According to Uswitch, over the last 5 years the bills have risen by over 25%
Reducing the amount of gas and electric you use can reduce the cost. Simply turning off a light can reduce your bills. Ways to reduce your gas bills could be by either turning down your thermostat or using storage heaters.
There are a number of different websites that can help you find cheaper suppliers, as agents, we try and assist our new vendors or tenants finding the cheapest deals.
another way of saving money is reducing your mortgage costs or releasing your equity in your property. If you need help with this, please look at this page mortgages
If you need anymore information, please feel free to email me at: ellen@ithinkproperty.co.uk
Friday 15 March 2013
Wednesday 13 June 2012
Funnies - and all true !!
Excerpts from actual letters sent to landlords
The toilet is blocked and we cannot bathe the children until it is cleared.
I want some repairs done to my stove as it has backfired and burnt the knob off.
This is to let you know that there is a smell coming from the man next door.
The toilet seat is cracked: where do I stand?
I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is running away from the wall.
I request your permission to remove my drawers in my kitchen.
Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
The person next door has a large erection in his back garden, which is unsightly and dangerous.
Will you please send someone to mend our cracked sidewalk? Yesterday my wife tripped on it and is now pregnant.
Our kitchen floor is very damp, we have two children and would like a third, so will you please send someone to do something about it.
Will you please send a man to look at my water? It is a funny color and not fit to drink.
Would you please send a man to repair my downspout? I am an old-age pensioner and need it straight away.
Could you please send someone to fix our bath tap? My wife got her toe stuck in it and it is very uncomfortable for us.
I want to complain about the farmer across the road. Every morning at 5:30 his cocks wake me up, and it is getting too much.
Friday 20 January 2012
ithink drop prices
Hello out there. Well I thought you may like to know that in our ongoing effort to offer you the best deal we can without affecting levels of service we have dropped our prices.
Wanting to reach a bigger audience and educating the public about the new way of selling your property through online estate agents, we are trying to set the benchmark; break the mould if you wish.
So please have a look at the site, the great prices and ask away if there is anything you would like to know.
Have a great weekend and I look froward to hearing from you soon.
Peter
Wanting to reach a bigger audience and educating the public about the new way of selling your property through online estate agents, we are trying to set the benchmark; break the mould if you wish.
So please have a look at the site, the great prices and ask away if there is anything you would like to know.
Have a great weekend and I look froward to hearing from you soon.
Peter
Friday 6 January 2012
Back to Work
Happy New Year to you all.
Well I hope you had a good Christmas and I'm sure like me there are many of you regretting that extra glass (or bottle !!) and that extra mince pie.
Well its the first few days back in the office for most of us and things seem to show signs of the property market being busy for the start of the year.
With the phones being busy on both sales nationally and locally and renting for both new instructions and plenty of viewings being booked. Lets hope pace keeps going, all we need now is the banks to open their rather bulging purses and we would be away !!
Don't forget, Nationally we can advertise and sell your property for as little as £345+vat with NO further fees or locally we are offering great fees plus a £250 cash back upon completion !!.
So no matter where in country you are, if you are thinking of selling or renting let us help you; and save you money, lets face it, after Christmas we could all do with that.
Have a great weekend. Peter
Well I hope you had a good Christmas and I'm sure like me there are many of you regretting that extra glass (or bottle !!) and that extra mince pie.
Well its the first few days back in the office for most of us and things seem to show signs of the property market being busy for the start of the year.
With the phones being busy on both sales nationally and locally and renting for both new instructions and plenty of viewings being booked. Lets hope pace keeps going, all we need now is the banks to open their rather bulging purses and we would be away !!
Don't forget, Nationally we can advertise and sell your property for as little as £345+vat with NO further fees or locally we are offering great fees plus a £250 cash back upon completion !!.
So no matter where in country you are, if you are thinking of selling or renting let us help you; and save you money, lets face it, after Christmas we could all do with that.
Have a great weekend. Peter
Thursday 22 December 2011
Josh's apprentice update month 12!
Already it has been twelve months since I started my Apprenticeship with Think Property. I find it strange to think I have been here for over a year already as so much has been crammed into my personal life as well as my life here at work.
From Ironman UK in Bolton to passing exams in Colchester it's been a hectic one to say the least. But it's one I'm sure to remember and build on leading into 2012. The start of the year saw my first year as a Letting Agent mapped out. I had 8 exams to pass (4 for The Sale of Residential Property + 4 for Lettings and Property Management) and an NVQ to complete, all worth a couple of A-levels which are always very handy to chuck on the CV. To make things a bit more complicated I had, at times, 20 hours per week of training to squeeze in for my maiden Ironman Triathlon in July. Needless to say my social life took a back seat for the best part of Jan-Aug 2011.
Think Property proudly first opened it's doors in August, and in February 2011 we were already nominated for a nationally recognised award! It was the 'Estate and Letting Agents Awards 2011'(The Esta's) hosted by Channel 4's Phil Spencer and we were in a shortlist of 10 up for 'Letting Agent of the Year' for the South East of England. Now, what makes these awards so special, is that it is down to our clients to vote for us if they choose to. They would fill out a feedback form from the esta's and mark us based on the service they received. So you can imagine our delight when in April, at a ceremony at Mayfair's Hilton Hotel, We were voted the 2nd best Letting Agent in the South East, and then to top it off, the 6TH best in the WHOLE of the UK - wow!! So, 2011 was already big year for us at Think!
Summer, apparently, came and went, and in July I took part in the UK Ironman Triathlon in Bolton. This was without doubt the most amazing (not to mention most painfull) experience I have ever had! Something I only hope to better by doing it again and again, but getting faster everytime. The World Championships are in Hawaii each year so may as well aim high eh?!
Back to work, and into the later part of this year. I've made great progress in my apprenticeship and I have passed all of my Sales exams which now makes me a fully qualified estate agent. I took my last exam on Wednesday this week and got my highest mark of 88% - my average is between 75-80% so I'm chuffed! I only have 2 more to pass for lettings which I'll take in January. I'm currently finishing up my coursework and then my apprenticeship is complete!
I have people to thank that have given me advice throughout my first year as a Letting Agent, most of them know who they are, but special mention to everybody here at Think and also Lynn Barta at DB training - despite having a very tough year herself, she still managed to make time to help us through our exams and NVQ.
Eat/drink as much as you can over the holidays and have a great Chistmas!
Josh Bowers MNEA
From Ironman UK in Bolton to passing exams in Colchester it's been a hectic one to say the least. But it's one I'm sure to remember and build on leading into 2012. The start of the year saw my first year as a Letting Agent mapped out. I had 8 exams to pass (4 for The Sale of Residential Property + 4 for Lettings and Property Management) and an NVQ to complete, all worth a couple of A-levels which are always very handy to chuck on the CV. To make things a bit more complicated I had, at times, 20 hours per week of training to squeeze in for my maiden Ironman Triathlon in July. Needless to say my social life took a back seat for the best part of Jan-Aug 2011.
Think Property proudly first opened it's doors in August, and in February 2011 we were already nominated for a nationally recognised award! It was the 'Estate and Letting Agents Awards 2011'(The Esta's) hosted by Channel 4's Phil Spencer and we were in a shortlist of 10 up for 'Letting Agent of the Year' for the South East of England. Now, what makes these awards so special, is that it is down to our clients to vote for us if they choose to. They would fill out a feedback form from the esta's and mark us based on the service they received. So you can imagine our delight when in April, at a ceremony at Mayfair's Hilton Hotel, We were voted the 2nd best Letting Agent in the South East, and then to top it off, the 6TH best in the WHOLE of the UK - wow!! So, 2011 was already big year for us at Think!
Summer, apparently, came and went, and in July I took part in the UK Ironman Triathlon in Bolton. This was without doubt the most amazing (not to mention most painfull) experience I have ever had! Something I only hope to better by doing it again and again, but getting faster everytime. The World Championships are in Hawaii each year so may as well aim high eh?!
Back to work, and into the later part of this year. I've made great progress in my apprenticeship and I have passed all of my Sales exams which now makes me a fully qualified estate agent. I took my last exam on Wednesday this week and got my highest mark of 88% - my average is between 75-80% so I'm chuffed! I only have 2 more to pass for lettings which I'll take in January. I'm currently finishing up my coursework and then my apprenticeship is complete!
I have people to thank that have given me advice throughout my first year as a Letting Agent, most of them know who they are, but special mention to everybody here at Think and also Lynn Barta at DB training - despite having a very tough year herself, she still managed to make time to help us through our exams and NVQ.
Eat/drink as much as you can over the holidays and have a great Chistmas!
Josh Bowers MNEA
Thursday 1 December 2011
Mishas Blog
I have now been working full time for think for just under a month and have already learnt so much. I have been given the role of online sales consultant which involves marketing houses on portals on the internet opposed to the original style of estate agency.
When interacting with customers I am solely conversing with them over the phone and email so I find it very important to start a solid rapport with my client from the word go. I have always been a person who enjoys being social and interacting with the public so this job is proving just right for me. I am really enjoying the challenges I have had to face over the last month and look forward to help building this side of the business into a strong and successful way of selling property.
Im really grateful to have the opportunity I have been give and enjoy working with my colleagues very much.
Friday 25 November 2011
get selling before Christmas
Sell your home commission free this Christmas. It is no secret that the well documented economic uncertainty around the Eurozone crisis has impacted somewhat negatively on consumer confidence and has to some extent been governing the decisions of those looking to buy and sell their homes. Indeed, for those who have tightened their purse strings but are still looking to sell their home, what money saving option will save the day?
Relieving your financial woes, iThink Property, the award-winning online estate agent offers an easy, stress free alternative method of selling your home commission free - a perfect way to save money, particularly with the festive season fast approaching.
From as little as £345 (+ VAT), the iThink approach removes the middle-man, the high street estate agent, marketing your property directly, using the same online tools as traditional estate agents.
“With the average high street estate agent’s fee for selling a property in the UK at £3,500, people looking to sell their homes are unlikely to be able to afford such a hefty fee particularly in times of economic hardship and, with the Christmas period looming in iThink Property can lend a helping hand to sell your home commission free.
“We offer the ultimate combination for a private house sale - an outstanding traditional estate agency with the latest full marketing on all the major property portals and online media sites, complete transparency and a service we feel is second to none for a fraction of the normal industry fees. For example, this month we have taken on properties that will save our clients somewhere in the region of a total of £70,000. On top of this we are hoping to double this saving in January next year and to forecast figures, I would be surprised if we don't save our clients about £300,000 in fees in the first 3 months of 2012.”
As the perfect stress free alternative to a high street estate agent that guarantees mass savings, you can select from three fantastic value Price Options starting from just £345 depending on how much you wish to pay upfront. In simple terms, you can submit your property details to iThink Property whose NAEA qualified team ensure the property is marketed on all major UK property portals including Rightmove, Primelocation, FindaProperty, Zoopla, Globrix, Nestoria and Fish4homes in addition to many more.
Utilising the popular Gold package of £345 paid up front with 12 months of flexible marketing and no other selling costs payable upon completion, you can save up to £4,150 in fees on the sale of a typical £250,000 home. In addition you will be assigned a qualified iThink Property Agent, a free “value my home” report, professional and unlimited photography, bespoke floorplans, arrangement of viewings, handling and negotiating of offers, full buyer check including verification of financial position and a weekly sales progression report once a sale has been agreed.
So if you are looking to sell your home commission free this Christmas and wish to save thousands of pounds in fees then visit www.ithinkproperty.co.uk today or call 0844 381 4787 to speak to your dedicated iThink Property Agent.
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