The arrival of August doesn't usually bring bright prospects for the housing market, with buyers and agents alike packing their bags for their yearly holidays, and families pre-occupied with summer activities. This year, however, saw an unexpected growth in housing prices. A 0.6% rise in prices...
People buying prime property in the UK want top notch sport and home leisure facilities with a swimming pool the most popular of such facilities, new research shows. Overall some 17% of high end estate agents have seen an increase in demand for swimming pools that...
It is no longer uncommon to be a millionaire. Barclays Wealth conducted a survey that suggests there are 715,000 millionaires in the UK - one in every 65 adults. They predict that in another ten years there will be almost 800,000 millionaires living on these...
Opening a Sainsbury’s convenience store in Virginia Water would ‘lead to the destruction’ of the town, according to some residents and traders. The supermarket chain has submitted plans for the former Barclays bank building at the junction of Station Approach and Abbey Road. The decision to close...
Virginia Water Estate agent Barton Wyatt and Hush Developments create a dream team for your new home. The salubrious Surrey village of Virginia Water hit the headlines every year: 2013 - First UK town to hit average property price of £1 million (Zoopla) 2014 - Most expensive road...
May 21st – 24th 2015 will see the 86th PGA tour swing into action at Wentworth, Surrey. Owned by infamous restaurateur Richard Caring until last year, Wentworth now has new masters in the Chinese-based Reignwood Group, who thus far have made little change to this...
Property owners in GU25 (Virginia Water, Surrey) have hit the jackpot once again being ranked one of the highest value areas for property outside London. Extraordinary that this sleepy enclave, just 45 minutes outside of central London has beaten West Kensington, Paddington, Fulham and Chiswick –...
Philip Hammond, local MP and Foreign Secretary was an esteemed guest of Surrey’s leading estate agency, Barton Wyatt last Friday. March 20th saw the Runnymede & Weybridge Enterprise Forum annual lunch take place in the graceful dining room at The Wentworth Club. As a keen supporter...
Spring Grove is very conveniently situated just a short walk from the picturesque shopping parades of Virginia Water as well as the world renowned Wentworth Golf and Country Club. Virginia Water has an excellent array of shops for day to day needs, restaurants and mainline...
Did you know that Surrey is the most wooded county in England? No? Well woodland covers a substantial 22.4% of Surrey, 37,564 hectares in fact, nearly double the national average of 11.8%. Box Hill for example, close to the charming town of Dorking, has the oldest...
It appears that the traditional spring rush on homes for sale has arrived before the daffodils this year. Barton Wyatt, the leading estate agency in Virginia Water, Surrey has seen a 50% increase in enquiries during January and February this year compared to the last...
Barton Wyatt are one of the first Estate Agents in the UK to be taking an active interest in augmented reality. AR as it is known, is the process by which digital imagery is placed on top of real images. To explain it more simply,...