Our New Website

Don't forget to visit our new website at www.ndestates.com where you can see our latest properties, see floor plans and book viewings.

Our website has been designed by us to show case properties to their best effect using large photographs done by a trained photographer.

We also use modern estate agency software which matches applicants with properties that will suit them.   Please register with us if you are looking to buy or rent.

An Open Mind

The start of this year has been very busy for ND Estates.  We have received instructions in the sales and lettings of in excess of 30 properties on far more properties than we anticipated in all price ranges.

One thing I do wonder is the benefit of an open viewing and so far this year we have not undertaken any.  We are not closed to the idea, rather when we discuss it in the office, we are concerned that a reading of the local press on a Friday evening reveals in excess of 70 open viewings.

That sheer number of Open Viewings leads us to question whether, if we undertake an open viewing,  is that viewing likely to be very sparsely attended, as happened on the ones we conducted last year.

We prefer to direct our resources to viewings in the weekdays at times to suit Vendors and viewers and also to appointment viewings at the weekend.

You can see all the properties for sale and rent at the ND Estates website.

January 2012 - Green Shoots?

Somewhat surprisingly given the supposed economic environment we have noticed both a significant level of increased instructions in our Jersey Estate Agents business as well as a doubling of viewings of properties compared with the same month last year. Anecdotal evidence from people viewing properties with us and through other agents is that other agents are seeing an increased level of interest. Hopefully these green shoots of interest are a sign of better times to come. We have to remember that the dark side of October where business ground to a halt and enquiries dried up is now being reflected in the statistics for the final quarter of 2012.

Let us hope that both nationally and locally politicians wake up to the needs of business.

Remaining cautious is probably the best way to be but perhaps with a little cautious optimism

The articles in 20/20 magazine by Peter and myself appear to have been well received. We have had a number of new sales properties on our website this week and these can be seen on the ND Estates website

New Homes in St. Peter

We are pleased to have been instructed in the sale of 13 new homes at Le Clos de la Fontaine St Peter on a multi agency basis.  A mixture of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom homes are available and are detailed on our website, www.ndestates.com

A Sale Testimonial

"Our property was on the market for eight months with two different estate agents before we switched to ND Estates. We had chosen them due to their use of new and innovative marketing techniques. Within two weeks we had received three offers and the place was sold a month later! ND Estates communication and professionalism was far superior to any other estate agent we had dealt with. We would not hesitate to recommend ND Estates to anyone looking to sell their property in this difficult market."

In fact I think the buyer found the property through our Facebook page and the Vendors had used us following our use of Facebook, so a Facebook transaction altogether really.

Now of course we are also using Google Street View and also Audio Tours to enhance our offering to Vendors. So if you have a Jersey property for sale or know of someone selling ask them to contact us to see how we can help.

A Question of Advertising

We have for some time wondered about the benefits of advertising in the local press. With the advent of Google Street and Audio Tours on our site we do not see much point in paying premium rates for advertising in printed press which cannot produce the quality of pictures we require or convey the details of the property adequately. We also do not have much of a choice in local press advertising and the response rates are poor and is no reflection on the quality of the property.

We have conducted research in the UK (London, Scotland and Wales) as well as Guernsey and for such a small location, Jersey being the size of a small provincial town we cannot see that advertising even on a weekly basis can actually now beat use of our own website.

We are interested to know where you think the best place for advertising is now. Do you look in the local press, do you look on the internet at the agents website or the portal sites.

Country Location & Sea Views

Located in Trinity in a quiet country lane this property has seen much life and was once owned by a diplomat. It serves as a great party house.

You have the garage and the parking and then enter the property through the first garden which is an East and South facing lawned area. You enter the house and you have a large lounge featuring hand crafted panelled furniture with windows looking North-East with views over the countryside to the sea and to France.

The dining room is a good sized room with a window on the south overlooking the first garden. This is an ideal home for entertaining. The dining room equally could serve as a third bedroom within the bungalow.

The kitchen has a range of high and low level cupboards and has a south facing window with doors leading to both hallways.

Off the hall on the other side is the main house bedroom and the second bedroom. Leading from the hall are a house bathroom and second shower room as well as the utility. Adjacent to the utility room is a sun trap patio area.

A large games room leads from the house currently housing a pool table but which could easily be incorporated to the main house or could be used as a childrens playroom. There is a staircase leading to the integral two bedroom cottage and also a door leading to the outside areas.

The two bedroom cottage can be used as part of the house or can be let or used as a two generation. It has its own kitchen, lounge and two double bedrooms and house bathroom. From the ground floor you walk to the gardens and the swimming pool area.

The swimming pool area has built in seating areas and bbq area and a pool house equipped with telephone and electricity. It provides the ideal entertainment area.

Leading from the pool you are in the vegetable garden and then finally to the orchard.

This is an ideal home and well worth a viewing. It also benefits from current planning permission to raise the roof and create additional bedrooms.

See our website for the full details.