Following the success of our open weekend last year, we are pleased to offer you another chance to walk into the property of your dreams. On Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March many of our venders will be opening their doors to allow prospective purchasers to walk round at their leisure. A brochure of all the […]

Pick up any newspaper and you will read about the governments requirements to increase new housing stock all over the UK. Fourteen new garden villages and towns are scheduled to be built, with three of these being located in the North-West of England. Armitstead Barnett, as unique Village and Rural Agents, are working with several […]

Felicity (Flick) joined Armitstead Barnett just over 12 months ago as a Receptionist and has flourished into a Sales Negotiator with drive and ambition. Flick has worked in our North Lancashire Branch to date, but you will now find her in Kendal on a Thursday and Friday each week. Flick is excited about the change […]

Thursday 2nd February saw the official opening of our Kendal office. The opening was held at the impressive Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal, featuring the George Shaw – Back to Nature collection. With over 80 people attending the evening was a huge success; celebrated with many familiar faces and lots of new acquaintances.

Well, what a start to the year! My diary is full, making a good first impression on 2017. There are plenty of instructions coming through. Now is a fantastic time of the year to market a property for a few reasons: The volume of property coming to market is lower than in Spring and Summer […]

Introducing Land and New Homes Armitstead Barnett is pleased to announce a new arm to the agency specialising in the development of land and new homes. For some considerable time now we have been providing advice on development opportunities – both on sites that already have planning permission or working with developers to achieve and […]

With the sun shining, the Garstang Show was a huge success for the market town of Garstang and Armitstead Barnett. Together with Brockholes Arms Auction Mart, Armitstead Barnett were awarded the trophy for ‘Best Show Stand’ held proudly by James Fish, Partner at Armitstead Barnett & Auctionner at Brockholes Arms Auction Mart. Come and visit […]

Since the decision to leave the EU in June little has been publicised about how Brexit will affect the market place for property. The market has been dealt a double wammy blow; the changes to stamp duty which although may benefit some, the luxury high end market and the buy to let sector have been […]

Two months in to my partnership with Armitstead Barnett the level of support from members of the company and so many of the farming community has been beyond my expectations. A wide variety of work has come forward within the past two months, including development land negotiations, valuation work, utility company claims, landlord and tenant […]

We believe you only have a couple of seconds to make a good impression in the eyes of a purchaser. Many house move decisions are made with the swipe of a finger on a smart phone or tablet and this can often be first thing in the morning when a property alert or similar is […]

In the last couple of months we have introduced some new members of staff to you at Armitstead Barnett and July has been no different. This month we welcome Kirsty Seed, as James Fish’s PA/Secretary and Cathy Fish, as Administrator/Secretary, both based at Garstang. It has also been a pleasure having Alex Carr and Johnathon […]

Schools have broken up and we are at the beginning of the Summer holiday season. Many of the houses we sell are family homes and over time we have established that often within many chains we have family buyers and sellers and therefore school holidays can often dictate exchange and completion dates. Many avoid moving […]