First impressions: how to make your house appealing to buyers | Strutt & Parker

Wondering how to show your house to potential buyers? Our research shows first impressions are crucial to a successful house sale. Find out how to make buyers fall in love with your property at first sight.

Take 5… Homes in storybook settings

• residential
• property
• Notting Hill
• Storybook
• Lake District
• Beatrix Potter
• Paddington Bear
• Michael Bond
• Peter Rabbit

Take 5… Homes with perfect gardens for Spring

• gardens
• property
• gardening
• Spring
• Easter

Living in Notting Hill, with Miles Meacock

From the people who move you: Miles Meacock reveals his hotspots of Notting Hill.

• People who move you
• Notting Hill
• Notting Hill Carnival
• Portobello Road
• Kensington Gardens
• Daylesford Organic

Living in Suffolk, with Sharnie Rogers

From the people who move you: Sharnie Rogers reveals her Suffolk hotspots.

• People who move you
• Suffolk
• Framlingham
• Woodbridge
• Sutton Hoo

The Future of smart homes

Top priorities for our modern homes include sustainability, eco-friendliness and smart home technology. Discover the home of the future with Strutt & Parker.

• residential
• new homes
• technology

Take 5… Homes for Bridgerton fans

As we binge season two this week, we’ve picked five truly wonderful homes that Lady Wistledown herself would approve of.

• residential
• property
• Bridgerton
• Regency Britain
• Bath
• London

Take 5… Homes near to racecourses

With Cheltenham underway this week, we’ve picked five homes for you to choose from with one of the world famous tracks on the doorstep.

• Home
• horse racing
• tracks

Living in Northumberland, with Jason Roberts

From the people who move you: Jason Roberts picks his hotspots in Northumberland

• People who move you
• Northumberland
• Alnwick Castle
• Bamburgh Castle
• Holy Island

Take 5… Homes with a taste of ‘the good life’

If you’re looking for your own rural idyll, we’ve pick five homes that already have this way of living set up.

• lifestyle
• gardens
• Sustainability
• property
• countryside
• gardening
• Rural
• Self-sufficiency
• Kitchen Gardens

Branded Residences: Past, Present and Future

From its emergence in the Roaring Twenties, the branded residence sector has gained momentum in the last decade. But what is a branded residence? And why are they on the rise one hundred years on?

• The OWO
• Branded Residences
• The Peninsula Residences London
• London New Homes

Living in Gerrards Cross, with Simon Roberts

From the people who move you: Simon Roberts picks his hotspots in and around Gerrards Cross.

• Gerrards Cross
• People who move you
• Gerrards Cross Golf Club
• Buckinghamshire
• Bulstrode Park

Preparing your house for sale: a practical guide

Sharnie Rogers, Head of Strutt & Parker’s Suffolk office, offers practical advice to help make your house sale feel like a breeze.

• Selling home
• practical advice house sale
• market appraisal
• best time to sell

Take 5… Homes with offices

Incorporating a well-designed office into our homes can make our lives simpler. We’ve picked five truly wonderful homes that have a home office.

• residential
• Home
• property
• Interior Design
• Offices
• Home office
• Interior
• Home office space
• multifunctional home office space

Take 5… Homes with ponds

We take a look at some of the best homes with ponds currently on the market

• Home
• Ponds
• nature
• wildlife

Take 5… Tudor Homes

We’ve picked five truly wonderful Tudor and Tudor Revival Homes for you to explore.

• residential
• property
• Period Homes
• Tudor

Christmas secrets: the forgotten stories behind our Christmas traditions

Where does the tradition of Christmas trees come from? Who is Father Christmas? Discover how your favourite Christmas traditions started in our festive blog…

• Christmas
• Christmas traditions
• Christmas trees
• yule log
• Father Christmas
• Santa Claus
• Christmas traditions UK

Take 5… Homes with Trees

The glory of trees can be celebrated in these 5 properties for sale across the country: enjoy the different feel from copses and ancient woodlands that celebrates the diversity of tree species across the British Isles.

• residential
• property
• Trees
• Forestry
• Woodland

How we name our towns and villages

Ever wondered how Catbrain or Matching Tye got their names? We look at some of the more unusual place names in the UK and the stories behind them.

• Home
• property
• history
• heritage
• house
• period home

Housing trends in 2021: a year in review

What were the housing trends in 2021? Strutt & Parker review recent trends from its Life Moves publication.

• life moves
• housing trends
• Housing futures
• 2021 housing trends