Relocation to London; Local Knowledge is Key
When marketing property,whether for sale or let, most estate agents provide information about the property they are selling should cover more than the number of bedrooms and the dimensions of the kitchen diner. Agents provide photos, a local map, sometimes offer information on schools in the area, transport system, and you will definitely know if the area is ‘much sought after’.
Anybody with even limited internet skills can research the local amenities; DircetGov provides crime maps and Ofsted reports; you can check out the local newspaper online, and even walk along the street using Google street view.
However, when relocating to a completely new city, what a homebuyer really needs is a truthful account of the area, the makeup of residents, how it is viewed by local people. Knowing the average price of homes can be a sorting device for the new home buyer, as is the number of bedrooms and size of garden, but on the ground, local knowledge is priceless.
Mark Grieg, Managing director of North London Estate Agents, Paramount Properties described the wealth of resources available to clients in search of a property in North London “At Paramount we have sought to provide as much information to the potential homebuyer/tenant through our property database website, blogs, local business directory and our London Property magazine.”
The Paramount Properties website has a general description about areas of North West London the West Hampstead Office deals with. Each area has a bespoke blog for local property/transport/council/events, general news and the latest property for sale or rent. The London Property Magazine provides up to date news on issues ranging from the London housing market, landlord and tenant legislation, mortgage and interest rate news, and the all important local area sections.
Paramount Properties also host a north London Business Directory to enable research both before and after the move. And if you are moving your business to north West London adding your site to the Paramount Properties West Hampstead Business Directory is completely free as long as it is relevant to living and working in North West London including Belsize Park, Brondesbury, Childs Hill, Cricklewood, Fortune Green, Highgate, Hampstead, Hampstead Village, Hocroft Estate, Little Venice, Kensal Rise, Kilburn, Maida Vale, Mapesbury Estate, Queens Park, St. John’s Wood, South Hampstead, Swiss Cottage, West Hampstead and Willesden Green.
“We could bombard the potential homebuyer with property details which fit their price bracket over quite a large area of North West London. But we prefer to cut out a lot of wasted viewings and wasted time on the part of buyer, sellers and agents we prefer to give as much information as possible in the first instance” continued Mr Greig.
