Things people ask us.

Use the enquiry form on any property page, or call the office. We come back to you the same working day with two or three times that suit the current occupant.

Viewings are by appointment only. There are no open houses — the properties we represent are lived in, and their owners have agreed to sell on that basis.

Yes. Early evening and weekend viewings are routine.

For houses where the light matters — anything with a single principal aspect — we will often suggest a specific hour rather than let you choose, because it is the difference between seeing the house and seeing a version of it.

Always. One of the four of us attends every viewing, including second and third visits.

It is not a sales tactic. We can answer questions about construction, consents and history on the spot, and the owner does not have to.

It is the figure at which we expect the house to sell, based on comparable evidence and the owner's position. It is not a reserve, and it is not a target to be beaten.

Where a property is unusual enough that comparables are thin — which is often the case in this stock — we will tell you what the guide is built from rather than simply assert it.

Eight to fourteen weeks from acceptance to completion is typical. A listed building or a leasehold conversion sits at the longer end; a chain-free freehold with searches already in hand can be quicker.

The two things that most often add time are outstanding consents and management-company paperwork. Both can be started before an offer is accepted, and we usually suggest they are.

Regularly, and we like it. A good buying agent shortens everything.

We treat their client as our applicant and share exactly the information we would share directly. Fee arrangements are between you and them.

Not by floor area alone, which is where most valuations of this stock go wrong.

We look at comparable evidence for the type rather than the postcode, the quality and condition of the original fabric, whether later work respected the design, and how the house performs — light, orientation, running cost.

A well-kept 1968 house with its original detailing intact is worth more than a larger one remodelled without care. We will show you the evidence for that rather than ask you to take it on trust.

A single percentage fee on completion, agreed in writing before we start. No marketing charges, no withdrawal fee, and no tie-in beyond twelve weeks.

Photography, floorplans and the listing are included. We do not take referral commission from mortgage brokers, solicitors or surveyors.

Yes. Every property on this site was photographed by us, in daylight, without wide-angle distortion and without staging that misrepresents the rooms.

If a house has a difficult month or a difficult hour, we shoot around it and tell you so, rather than hide it and let you find out at the viewing.

No. We take houses that were designed — which includes Victorian and Edwardian buildings with intact original fabric as readily as post-war and contemporary work.

What we decline is stock we cannot represent honestly: houses where the interest has been remodelled out, and new build we have no evidence about. It is a small agency, and the list is deliberately short.