Spring has sprung, a time when many of us think not only about a spring clean but also about bigger more costly home projects or conversely decide that now is the time to sell up and move on.  When the sun is shining and our gardens start to wake up, it’s easier to impress potential buyers and achieve the best price for you home.

The big dilemma, however, is always: Should I renovate or sell?

The answer depends on many factors including:

• What renovations do you want to do?
• How concerned are you about resale value?
• Will the investment will be worth it.

Here are our top three questions you should ask yourself to help you decide whether to renovate your home or sell up.

1. Are You Happy in Your Home?

It may appear obvious, but you need to understand why you’re asking yourself the question, “Should I renovate or sell?”.

Is it because you’re unhappy with your current property?

Or is it because you need extra space?

Or is it for some other reason, like turning a profit?

If you’re unhappy with your home, consider whether renovating your property will actually make you feel happier living in it.

While renovating your property can make a huge difference to how it looks and feels, it might be time to sell if the issues you have with your home extend further than it’s appearance.

2. Do You Need Extra Space?

If you’re thinking about renovating to give yourself extra space, you may be considering extending or converting the loft into a bedroom. If so, it’s worth considering whether investing in an extension will be worth it in terms of added value.

It’s also good to think about how sustainable those changes will be. It may give you an extra bedroom, but if you’re planning on growing your family even further, will you still need to move in a few years anyway?

Sometimes, it can be more worthwhile, both financially and in terms of effort, to move to a larger property rather than extend.

To help you decide, it’s worth browsing properties for sale with your local estate agent to see what’s available and for what price.

3. What Value Will Home Improvements Add?

Ask yourself, “Is it worth it?”.

Renovating a property can be costly and take time. While it’s important to enjoy your home and not always think about resale value, some home renovations, like extensions, kitchen remodels or bathroom refits, can be expensive.

Depending on the area you live in, you may not make your money back on the property. And if you’re planning on moving in a couple of years, you may not get the full enjoyment from the renovations yourself.

The best thing to do is speak to a local estate agent like Perry Bishop about your plans. We will complete a valuation of your property and advise you on home renovations that will potentially add value. You can also ascertain whether it may be more financially beneficial to move to a larger home rather than renovate.

We Can Offer Expert Advice.

If you’re thinking about selling your home, our friendly teams are happy to help. Give us a call today to start the conversation.

Developers who choose to partner with Perry Bishop enjoy professional advice on all aspects of design and strategy, ensuring each property/development is market-facing and promoted to the best effect. Our comprehensive marketing plan includes:

• Specialist Land and New Homes department
• Marketing across our branch network with office space for developer personnel if required prior to site launch
• Access to agents database of 10,000 applicants
• Cross selling applicants who thought they did not want New Build and Convert current viewing applicants to New build viewings ‘Piggy Back’
• Regular scheduled client meetings, providing market summary updates and feedback on the marketing and sales of each development site
• Promotion on the UK’s leading property portals, Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket.com
• Access to targeted Rightmove adverts and targeted demographic digital marketing
• Promotion via our responsive website
• Promotion in the Capital, via our London office
• Promotion via social media, including geo-targeted FacebCross selling applicants who thought they did not want New Buildk ad campaigns
• Advertising and PR in local and regional newspapers and selected magazines
• PR and preferential advertising rates in range of national newspapers, colour supplements and lifestyle magazines, including:
  • Country Life
  • Horse and Hound
  • The Field
  • Daily Telegraph
  • The Guardian
  • Financial Times
  • Sunday Times
  • Mail on Sunday
• Professional Show/View home launch
• Inclusion in our 8-page doordrop, sent out via the Royal Mail 3 times a year to 130,000 homes in our region
• Contemporary eye-catching Duratran window card/s in across our branch network and complementary brochures in a choice of formats
• Our wealth of professional photography options, including: Home Staging, Elevated and Drone photography
• CGI service available
• Show home dressing service
• Assistance with interviewing and employing site staff if required
• Association with a reputable and well-known brand with shop windows in Town Centres across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire
• Access to planning advice
• Concept and design advice
• Centralised Sales Progression Team dedicated to you with New Homes experience

https://www.perrybishop.co.uk/new-homes/

Under the proposed plans the Grade II listed Standish House will be converted into 16 apartments; the stable block into five houses; and both ward buildings will be divided vertically to create a total of 26 distinctive homes. The 1970’s Hydrotherpy Unit would be divided into two unique properties and the estates Lodge House will be restored as a single dwelling.

Since launching Spring 2021 sales have been non-stop with every property selling within days of launching. Phase 1 has completely sold out and nearly all moved in, Phase 2 consists of 17 New Build Homes and the 8 properties within the Heritage collection, which as described is the conversion of the Hydro Pool and the Residence.

Register now and you’ll be added onto PJ Livesey’ private client list and be amongst the first to receive development updates, offers and future phase preview information.

As a pre-registered client you may also be given the opportunity to reserve properties off-plan before the public if you are in a proceedable position.

To find out more and register please visit: PJLivesey

Brand new homes in beautiful surroundings at Standish

We’re pleased to welcome Laura Porter and Leigh Ireland to our Lettings team.

Laura is our new Lettings Administrator and will be working in our Cirencester office, alongside Lettings Manager Daisy Alban-Jones. Laura enjoys her varied role in Lettings, dealing with enquiries, organising viewings, and managing the department’s social media account. When she’s not at work her time is taken up looking after her baby daughter, Willow. She also enjoys spending time with family and doing a spot of baking.

Leigh is new to lettings, but not to Perry Bishop. She began working with us back in 2014, as client manager in our Nailsworth branch. After taking a year’s break, Leigh has returned and is now enjoying her role juggling sales and lettings as a coordinator working out of our Stroud branch. In her spare time, Leigh enjoys researching local history and helping people trace their own family history.

Perry Bishop’s Lettings and Property Management service helps landlords across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire and thanks to their innovative marketing and great customer service have featured for two years running in the Best Estate Agent Guide. Compiled by the Property Academy and Rightmove, the Guide only features the top performing 5% of agents across the country.

If you want to talk to us about managing your properties, please get in touch with your nearest Perry Bishop branch.

Are you about to market your first buy-to-let property? Or maybe you’re an existing landlord who’s a bit rusty about current regs and needs reminding what they need to do to be fully compliant?

Our experienced lettings team are here to help. Throughout the month of March,  you can arrange for one of them to come out and conduct a rental health check on your rental property – free of charge.*

To book your rental health check email the team at:

lettings@perrybishop.co.uk

Add Free Rental Health Check in the subject line.

But hurry, spaces are limited and are filling up fast!

Meanwhile, download our latest guide for landlords here.

We care about property. We care about you.

*Rental properties must be located in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire or Wiltshire

Where do you like to go for your cuppa? Whose flat whites set you up for the day? Where do you like to meet up with friends to put the world to rights over a large pot of Earl Grey? Which is your favourite hang-out for lunch or an afternoon treat?

Perry Bishop is proud to be sponsoring Cafe of the Year at this year’s SoGlos Gloucestershire Lifestyle Awards, the county’s biggest awards event – with 2022 marking the exciting fifth year of SGGLA.

Nominations are now open and it’s free to enter, so get voting!

We asked our teams to tell us about some of their personal favourites:

The Curious Cafe in Leckhampton, The Find in Cheltenham, Pretty & Pip in Cirencester, Woodruffs in Stroud, The Canteen in Nailsworth and the Whistle Stop Cafe in Tetbury were all given a mention.

But the decision is yours! Entries close on 31st March and the shortlist of finalists will be revealed on 11th April when voting will be reopened to the public, with the overall winner named at an awards evening at DEYA Brewing Company in Cheltenham on 29th June.

Get your thinking cappuccinos on and VOTE now for your winner!

Rebecca Cotton, Community and Corporate Partnerships at CHYP (Cirencester Housing for Young People),  met up with the team at Perry Bishop Cirencester who have chosen CHYP as their Charity Partner for 2022. Perry Bishop are delighted to lend their support to this brilliant service that provides 24 hour supported accommodation for young homeless people between the ages of 16 to 25 in the Cotswold District Area.

CHYP does not just offer these young people a roof over their head, but gives them the practical and emotional support needed to help them into further education, work experience and training placements which lead to employment and eventually independent living.

Perry Bishop Cirencester will make a donation to CHYP from every house sold throughout the year and the charity’s logo will also appear across the company’s marketing literature to help raise awareness for this small local charity.

“We are really pleased to have chosen CHYP as this year’s Charity Partner and look forward to helping raise as much as possible for the invaluable work of this small local charity that does so much for vulnerable young people in our community,” said Branch Manager, Jim Chamberlayne.

Perry Bishop is an award-winning multi branch agency that offer sales, lettings, land and new home services across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

If you live in or around Cirencester and are considering a move this year, please call our Cirencester branch on 01285 655355 for all property enquiries and to book your free valuation.

There’s no greater endorsement than a recommendation. It’s a real compliment when you recommend us to people you know and we’d like to say ‘thank you’.

When you refer a friend or family member who then goes on to sell or let with us, we will give you £300 of John Lewis vouchers – £150 for you and £150 for your friend.*

Simply complete our simple online referral form and leave the rest  to us. Once the sale or let of your friend’s property has completed, the John Lewis vouchers will be winging their way to you and your friend.

It’s a win-win situation for both you and your friend!

Alternatively, we can donate £150 to a charity of your choice and £150 to your friend’s chosen charity.

We also have referral forms in branch if you would prefer to complete in person rather than online.

* The vouchers will only be issued to both parties once the sale or let of your friend’s property has completed.