Growth in homeworking just one reason behind house price surge in Somerset’s county townWhen Covid first hit, Jack Battersby, residential sales manager at Taunton’s Wilkie May & Tuckwood estate agents, set up in his spare room and fretted that lean times were ahead.“It didn’t turn out like that. Business has been great,” said Batttersby as his desk phone rang constantly and messages pinged on his mobile. “We’re getting customers from all over – people from London and the south-east who since Covid are working from home so they might as well be here, but also people moving from places like Bristol and Exeter because they get more for their money.” Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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