April 2011

Spring seems to have arrived early in the countryside with balmy weather more usual in the summer months being the order of the day.  This undoubtably makes the urban heart beat faster for the countryside style of life.

A recent article in the Telegraph highlighted a trend amongst young couples with families taking advantage of the active London market to sell their city homes and move out to the countryside where they were seeking good schools, a reasonably brisk commute and life in a slower lane whilst exchanging the city flat for something more spacious.

Country houses sensibly priced seem to be selling fast and one recently marketed property priced at £1.5m in need of a complete makeover has received at least ten offers. Buyers need to be in a proceedable situation in order to succeed in that sort of market.

Over priced property however is still languishing and unless adjusted in price may well continue to hang around.