Winter Kerb Appeal: What Buyers See Before They Knock
6 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 9th Nov 2026 A buyer decides more about your house from the pavement than you would ever want to believe. They are not being unfair. They are just arriving before you have had a chance to explain anything, and in November they are arriving in...
Movember: The Conversation Worth Having in Your Street
5 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 6th Nov 2026 Every November the moustaches appear. A few of them are magnificent. Most of them are not. That is rather the point. A bad moustache gets commented on, a comment becomes a conversation, and the conversation is the entire reason...
Bank Rate Rises to 4%: What It Means for Homeowners
11 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 6th Nov 2026 Today the Bank of England raised Bank Rate by a quarter of a percentage point, from 3.75% to 4%. It is the first rise since August 2023, so it will be all over the news today. Here is the reassurance first, because it is the part...
Furnished or Unfurnished: What Should Landlords Choose This Winter?
6 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 4th Nov 2026 Every autumn a version of the same question lands. The property is empty, the enquiries have thinned out, and someone suggests that furnishing it might get it let faster. Sometimes that is exactly right. Just as often it is an...
Selling in November: Why the Autumn Window Is Still Open
6 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 2nd Nov 2026 There is a moment every autumn when the light goes early, the heating clicks on for the first time, and a very sensible thought arrives. We will leave it until the spring. It is one of the most expensive thoughts in property. Is...
Dark Nights, Warm Homes: Your Guide To The Switch
5 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 30th Oct 2026 The clocks went back on Sunday, Halloween is on Saturday, and it is now properly dark by teatime. Whatever you think of winter, it has arrived, and your home is where you will spend most of it. So this week, a warmer subject than...
Landlords: The True Cost Of An Empty Rental
5 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 28th Oct 2026 Forget ghosts and creaking floorboards. The thing that genuinely haunts landlords is simpler: an empty property, eating money in the dark. A void period, if you are new to the term, is simply the gap between one tenancy ending and...
What Really Scares Buyers Off A Home This Halloween
5 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 26th Oct 2026 It's Halloween week, so let's talk about fear. Not the plastic-spider kind. The kind that makes a buyer who loved your home on Tuesday go quiet by Friday. Here's the twist most sellers never hear: buyers are almost never...
Phil Spencer Announces Leslie & Co As Top Agent in the UK for Customer Service
3 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 26th Oct 2026 Leslie & Co wins award at the 23rd annual ESTAS Awards, the most prestigious awards in the UK property sector The Ealing-based agency Leslie & Co received the Gold award in the London (West) category at the prestigious ESTAS...
The Honest Truth About Selling: Silence, Offers, Quiet Weeks
7 minute read posted by The Team @ Leslie & Co
on 23rd Oct 2026 Nobody warns you about the strange bit in the middle. Your home goes live, there's a flurry of interest, and then, some weeks, nothing. A promising viewing goes silent. An offer finally lands and it's lower than you hoped. Here's...
