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lettings lowdown It’s a short walk to the Common A six-bedroom semi-detached family home in a quiet street on the Magdalen Estate is a short walk from the transport and shopping around Wandsworth Common and Bellevue Road. Meticulously extended and refurbished by the current owner, the property offers benefits such as underfloor heating, ample storage, off-street parking and a 49ft garden. Living space includes an entrance hall, formal reception room, office, utility room, guest cloakroom, and an open plan highspec kitchen with generous family and dining areas. The master bedroom has an en suite bathroom and dressing room.
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he summer has been memorable for two reasons – the hot weather and the strong rental market, which exploded around April during Easter and continued at a fast pace until the end of July. As I write this in August, I am looking forward to my summer holidays but also the September market plus the usual rush in August for last-minute families and tenants needing to be in by the beginning of September. The buy-to-let finance market has been so much more encouraging and I am looking forward to an influx of new property as the BTL deals complete in the next two months. Companies have been busy this year transferring staff over at all levels.
We have let a two-bedroom flat on the corner of Ridgway Place and Worple Road in the region of £1700 per month to a single lady with Sony, and at the other end of the scale, a large family house in Princes Way – 5500 sq feet and seven bedrooms – to an online marketing company at £10,000 per month. Our in-house corporate services division, who offer a complimentary home search service to companies, have been inundated with new enquires for across London including Wimbledon. I predict a busy quarter ahead, but as we approach the autumn and winter rental prices can soften so do listen to your agent when bringing your property to the market, or if your property is sticking.
Acquire Estate Agents
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Burcote Road SW18, £1,350 per week, John D Wood & Co 020 8871 3033
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