How to get your home ready for sale – safely and successfully

In this three-minute read, we share four simple ways you can get your property ready for sale if you are thinking of moving when lockdown ends. And we share four things we’re doing to continue serving our clients and to keep everyone as safe as possible.

As some sections of our society are slowly being ‘unlocked’ following Boris Johnson’s address yesterday evening, there is some light beginning to be seen at the end of the tunnel.

The messages we’ve all heard from … Continue Reading…

It’s a Feelgood Friday VE Day Special

It’s the seventh Feelgood Friday since lockdown, and it’s a very special one as we mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. A 3-minute read.

We’ve renamed this week’s Feelgood Friday to Thankful Friday as we celebrate the service, sacrifice and strength, of the heroes who made VE Day possible 75 years ago.

And what better way to honour them and say thanks, than by having a safe, fun-filled day.

Below we’ve found five ways you can mark the historic day and … Continue Reading…

Four ways people can get social while under lockdown

Life under lockdown and respecting social distancing guidelines needn’t mean you have no social life as this 2-minute read explains.

Across Wellingborough, Irthlingborough and Rushden people are getting creative and using technology in several ways to come together during a time when for the good of us all, we’re keeping apart.

Human beings are naturally social animals (some less than others you might say) so being able to keep a connection with colleagues, friends and family is healthy for us. Especially during … Continue Reading…

Five ways technology could transform your home after the lockdown

Before the Coronavirus outbreak, there was a debate around whether technology was good or bad for society.

But thanks to online home-schooling helping our children, video conferencing allowing us to communicate with colleagues and Facetiming meaning we can stay in virtual touch with relatives the debate has waned. And technology has been embraced by more people than ever.

Below are five ways futurologists (people who look at future trends) are predicting our homes may change once the lockdown ends and the ‘new … Continue Reading…

Reasons to be Feeling Positive this Friday

Welcome to the sixth Feelgood Friday update from us at Richard James.

Yesterday Boris Johnson and his team of medical experts shared positive statistics from the nation’s fight against this awful disease.

Added to that encouraging update, here are four fabulous pieces of news we’ve rounded up to bring some much-needed optimism to the community around Wellingborough, Irthlingborough and Rushden.

Happy Birthday to the Nation’s Hero

Captain Tom Moore, who inspired the nation and raised more than £32 million for the NHS with his … Continue Reading…