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The Kings Property Briefing
Written by the people accountable for the result — not a marketing desk. Three columns, published fortnightly, plus area guides for Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding villages.
Mike Heath — MARLA · FNAEA
The lettings market, landlord compliance and what the Renters' Rights Act means in practice.
Gemma Collins — Director
What's actually selling in Tunbridge Wells, pricing reality and the negotiation behind the headline figures.
Tom Snowdon — Director
The wider market read — new homes, prime stock and the trends shaping the next quarter.
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Local Living
I ran the London Marathon for Mind, in memory of Jonny — and thanks to sixty of you, we raised over £2,600. A thank you, a few honest words about why, and the small matter of a torn calf at the 200-metre mark.
Local Living
Save the date: Saturday 4 July 2026, 12–3pm, free entry. For the second year running we're the main sponsor of the Claremont Primary School Summer Fete — bouncy castles, arena shows, face painting and all. Here's what's on, and why it matters to us.
Property Advice
It's rarely a property question — it's a money-and-life one. A calm, owner-led framework for deciding whether to sell or hold and let your Tunbridge Wells home, grounded in what the local market is actually doing.
Landlords & Lettings
A poor letting agent rarely sends a bill marked 'mistakes'. The cost shows up elsewhere — in a longer void, a weaker tenant, a compliance gap, a rent review never won. Here's where the money actually goes.
Buying
Three-quarters of a million pounds is a serious budget here — but it buys wildly different homes depending on where you point it. A grounded tour of what £750k actually gets you across the patch.
Buying
It's one of the best-trodden moves in the South East — and for good reason. An honest, local guide to leaving London for Tunbridge Wells: the commute, the value, the schools, and the life on the other side.
Landlords & Lettings
An empty rental is the quietest drain on a landlord's return — and usually the most avoidable. A practical, owner-led guide to keeping good tenants, letting fast, and closing the gaps that cost you most.
Property Advice
The highest valuation is the most flattering — and frequently the most expensive mistake a seller makes. What a valuation actually is, how it's reached, and how to read three different numbers from three agents.
Selling
Buyers fall in love with a period home's character — then worry about its upkeep. Selling one well means doing both jobs at once: showing the romance, and answering the practical questions before they're asked.
Property Advice
Downsizing is one of the biggest moves you'll make — and one of the most emotional. Done thoughtfully, it's also one of the most freeing. A calm, practical guide to leaving the big house well.
Landlords & Lettings
Plenty of landlords never set out to be one — a home inherited, a flat that wouldn't sell, two households becoming one. Becoming a landlord by accident is common. Doing it well is a decision. Here's where to start.
Selling
The fortnight before launch is where the price is won or lost. A room-by-room read on what to do (and what not to do) before your home goes to market — written for the premium TW seller.
Landlords & Lettings
Two service models, two cost structures, two very different liability profiles — and post-Renters'-Rights-Act, the right choice for most TW landlords has shifted. An owner-led read on which to pick.
Buying
Which station, which postcode, which trade-off — an owner-led read on the commuter geography around Tunbridge Wells, for buyers moving from London or relocating from elsewhere in the South East.
Landlords & Lettings
Section 21 is gone, single periodic tenancies are in, and the PRS Database is coming. The practical five-point plan for every Tunbridge Wells landlord — without the headlines.
Buying
Postcodes and price points, schools and commuter routes, the Pantiles versus the villages — an owner-led guide to buying in Tunbridge Wells, written for people moving from London or up-sizing from elsewhere in Kent.
New Homes & Developers
Pricing, positioning, marketing, sequencing — a developer-side guide to launching a new homes scheme in Tunbridge Wells. Written by the team that sold Calverley Park Mews in full and is currently advising on schemes across TN1, TN2 and TN4.
Local Living
Langton Green, Speldhurst, Bidborough, Pembury, Frant, Groombridge, Penshurst, Rusthall — an owner-led guide to the Wealden villages around Tunbridge Wells, each with its own character, its own school catchment, and its own price floor.
Selling
Buyers shortlist your home in eight seconds on a phone screen. Why architectural photography materially changes price, time-to-offer and buyer mix — and how Kings Estates does it differently to standard estate-agency listings.
Buying
Skinners’, TWGGS, Bennett, Holmewood House, Kent College, Tonbridge — an owner-led guide to which schools serve which postcodes, what the catchment risk actually looks like, and how it shapes property prices.
Market briefings
Stock is finally rebuilding after a thin spring. Family homes between £750k and £1.2m are clearing fastest, and lettings demand for three-bedroom houses keeps outpacing supply. Here's what we're seeing on the ground in TN1 through TN4 this month.
