Why I Think You Should List Your Million-Pound Home for 99p
3 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 10th Sep 2026 Obviously, I don’t. But stay with me. Imagine you put your car on AutoTrader. Great photographs. Lovely description. Advertised everywhere buyers are looking. Three weeks later, nobody has called. What would you think? You...
Landlords: The New National Register Starts In December
8 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 10th Sep 2026 Landlords in England now have a date, and a price. The government has confirmed that the new national register of landlords and rented homes opens on 15 December 2026, and rolls out region by region through the following year....
Landlords: EPC C By 2030 Is Now Confirmed
6 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 9th Sep 2026 If you have been half following the EPC story for the last few years, you would be forgiven for thinking nobody knows what is happening. A standard was proposed, then delayed, then dropped, then revived. Dates came and went. 2025,...
What Sellers Must Disclose Before A Home Is Listed
9 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 7th Sep 2026 The awkward questions shouldn't wait until you've found a buyer Most sellers expect the really detailed questions to come later. Put the house on the market. Find a buyer. Accept an offer. Then wait for the solicitors to start...
Moving House Mid-Term? How Families Make It Work
7 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 4th Sep 2026 Everybody means to move in the summer holidays. It is the plan every family starts with. Six clear weeks, no uniforms, no school run, unpack in August and walk into September like nothing happened. Then the sale takes longer than...
Landlords: How To Answer A Tenant’s Pet Request
8 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 2nd Sep 2026 The message usually arrives on a Sunday evening, and it is always polite. "We have been thinking about getting a dog. Would that be OK?" Since 1 May 2026, how you answer that is no longer just a matter of preference. There is a...
Selling This September? Here Is Your Christmas Deadline
7 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 31st Aug 2026 There is a phone call we take every year in the first week of September. Someone has decided, somewhere between the last barbecue and the first uniform run, that this is the year they move. Then comes the question. "Could we still...
How to Choose an Estate Agent You Can Actually Trust
4 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 28th Aug 2026 Estate agents do not always have the best reputation, and it is worth being honest about that. In its 2025 Veracity Index, published in December 2025, Ipsos found that public trust in estate agents fell by five points on the year....
Are You Getting Value from Your Letting Agent?
4 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 26th Aug 2026 If you pay a letting agent to manage your property, it is worth asking a simple question now and then. What am I actually getting for this? A good managing agent earns their fee quietly, in problems you never hear about. A poor...
Why the Lowest Agent Fee Can Cost You the Most
4 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 24th Aug 2026 When you are about to sell, a lower fee is tempting. It feels like the obvious saving. But the agent's fee is one of the few costs in a house sale that can quietly pay for itself many times over, or cost you far more than you...
