Ideas To Paint Your Home      During Lockdown   In between the home-schooling, snack dispensing, cooking, cleaning etc, We thought we put together this useful guide! To give you a few ideas on how to paint your home during the lockdown also..... Whilst...

FAMILY FUNGAMES NIGHT WITH A DIFFERENCE      Games Night can be a great way to make memories in a manner that’s largely inexpensive, easy — and most importantly — fun. We’ve rounded up a unique set of fun family game night ideas to help you out.   ...

Bored Keepyourself  Busy       Well, we are all getting a little bit bored of lockdown, it's often been described as being a bit like Groundhog Day. We have created a list of some ideas to make staying at home a little bit more fun. The items include...

How to Find Your Perfect Home  Sometimes the blindingly obvious is easy to miss and hard to spot. How do you get the best deals from estate agents? You can't just log-on to Rightmove or On The Market at your kitchen table and think "that's it, I'm looking for a new...

Create a stylish focal point for your new home Many new home buyers and first-time buyers are looking for an affordable way to up the style ante in a room without spending a fortune and this is one of Mather Marshall Estate Agents Stevenage favourites. Pick one of the...

It’s almost impossible NOT to make money in property A bold claim? Maybe, especially as the House Price Indices are showing average property values across the UK are increasing at a slower rate than they have for a long time (mainly because of values in London going...

5 unusual ways to help your garden grass grow   Did you know aspirin, garlic and even rusty nails can help grass grow?   Used in the right way, there are plenty of unusual items that could actually help to give your lawn a timely spring growth.   3.Rusty nails...

What do estate agents look for when carrying out a market appraisal of your home?If you are thinking of moving home, you will need to get your home valued for sale.  At Mather Marshall Estate Agents we call these market appraisals. We will look at the marketing price...

“Are you Just Waiting in Hope?”   Is your property currently on the market for sale in Stevenage or the surrounding area ? We have talked to a number of people recently trying to sell their homes who assume that their current Estate Agent is in full control of...

If you are considering selling your home over the Christmas period you may have encountered some estate agents Christmas leaflets or social media campaigns from national agents claiming Christmas is the best time to sell. Having looked through some recently arrived...

Tenants are often willing to pay more for perks that add something special to a rental property, whether it is a garden or greater storage. But what incentives do tenants find most attractive? Fresh analyses of findings from a  recent survey of more than 3,000...

Rent hikes are inevitable unless the government reverses tax changes for landlords, it has been claimed. Tenants face paying an average of £23 a month more in rent, totalling £414 across a typical 18-month tenancy, according to a number of agencies.  The forecasts are...

  Needless to say, every landlord should be aware of their rights, which includes the things they can do and can’t do in respect to a Tenancy. However, the reality is that a number of landlords are acting in accordance to their own little rule book, which is...

  What Landlords Need To Do To Comply With GDPR   Here’s an obligatory disclaimer, My objective is to simply share my opinions and thoughts on what GDPR is and how it affects landlords, including the steps that might be prudent to consider if you want legal...

So which is better? The answer will depend on what you are trying to achieve and why you are buying. If you want income or cash-flow, then as a general rule you’ll want to buy property with higher yields. If you want capital growth, you’ll more than likely be looking...

Should I hold, should I buy, or sell my property investments?   Which stance are you taking.... You would usually choose to hold property because history has proven consistently that the recorded value of UK property has outpaced inflation significantly for...

Legislation covering blinds, or the cord/string that is used to operate them ai in the UK alone there has been at least 30 deaths due to looped blind cords since 1999 ( 18 of these have occurred since the start of 2010.) with the majority involving children aged 16-36...

Do you believe in luck or that you create and take opportunities? As a lot of people state buying property is all down to luck so I...

  We thought it would be useful to provide a summary of upcoming legislation in 2018 affecting landlords and agents.  Whilst the burden of legislation is increasing a recent study has detailed that Landlords can still make approx £6000 per year profit from...

Property and UK Tax    Following amendments to Section 24, things have changed somewhat – so let’s set the scene by looking at how it used to be in the old days. Relatively speaking, it was all rather straight forward. Well, tax is never totally straightforward,...

As our families grow bigger the need for more space, be that bedrooms or reception rooms, has grown with it. As nursing homes prices also esculate the need to provide accomodation for elder relatives is now far more common then it was a few years ago.   So,...

  A team of key stakeholders in Hatfield are joining forces to develop a strategy for the town’s renewal to 2030 and beyond. The newly formed Hatfield Renewal Partnership (HRP) will develop a blueprint for the town’s ongoing transformation. The partnership was...

The first phase of the redevelopment, which will see the construction of among other things new shops, homes and a linear park - a park that is longer than it is wide - is expected to begin in 2019 Stevenage Borough Council’s scheme will bring £350million of private...

  Pets might sound like an immediate turn-off to many landlords, but there can be significant advantages open to those of you who allow them in your tenanted property. According to Statista, some 44 percent of UK households owned a pet in 2017, with dogs (24...

How can a no deposit option for tenants benefit landlords? Mather Marshall has launched a pioneering No Deposit Option (NDO) designed to reduce financial pressures on tenants during the moving process, while also offering more security to landlords. So how does it...

How to meet new landlord standards on energy efficiency Incoming changes to the legislation around Energy Performace Certificates and the work that is required to improve properties before April 2018 is another very good reason why a Landlord should work...

  A Best Estate Agency Guide 2018  has been launched by the Property Academy in association with Rightmove. The awards were presented in the first ever Estate Agency Masters event at the InterContinental London – The O2, partnered with Rightmove to provide the...

Leading Auction House, Pattinson Auction has partnered with the established Estate Agent  Mather Marshall to help people find and sell their property under the hammer. A growing number of homeowners are now choosing to sell homes under the hammer in order to avoid the...

Sell Your Property For Free You Can Sell Your Property Fast for a Great Price at Absolutely Zero Cost Your Property Gets National Exposure Our auction department has over 25 years of auction experience and an expansive partner agent network, we can ensure...

Are you ready....... It's that time of year again when Royal Ascot draws the crowds and the media to a five-day event. The traditional highlight is the Gold Cup, run over two and a half miles on day three, but the modern emphasis on speed has given top billing to many...

REMEMBER WHAT YOUR GRAN USED TO SAY........ “Do that top button up and stop fidgeting”. I sat in a coffee shop this morning and just across the way from me sat a young lad, who was looking incredibly nervous, with his mum. “Stop chewing your nails”, she snapped...

What price to market your property    As a seller, you probably want three things. 1)You want to get the best price 2) You would like to move quickly as possible 3) You  want the whole journey to be as smooth and painless as possible. Right? That’s what we...

The buy-to-let market remains a strong and attractive option for investors in the UK, despite a period of Brexit-related uncertainty. The Rent Check report has revealed rents for three-bedroom properties rose in all regions in the year to Q4 2016, 84 per cent of...

Landlords now have 12 months left  to meet a new energy performance targets for there rental properties or face a restriction on being able to facilitate new tenancies. In 2016, the government  stated that all tenanted properties must achieve a minimum of an E rating...