9 Crown Row, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 0TH

Marketing & Operations Manager
Helen is Nick’s sister and she successfully set up and established our Lettings Department back in 2013. Having spent much of her career prior to DY working in marketing, Helen now heads up our Marketing & Operations department. This suits her organisational skills, creativity and keen eye for detail perfectly! She loves taking long walks with her Labrador Finn and when time permits, travelling and visiting new places around the globe.
Top of my bucket list is…
To keep travelling, visit more new countries and ultimately, one day explore Europe in a (very comfortable!) camper van.
My guilty pleasure…
Ben & Jerry’s cookie dough ice cream. Probably best to just not buy it!
When I was younger, I wanted to be…
Less shy/more confident. Still working on it…
If I were a superhero, my superpower would be…
To help find a cure for cancer and dementia. Here’s hoping.
On Sunday morning, you can usually find me…
Up bright and early for a long dog walk in the countryside.
You might be surprised to know that…
One of my earliest qualifications as a teenager was as a Clarks trained shoe fitter. Ohh, all those back to school shoes!
27 Nov 2018
The majority of homes in the UK are still bought by people that are looking for a home to live in. However, over the last 40 years more and more of us have been tempted to dabble in real estate investment, many through buy-to-let and some of those through buying property in need of renovation.
Of course, whilst the market was, at one time, a fairly small one, the number of people now financially able to buy run-down property (where cash or large cash deposits are usually necessary and mortgages are few and far between) has grown exponentially. Whilst once you could be assured of picking up a bargain at auction, now the number of speculative buyers and TV producers on the hunt for the next big idea for their property-based daytime TV Show probably outnumbers the owner occupier contingent!
Buying today requires, more than ever, that you stick to some very specific rules. In brief, they include;
Clearly, property renovation can be a complex business and requires a mix of skills. It is also full of traps for the unwary. But the acronym KISS still features in the process – Keep It Simple Stupid.
Good luck in your endeavours, and if we can help, feel free to contact us for an initial chat with no obligation.
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