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We all love our pets, but when it comes to selling up or moving house… estate agents often get asked “How do I do viewings when my pets are around and will having pets affect my sale?”

Here at Ribston Pippin we have been enjoying the amazing sunshine recently and all the opportunities for some al fresco living… dining, relaxing, gardening and exploring the amazing countryside that we have right here on our doorstep!

At this time of year, many young people have secured places, started preparing and are getting excited to fly the nest to start their university journey. Others are just finishing their university courses and have decided to stay in their university towns and cities…Where does this leave parents, with their family homes starting to feel […]

You might well think we’ve been around forever! – but actually, Ribston Pippin was only born 5 years ago.  We’re really proud of what we’ve achieved in that time and have had the pleasure of helping hundreds of people find their perfect homes…. Let’s have a closer look at what those 5 years have meant..

We’re delighted to announce that through our charitable board initiative that we kicked off last year, we donated a total of £940 to St Gemma’s Hospice for 2017, providing a much needed boost to the hospice’s ongoing fundraising – thank you to all our fabulous customers!

We’re delighted to be working on some exciting projects at the moment which see us diversify slightly from our ‘everyday’ business -but we’re using one of our team’s expertise to extend our support in other areas. Introducing our ‘New Homes’ services….

Time to honour another local hero! This month’s Community Champion is Menston in Bloom’s Gemma Kelmanson who’s been out braving the elements with her team to make sure our village looks fabulous come spring.

We really enjoyed working with Kate from A Tidy Mind, offering our clients the option of a professional decluttering service, and are delighted to have one of our success stories in the local press.

This month for our ‘Community Champion Award’ we reward Dave Holder who was nominated for his work inspiring youngsters – particularly girls – at Menston cricket club, to take up the game.

We were absolutely thrilled to be shortlisted in this year’s ESTAS Awards – the most prestigious awards in the property industry rewarding excellent standards of customer service in the residential property sector.  

With the news being released that the ‘Bank Of Mum & Dad’ is now the 9th biggest mortgage lender in the UK,  Lisa was called upon by BBC Radio Leeds to chat about this emerging trend amongst house buyers, as it was announced that  £6.5 billion is being lent by parents to their children this […]

We were totally delighted by the response we had from the launch of our Community Champion Scheme, set to recognise those in our neighbourhoods who go the extra mile, and it’s fantastic that this month’s is a nomination from a community member.

First impressions are everything when selling your home – people make the decision to buy a house in the first FIVE minutes of viewing it* With this is mind and growing demand for home organising, we’ve teamed up with the lovely Kate from ‘A Tidy Mind’ to offer you two hours free help so your […]

You may have wondered why in the space of 24 hours a flurry of your neighbours have decided to up sticks and move out of Menston as 30 new Ribston Pippin boards were erected on the same day! Panic not, they are not all shipping out, they are supporting our most recent charity initiative. Here’s […]

We are beyond delighted to be nominated in the ESTAS (the biggest award scheme in the Industry!) for our commitment to offering unrivalled customer service to our clients. We’re crossing fingers and toes that we can show the big boys how it’s done….

It was fabulous hearing about your reasons for loving your home in our recent Valentines Competition You certainly tugged on our heartstrings with some of your comments, here’s a pick of the many we received on our Facebook page & Twitter.

Unbelievably a whole 4 years have whizzed past since we joined the Menston community and to mark the occasion we wanted to support the lovely folks who have supported us on our journey so far – enter our Community Champion initiative.

We’re currently on a mission to share the best local photography that shows off our great region. Not only do we have the best scenery on our doorstep we are also lucky enough to have some fab local photographers to capture it.