Nestled into an “egg basket” landscape of rolling drumlins formed by the glacial drift, is an historic, self-contained market town noted for fresh air and fun. A culture of festivals and theatre is surrounded by a sleekly dressed countryside of well managed pasture. Bay views and an overview of the town beating with activity can […]

The sun shone on the Armitstead Barnett marquee as we attended the Great Eccleston and Garstang Agricultural Shows in July and early August. Clients and friends of both Armitstead Barnett and our stand partners Brockholes Arms Auction Mart Ltd came along to say hello and enjoyed refreshments including the usual farmhouse baking that our stand has […]

Can you see the potential of your home, do you need a little more space?  Perhaps you are looking for a new home but what it currently on the market doesn’t quite fit the space you need?  The addition of an extension to either a property you own or one you could make improvements to, […]

Little Hoole is a Civil Parish in the district of South Ribble. The village of Walmer Bridge sits within Little Hoole and across the roundabout are the villages of Much Hoole and Longton.  The population in Little Hoole is estimated to be in the region of 2,000 and is home to myself, my family and […]

Our Senior Partner, David Cowburn, has been accepted onto the Goldman Sachs Scholarship style Business Growth Programme that is known as Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK.  This philanthropic venture from Goldman Sachs aims to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing greater access to education, capital and business support services. This works […]

Belmont is a small moorland village on the A675 close to the Greater Manchester border the town of Bolton. Formally known as Horden, Belmont stands at 900ft above sea level at the bottom of Winter Hill which is the highest point in the West Pennines and certainly a popular area for walkers.  Winter Hill is […]

We are delighted to announce that Chris Cockwill BSc (Hons) MRICS, has joined Armitstead Barnett’s Development Department. Chris has a superb level of experience in the development world, having worked for medium and large scale commercial and residential developers throughout the North West and East Midlands. Over the last 20 years, Chris has worked for Westleigh Developments, […]

There are many factors that have contributed to the housing crisis in the UK, an increase population, an increase in immigration and a decrease in household size.  Some conclude that vacant, overpriced property is the main contributor to the housing crisis, whilst other believe that building more residential properties will overcome the housing crisis here in the UK. With the rise in demand of new build properties comes […]

As of 17th January 2018, the Government has set new planning application fees for England. Essentially, fees have increased by 20% over the 2017 fee levels and these Regulations will also introduce a new fee of £402 per 0.1 hectares for Permission in Principle applications, the ability for authorities to charge for applications for planning permission […]

We moved to Bickerstaffe over three years ago, having lived in Scotland, London and Cornwall for many years. Our love of Lancashire has been rekindled.  Bickerstaffe has extensive views over the countryside to the local church, windmill and beyond to Liverpool and the Welsh Hills.  Bickerstaffe is ideally located for motorway links to the M58 […]

Last Christmas all our wonderful clients and staff rose to the challenge of helping us raise lots of fabulous gifts to support this worthy cause.  Mission Christmas is supported by Rock FM and local businesses and communities. Can you help us again this year in making a child’s Christmas a bit more special? From now till […]

Novembers budget saw big changes for first time buyers. The government have recognised that for some buyers it is a real struggle to scrape together enough cash for a deposit and conveyancing fees and have abolished the stamp duty for many first-time buyers by increasing the threshold to £300,000. This is expected to create a […]