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Simon Deen
- Jun 10
- 6 min
In Conversation With: Barry Burrows of Bartholomew Landscaping
When I was growing up, my father would say “To be a good talker, you have to be a good listener”. Always give people time. Always listen...
Simon Deen
- Mar 25
- 5 min
In Conversation With: Jonny Rosenblatt of Spacemade
We’re not just competing with other flexible providers, we’re also competing with home. It’s somebody’s spare room or kitchen table...
Simon Deen
- Feb 18
- 4 min
Paying Attention
Whether you’re the subject of a newspaper article, appearing in a TV show, posting on social media or writing a blog, you’re really vying...
Simon Deen
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Pink Floyd
It came as little surprise to me that even as 2022 was in its infancy, some well known names in the world of London residential agency...
Simon Deen
- Nov 25, 2021
- 5 min
Three Point Zero
You may have noticed that Mark Zuckerberg recently changed the name of the company he co-founded to Meta. It’s an abbreviated term for...
Simon Deen
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
Market Update: Budget Edition
For the first time since I can remember, the Chancellor delivered a budget which largely ignored the property market. It’s about time...
Simon Deen
- Oct 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Office
For those of you who have opened this week’s blog in the hope of reading about the show created by the genius that is Ricky Gervais...
Simon Deen
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Looking stupid
If you pay attention, you can learn a lot from children. They seem to be born with an innate curiosity for new things. Like eating mud...
Simon Deen
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Exile on Main Street
Once upon a time, about twenty years ago, I was a student at University of Leeds. In my third and final year, we lived in an area called...
Simon Deen
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Jetsons
Estate Agency moves at a slightly slower pace than a glacier. Although, we haven’t quite been immune to the power of the internet...
Simon Deen
- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
The Agency Problem
In a survey of estate agency fees in nearly 30 countries. The UK was ranked 24th...
Simon Deen
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
Vorsprung durch Technik
I am just about old enough to remember the way things used to be done in estate agency. Paper details, sent by Royal Mail...
Simon Deen
- Apr 16, 2021
- 3 min
Green & clean - The future of London
For a while now there’s been an increasing understanding of the detrimental effects of air pollution on our health, and at the same time...
Simon Deen
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
Personal branding, social media & estate agency
Lawyer. Accountant. Architect. We understand what these words mean, or more importantly, what someone had to do in order to gain that...
Simon Deen
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
The 15 minute city
I still find it incredible how much the world has changed over the past 12 months. Yet to look at it now, how much of that change seems....