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With the property market growing ever more unsettled, the more information you can have before taking the leap as a buyer or seller, can never be a bad thing. Fresh out of the box and here to help is Betternest.co.uk, a website which demonstrates a property's potential to be expanded and altered for maximum profit and spatial benefits.

Answering the three main questions on buyers and sellers lips, for a flat rate fee the Betternest Property Potential Report details what space can be added to a property, how much it will cost and the estimated profit made from the alterations.

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Having moved house myself quite recently, I’m well aware of just how many things there are to think about. Packing up is a serious mission, but it’s not just the boxes that stack up – there’s all the admin to think about too, and it’s easy to forget something crucial. Launched last Friday, Moveme.com offers a free and tailored service to help make your move easier.

The buying and selling process can be a minefield of vested interests with little or no impartial advice available to the new kids in the playground. But before you surrender yourself to the bullies, take a few pointers from Theadvisory.co.uk. Compiled over the past 18 months, the Advisory offers impartial and well researched advice on a wide spectrum of property-related themes, ranging from tips on home staging to where to find the best mortgage. Better still, it’s completely free of charge.

In this weeks blog post I thought it worthwhile giving you a quick refresher on how to get the best from your estate agent.

The latest survey from Rightmove shows that it’s now taking the average agent 84 days to find a buyer. That’s up from 64 days in April.

Over the last few months, I've been trying to juggle a professional life, young family and my search for a new home. It ain’t easy – particularly as the majority of estate agents don’t work past 6pm, and are only otherwise open on Saturdays. But Black & White can help. A property relocation agent, it will search the entire market for you, arranging and accompanying you to viewings, arranging evaluations and instructing solicitors, and alleviating a huge amount of stress.

The very idea of moving home is sufficient to raise a large number of pulses so it comes as no surprise it is considered one of the most stressful experience of modern day life. Here to provide a much needed helping hand is Moveme.com, a website specifically designed to help take the stress and hassle out of moving home.

Moving day is stressful enough without adding muddy foot prints and crumbling old cardboard boxes to the strain. To help ensure the safe and un-messy arrival of your belongings check out Cartons Direct.