Our journal is a place where you will find our new blogs and stories. We comment on the housing market, give you links to Youtube videos on how to achieve our look and provide useful top tips on your own property presentation.
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Your hallway can often get overlooked, let’s face it, it’s not a room where you spend a lot of your time and it can often get buried under heaps of winter coats and shoes. However, studies on Rightmove have found that 2 in 5 homeowners decided that they wanted to buy...
Merry Christmas from the Lemon and Lime team!
Merry Christmas from the Lemon and Lime team This year we have seen the Queen turn 90, Leicester win the Premier League and The Great British Bake Off announce that it’s moving to Channel 4! Here at Lemon and Lime we have also had a busy year....
November Newsletter
Get an insight into our secrets of professional property presentation and a look at some of our most exciting and successful property transformations in our November newsletter.
Christmas… the perfect time to put your house up for sale?
It’s well known that people are usually put off selling their home during the winter season, perhaps due to not having the time to spend contacting estate agents in what is already a very busy and sometimes stressful time or the belief that there will be a lack of...
September Newsletter
Get an insight into our secrets of professional property presentation and a look at some of our most exciting and successful property transformations in our September Newsletter. september-2016-newsletter
The Lemon and Lime Journey
From start to finish we are proud to offer a personalised service tailored to your individual needs and property type. We work with everything from country cottages to farmhouses, to new builds and large period properties each with different features and selling...
Can gardening help the sale of your property?
It is well publicised how important ‘kerb appeal’ can be when marketing your home. But it is not only the kerb appeal that is crucial, the entire garden is central to the appeal of your home. When selling your house, it is easy to focus on the interior and forget...
Selling your home- Are you prepared?
With summer just around the corner, more and more people will begin to look and book their summer escape. Britons typically spend 30 hours preparing for their summer holiday. We spend time reading reviews, searching for the best flight prices and looking for hotel...
Our Photography Secret!
In this digital world the first port of call for house hunters is usually searching on Rightmove or an equivalent portal. It is possible to look through hundreds of poor quality images, taken without care or attention to the detail of what is being shown. It is at...
April Newsletter
Get an insight into our secrets of professional property presentation and a look at some of our most exciting and successful property transformations in our April Newsletter. Click the link to view our April Newsletter
Interior Design or Home Staging? Confused?
Home staging is growing increasingly important in the residential house sales market. Nowadays it is not only developers who furnish homes to entice buyers, owner-occupiers are beginning to see the rewards of professionally presenting their homes for sale (click title...
Staging For Sale – How effective is it?
Most of our clients and prospective clients want to know whether dressing their home really works. If our clients spend some money on having their home professionally staged prior to marketing, is it going to make any difference to the speed of the sale or to the...
Winter – a great opportunity to get a head start
What happens to the housing market in the winter? Are you thinking of selling but ‘waiting till Spring’? I have spoken to several prospective vendors and clients over the last few days, most believe that their homes will have a much better chance of selling if they...
A Dining Table Is Not Just A Dining Table
Over the last 2 weeks, we have dressed a number of homes. The importance of the dining table has never been so apparent; it is the heart of the home. In this busy world of ours it is where you sit with your family and take some time out to enjoy each other’s company,...
To Furnish or not to furnish? That is the question….
Recently we have been increasingly asked to supply furniture into empty properties coming on to the market. One of the most challenging things is when the agent feels that the property would benefit from being presented with furniture and the client is reluctant to...
What £400 can buy…
Let’s put the cost of professionally staging your home for sale into context. The cost of employing a stager for a whole day is usually around £400. What else can £400 buy? A Costa Cappucino for 153 days, so for 30 (and a bit) of your working weeks this year you could...
The Day Before the Photos
Following our series of steps to help you prepare your home for the market, we are now thinking about the things you should do just before your photographer arrives. This is when it is particularly helpful to think of selling your home in the same way you would think...
Two Weeks Before Sale
We posted recently about preparing your home for sale in the same way that you would prepare for any major event and suggested steps you would be wise to take a month before. Leading up to the big event these steps are those we would recommend to be done at least 2...
Preparing to Sell
Selling your home is one of the most important financial, practical and emotional decisions you will ever take. It is said to be one of the most stressful life events and yet so many people fail to prepare for it in any way. We are here to help you through the...
We’re live
We are really excited to let you all know that the new Lemon and Lime Interiors website is live. Have a look and let us know what you think. Many of you will know that we started the business in September 2012 and now, 2 years on, we are confident enough that...
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