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Ashgrove Property Services is a family run Estate Agency with an emphasis on the personal touch and delivering exceptional service and support.

Green Homes Grant Extended: Everything you need to know

by Maureen Vincent | Dec 14, 2020

Great news! The government has announced they will be extending the Green Homes Grant to the end of March 2022. If you’re a homeowner or residential landlord then you can apply for this grant towards the cost of installing energy efficient improvements to your home....

What is the Actual Cost of Moving Home?

by Maureen Vincent | Oct 20, 2020

When you’re already a homeowner you understand that buying a new home means you need enough for a deposit and an income to cover the new mortgage repayments. These are the expenses you’ve prepared yourself for, but have you considered the real cost of moving home?...

Stamp Duty Holiday 2020

by Maureen Vincent | Jul 18, 2020

In July 2020, it was announced by the U.K government that the purchase of a residential property between the following dates: 8th July 2020 to 31st March 2021, was subjective to pay a reduced rate of stamp duty if the property was above £500,000. These rates apply to...

Getting the Housing Market on the Move – 50% OFF SALES FEES

by Maureen Vincent | Jun 9, 2020

As the world slowly returns to the normal, with new government guidelines in place, we are able to arrange viewings and valuations under controlled conditions with social distancing in place. Not only does this mean our lettings can resume, but also our sales. At...

Our top 3 tips for a successful house viewing

by Maureen Vincent | May 7, 2020

When looking to sell or rent your home, one of the last things that you may consider is how you can and should prepare your house for a viewing. At Ashgrove Property Services, we have years of experience and know-how, to help you improve the success of your viewing. ...

Broadening our horizons – Sales, here we come!

by Maureen Vincent | Apr 15, 2020

With over 20 years’ worth of experience in the bank, our family-run estate agents, Ashgrove Property Services has expanded. Not only will we continue to offer our personal touch and exceptional services in the lettings department, but we will also now be expanding to...

Tenant Fee Ban

by Maureen Vincent | Sep 26, 2019

ARLA WARNS AGENTS: If you are trying to find ways around the tenant fee ban, there are no loopholes. There will be a fine of £5,000 for the first offence and then either £30,000 for second and subsequent offences or criminal prosecution, which is an unlimited fine...

Customer Testimonials

Always receive an excellent service from Ashgrove Property Services, they are efficient and reliable. I have been working with Maureen for over 10 years now and would certainly recommend them to others.

Maria Thomas

We have been using Ashgrove for several years now and have always received an efficient service from them. I would not hesitate to recommend them to others.

As a smaller landlord, we have worked with Ashgrove Property Services for over a decade. The service received is always very prompt and reasonably priced, David and Maureen offer the personal touch, which is so rare these days. David makes it his business to have a good understanding of each property Ashgrove manages for us.

We get regular property reports, assistance when maintenance is required and we can’t carry out the work ourselves, a service to source and reference new tenants is available which on the occasions we have used it is run very efficiently. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend.

John Wood
Landlord