area will need to conform to the plan requirements and supporting activities
will be progressed in parallel with the appropriate organisations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A website, social media and other
communication facilities will be developed over the next three months, as
funding becomes available, to enable as many people as possible, with an
interest in Retford Town Centre, to be able to take part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My suggestion is for any local Retford
Town Centre businesses to become a member of the Retford Business Forum and
have your say about the way forward.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Visit the Retford Forum website here:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: large; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.retfordbusinessforum.org.uk/the-forum/meetings" target="_blank">Retford Business Forum</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-9023888281610369602021-07-23T22:43:00.016+00:002021-07-24T22:13:41.284+00:00The Plan for Ordsall South - Why it must be REJECTED<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFTrb7pNU5h7h7aYOQkperzAcj8oBUe0Qlcax9_JYV4v2v-_SbH7xQ57pC3hINe35nbxMfiYcOaQA3hjSNFD4D2XbGQ4rH3BxJBH_9OdHJdA-5d7JG08Z5JxbUyVFAWKuA33fpkKx3gfy/s1600/AA+-+Updated+Why+it+must+be+REJECTED.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFTrb7pNU5h7h7aYOQkperzAcj8oBUe0Qlcax9_JYV4v2v-_SbH7xQ57pC3hINe35nbxMfiYcOaQA3hjSNFD4D2XbGQ4rH3BxJBH_9OdHJdA-5d7JG08Z5JxbUyVFAWKuA33fpkKx3gfy/w400-h225/AA+-+Updated+Why+it+must+be+REJECTED.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">One of the biggest issues we
face in our country is ensuring that decent housing is available to everyone.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">The Government’s proposed reforms to the
planning system are designed to address that.</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The problem is that while
everyone agrees on the need for more housing almost no one agrees where those
houses should be built, with so-called NIMBY’S (Not In My Back Yard) getting
angry when a development is proposed near where they live.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The new planning bill aims
to stop this NIMBY-ism by designating specific areas as ‘growth zones’, or ‘protected’
or as a ‘renewal’ area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">However, the Government does
NOT tell local authorities where to build houses. Local councils like Bassetlaw
District Council are responsible for making their own plans referred to as a Local Plan.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
These Local Plans are drawn up by local government employees (Officers) and in
many cases the task is subcontracted out to specialist planning consultants in
the private sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The ideas for plans are
presented to locally elected councillors who then vote on the adoption of these
plans. Emphasis is then placed on the ‘Consultation Process’ with the public.
Right now the Bassetlaw Local Plan is going through the consultation process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Part of this local plan is
the ‘Plan for Ordsall South’, where the council proposes to allow planning to build 1,250 new
dwellings. Yes, 1,250 new builds. That is a lot of new houses. Far too many in
one small area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is the equivalent of
building the villages of Ranskill and Shireoaks and adding them on to the
bottom end of Ordsall. (Ranskill currently has 607 houses and Shireoaks 645).
Another way of looking at it is to take the villages of Rhodesia, North
Leverton, and Walkeringham and placing them next to Ordsall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">That is why I think the plan
for Ordsall South must be REJECTED.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We need to adopt a different
way of thinking about development here in Bassetlaw. We need what we often
refer to as a Paradigm Shift. A complete new way of thinking about something.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>The Garden Village</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There is some evidence that
new thinking is taking place when looking at the proposed Bassetlaw Garden
Village. See further details here: <a href="https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media/6014/garden-village-eia-november-2020.pdf">https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media/6014/garden-village-eia-november-2020.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This Garden Village is a
good idea to build 750 new dwellings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The plan for Ordsall South
should be scrapped and a focus should be placed on the Garden Village
Development. Why? Mainly because it will not upset any NIMBY’S. Have a
look at the location here to the east of the A1 opposite five lane ends.<br /></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5uRfJqiYIAUgZNXztbFEEkp-0DmqUrXRGv8Bpguyzmz3F0GSI_WBzyd-ph1ruMJItkd2ilgxs_1uQmPbJs187AZeq7y4KVMOUMvVIAdpSAN6MMpr4IzFZw67rAxCKceYYxIELehykX3J/s615/Bassetlaw+Garden+Village+Location.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="615" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5uRfJqiYIAUgZNXztbFEEkp-0DmqUrXRGv8Bpguyzmz3F0GSI_WBzyd-ph1ruMJItkd2ilgxs_1uQmPbJs187AZeq7y4KVMOUMvVIAdpSAN6MMpr4IzFZw67rAxCKceYYxIELehykX3J/w400-h265/Bassetlaw+Garden+Village+Location.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>More New Villages<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I believe we should shift
thinking to focus on designing beautiful new villages and settlements.<br />
Here in Bassetlaw we could build something different. We have plenty of open
space to build new villages. If we open our minds more we could build:<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>A ‘Starter’ Village</b>
– Where we only build houses for first time buyers. This would fit perfectly
with the Governments new scheme FIRST HOMES where buyers qualify for 30% or
more discount off their first purchase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>A Gated Community
Village</b> – More bungalows are needed to house the aging population as we all
live longer. Elderly residents are already looking to live in a more secure
environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>A ‘Self Build’
Village</b> – There are so many who would like the opportunity to build their own
house. All they need is a good land plot and the opportunity to do it. In many cases the
land plots could be discounted similar to the First Homes scheme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>
</b></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>A ‘Parkland' Village</b> –
Many home owners looking for their final destination home are happy to downsize
to a small manageable home like a mobile cabin or luxury lodge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You get the idea. Let’s stop
building more of the same boring template houses that you see in every town
these days. We need to plan and give developers more opportunities to be adventurous
with design and build methods.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Think Different</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Let's tell developers to stop building houses with garages too small for modern cars to fit inside. Can you believe this is still going on today? Lets make sure developers build houses with delivery hatches built into the side of properties making it easier for delivery providers to deliver goods. Lets build roads that are wide enough for cars to park at the side and still have enough room for easy traffic flow.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Brown Field Site
Developments<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">At the risk of incurring the wrath of those living near the former Cottam Power Station (closed in 2019), If Bassetlaw District Council decide to ignore public opinion, I still
maintain this is the ideal alternative site to develop 1,250 or more houses instead
of Ordsall South.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>What do you think?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #665ed0; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a></span></span></p><p><br /></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-19738463759796549992021-06-23T08:07:00.012+00:002021-06-23T08:14:33.982+00:00The Plan for Ordsall South - Have Your Say<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIadMjtkOhkl_Z0r02zEBYPW8Kit2x-4OCLe_dzZWGr4TuZZgvwXBSA8fMhEsh6izjRpsaRdBBr5-zApIqMbd3REXunUl6-C4iiUgut1158kQEDUXc1fMw19XxRvvxlZjmUxmmkE95nPO-/s569/Retford+Ordsall+Consultation+Image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="569" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIadMjtkOhkl_Z0r02zEBYPW8Kit2x-4OCLe_dzZWGr4TuZZgvwXBSA8fMhEsh6izjRpsaRdBBr5-zApIqMbd3REXunUl6-C4iiUgut1158kQEDUXc1fMw19XxRvvxlZjmUxmmkE95nPO-/w400-h225/Retford+Ordsall+Consultation+Image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bassetlaw District Council is asking
for your comments on the plan for Ordsall South.<br />
The plan includes the development of 1,250 new dwellings.</span><br />
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>Residents and businesses in
the Ordsall area are being asked to participate in a second public consultation
on the Draft Bassetlaw Local Plan, which sets out Bassetlaw District Council’s
priorities on housing, employment, regeneration and other development in the
district up to the year 2037.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>This latest focussed
consultation is asking people to share their views on the proposed Ordsall
South development following updates to the Local Plan and further proposals
from the site promoter. These updates are in response to the significant
feedback that the Council received during the November 2020 Local Plan
consultation.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">
What do you think?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please click on the link below to read
more:</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media-centre/news/latest-news/council-seeks-views-on-local-plan-for-ordsall/">https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media-centre/news/latest-news/council-seeks-views-on-local-plan-for-ordsall/</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #665ed0; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-38247953739615002992021-06-03T09:23:00.002+00:002021-06-03T09:33:22.176+00:00TRINITY FIELDS, North Road, Retford - See the houses on offer.<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaov4p2HMh0LR108K99y7ttZqnyE0tLJchIV8CO03KXLAL7L3-ouHENJlj384Ojl3BgkualywOeAhBcVqxS9k6NXe8KH104pfpf8SySKD3Qu6Qgk-Lbnq3oxHjtLOncTv6jh1xrwuwnJj/s1600/2+AA+Good+News.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGaov4p2HMh0LR108K99y7ttZqnyE0tLJchIV8CO03KXLAL7L3-ouHENJlj384Ojl3BgkualywOeAhBcVqxS9k6NXe8KH104pfpf8SySKD3Qu6Qgk-Lbnq3oxHjtLOncTv6jh1xrwuwnJj/w400-h225/2+AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">TRINITY FIELDS – North Road,
Retford – NEW DEVELOPMENT</span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Building will start very soon on the
site to the west of North Road, Retford.<br />
The developer Avant Homes is offering a range of 3 and 4 bedroom houses with prices from
£220,000 to £370,000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See the examples, floor
plans and a plan of the whole development here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Here is the link: <a href="https://www.avanthomes.co.uk/find-your-new-home/trinity-fields/">https://www.avanthomes.co.uk/find-your-new-home/trinity-fields/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #665ed0; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-60841812714625918682021-05-28T09:32:00.003+00:002021-05-28T10:38:32.922+00:00Get Ready to Claim a 30% Discount - First Time Buyers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDblIKZj1JnNZGUK_BVhsiNKdanFx8uDKG-v2v1LjQuAH7wN0WxmB3VNOXYmU8MNHT43N6fD9rNeYFim4zma3d4E_jZ4A9_y3wxcd67hcRK9jFCWwK9ZmsMDYcJzGtJC58s4GGZwOKnQj/s1600/1+AA+Good+News.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDblIKZj1JnNZGUK_BVhsiNKdanFx8uDKG-v2v1LjQuAH7wN0WxmB3VNOXYmU8MNHT43N6fD9rNeYFim4zma3d4E_jZ4A9_y3wxcd67hcRK9jFCWwK9ZmsMDYcJzGtJC58s4GGZwOKnQj/w400-h225/1+AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">First Homes will be life-changing for
people all over the country aspiring to take their first step onto the housing
ladder, by providing new homes at a discount of at least 30 percent’</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">This week the Minister for Housing
Christopher Pincher made a statement on the future plans for helping first time
buyers to purchase affordable housing. In the statement he discussed the new
‘First Homes’ scheme.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">‘First Homes’ is a new initiative from
the government and a very interesting way of helping more people get onto the
housing ladder.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">‘First Homes’ will be new builds. In
some instances these homes will be earmarked for military veterans and key
workers including teachers, police and others. Local authorities will have
powers to decide.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">30% Discount</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Buyers will be able to secure these new
build homes and take advantage of a minimum discount of 30% (Yes, you read that
correctly). Again the level of discount will be decided by local authorities.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">PLUS the
discount will exist in perpetuity, meaning that generations of first-time
buyers will be helped. See example below.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The
scheme will start with a pilot of 1,500 houses and should be launched before
the end of 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">An Example:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Market Price </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£175,000</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">First Homes discount of </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">30%</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">First Home buyer pays </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£122,500</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">After a few years when the owner is
looking to sell, the new value of their home is say </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£225,000.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">This is allocated to a new first time
buyer or prioritised worker by the local authority, and it is sold with a </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">30%</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> discount
for </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">£157,500.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What are First Homes?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• First Homes are flats and houses
built on developments up and down the country. They will be no different from
other properties except they will be sold with a discount of at least 30
percent.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• They will be sold to local people who
want to stay in the community where they live or work but are struggling to
purchase a home at market prices.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• They will be prioritised for
first-time buyers, serving members and veterans of the Armed Forces, and key
workers, such as nurses, police and teachers.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• The discount will be passed on to
future buyers when First Homes are resold so more people can be helped onto the
ladder.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">How will it work?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• First Homes will be sold with a
minimum discount of 30 per cent off the market price, but local areas will be
able to set a larger discount to ensure the homes are affordable to local
people.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• Buyers will purchase First Homes in
the usual way and will have access to conventional mortgage products.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• When owners of First Homes decide to
move up the ladder, their home will be independently valued. When they sell the
home, the discount will be passed on to the new owner with the discount (of at
least 30%) applied to the new value.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• This means homes will always be sold
below market price and local communities will benefit for generations to come,
with local authorities continuing to allocate these homes to first-time buyers
and able to prioritise local workers.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">• First Homes are for people to live
in, so they will not be used as holiday homes or as buy to lets. These
are for local people to take their first step onto the ladder.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">When will I be able to buy a First
Homes property?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The government is working to deliver
First Homes as quickly as possible and currently consulting on the final design
of the First Homes scheme. Look out for further details.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Helping Generation Rent</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">This initiative is clearly aimed at the
lower or starter end of the property market with a real push to help getting
generation rent onto the property ladder.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">It will only help if and when we start
to speed up the house building programme across the country.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">There is a clear demand for first time
buyer properties. This is a brave move from the government but clearly
demonstrates how they are committed to helping people towards home ownership.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">I'm here to help sellers, buyers, landlords, and tenants.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Call me or drop me a message if you think I might be able to help you.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #665ed0; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The Good Estate Agent – North
Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-15500156894545766862021-05-14T15:26:00.005+00:002021-05-14T16:34:05.664+00:00First Time Property Buyer? Why you need to act FAST<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28QjchDr2hTbS4ifdjUQWR3Pj7uaOhGo8g2h1S6xYxtN9stH4uslq8YAQNTRthZtNKSD11PQzl3HeDJNyo9tPGj9qtXNEp_a7MZZdBEDPF_4-JFGwLVSy8vKArEq1uiETk6KWlENFLk-G/s1600/AA+Good+News.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28QjchDr2hTbS4ifdjUQWR3Pj7uaOhGo8g2h1S6xYxtN9stH4uslq8YAQNTRthZtNKSD11PQzl3HeDJNyo9tPGj9qtXNEp_a7MZZdBEDPF_4-JFGwLVSy8vKArEq1uiETk6KWlENFLk-G/w400-h225/AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">First time buyer?</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2021 has been a good year so
far for first time buyers with the re-introduction of 95% mortgages.<br />
<br />
Mortgage availability is high and lenders are doing the best to help. The
government has re-introduced the help to buy scheme.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So all is good right? NO<br />
The problem now is there isn’t enough supply in the property market to meet
demand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If you are looking to buy
right now you must be ready to act very quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Estate Agents know full well
that properties coming onto the market at first time buyer prices will be
snapped up very quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Some agents are offering
just a 3-4 day window of viewing opportunities and asking potential buyers to
make an offer in writing by email by a given deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Some first time buyers are actually begging sellers to chose them as the preferred buyer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Naturally competition is
high and many buyers are over bidding the asking price to secure the property
they want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">WHAT DO FIRST TME BUYERS NEED TO CONSIDER?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Have you saved enough deposit?</b> If y</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">ou don’t have the full deposit ready you will not be able to proceed and
will lose out to a more savvy first time buyer who has prepared everything in
advance.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> <b> </b></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Do you hold a mortgage offer or mortgage offer in
principle?</b> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">You MUST have a document showing a mortgage provider has approved you for a
mortgage and the document shows the maximum amount they will advance.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>The mortgage</b> application process needs to be smooth and
quick to process.</span> <span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">The advantage of going through a mortgage adviser makes life so much easier.</span></p></blockquote><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-lspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-rspace: 2.25pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100%px;">
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</tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />Remember to make sure you
have already spoken to a solicitor or conveyancer.<br />
When you make an offer to buy your first house, don’t set yourself up to be
disappointed by not being prepared.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If you are thinking about
stepping onto the property ladder or would like a conversation to help you
through the process please send me a message.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #665ed0; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>
<span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a></span></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-76381021704479364402021-04-23T12:24:00.000+00:002021-04-23T12:24:19.553+00:00HOUSE SELLERS - Top Tips - Get Your Home Ready for Spring & Summer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38JGaq2yF4TiLcgjy4GEDc9RWfgqnkf6QefDvnjCNyVGuWDM20Qj75IQzBX9MYCBT1qvMCnPIW3DhZRze8IRa9kixxL1IHE5yV3gcpQ7WTDyYjY-pKjIIt4LAIkTBq96-CbrgMPRi7MM1/s1600/AA+Good+News.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38JGaq2yF4TiLcgjy4GEDc9RWfgqnkf6QefDvnjCNyVGuWDM20Qj75IQzBX9MYCBT1qvMCnPIW3DhZRze8IRa9kixxL1IHE5yV3gcpQ7WTDyYjY-pKjIIt4LAIkTBq96-CbrgMPRi7MM1/w400-h225/AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Looking for some low cost and
simple ways to spruce up your home to impress potential buyers? Here are seven
tips to help you stand out from the competition</span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIKQMGSgc0d-DhTwAeTy2M_MioSF02iQHMztPODDmV1eAVzspfy6Kh662XVcTssfQIb-tPo6h3tR7bNNMm7bfTeIEpFplkDMjkfM24D9CfW1Ni_kOlQKaAGY2aLfOyUoqlaQ8QWU-83m2/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIKQMGSgc0d-DhTwAeTy2M_MioSF02iQHMztPODDmV1eAVzspfy6Kh662XVcTssfQIb-tPo6h3tR7bNNMm7bfTeIEpFplkDMjkfM24D9CfW1Ni_kOlQKaAGY2aLfOyUoqlaQ8QWU-83m2/w400-h300/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spring is one of the busiest
times for the property market as buyers emerge from the winter lull full of
enthusiasm for their search for a new home.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The latest figures suggest
the number of buyers looking for properties is healthy at the moment,
having picked up following the uncertainty hindering house hunters during the Covid-19
Pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But sellers who are about to
put their home on the market will still be keen to make sure their home stands
out from the crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To help you prioritise the
items on your pre-viewing ‘to do’ list, here’s a list of top tips to ensure
your house creates the right impression.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">First impressions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Buyers often decide if they
like a property within seconds of arriving, so kerb appeal is vital.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If necessary, spruce up your
front door with a lick of paint or buy a new doorknob, brass letterbox or
stainless steel house number to add a more welcoming and stylish touch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Spring cleaning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It will come as no surprise
to hear buyers are put off by anything that looks grubby, especially during the
season of fresh beginnings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Giving your house a proper
Spring clean will ensure any old winter grime is removed from the property. Deep
clean the carpets and make sure curtains and upholstery are dust free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If you do this before your
house is put on the market, the property will look good in the photos taken to
promote the property too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZUE5dsn-1h9q0OXwftOxZCACJl15uGAxdAzkglcjVbqye0qhMS_lIi7oyEehOuzDlxaRvXxqSAzIDDWXxaWeBYSB7Nf7hrMI-cDHJpctrIxmugkCLshQj6V7hZDZZpHDEUIseGnQkJcHn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="300" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZUE5dsn-1h9q0OXwftOxZCACJl15uGAxdAzkglcjVbqye0qhMS_lIi7oyEehOuzDlxaRvXxqSAzIDDWXxaWeBYSB7Nf7hrMI-cDHJpctrIxmugkCLshQj6V7hZDZZpHDEUIseGnQkJcHn/w400-h259/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Focus on the kitchen and bathrooms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We all know kitchens and
bathrooms can make or break a sale, so it’s important to make sure these rooms
are at their best.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In the bathroom hide any
unappealing pipework and fix tiling which looks worn. It’s a good idea to tidy
away bathroom clutter such as body wash, cleaning products and toilet rolls etc
to create a less personal and more minimalist space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If your kitchen is looking
shabby, you don’t need to fork out for a completely new one. Simply replace any
worn work surfaces and doors. These changes could totally transform the space<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Light<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This is one of the easiest
things you can do to impress a buyer. Dark spaces can be a turn off to buyers
so letting in the light will create a welcoming effect.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Allow the sun to pour in and
maximise natural light as much as possible by opening curtains and blinds and
giving any dirty windows a scrub before putting your property on the market.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Minimalist Decor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Your taste in decor may not
be everyone’s cup of tea and potential buyers must be able to picture
themselves living in the space and not feel like an intruder in someone else’s
home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So, it’s a good idea to
remove anything conveying too much personality. Keep your decoration simple and
colours neutral to offer buyers a blank slate on which to build their own home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Flowers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s very simple, but having
fresh flowers on display is an effective way to present your house as well
kept.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Flowers also play a vital
role in giving rooms a lift and create a clean fragrance to greet a buyer. No
matter how well your home is presented, a few simple touches with some neutral
flowers will enhance the property’s appeal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Remove pets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pets can leave an odour and
while their owner may have become immune to this, a buyer will pick up on it
immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore, if you have pets,
air the property in advance of any viewings, light a freshly-scented candle to
mask any lingering smells and consider leaving your pet with a friend or family
member for the duration of the viewing.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<br />
Find out more about my special Spring and Summer Promotion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #665ed0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-62871650297749484392021-04-02T09:55:00.000+00:002021-04-02T09:55:21.065+00:00Small Business Opportunity - Hair & Beauty Salon - RETFORD - FOR SALE<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6VDiFXzBv-wbcY9nlx9bAxLGb832GGsq2VCQJTizO6HQPw_Gj3tUkpggNNZdHwo7jszm2ebRdnSMn_LSohYRiO5XXo2ggs90tq8wDeI9wkQW4SURvGbnO5ZnwedtwLdk0igCZ5Y0wlQw/s1600/Twitter+No+Name+No+price+Ad+CG+Hair+%2526+Beauty+-+For+Sale.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6VDiFXzBv-wbcY9nlx9bAxLGb832GGsq2VCQJTizO6HQPw_Gj3tUkpggNNZdHwo7jszm2ebRdnSMn_LSohYRiO5XXo2ggs90tq8wDeI9wkQW4SURvGbnO5ZnwedtwLdk0igCZ5Y0wlQw/w400-h225/Twitter+No+Name+No+price+Ad+CG+Hair+%2526+Beauty+-+For+Sale.png" width="400" /></a></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - Rented Property with Business for Sale<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Great opportunity to own a small business in Retford Town Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Small Hair & Beauty Salon<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbbUAyYHSrFCWBlP4S2lTUHpXQYgTiYUUMDpNsqOG2OlBl0aFkFK9eErXfJL_6NifxoqSwx8LwbrcjuphBTogwPTIQRazOXWyzRGzrt_27J8xOnTUXMCpxqtk7tyynuJad6Vhq5b5c5OF/s1495/DSCN6920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1495" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbbUAyYHSrFCWBlP4S2lTUHpXQYgTiYUUMDpNsqOG2OlBl0aFkFK9eErXfJL_6NifxoqSwx8LwbrcjuphBTogwPTIQRazOXWyzRGzrt_27J8xOnTUXMCpxqtk7tyynuJad6Vhq5b5c5OF/w400-h300/DSCN6920.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">After lockdown this service will be in high demand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If you are looking to start your own business after lockdown this could
be the answer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Current owner is moving overseas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Situated next to Retford Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZDq3BDW2VV4-6fx1u2IT_AKjtSDQroUQGaXutpAgue1nBZ1QYdDqgdJIdDbeneU5OS3zv4Iex15P3MaK8aEhMAT7oFXwNGapvQofXFcDy94P0944NAcJ-0g0IRhTeqgKoKAK3-m6SmkA/s1600/DSCN6899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZDq3BDW2VV4-6fx1u2IT_AKjtSDQroUQGaXutpAgue1nBZ1QYdDqgdJIdDbeneU5OS3zv4Iex15P3MaK8aEhMAT7oFXwNGapvQofXFcDy94P0944NAcJ-0g0IRhTeqgKoKAK3-m6SmkA/w400-h300/DSCN6899.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Rent only £99 per week.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>Business sale price available on request.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0eLLLy-ikzB64ZTaU38ytVse-V9dVcz2U8oaHXRx1u_VLkMvNlJFHrVRFbXu3bhRLLzhzgjPYfREC2-m8t2wnyuapTgclOYHgEWF-OfVm8CD0jZOyHxJ1AufTAEujLwp32rYnCv5aQd2/s1428/DSCN6910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1428" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0eLLLy-ikzB64ZTaU38ytVse-V9dVcz2U8oaHXRx1u_VLkMvNlJFHrVRFbXu3bhRLLzhzgjPYfREC2-m8t2wnyuapTgclOYHgEWF-OfVm8CD0jZOyHxJ1AufTAEujLwp32rYnCv5aQd2/w400-h300/DSCN6910.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAN-g52AnksaVkzV49s09zNrT1xM0BZks_m9x_ag3aLFUpJ-4Q_dX-K2x0XqV39_XCL_8wDPTmJ12w7IW87pgabV_Ob4NbQYWrFzg6Fps3QDxEuqXTByNjaoBEYvQBfU385-4bwoLK9pS/s1545/DSCN6916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1545" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAN-g52AnksaVkzV49s09zNrT1xM0BZks_m9x_ag3aLFUpJ-4Q_dX-K2x0XqV39_XCL_8wDPTmJ12w7IW87pgabV_Ob4NbQYWrFzg6Fps3QDxEuqXTByNjaoBEYvQBfU385-4bwoLK9pS/w400-h300/DSCN6916.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYS0vVYQ9yzlXO5sEdqV7NvX0s0VyG74iKdwNPt_mqg2VBY4Sorjc2tHFhToywwDFbocwwWcJCXF2GsBC9T9YnoCGsbyJ42YQZ_7n8xAhFCu-6kc08schCiGSvYzZplU_szSlCy5F_ymn/s1600/DSCN6258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYS0vVYQ9yzlXO5sEdqV7NvX0s0VyG74iKdwNPt_mqg2VBY4Sorjc2tHFhToywwDFbocwwWcJCXF2GsBC9T9YnoCGsbyJ42YQZ_7n8xAhFCu-6kc08schCiGSvYzZplU_szSlCy5F_ymn/w400-h300/DSCN6258.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">Fur further information and to arrange a viewing:</span></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Good Estate Agent in North Nottinghamshire. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Providing a FULL Estate Agency Service in North Nottinghamshire<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-61757427289771944352021-03-26T17:42:00.000+00:002021-03-26T17:42:18.092+00:0095% Mortgages Explained: Everything You Need To Know<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBb3p_iHaDotqN3aiLrS69mh5D7u2fQdVD8aa6c3a2kN2uiid2nqQsb3W9rUgl-NAws9UWkdFC-7nEhS3TQHyZcvQWDVYGlEyF5xa1bi8LE63IZgCcM-5fk4iZ9vBdJ37b886GzKWKrzFS/s1600/AA+Good+News.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBb3p_iHaDotqN3aiLrS69mh5D7u2fQdVD8aa6c3a2kN2uiid2nqQsb3W9rUgl-NAws9UWkdFC-7nEhS3TQHyZcvQWDVYGlEyF5xa1bi8LE63IZgCcM-5fk4iZ9vBdJ37b886GzKWKrzFS/w400-h225/AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Since March 2020, low
deposit deals have virtually disappeared from the mortgage market, hitting
first-time buyers hard, as well as those with low levels of equity in their
property. <br /><br />During the COVID-19 pandemic, lenders saw these deals as high-risk
and withdrew most of their offerings.</span></div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Government has announced that it will be backing a new mortgage guarantee
scheme to combat this.</span></div><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">During the 2021 Budget on 3
March 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that new 95% mortgages will be
introduced in order to allow first-time buyers to get on the property ladder
with as little as a 5% deposit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In his speech, Sunak said: “This
policy gives people who can’t afford a big deposit the chance to buy their own
home.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This new Government scheme
will enable mortgage lenders to offer loans of up to 95% of the value of the
property, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson declaring he wants to 'turn
Generation Rent into Generation Buy’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The scheme will solely be
available to buyers of properties up to £600,000. According to Rightmove, this
accounts for 86% of all homes currently up for sale in the UK. The
mortgages will become available from April 2021, until December 31 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">95% mortgages explained<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A 95% mortgage covers 95% of
a property’s value, leaving the buyer to cover the remaining 5% in the form of
a deposit. This can also be referred to as a 95% LTV (loan-to-value) mortgage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Until now, most mortgage
lenders were offering up to 85% mortgages, which means buyers can now save up
to a third of what they would have had to pay prior to this announcement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Buyers will also be able to
fix their initial rate for up to five years. While it's similar to the Help to
Buy scheme, it's not restricted to first-time buyers or new build properties.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Is a 95% mortgage right for me?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If you are able to afford a
larger deposit on your new home, you may find you have more choice when it
comes to finding a mortgage with lower interest rates. However, if you are a
first-time buyer or struggling to fund a larger deposit, then this is a great
solution for you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
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<!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Are buyers with a small deposit guaranteed to get one of
these deals?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Buyers will still be subject
to affordability checks, so it's not a guarantee that they'll be offered one
even if they have the 5% deposit. Lenders could be concerned about the
potential for buyers to fall into negative equity due to the small deposit
amount and uncertain financial outlook.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why will lenders offer these mortgage deals if they had previously removed
them?</span></b></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">They are backed by the
Government, so this means the risk is reduced for the lenders.</span></div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you’re a first-time buyer with a small deposit, or have limited equity in
your home but are looking to move, these new deals could offer the helping hand
you need with your property purchase.</span></div><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #665ed0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><o:p></o:p></p><p>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a></span></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-74983713475509747842021-03-21T07:54:00.000+00:002021-03-21T07:54:09.264+00:00ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES - Is your solicitor up to date?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDErXo3LgLptWh0DSd2on2h7M3k2Ap-bGBcYzjNkulQ4aqKA-5hzAEUt_11GGuiLXKCQ1k031KmpI4EcrpsU1us4K49MLIfRShN4mpcMV_fD8gTDK7UfMaUGWZ2jav2kl1TiXJIuH-tQL/s1600/AA+Good+News.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDErXo3LgLptWh0DSd2on2h7M3k2Ap-bGBcYzjNkulQ4aqKA-5hzAEUt_11GGuiLXKCQ1k031KmpI4EcrpsU1us4K49MLIfRShN4mpcMV_fD8gTDK7UfMaUGWZ2jav2kl1TiXJIuH-tQL/w400-h225/AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Is your conveyancing
solicitor using electronic signatures?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Nine months ago HM Land
Registry decided to accept electronic signatures to allow for transfers of
ownership of property, leases and mortgages and other property dealings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The next time you talk to
your conveyancing solicitor maybe you should check and ask them if they are
using modern technical systems to sign documents making it simpler and faster
for you and the other party in the transaction to move home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Systems like DocuSign are
already being used widely by estate agents for short term leases and other
agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://go.docusign.com/trial/productshot-uk/">https://go.docusign.com/trial/productshot-uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We are all aware of the long
drawn out drama of the dreaded conveyancing process when we are involved in
buying or selling a property.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">No longer is there an excuse
for your conveyancer or solicitor to be stuck with the old outdated paper and
ink method.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">OK, there might be some of you who don't trust modern technology and not in a hurry to do anything, but I suspect you are in the minority today.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If your solicitor is still using snail mail for sending paper contracts through the postal system they are contributing to the delay.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The electronic signing of
documents could take another week or two off the already lengthy conveyancing
process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See further details in the
link here:<br />
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hm-land-registry-to-accept-electronic-signatures">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hm-land-registry-to-accept-electronic-signatures</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #665ed0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-82531956608694721512021-03-04T12:05:00.000+00:002021-03-04T12:05:04.096+00:00GOOD NEWS for the RETFORD PROPERTY MARKET<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzgsXk6WR6JTd7dgluiAyWX3sd-Rnn1SdjUXM2J6bOlR5oRVPC8vjiXmxNjXzXW8dFutkwshDmcP5YpTrIC26Oj8qafh173EyCPMPL5G7zFzEobpIBH4azeGKlQd-Ki7O8aDnr2cmMoXc/s1600/AA+Good+News.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzgsXk6WR6JTd7dgluiAyWX3sd-Rnn1SdjUXM2J6bOlR5oRVPC8vjiXmxNjXzXW8dFutkwshDmcP5YpTrIC26Oj8qafh173EyCPMPL5G7zFzEobpIBH4azeGKlQd-Ki7O8aDnr2cmMoXc/w400-h225/AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Property Stamp Duty Holiday Deadline extended to 30th
June<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As expected the government announced
yesterday that the temporary stamp duty holiday will be extended until the end
of June.<br />
<br />
The news will hopefully come as a relief to those buyers and sellers in the
Retford area who have been trying to get their sale completed in time
to meet the previous deadline of 31st March.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What is the temporary stamp duty holiday? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The temporary stamp
duty holiday, first announced by the government on 8th July last year,
means that if you are buying a home up to the value of £500,000 you will not
pay any stamp duty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The extension means you now
have until 30th June to complete on the purchase to make the stamp duty saving.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Then, to smooth the transition
back to normal, the nil rate band will be £250,000, double its standard level,
until the end of September 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It will return to the usual
threshold of £125,000 on 1st October 2021<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">How the new mortgage guarantee scheme will help buyers
with 5% deposits<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For anyone who’s found it
challenging to save for a 10%, 15% or 20% deposit over the past year or so,
this is good news.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The government also announced
yesterday a new mortgage guarantee scheme to help first-time buyers AND
existing homeowners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Under the new scheme, which
will launch in April, first-time buyers and existing homeowners will be able to
purchase homes worth up to £600,000 with a deposit of just 5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The way the scheme works is
that the government pledges to repay lenders some of their losses if you as the
buyer default on your mortgage repayments for any reason.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In return for this
guarantee, lenders have to sell mortgages worth up to 95% of a home’s price –
so that you as the borrower can proceed with a deposit of 5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s a potential
game-changer for many first-time buyers as lots of 95% mortgages were made
unavailable during the past year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 24.0pt;"><span style="color: #262637; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks or reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I'm here to help sellers, buyers, landlords, and
tenants.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Call me or drop me a message if you think I might
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #665ed0; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Good Estate
Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span style="color: #213abb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-22971733449913909592021-02-22T21:34:00.002+00:002021-02-23T08:21:11.403+00:00WHY ARE HOUSE PRICES GOING UP?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCNIcWrInqXinWZZDqOghtxG5Rm2m05JqePQss_aRvSjbZn1XhWNmSj09srISy6AX4J4fPDNWld9ZA4wyUmT5WUnyW0sAUiOPNZvLmkFPdosPuUdaxByr2yo-BU5E_nCauv0R6na90KXO/s1600/AA+why+are+house+prices+going+up.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCNIcWrInqXinWZZDqOghtxG5Rm2m05JqePQss_aRvSjbZn1XhWNmSj09srISy6AX4J4fPDNWld9ZA4wyUmT5WUnyW0sAUiOPNZvLmkFPdosPuUdaxByr2yo-BU5E_nCauv0R6na90KXO/w400-h225/AA+why+are+house+prices+going+up.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If
you’re thinking about moving home but are unsure how the end of the stamp duty
holiday could impact your plans, I’ve some new insights to share.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
latest study from property portal Rightmove shows that demand from buyers is
growing, with all of the numbers they use to track buyer activity on their site
being ahead of this time last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As
it’s now far too late to realistically complete a deal before the stamp duty
holiday is due to end on the 31st March, it would appear that many buyers’
desires to move are not dependent on the potential tax saving.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In
fact, the number of people contacting estate agents about homes to buy is up by
18% compared to this time last year, and the number of visits to property
portals is up by 45%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This
high buyer demand is outstripping new supply and therefore helping to push up
prices despite the challenging economic backdrop. Asking prices are going up.<br />
First time buyers are battling with each other and estate agents to secure
their first home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So
buyer demand is higher and prices are rising, but one thing people might find
right now is that there isn’t as much new choice as usual.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
number of new properties coming up for sale is down by 21% annually.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
expect that one of the main reasons for this is that owners of family homes are
delaying coming to market, understandably due to home-schooling distractions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What else is happening in the market?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Experts
estimate that there are around 100,000 buyers who agreed a purchase before
Christmas but will fail to complete by the stamp duty deadline, and will be
faced with a tax bill that they may not have factored in when they agreed to
buy the property. Unless Chancellor Rishi Sunak extends the deadline. Rumours
are about that he will extend by another six weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
latest analysis shows that of those buyers who agreed a purchase during the
month the stamp duty announcement was made in July last year, one in five of
them are still stuck in the logjam, more than six months later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This
is double the proportion of the previous year when only one in ten purchases
that were agreed in July 2019 was still waiting to complete at this time last
year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So
even if you agreed a purchase the day after the stamp duty holiday was
announced, with just five weeks to go, you may still be at risk of losing out by
not having enough time to meet the deadline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What do the experts say?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Rightmove property data expert Tim Bannister explained that the property market
has got off to a strong start in 2021, and that there are lots of good reasons
to put your home up for sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>He
said: “Last year the market was unexpectedly buoyed by buyers’
determination to move and satisfy their new lockdown-induced housing needs. We
may well be seeing a continuation of that this year.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>“Rightmove’s
early 2021 buyer data shows that despite the imminent end of the stamp duty
incentive, all of the key buyer metrics are ahead of early 2020, itself an
active period as the market was boosted by the post-election ‘Boris
bounce’. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>“As
well as the current lockdown motivating buyer demand again, the restrictions
have also been a factor in limiting new supply, leading to some modest upwards
price pressure. These are strong signs that new buyer demand is not facing a
cliff-edge after the 31st of March.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>“It
remains to be seen if this momentum will be enough to make up for the removal
of the stamp duty savings that are benefitting many buyers and have been adding
a sense of urgency to the whole market.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>“So
far in 2021 home-schooling has taken priority over home-selling for some
people. Family properties are suffering most, with the difficulty of preparing
a property for marketing and viewings while it’s in use and occupied 24/7 by
the whole family likely to give you cause to delay.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>“Ironically,
whilst it’s too late for the stamp duty holiday, there are good reasons to come
to market now, especially if selling a property suitable for a family? There
are more possible buyers looking and fewer suitable alternatives to divert
their attention away from yours. An early start to the selling process will
also help to get you sold, moved, and settled in before the new school year.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>“With
the current speed of the vaccine roll-out, that new school year will hopefully
be spent in schools and out of the home, but many of the other new needs for
more space both indoors and out will remain.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 24pt;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #262637; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks for reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span style="color: #213abb; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-59546635545556130402021-02-21T14:02:00.000+00:002021-02-21T14:02:44.060+00:00ORDSALL HOUSE - RETFORD - FOR SALE only £1.25m<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oGEa8uuE9_T6S-e8ExaTOkcDIgWIw2utJ5WL684EyHsILC9P9Abo5QgteeSXa4kgqY2ctYs3-pXO0TQJxeFTK0jfeGa7wP5N8fIS1Z7mrViBnlDAVmNcTFro3ToRa0SKSTa3NzgWwdHx/s1600/_AA+Blog+Ordsall+House+for+sale.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oGEa8uuE9_T6S-e8ExaTOkcDIgWIw2utJ5WL684EyHsILC9P9Abo5QgteeSXa4kgqY2ctYs3-pXO0TQJxeFTK0jfeGa7wP5N8fIS1Z7mrViBnlDAVmNcTFro3ToRa0SKSTa3NzgWwdHx/w400-h225/_AA+Blog+Ordsall+House+for+sale.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ORDSALL HOUSE - FOR SALE - RETFORD, NORTH NOTTS</b></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This very spacious family
house is on the market for just £1,250,000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms,
garage for 6 cars, private location, wine cellar etc<br />
This beautiful Grade II listed Georgian house is a bargain here in Retford
North Nottinghamshire.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRzod3rKpd70YKw5P23IjaZ_wBuntuv_kZG9ENSCLElFaIYgvZYwkEt7I45J_AS4rScYyzV66I37D4kFW-KWnLstsLwkMpDpTxDyM4pIPTZnRbv2Se53lQhoj9XwG6b603Q-lz8KMn5FP/s800/Ordsall+Hall+4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRzod3rKpd70YKw5P23IjaZ_wBuntuv_kZG9ENSCLElFaIYgvZYwkEt7I45J_AS4rScYyzV66I37D4kFW-KWnLstsLwkMpDpTxDyM4pIPTZnRbv2Se53lQhoj9XwG6b603Q-lz8KMn5FP/w400-h266/Ordsall+Hall+4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvHjEXyubn-oPQllcqMdStEef6JIb3_mJvDxn6NlvnLV_9XOdo9hW1bRAHICQ0jMJb1GTp_IaOupsHcVQAXz5dYJ-B63D8XJFfF6FZ8wLgTJtvxdqcdnxBqWL_fZOt9vE9_R8DlMPupVk/s800/Ordsall+Hall+1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvHjEXyubn-oPQllcqMdStEef6JIb3_mJvDxn6NlvnLV_9XOdo9hW1bRAHICQ0jMJb1GTp_IaOupsHcVQAXz5dYJ-B63D8XJFfF6FZ8wLgTJtvxdqcdnxBqWL_fZOt9vE9_R8DlMPupVk/w400-h266/Ordsall+Hall+1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqhYjtRDR29cmTTlQwTDtPM31V2P5jPLfsEb9OPf9sQ89zCUa8QKsoDeMqoX6SGpBIwhc2YcJ_CtvHs3PhwkA49seifXzkt19rEsoocpnHVVgTqbVeSGxoQifWEhSUe9pScvq38MUWG4_/s1024/Ordsall+Hall+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqhYjtRDR29cmTTlQwTDtPM31V2P5jPLfsEb9OPf9sQ89zCUa8QKsoDeMqoX6SGpBIwhc2YcJ_CtvHs3PhwkA49seifXzkt19rEsoocpnHVVgTqbVeSGxoQifWEhSUe9pScvq38MUWG4_/w400-h266/Ordsall+Hall+2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYYHXor6U8X0z1ViMGYDUY-kTsI0_cg1VaS9QiF7wScHJOveLR7ZGelFf7pd3micD1DrwUq_hsCUbcQ5eoipMkcijah0HVirx8tKTXGOxx30CUUybpqPnA9MEHVtCEiK-EAPGZrUYQP0D/s800/Ordsall+Hall+3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYYHXor6U8X0z1ViMGYDUY-kTsI0_cg1VaS9QiF7wScHJOveLR7ZGelFf7pd3micD1DrwUq_hsCUbcQ5eoipMkcijah0HVirx8tKTXGOxx30CUUybpqPnA9MEHVtCEiK-EAPGZrUYQP0D/w400-h266/Ordsall+Hall+3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />Have a closer look here on
Rightmove</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/89197411#/">https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/89197411#/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /><b>
WHAT COULD YOU BUY FOR THE SAME PRICE DOWN SOUTH?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As a comparison let’s look
at what you could buy in the south of England down in Weybridge, in Surrey for
the same price.<br />
A classic Victorian 4 bedroom end of terrace house.<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/101775884#/">https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/101775884#/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To arrange a viewing of Ordsall House please contact:<br />
Mellor & Beer<br />
Estate Agents<br />
51 Bridge Street<br />
Worksop<br />
Notts<br />
Tel: 01909 479977</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-65632692899617030552021-02-09T12:23:00.000+00:002021-02-09T12:23:28.750+00:00Tough New Regulations for New Homes Developers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3P34nj8uQ927NX6Y2YbDcy3u3kEH_6jv17kUb84E_bSXAV9z-8zzEZ1WnZfnyXB5ei77qddtzszaFjKdSDBvgkBczFghpy6jZD9sb3HJpPw65nok7BahOjbz9wiTWikli0dC5gZrKp5Zp/s1600/AA+Good+News.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3P34nj8uQ927NX6Y2YbDcy3u3kEH_6jv17kUb84E_bSXAV9z-8zzEZ1WnZfnyXB5ei77qddtzszaFjKdSDBvgkBczFghpy6jZD9sb3HJpPw65nok7BahOjbz9wiTWikli0dC5gZrKp5Zp/w400-h225/AA+Good+News.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Good News for Buyers of NEW Homes.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A ‘New Homes Quality Board’ will
introduce a code of practice and ombudsman later this year.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A new body that will oversee
improvements to the quality of new homes, better customer service and
strengthened consumer redress has officially launched nine months after being
announced.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) will
include organisations representing consumer bodies, housebuilders, warranty
providers and the finance sector.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’m sure
most estate agents will welcome the NHQB largely because, while agents have
been regulated for years and faced redress when sales go wrong, new homes sales
have been covered only if they sell their homes via an estate agency.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Here in
Retford there are some new home buyers who are not happy with the response from
new homes developers when they are challenged about quality issues with their
new home.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">NEW OMBUDSMAN</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The NHQB is to launch a New Homes
Ombudsman Service that will support buyers when there are disputes, although
its work will not be retrospective.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This will be policed via a new code of
practice which will require developers/builders to join the scheme and then
commit to much higher levels of service during the sales process, and also
support buyers who have problems with their homes for up to two years after
they complete.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The
Government Housing Minister Eddie Hughes is reported to have said:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“It’s
crucial developers show more responsibility for the quality of their work while
also acknowledging when things go wrong – this helps give vital confidence to
buyers, especially at a time of general uncertainty.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A consultation on the code is under way
and the ombudsman scheme is set to be up and running later in 2021</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks for reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the number of transactions were down 42% compared to 2019. No surprises, but still
a lot of activity during a pandemic.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">These are the actual transactions fully completed and
filed with the Land Registry.<br />
I’m sure there are many sales that were agreed in the later part of 2020 but
are still in the pipeline awaiting completion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2020
Property Sales<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoYscU0gVFsQrCZMjwAgnGpt8JMcvQPc1fN4i6wefWNRD32tRHOysA4-X4QZ_ZR0lFw6OW-CtzP4mHeyFkhnt6upQ3WGYqNvVOaxX6xXvpNMX2CHvptadD4FUl5p0kt0AIolsv0ItUED-/s545/Retford+Area+Property+Sales+2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoYscU0gVFsQrCZMjwAgnGpt8JMcvQPc1fN4i6wefWNRD32tRHOysA4-X4QZ_ZR0lFw6OW-CtzP4mHeyFkhnt6upQ3WGYqNvVOaxX6xXvpNMX2CHvptadD4FUl5p0kt0AIolsv0ItUED-/w374-h400/Retford+Area+Property+Sales+2020.png" width="374" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Popular
Villages</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
During 2020 the villages with the most property sales were the ever popular
locations:</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/tDakyCwutNib7ZxZ7" target="_blank">North Leverton</a></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br /><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/14aKokT9YcXQE6Tn7" target="_blank">Ranskill </a><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/o4WwjM9nACFdPned9" target="_blank">Sutton</a> <br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/5ypg1zvXtr9ZYcrNA" target="_blank">North Wheatley</a></span></p><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Popular
Streets/Areas in Retford<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The highest number of sales were the new build properties in <a href="https://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/property/retford/hawfinch-meadows/" target="_blank">Hawfinch Meadows</a>
(DN22 7ZS) and <a href="https://www.streetcheck.co.uk/houseprices/dn227zu" target="_blank">Snowden Drive</a> (DN22 7ZU)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Most
Expensive Residential Properties<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The properties with the highest sales prices in 2020 in our
area were:<br />
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://roseandcohomes.co.uk/rose-house-rose-gardens-barnby-moor-retford/" target="_blank">RoseHouse, Rose Meadows, Barnby Moor for £975,000</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbkkYHSWPWKCJjKznRzSa5GU2howAFmkPQUI9-kHLPM9B3dzhWw6O0QOJ20SqvJsjwgdhjIyaBkPOAsLbqiHrfXL57-j4V9yFUbZhU7ZNZi0YsKjE20LQpcA2757U_W7EfZ7neHyK66dv/s1024/Rose+House%252C+Rose+Gardens%252C+Barby+Moor+sold+2020.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbkkYHSWPWKCJjKznRzSa5GU2howAFmkPQUI9-kHLPM9B3dzhWw6O0QOJ20SqvJsjwgdhjIyaBkPOAsLbqiHrfXL57-j4V9yFUbZhU7ZNZi0YsKjE20LQpcA2757U_W7EfZ7neHyK66dv/w400-h266/Rose+House%252C+Rose+Gardens%252C+Barby+Moor+sold+2020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://roseandcohomes.co.uk/rose-house-rose-gardens-barnby-moor-retford/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Click here for more photos of this top priced property</a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #999999; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>Nutmegs,
Low Street, Torworth for £842,500</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #999999;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0ebKdC8DXZHbvDE6LCPAkj4pZAnwXomAoMNByGyatOjzNmlvX0e6L4DwYiUr7k9c-GsFVDF-xWYi5WpMLhfolWcJvkm-dOaRB0-ebHDQe5h0CLZVkj7tF0cGS8uG5DYlyiVlwXZbAE09/s532/Nutmegs%252C+Low+Street%252C+Torworth+sold+2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="532" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0ebKdC8DXZHbvDE6LCPAkj4pZAnwXomAoMNByGyatOjzNmlvX0e6L4DwYiUr7k9c-GsFVDF-xWYi5WpMLhfolWcJvkm-dOaRB0-ebHDQe5h0CLZVkj7tF0cGS8uG5DYlyiVlwXZbAE09/w400-h286/Nutmegs%252C+Low+Street%252C+Torworth+sold+2020.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=62506362&sale=90597381&country=england" target="_blank">Ordsall Lodge, London Road for £740,000</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCSEooqynpLgiUCxsfX6rm_uMBSElSJlUhQoMQGgxArf_hO0OSeWNRa0JvNLSETNJpSTO_dV7uJrNfpsCpNQS93UMk6wRwMJuq_-8lg3VU8HBndDNQGmfd_yj9XGMjQSSxAKFZ6oM-9Dj/s655/Ordsall+Lodge%252C+London+Road%252C+Retford+sold+Jan+2020.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="655" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCSEooqynpLgiUCxsfX6rm_uMBSElSJlUhQoMQGgxArf_hO0OSeWNRa0JvNLSETNJpSTO_dV7uJrNfpsCpNQS93UMk6wRwMJuq_-8lg3VU8HBndDNQGmfd_yj9XGMjQSSxAKFZ6oM-9Dj/w400-h266/Ordsall+Lodge%252C+London+Road%252C+Retford+sold+Jan+2020.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /></b><a href=" https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=62506362&sale=90597381&country=england" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Click here for more photos of this top priced property</a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=63477879&sale=90597309&country=england" target="_blank">Greenacres,Rampton Lane, South Leverton for £680,000</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ltymq1T93lRjKpteKr6nfSwrFEfjD-SUSsTTzeVTUuT9A-ifhuas1tkPdU8Z3lT8WD7FM8ACQLpy5V7ycZXLWBLepi7-1mOdMBv7SgbXMVuVxxU2vbiaQSz1-NZeF1d1mmGvJ0JVbdL_/s583/Greenacres%252C+Rampton+Lane%252C+South+Leverton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="583" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ltymq1T93lRjKpteKr6nfSwrFEfjD-SUSsTTzeVTUuT9A-ifhuas1tkPdU8Z3lT8WD7FM8ACQLpy5V7ycZXLWBLepi7-1mOdMBv7SgbXMVuVxxU2vbiaQSz1-NZeF1d1mmGvJ0JVbdL_/w400-h300/Greenacres%252C+Rampton+Lane%252C+South+Leverton.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=63477879&sale=90597309&country=england" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Click here for more photos of this top priced property</a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the coming months we will look at the
most popular streets in Retford.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks for reading<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent - North Nottinghamshire. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I help sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants.<br />
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I’m sure we have all commented at some time ‘’What are they going to do with that?’’ or ‘’Look at that eyesore…about time the council did something with it.’’</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Today the government has
announced a major step forward to provide the public with an opportunity to buy
derelict, unused buildings and land plots currently owned by local authorities
or other public sector organisations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you know of any derelict
buildings or land plots owned by a local authority or other public sector
organisation?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Maybe there is a plot of land owned by a local authority at the bottom of your
garden?</span></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Well now you can do
something about it. You could also buy it if you wanted. A group or charity
organisation could claim the right to buy it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HOW?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">New Right to Regenerate will
enable the public to require councils and public sector organisations to sell
unused land and assets<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Proposals for the public to
have first right of refusal to purchase underused land in England<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Land to be sold by default,
unless compelling reason not to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Making it simpler, quicker
and easier for public to transform vacant land and derelict buildings into
homes, businesses or community spaces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This is a very bold step by
the government and I’m sure many local authorities will find it challenging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The public will be able to
convert vacant plots of land and derelict buildings into new homes or community
spaces, under plans announced today (16 January 2021) by the Housing Secretary,
Robert Jenrick MP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The ‘Right to Regenerate’
proposals would make it easier to challenge councils and other public
organisations to release land for redevelopment – helping communities make
better use of public land and give a new lease of life to unloved buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Underused public land could
be sold to individuals or communities by default, unless there is a compelling
reason the owner should hold onto it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Under the proposals, public
bodies would need to have clear plans for land in the near future, even if only
a temporary use before later development – if the land is kept for too long
without being used, they would be required to sell it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">These measures provide an
opportunity for the public and local communities to redevelop and transform
eyesores, taking control of unused local land or buildings and transforming
them into something they want in their area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This builds on the
government’s drive to encourage development on brownfield land and more
beautiful buildings that are in line with local preferences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The strengthened rights
would also apply to unused publicly owned social housing and garages providing
opportunities to transform the local housing stock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The latest figures show
there were over 25,000 vacant council owned homes and according to recent FOI
data over 100,000 empty council-owned garages last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The new process will be fast
and simple, and the Secretary of State will act as an arbiter to ensure
fairness and speedy outcomes in all cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Housing Secretary Rt Hon
Robert Jenrick MP said:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Right to Regenerate is the simple way to turn public land
into public good, with land sold by default, unless there is a very compelling
reason not to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We are cutting through red tape so that communities can
make better use of available land and derelict buildings, which means more new
homes, businesses and community assets.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Millions of people will now be able to buy that empty
property, unused garage or parcel of land and turn it into something good for
them and their community.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tom Chance, Chief Executive
of the National Community Land Trust Network, said:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">We welcome these plans that could help communities to
turn abandoned and neglected land and buildings into fantastic community
assets.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There are hundreds of community land trusts across the
country wanting to build much needed affordable housing, but getting hold of
land at an affordable price is a huge barrier.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The potential for communities to be given first right of
refusal could be a game changer. We encourage everyone to read through the
proposals and respond to the consultation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The ‘Right to Regenerate’ is
a great-step forward to build on previous attempts at doing this and it will
increase the chance for communities to come together to bring vacant land into
the heart of the community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In practice this could mean
if a member of the public had an unused plot of land at the back of their house
owned by the council, they could use the new Right to Regenerate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If the land was determined
to be underused with no plans to bring it into use, it would be sold and the
person making the request could have first right of refusal to purchase –
enabling them to extend their garden, or for the community to come together to
use the land in a beneficial way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See further information
here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/right-to-regenerate-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-homes-and-community-assets">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/right-to-regenerate-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-homes-and-community-assets</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It has not been easy for
Landlords and Tenants during this pandemic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick
has announced today that the current ban on bailiff evictions is to be extended for
six weeks until 21st February 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“We are extending the ban on
bailiff evictions – helping to protect the most vulnerable renters,” says Robert
Jenrick.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The announcement, which has
been widely expected, will not go down well among some landlords.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">But the National Residential
Landlords Association (NRLA) says it has secured some leeway from the
government, in the form an exemption for landlords with arrears greater than
six months, an improvement on the previous position of nine months’ rent
arrears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“The repossessions ban is a
sticking plaster that will ultimately lead to more people losing their homes.
It means tenants’ debts will continue to mount to the point where they have no
hope of paying them off leading eventually to them having to leave their home,”
says NRLA Chief Executive Ben Beadle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Instead, the Government
should recognise the crisis facing many tenants and take immediate action to
enable them to pay their debts as is happening in Scotland and Wales. The
objective should be to sustain tenancies in the long term and not just the
short term.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Robert Jenrick added: “This
winter, we are continuing in this vein and redoubling our efforts to help those
most in need.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It appears most landlords
and tenants have, on the whole, been working well together throughout the
crisis to create payment plans and strategies that keep people in their homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">However a further extension
to the ban without additional provisions for landlords and tenants could be
storing up even more trouble for the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mark Hayward, Chief
Policy Advisor for Propertymark, says: “In light of the recent lockdown,
it is no surprise the UK Government has made today’s announcement, yet over the
past few weeks the UK Government has held off updates about evictions to the
sector making it impossible for agents to respond and plan for the difficult
winter months ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“The whole of the private
rented sector has been impacted as a result of COVID-19 but we must recognise
that the courts already faced a backlog of cases prior to the pandemic. Although
the new mediation pilot will help it is important to take steps back towards
normality so that both landlords and tenants have access to the justice system,
while putting measures in place to offer further support to tenants who have
built up COVID-related arrears through no fault of their own.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Polly Neate, Chief Executive
of Shelter, says: “You cannot follow the order to stay at home if you don’t
have one – making the government’s decision to stop bailiffs from physically
evicting people this winter the right call. While this ban doesn’t halt the
evictions process entirely, it is the minimum required to keep more people safe
in their homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Even with the bailiff ban
extended until February, we know people will still become homeless. The
government’s extra £10 million for rough sleeping support and to make sure
people are registered with a GP is very welcome and essential.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Summary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tenants cannot be evicted by
a bailiff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Landlords continue to be
required to give 6-month notice periods to tenants except in the most
serious circumstances. e.g. anti-social behaviour, illegal occupation, death of
a tenant where the property is unoccupied, fraud, perpetrators of domestic abuse
and extreme rent arrears equivalent to 6 months’ rent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tenants are advised to continue
to pay rent. Those tenants suffering from loss of income can claim Universal Credit
and seek help with rent payments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Landlords and Tenants can
negotiate a repayment plan to pay off arrears and continue the tenancy.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<br />
Tenants need to remember that many landlords have buy-to-let mortgages to pay.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">None of us wants to
see anyone homeless.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0f2262; outline: none; transition: none 0s ease 0s !important;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/extra-covid-protections-for-rough-sleepers-and-renters" style="outline: none; transition: none 0s ease 0s !important;" target="_blank">Read the official announcement in full.</a></span></span></strong></p>
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Housing Market to stay open during lockdown<br /><br />
What can you do during the lockdown?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As England is in a new lockdown, the latest official
guidance says that you are still able to move home throughout the lockdown, as
long as you follow strict safety guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can
I move home?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, the government’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home?priority-taxon=774cee22-d896-44c1-a611-e3109cce8eae#moving-home" target="_blank">official guidance</a> says you can still move home and
estate agents have been told they can continue to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the latest guidance it says that carrying out
activities related to buying, selling, letting or renting a residential
property are reasonable excuses to leave home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But the most important thing is that you follow the
guidance to help everyone stay safe, and throughout last year agents changed
how they operate to keep to these safety guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you are already in the process of moving, people
outside your household or support bubble should not help you move home unless
it’s absolutely necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Key
things to consider are:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Use virtual viewings of properties where possible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Properties should be unoccupied when physical viewings
take place<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Follow government advice on social
distancing during a viewing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The wearing of masks by all parties during a viewing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Practice good hand hygiene and ‘touch free’ viewings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thoroughly clean properties before and after viewings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can
I put my home on the market?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, you can put your home on the market and look for
properties to buy or rent. However, if you or any member of your household is
showing symptoms of coronavirus or is self-isolating, then estate agents and
potential buyers should not visit your property in person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Estate agents can still visit to take photos of your
property, but of course, they need to follow the appropriate safety guidance.
As usual, you should also start to gather together the necessary documents to
sell your home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To help prevent the spread of infection, the government
recommends that you carry out initial property searches online, and only visit
a property in person when you are seriously considering making an offer on it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you’re planning to buy a new-build property, you
should contact the developer. You should be able to make an appointment to view
the show home or visit the particular plot you are interested in purchasing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can
I go on a property viewing?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, if you’re looking to move home, you can continue
going to viewings during lockdown.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But you should if possible ask for a virtual viewing
first. It’ll reduce the number of viewings you have to go on, which will help
minimise the spread of germs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It could also save you time, because you’ll have a better
idea of whether a house is worth seeing or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When viewing a property in person, make sure you wear a
face mask, avoid touching surfaces, and wash your hands or use sanitiser before
and after.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There shouldn’t be more than two households within the
property at any one time, and viewings should only be arranged by appointment,
so ‘open houses’ aren’t happening at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you’re selling your home and are having interested
buyers come around to have a look, open all the inside doors beforehand so they
don’t have to touch the door handles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s recommended that you’re not in the property during
the viewing, and that you disinfect all surfaces after.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can
I book a removals firm?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, removals firms are still able to do their jobs, but
again, providing that all parties follow the safety guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s advised, however, that you do as much of the packing
as you can yourself and give your belongings a quick spray or wipe-down with a
disinfectant before they’re handled by someone else.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the removals team is around, do your best to
maintain distance and wash your hands regularly. Unfortunately you won’t be
able to offer them refreshments – which of course they’ll understand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s also recommended that you book your removals company
as early as possible. In many areas they’re very busy and it may be a challenge
for you to find one available at a short notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m
in the middle of buying a home, should I expect any delays during lockdown?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s possible that in some areas the conveyancing process
will be slower than usual right now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This is because some solicitors and agents may be
operating at limited capacity, or are very busy working through deals that have
stacked up since last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you’re about to enter into a legally binding contract,
you should discuss the possible implications if someone has to self-isolate or
quarantine. Ask your legal representative if they can include provisions
to manage these risks in the contracts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If someone in your household – or the other party’s – begins
to show any Covid or flu-like symptoms just as you’re about to complete, you
should postpone things by a few weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The government says we should all remain flexible in this
sort of scenario, so it would be ideal if your contracts can reflect that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m
a renter, can I still move home?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, renters can still look for properties and move
homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cleaners are also still allowed to carry out work in your
home, so if you need to bring in a professional cleaner before the end of your
tenancy, you’re allowed to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Renters should follow the same safety guidance that
applies to buyers during this period, such as doing online viewings first, and
you can find the official advice in full, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Can
tradespeople come out to my home to carry out work?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The current rules do allow tradespeople to carry out work
in your home, as long as they have no coronavirus symptoms and are following
all the necessary safety guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">However, it’s worthwhile making sure you’ve covered all
bases to ensure you keep yourself, anyone else in your household, and the
people carrying out the works, safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For example, ahead of the work starting you should ask:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Does anyone involved have symptoms of the virus?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Is there anyone with underlying health conditions in the
property?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Are there any sick or elderly people living there who
could be affected?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Could anyone entering the property impact on the health
of anyone living in it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Will anyone visiting, such as a surveyor or tradesperson,
be affected by working in my home?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Will all the people working in the home be wearing the
correct PPE (personal protective equipment)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In addition, traders should not go to homes of anyone who
is self-isolating or at risk from the virus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">However, if the work you are having done is not urgent,
you may want to reschedule it for a more convenient time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m
in the middle of a renovation, can it continue?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, renovation work can still continue during this
lockdown period. Tradespeople are able to enter your home – providing all
parties follow the Covid safety guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If anyone in your household is self-isolating or is
showing symptoms of the virus, all works should be rescheduled until it’s safe
to resume.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The same goes for any tradespeople due to be working in
your home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To help ensure that all parties remain as safe as
possible during the renovation, you should:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Keep your distance from any visitors and avoid physical
contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wash your hands regularly with soap and water for at
least 20 seconds, or use hand sanitiser<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed
hands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the
tissue in a bin and wash your hands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and
surfaces in the home such as door handles, light switches and your kettle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Is
the housing market busier than usual?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The housing market has been extremely busy since it first
re-opened again in the middle of 2020, and this increased demand for property
has continued into the first few days of 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks for reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wonder how many know about the plans through The Draft
Bassetlaw Plan to develop the area in Retford - Ordsall South?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Please remember that Bassetlaw District Council are
currently going through the public consultation process and holding various
online presentations and inviting questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The plan for Ordsall South is to build approximately 800
dwellings on a 103 hectare land plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The plan includes a 23 hectare country park and at least
4 hectares of open space.</span></div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A community centre, sports facilities and a ‘local centre’ (not sure what that means).</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Building developers will be strongly encouraged/guided to build homes for the
older generation. i.e. housing suitable for extra care like bungalows with
ramps and specially designed interiors to make life easier.</span></div><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Affordable housing and houses for first time buyers
will be encourage. </span></div><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At a BDC consultation today a planning officer made it very clear that large detached
4/5 bedroom houses will NOT be encouraged. Dwellings will also be for those wanting
to rent both in the private and social sectors.</span></div><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The planning officer at today’s meeting claimed they want
to develop an environment where people should walk to the local shops instead
of taking a car. They will be encouraged to use public transport.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I know the current baby boomer generation have maybe two
cars per household. They are car users. I’m sure during the next 10-15 years
they will use cars even more. Electric vehicles they might be by then, but
still cars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT and HIGHWAYS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I hope that Nottinghamshire County Council are involved early when it comes to conducting a transport and traffic management analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7jy2nvt7RqpyyIG2yeQAib20uV0tXqoLKnEthZpPcMl3oAHBJcitjYGXwfhaQ97Hh7xeVuxIwMhbk6i91R6fcQGR_Y7lgPCIuT-gXepugdy-wHglVRWMJdWVKkLrbVT2aKFgo5kSsQg0/s2048/Ordsall+Access+Road.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7jy2nvt7RqpyyIG2yeQAib20uV0tXqoLKnEthZpPcMl3oAHBJcitjYGXwfhaQ97Hh7xeVuxIwMhbk6i91R6fcQGR_Y7lgPCIuT-gXepugdy-wHglVRWMJdWVKkLrbVT2aKFgo5kSsQg0/w400-h225/Ordsall+Access+Road.png" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Ollerton Road would need to be upgraded. The current
condition of the B road going south to the A1 is not suitable for heavy
traffic. Plus the road gets flooded often.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would strongly recommend upgrading the Ollerton Road to
Jockey Lane section and maybe providing a better connection at the A1 intersection
for both north and south bound travellers.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks for reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d;">THE BASSETLAW LOCAL PLAN – RETFORD – ORDSALL AREA</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #212529; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif";">Residents in the Retford Ordsall area are being urged to have
their say and sign up for a digital consultation event on Thursday 17<sup>th</sup>
December 2020 6-7pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media-centre/news/latest-news/residents-in-retford-urged-to-have-their-say/" target="_blank">https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media-centre/news/latest-news/residents-in-retford-urged-to-have-their-say/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Use this link to add yourself
to the consultation process. There is a maximum of 25 people per event.<br />
These are all online digital events.<o:p></o:p></span></p><a href="https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/planning-and-building/the-draft-bassetlaw-local-plan/draft-bassetlaw-local-plan-november-2020/consultation-events-and-booking/">https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/planning-and-building/the-draft-bassetlaw-local-plan/draft-bassetlaw-local-plan-november-2020/consultation-events-and-booking/</a><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Thanks for reading<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">I help sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants.<br />
If you think I might be able to help you please drop me a message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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are a few reasons why it will not be the crash some are predicting</span></b></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During 2020 the North Nottinghamshire (and UK) property
market has resisted and flouted every economist’s prediction. With the economy
a shadow of its former self, unemployment set to hit 11.9%, the Government on
track to borrow nearly half a trillion pounds to pay for Coronavirus support
packages etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This has had very little effect on North Nottinghamshire
homeowner’s enthusiasm or capability to want to move home. It highlights the
influence of both the emotional impact of lockdown and the opportunity to save
money on stamp duty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">During 2020 the North Nottinghamshire property market has
been like a racehorse. <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The question is will the horse fall at the 2021 fence
or will it coast home pass the finishing post and get ready to win another
race? What are the odds?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">UK
house prices are 4.7% higher than they were 12 months ago according to the Land
Registry, whilst in North Nottinghamshire they are even higher.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking at the data over the country, things overall are
looking good for property prices. <br />Yet it must be remembered the Land Registry
data is from completed house sales and is always a couple of months behind, so
this data is for house sales up to September that were agreed in the spring.
Also, it does not take into account the prices being paid today on North
Nottinghamshire homes (as they will only show in statistics the Spring and
Summer of 2021 when the sale completes).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">North
Nottinghamshire house prices may inevitably ease slightly in 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Anecdotal evidence over the last few months has suggested
buyers are using their Stamp Duty savings on the price they are prepared to pay
for the North Nottinghamshire home of their dreams, so when the Stamp Duty
holiday finishes in Spring 2021, we will see a reduction in the price North
Nottinghamshire properties sell for, as buyers will now have to hold back some
of their cash to pay the Stamp Duty Tax. Maybe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The ‘Chain’
bottleneck problem<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I do have apprehensions that many North Nottinghamshire
people, buying and selling their North Nottinghamshire homes and in a chain,
may not be able to realise the move before the Stamp Duty rules change at the
end of March 2021, as there is a massive backlog with mortgage lenders, local
authorities’ and the searches, chartered surveyors surveying the property and
solicitors with the legal work, all combining to slow down the house selling
and buying machine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you are in a chain right now, you must constantly be
talking to all the parties involved and ensuring everything is focused on
getting the sale complete by the end of March. You have a responsibility to get
information requested back in hours, not weeks... because if you don’t, you
might not get your North Nottinghamshire home move through before the end of
the stamp duty holiday, and without that discount, someone in your chain may
pull out of the sale altogether and the chain will break.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
number of people moving home in North Nottinghamshire is anticipated to drop after
the Stamp Duty holiday ends at the end of March 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And that is probably going to be the biggest impact on
the North Nottinghamshire property market in 2021. Yes, there will be a slight
readjustment in the prices paid after March 2021 (as mentioned above), yet a
reduction in the number of people selling their North Nottinghamshire home does
not inevitably lead to a house price crash.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes, there will be a number of people who have to sell in
2021 because they have lost their jobs (i.e. ‘forced sales’). In the last two
‘Property Market Crashes’ of 1988 and 2008, there were a large number of forced
sales in a short period of time (because business owners had to sell their home
as their business had closed because of the Credit Crunch, as well as people
who had lost their job), increasing the supply of properties coming to the
market in 1988 and 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But this time, we have had the cushion/parachute of
Bounce Back Loans, Furlough and Mortgage Holidays over the last 9 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, another important factor about the last property
market crashes were the levels of interest rates and the amount borrowed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Interest
Rates are the key to the future of the North Nottinghamshire property market<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1988, mortgage interest rates were an eye watering
11.5% and 6% in 2008, meaning mortgages were much more expensive compared to
the VERY LOW rate we have today. Also, with 77.2% of mortgagees with fixed rate
mortgages, and only 1 in 21 mortgages owing more than 90% of the value of their
home (and 1 in 303 mortgagees owing more than 95% of the value of their home),
negative equity should not be so much an issue like it was in 1988.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This
means most North Nottinghamshire homeowners are in a much better place to
weather the storm of 2021, than they were in 1988 and 2008</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I also believe there will be ‘interesting investment
opportunities’ to be had for North Nottinghamshire buy to let and commercial
properties in the latter half of 2021 with the potential changes in Capital
Gains Tax regulations, although those won’t go on the open market, so do keep
your ear to the ground so you get to hear of the property portfolios coming up
for sale (as they tend to sell ‘off market’). Again, if that’s something that
interests you - do drop me a line.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So,
where is the North Nottinghamshire property market heading in 2021?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, the North Nottinghamshire property market has seen
a house price growth since 2009 and this has been fuelled on the back of ultra-low
interest rates meaning money is still cheap to borrow and so mortgage payments
are low. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With the Bank of England pumping £150bn into the economy
in November with Quantitative Easing (QE) to add to the £725bn they have
already spent on QE since 2009 – interest rates will continue to stay low for
some time. Interest rates will probably remain VERY LOW in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Supply and demand shows that whilst we will probably have
a turbulent choppy ride in the 2021 horse race, long term demand for housing
outstripping supply since the 1980’s, will continue to keep the horse and rider
running well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The long-term outlook for the property market in North
Nottinghamshire looks good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Covid-19 crisis hit mid-March, and the Retford area property market was put on
ice for nearly three months (as was almost everyone else’s lives). Yet at the
end of the spring, the property market was one of the first sectors of the
economy to be re-opened. Every economist predicted house price drops in the
order of 10% in the best-case scenario and 25% in the worst, yet nothing could
be further from the truth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">When
the lockdown restrictions were lifted from the property market, those three
months allowed Retford area homeowners to re-evaluate their relationships with
their homes. The true worth of an extra bedroom (for an office) became
priceless, as people working from home had to take calls and work from the dining
room table. <br /><br />Retford area properties with gardens and/or close to green spaces
all of a sudden became even more desirable. More fuel was put on the fire of the
Retford property market with the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday,
meaning buyers could save thousands of pounds in tax if they moved before the
end of March 2021. This stoked the local property market and now …</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Property values in the Retford area
(DN22) are 7% higher today<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">compared to a year ago.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Properties in our area had an overall
average price of £219,309 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">over the last year.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
demand for a new home from buyers in those Retford properties on the market
coming out of lockdown in early summer with those extra rooms and gardens were
snapped up in a few days for ‘full’ price. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Retford
buyers had to spend their Stamp Duty savings on paying top price for the home
of their dreams. Yet the increased number of properties coming onto the market
in the late summer quenched a lot of that demand and the prices being achieved
became a little more reasonable and realistic. This increased the number of
properties sold (stc), so much so that nationally, almost two thirds more homes
have been sold (stc) than would be expected at this time of year!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">However,
as we all know, just because a property is sold (stc), it doesn’t mean the
property is actually sold. The number of people, who have moved home in the
last 12 months in Retford area, is as you would expect, much lower. <br />
<br />
Over the last 10 years, on average 615 Retford area homes have changed hands
per year, compared to only 331 homes in the last 12 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So,
what is a Retford area property worth today? Drilling down to the four types of
homes locally, some interesting numbers appear. Looking at the table, you can
see the average price paid in the last 12 months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Average Price Paid in the Last Year<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Retford Area Detached House<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">£308,178<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Retford Area Semi-Detached House<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">£154,064<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Retford Area Town House / Terraced<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">£136,232<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Retford Area Apartments/ Flats<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">£125,000</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So, what about 2021?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
<br />
<br />
Well normally when the UK GDP drops like a stone (as it did in the summer of
2020), the property market follows in unison. Yet as the economy went south,
the house price growth and activity in the property market went north. <br />
<br />
This would appear to be quite a remarkable outcome given that economic
framework, but it is gradually becoming clear that, as far as the Retford area
property market is concerned, people’s time in lockdown has been spent
reflecting on what they really wanted from their home and has meant that the
normal rules of the game simply do not apply….… for now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-57186571195028941432020-11-30T18:15:00.003+00:002020-12-01T13:59:05.732+00:00The Bassetlaw Plan - Retford - Have Your Say<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2_FQoTmUnpi7eWLYbhos53ZcaylZ-O5svVDauxanhFSY53kAv07ODIJvn2840m7ymTzJVK4wRymjAXRI7lEXnoVxkzWMIT9NgaFyU0AvnoxKLnn9RQbN25pO7LqMxur4SE8SUDitmHHw/s2048/Basstlaw+Plan+Have+your+say.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2_FQoTmUnpi7eWLYbhos53ZcaylZ-O5svVDauxanhFSY53kAv07ODIJvn2840m7ymTzJVK4wRymjAXRI7lEXnoVxkzWMIT9NgaFyU0AvnoxKLnn9RQbN25pO7LqMxur4SE8SUDitmHHw/w400-h225/Basstlaw+Plan+Have+your+say.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">What do you think about the ‘Draft Bassetlaw Plan’?</span></b><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">The 221 page document is available online.<br />
You can download it and read online or for bedtime reading here:<br />
<a href="https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media/6023/draft-bassetlaw-local-plan-2020-full-version.pdf">https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media/6023/draft-bassetlaw-local-plan-2020-full-version.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Bassetlaw needs to build over 10,000 new
homes before 2037. The Bassetlaw District council are currently in a consultation
process with the public until 20<sup>th</sup> January 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">I don’t have space to talk about all the
proposed projects in the plan but will focus here on the Retford development projects.
There are 8 projects in the plan concerning the Retford town area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PgQ964J5IKM33lL9aB2nADRypZ2qdasNmJ0pg_Zzq26sHl78IipBfv8ENKOfBJg3tgCYp-7a2SAR9AIdHTuApWmbESY6qFdsvalVVZB6CHlcRHXbtYuvJ7AQSF3aFG3xfislYvvdDeq_/s2048/Retford+Development+Projects+Image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1401" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PgQ964J5IKM33lL9aB2nADRypZ2qdasNmJ0pg_Zzq26sHl78IipBfv8ENKOfBJg3tgCYp-7a2SAR9AIdHTuApWmbESY6qFdsvalVVZB6CHlcRHXbtYuvJ7AQSF3aFG3xfislYvvdDeq_/w438-h640/Retford+Development+Projects+Image.png" width="438" /></a></div><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Trinity Farm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">A large housing development just off North
Road is proposed for 224 dwellings up to the year 2037. The proposal includes a
mix of affordable and specialist housing. Full details of the planning application
are already available. See the link below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Milnercroft<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">A smaller project in Hallcroft to build
social housing and/or affordable rental properties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">St Michaels View<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Remember the old Hospice building on
Hallcroft Road? The land and buildings are owned by the County Council and will
be demolished next year and the land used to develop at least 20 dwellings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Former Elizabethan School<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">This site will be developed to provide
housing, improved open space and health facilities. At least 46 dwellings to be
developed offering a range of affordable housing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Retford Town Centre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Various improvements will be supported through
a Neighbourhood Business Forum. <br />The improvements will include the town centre
facilities including residential improvements. Please download the plan to
find out more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Station Road<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">In order to improve the area around the train
station the car sales building across the road will be developed to provide 5
new homes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Fairy Grove Nursery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Situated just off London Road the site will
be development to ‘</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Deliver at least 60 dwellings during the plan
period to 2037 comprising a mix of housing sizes and tenures, including for
affordable housing and housing for older people.’</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Ordsall South<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">This is the big one. Situated on the south
side of Ordsall the project intends to:<br />
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Deliver at least 800 dwellings during
the plan period to 2037. Incorporate a mix of housing types, sizes and tenures
to meet local needs including:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>20%
affordable housing; 20% specialist housing for older people as sheltered courts
built to Building Regulations standard M4(2); 5% wheelchair standard housing
built to Building Regulations standard M4(3); Extra care accommodation; and where
appropriate serviced plots for self-build and custom homes.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Details about the Ordsall South project can
be found here from an anonymous source but probably initiated by the proposed developer.<br />
<a href="http://ordsallgardenneighbourhood.info/index.html">http://ordsallgardenneighbourhood.info/index.html</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTir5Wo_IzgU2JwUEpmY-6b7tLig1qfw27F43Jix4T3NzOwKuIaklVSrnycwxaz8P7BcVwMZ-KJWWoNmq2Zdxb0P-O4DS2wX1ZcEv6jYGKjtsa6p3wOzIeV9bwQoBrcJIV9gBOxIEPbYMF/s361/Ordsall+South+Image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="361" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTir5Wo_IzgU2JwUEpmY-6b7tLig1qfw27F43Jix4T3NzOwKuIaklVSrnycwxaz8P7BcVwMZ-KJWWoNmq2Zdxb0P-O4DS2wX1ZcEv6jYGKjtsa6p3wOzIeV9bwQoBrcJIV9gBOxIEPbYMF/w400-h280/Ordsall+South+Image.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Have your say<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">If y<o:p></o:p></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">ou want to comment, support or object to
any of the proposals in the draft Bassetlaw Plan, please don’t just comment about it
on social media. Because that will not be recognised. If you want to be serious
you must make comments via the links provided by Bassetlaw District Council.
You can take part in an online consultation process tomorrow. See below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Tuesday 1<sup>st</sup> December 1400-1500<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Draft Bassetlaw Local Plan Online
Consultation - RETFORD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(Online Event)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/895110537763633">https://www.facebook.com/events/895110537763633</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">If you miss this event and want to provide
feedback to Bassetlaw District Council you may use this link:<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/planning-and-building/the-draft-bassetlaw-local-plan/draft-bassetlaw-local-plan-november-2020/have-your-say-on-the-local-plan-november-2020/">https://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/planning-and-building/the-draft-bassetlaw-local-plan/draft-bassetlaw-local-plan-november-2020/have-your-say-on-the-local-plan-november-2020/</a></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">TRINITY FARM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Regarding the Trinity Farm development, the
first phase of the housing project is now available to see in detail online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">If you want to look at detailed planning
application documents use the ink here where full details and the opportunity
to comment is available:<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://publicaccess.bassetlaw.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=QJQSOPCSJN600">http://publicaccess.bassetlaw.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=QJQSOPCSJN600</a></b></span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">RETFORD LIFE MAGAZINE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If you have not yet looked inside the December 2020 copy of the Retford Life magazine, have a quick read
of pages 34-36 where you will find a brief explanation of the Bassetlaw Plan
for Retford.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks for reading.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #665ed0; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448121217751853262.post-74501066406023719042020-11-27T17:47:00.002+00:002020-11-27T17:47:17.595+00:00RETFORD - Small Business Saturday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8500VIkAiKGFlAg8BDw0Akox5RMIu4XqL7n42c8O6aC88ptkr_cId_iVUaGXB6SakI5Sl9cRgLIvgObIO1OkrdOtHnYiapQFjSWvhL1bwQrBhldIQqljkHCYPH0MsbM-KoI_XRLc4eRla/s1600/Retford+Small+Business+Saturday.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8500VIkAiKGFlAg8BDw0Akox5RMIu4XqL7n42c8O6aC88ptkr_cId_iVUaGXB6SakI5Sl9cRgLIvgObIO1OkrdOtHnYiapQFjSWvhL1bwQrBhldIQqljkHCYPH0MsbM-KoI_XRLc4eRla/w400-h225/Retford+Small+Business+Saturday.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>RETFORD 5</b></span><sup style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>
December is SMALL BUSINESS Saturday</b></span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 31.5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has not been easy for any of our small
businesses here in Retford during 2020.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The restrictions of lockdown and Tier 3 are proving to be difficult challenges.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On Saturday 5</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> December we can
all support our local small businesses by doing business with them. Buying
products and services from a local Retford based business is the best way you
can help celebrate and support small businesses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 31.5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Buy online from them also or ask them to
deliver. Small business owners are very adaptable to changing circumstances and
they will do everything they can to serve you and provide the best service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 31.5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Small business owners are hardworking decent
people who care about their community. <br />Please give them your support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 31.5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">What is
Small Business Saturday?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Small Business
Saturday UK is a grassroots, that highlights small business success and
encourages consumers to 'shop local' and support small businesses in their
communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The day itself takes place on the first Saturday in December each year,
but the campaign aims to have a lasting impact on small businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On Small Business Saturday, customers across the U.K. go out and support
all types of small businesses, online, in offices and in stores. Many small
businesses take part in the day by hosting events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The next Small Business Saturday takes place on <b>December 5<sup>th</sup>,
2020</b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com/about-us">https://smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com/about-us</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'm here to help sellers,
buyers, landlords, and tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Call me or drop me a message
if you think I might be able to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #665ed0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">geraldbowers@thegoodea.co.uk</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Good Estate Agent – North Nottinghamshire<br />
Tel: 01777 237310 or 07981 744003</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire">https://www.facebook.com/thegoodestateagentnorthnottinghamshire</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></p><br /><p></p>Gerald Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04931655036845340539noreply@blogger.com0