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Blog interview with property investment & lettings author David Lawrenson

David Lawrenson has kindly agreed to answer a few questions we thought would be interesting to our readers at Gartoo. Just as a bit of background about David, he is an independent property investment and lettings expert, helping companies and private landlord and investors. You can find out more on the Letting Focus website, blog or [...]

Blog interview with property investment & lettings author David Lawrenson is a post from Gartoo's UK Property Blog - Visit the Gartoo property search engine

The most northerly house in Britain

About as close to Norway as it is to mainland Scotland, Skaw Cottage on the island of Unst has long been recognised as the most northerly house in the UK. As a result, Amazon thinks this is a good enough reason for us to want to pay £4.99 for a 10×8 photograph of it! Image credit: [...]

The most northerly house in Britain is a post from Gartoo's UK Property Blog - Visit the Gartoo property search engine

Google Maps Real Estate vs UK Property Sites

In July 2009 Google launched it’s Google Maps Real Estate service in response to a 35% increase in Internet property search queries in 2009 compared to 2008: “Nielsen research shows that 87% of Australian home buyers use the internet to research properties*. Google saw more than 35% growth in real estate-related searches from Jan/Feb 2008 to [...]

Google Maps Real Estate vs UK Property Sites is a post from Gartoo's UK Property Blog - Visit the Gartoo property search engine

Five Properties You Would Love in Mayfair

An article about the five most impressive properties in Mayfair and the West End, as chose by Gartoo.

Five Properties You Would Love in Mayfair is a post from Gartoo's UK Property Blog - Visit the Gartoo property search engine

Why thatched roofs are good for the environment

Thatching has been used as a form of roofing in England for hundreds of years. The word itself is of Anglo-Saxon origin, although there is reason to believe that the craft of thatching is one of the oldest building techniques known to man. Roof tiles are no younger, having been extensively used by the ancient [...]

Why thatched roofs are good for the environment is a post from Gartoo's UK Property Blog - Visit the Gartoo property search engine

Top 20 UK Properties on Google’s Monopoly City Streets

You may have noticed during the last couple of weeks that Google has teamed up with Hasbro to create the hugely popular online game Monopoly City Streets. This is based on Google Maps, where users can play the game by purchasing their favourite streets from around the world. So we thought it would be interesting to [...]

Top 20 UK Properties on Google’s Monopoly City Streets is a post from Gartoo's UK Property Blog - Visit the Gartoo property search engine