The keyword filters are important criteria. Think of it as layers of fishing nets, filtering the properties until you get the results that you want.

This is the default option for everything in the Keywords Filters. This is helpful if you're just browsing and want to see every property that's available in that area.

Choosing the 'Include' for keywords, it will do a "OR" filter with other keywords with include selected. This means that you should pick at least two Keywords with include selected. For instance, if I selected 'Include' for keywords: Garage, Garden, Basement, the results will be properties that have either Garage, Garden, or Basement only. Other properties not having one from these three will not be shown.

As the word itself, selecting 'exclude' will show you properties that don't have those keywords. For instance, you've 'excluded' Listed Buildings, Care Home, Retirement Homes, your results won't show properties of these kinds.

This option shows properties having only the keyword you have selected. For instance, you've selected to 'Show only' Auction properties, then the results will be all the properties currently in Auction for that area/postcode.

We have three main categories, namely: Property Purpose, Sale Feature, Property Feature

Hotel properties usually mean commercial premises – hotel buildings, basically: the hotels, motels, lodges, cabins, chalets, luxury flats and other types of buildings where individuals, couples, families and/or groups pay to stay, eat, have fun, relax, and to take advantage of all the offered in-house services available.

This is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. Bed and breakfasts are often private family homes and typically have between four and eleven rooms, with six being the average. In addition, a B&B usually has the hosts living in the house.

A guest-house is a house that offers accommodation to travellers at a much lower price than hotels and has no employees, since the owner and his family run it.

Retirement homes are specifically designed for those over 55 to be safe and comfortable in later life. They’re often modern constructions, intended to be easily accessible, efficient and ergonomic.

Rather than being isolated, these properties are frequently situated in villages, custom-built developments which are dedicated to bringing retirees together in a supportive community.

Care homes, which are also called residential homes, are places where people live in later life to receive extra support with personal care, such as eating, washing, dressing and taking medication. There are different types of care homes, like nursing homes or care homes with specialist dementia teams.

A listed building is a property or structure determined to be of special architectural and historic interest that has been included on a register of protected buildings. Listed status is intended to protect buildings from alterations that might negatively impact their characters or historic context, and to ensure that they are preserved for future generations.

Existing HMOs are properties that no longer need planning permissions because these are already permitted. These can be found either outside of an HMO Article 4 area, or even inside an HMO Article 4 area.

More information about the HMO can be found: HERE

Mixed-use properties have both places to live and places to do business in on one title. With generally higher income potential than a purely residential rental, these properties can represent a good investment for landlords.

Blocks of flats are owned by an individual or company, and the living units are rented to the residents. Building and property matters are handled by the owner.

This is a flat located at the ground level of a building.

This is a flat located at the highest level of a building.

Unmodernised properties typically have kitchens and bathrooms that have not been updated for several decades, and very dated decorations, furnitures and fixtures.

These properties' owner wants the buyer or customer who will pay the whole dealing price of the property, rather than borrowing the money from other sources.

A repossessed house or flat is one that the mortgage lender has seized after the borrower stopped consistently paying their mortgage each month, or didn't meet the terms of the mortgage.

The owners of these properties needs to sell their property quickly, usually within a short timeframe of a few weeks to a couple of months. The seller may need to sell quickly due to financial difficulties, a divorce, a job transfer, or other reasons.

The seller does not have an onward purchase relying on the sale proceeds completed first. Being chain-free eliminates dependencies on other sales within a chain sequence.

The seller put his or her property in auction where you can submit bids online up until a final time and date. In both cases, the seller will set a reserve price. This is the lowest amount of money they would accept to sell. The highest bidder over the reserve price gets the property.

These houses have large surface area, big enough to accomodate 3 or more people. Although, when converting a house (C3) into an HMO (C4), you will need planning permission first from the local council.

Affordable housing is a broad term used to describe a collection of government schemes where properties are offered at below-market value, either for sale or rent.

A property portfolio is a collection of properties owned for investment purposes. It may be owned by an individual, group of individuals or a company.

Properties with less than 80 years left to run are regarded as having a 'short' lease.

Properties having leases ranging from 81 to 125 years are commonly termed as long lease.

An empty home may be a flat, dwelling house or house in multiple occupations that is privately owned and unoccupied for six months or more.

Properties with planning permissions that are approved.

Properties with “subject to planning” will have the interested buyer agree to buy the site as long as they are able to secure the consent they need to develop on the property.

A tenanted property has a person who pays rent for its use and is residing in the property.

This means that the seller or agent believes that the property has the potential to extend, but the buyer would need to get planning permission.

A space intended for a car, usually in front of the house.

This is a plot of ground where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, herbs are cultivated. A space, commonly with ornamental plants, trees, etc., used as a park or other family recreation area.

This is a building where a car is kept, built next to or as part of a house.

An annexe is a self-contained unit, it is generally a part of a building. It is used as separate living accommodation. It may share common services and an entrance with the main house.

This is a usable part of a building that is situated partly or entirely below ground level.

An extension to your house, usually a room or a building, is considered to be permitted development, not requiring an application for planning permission, provided certain limits and conditions are met.

This is a space at the top of a building under the roof used for storing things and usually entered by a ladder, or sometimes made into a room for living in.

A land/plot is a piece of land that has been measured or marked out for a special purpose, such as building houses or growing vegetables.

This refers to a window that has two panes of glass. The main component of the window is the double-glazed sealed unit, also known as an insulated glass unit (IGU) which sits in a frame of uPVC, aluminium or timber.

This is a system for warming a building by heating water or air in one place and circulating it through pipes and radiators or vents.

Properties with new roof installed.

Properties with new bathroom installed.

Properties that has a new system of electric wires already been installed.

This is a tall fast-growing Japanese plant of the dock family, with bamboo-like stems and small white flowers. It has been grown as an ornamental but tends to become an aggressive weed that can interfere with drainage pipes and other structures, blocking and sometimes lifting pipework and clogging sumps and drainage pits.

Structural issues are any type of construction problems that arise from lack of stability or unwanted movements. This can be a result of weak or poor quality design, deficient building work, faulty or substandard materials and more, such as a failing drainage system.

Damp refers to the presence of excess moisture in a room. This issue can be a serious problem as it can cause damage to a buildings infrastructure.