The Two-Minute Test: How Buyers Read a Home
7 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents Team on 3rd Feb 2026There is an unspoken moment at the start of every viewing. It happens before the kitchen, before the brochure, before the viewing agent has finished their first sentence, often before the buyer has even stepped out of their car....
Thinking of Moving This Year? Your January Checklist
6 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents Team on 9th Jan 2026If Christmas brings everyone together under one roof, January brings perspective. Not on family dynamics, hopefully, but on whether the home that once held everything so easily is still the right setting for the next chapter. A...
What We Can Learn from the Movies: Ranked – 12 Festive Films That Show Us How (and How Not) to Style a Home for a Winter Sale
5 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents Team on 9th Dec 2025Selling this winter? Take a tip from the movies and capture the warmth of the festive season to present your home in its very best (fairy)light. Turn on the television from 1st December onwards, and it won’t take long before you...
Back to School, Back to Selling: Why Now’s the Time to Relaunch Your Move in Brackley
4 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents TeamBack to School, Back to Selling: Why Now’s the Time to Relaunch Your Move in Brackley Blink and you’ll miss it — those few fleeting weeks in mid-August when the skies over Brackley are clear and golden, and summer feels like...
Lights, camera, sold!
7 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents TeamLights, camera, sold! The sellers’ guide to socials (even if you’re not on TikTok) Gone are the days when a For Sale board, a flimsily folded A4 ‘booklet’ spluttered out by the office printer and a listing on Rightmove...
How To Choose The Right Solicitors In Brackley
7 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents TeamHow to choose the right estate agent for you in Brackley Seven key factors to consider. Notice I didn’t plump for the word ‘best’ here. It’s a superlative that is as empty and meaningless as trying to decide who the...
Styling for specific property types in Brackley
8 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents TeamStyling for specific property types Every home has its own personality. From the minimalist new build to the timber-clad barn conversion or the rose-covered Victorian terrace. No two are quite the same – and that’s exactly why...
Clear the clutter and sell this Spring
6 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents TeamSpring is here, and with it comes the urge to refresh, reset and, for those of us with itchy feet, maybe even sell your home. But before you invite the photographer round, there’s one mission you need to tackle first:...
Five fast ways to add value before selling your home
5 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents TeamFive fast ways to add value before selling your home Winter’s frosty fingers are beginning to loosen their grip, and for those of us brave enough to venture out into the garden, the signs of spring are there. Green shoots...
Embrace your house move this February
4 minute read posted by Boughtons Estate Agents TeamI could begin with the classic notion of the new year as a time for fresh starts, resolutions, and big life decisions...but let’s be honest – how many times have you read or heard that so far this year? Dragging out that tired...