Property of the Week

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents featured property is a modern, semi-detached home – with 2 bedrooms – gas central heating and double glazing – a driveway and garage – low maintenance enclosed garden – and a guide price of £220,000 to £225,000 with no upward chain.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  Thomas James Estate Agents is located at 20, High St, Ruddington, NG11 6EH and open…

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Leia Looks Back on 2022 Summer Holidays

What a whirlwind 2022 has been for travel writes Ruddington’s Leia Morales. Two and a half years after starting my business as a Travel Counsellor and the world of travel is back to normal (almost!). This summer saw my customers reaching all corners of the globe and enjoying exploring new countries or finally being able to visit family. By far the most popular destination for my customers has been the USA, with Orlando proving my top seller. I’ve had a family drive over 2000 miles around the west coast of America in…

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Parker’s Yard Café Plans

The Parker’s Yard Café at our Framework Knitters’ Museum (FKM) has submitted an application to Rushcliffe Borough Council for an alcohol licence on its premises. Run by Ruddington residents Jennifer Walker and Mike Gaunt, their coffee shop was launched in July (2022) within the recent museum extension and gardens – formerly ‘Gunn Cottage’. Along with the FKM’s gift shop and its Old Chapel, this hospitality area of our internationally famous tourist attraction is a place villagers and visitors can access without having to pay the museum entrance fee. The couple started The Split Screen Coffee…

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Local Housing Market Remains Busy

According to national statistics, the average price for a property in the region is close to £47,500 more expensive than in the summer of 2020, after COVID-19 market lockdown, writes Benwell Daykin.  During the same period, the threshold for a prime market property in the region has risen by £60,000. Except for the Stamp Duty holiday fuelled markets in 2021, the first half of 2022 proved the busiest since 2016, with over 100,000 homes changing hands each month.  This activity pushed revenue from property taxation over the period to more than…

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Property of the Week

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents featured property – in a quiet, Ruddington cul-de-sac – is a modern, detached home – with 4 bedrooms (two en-suite) – a fully fitted dining kitchen with French door to the enclosed rear gardens – a driveway for two vehicles – and a guide price of £465,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  Thomas James Estate Agents is located at 20,…

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Property of the Week

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents featured property – in a quiet and historic area of Ruddington – is a characterful two bedroomed cottage – with a refitted kitchen and bathroom – garden and parking area – a guide price reduced to £285,000 – and with no upward chain.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  Thomas James Estate Agents is located at 20, High St, Ruddington,…

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Property of the Week

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents featured property is an immaculately presented semi-detached home – having 3 bedrooms (master with en-suite shower room) – modern dining kitchen – additional downstairs wc – low maintenance gardens and block paved drive – and a guide price of £310,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  Thomas James Estate Agents is located at 20, High St, Ruddington, NG11 6EH and…

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Property of the Week

This week’s Thomas James Estate Agents featured property is a traditional, semi-detached family home – with 3 bedrooms – gas central heating & double glazing – driveway with car port and garage – enclosed rear gardens – and a guide price of £315,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Thomas James Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 984 4660 or emailing ruddington@tjea.com  Thomas James Estate Agents is located at 20, High St, Ruddington, NG11 6EH and open Monday to…

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Housing Market After Mini-Budget

Last week, The Guardian newspaper reported that UK house price growth flatlined in September with a stronger slowdown expected in the coming months as a combination of soaring inflation and mortgage rates makes moving unaffordable for many writes Nick Aston of Ruddington’s Benwell Daykin Estate & Letting Agents. The latest snapshot from the building society Nationwide comes at the end of a torrid week for the housing industry as lenders pulled 40% of available mortgages from the market after Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget (Friday 23rd September 2022). Lenders began suspending products after the Chancellor’s sweeping tax-cutting…

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Jo Roome Now Has a Room!

A Ruddington based accountancy business which is going from strength to strength has now moved to village centre premises. After a period operating from home, Jo Roome has her own new office in ‘The Ruddington Business Rooms’ at the corner of High Street and Kirk Lane. “I got the keys on the 25th of August and you can now find me at Room 1, 27A High Street, above JP Lettings” says Jo. “Working from home is great but there are so many distractions and people around. I knew pretty early on…

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