Saving £25,000 on a Buy to Let

How much is a bucket of dirty water worth? Or how a hole in the roof saved me £25,000. You might have seen it’s not actually a bucket it’s one of those really useful storage boxes, but it’s full of water, dirty water. That’s because I’ve put it under a hole in the roof which is…

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Why You Must Never Do The Refurb Your Buy to Let Property Yourself

I see it all the time with especially new buy to let property investors, that they think they should do the refurb themselves.  In other words, they roll up their sleeves and get stuck-in, working evenings and weekends to do improvements and repairs on their latest project.  Why do they do it?  Well, in some…

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4 Reasons Why I Always Refurb My Buy to Let Investment Properties 

Hi, Peter Jones, author, property investor, ex-chartered surveyor.  In this short video I want to talk about 4 reasons why I always refurbish or renovate my buy to let investment properties.   Now, the first 3 reasons you might think ‘yeah, ok, that makes a lot of sense’ but it is probably the 4th reason that’s…

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Another low cost but effective kitchen (less than £2,000)

How’d you like to refurb this kitchen, this looks so so tempting and tantalizing.  It’s got this really old range of cupboards there, sort of freestanding freezer, chest freezer, in the corner, look at that washing machine and underneath the sink unit, but it’s all a bit basic. Fridge and freestanding cooker, bits and pieces…

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