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Buy To Let Property Review: Studio, Osprey Close, West Drayton

This studio on at £119,950 is currently let for £580pcm, which makes for a yield of 5.8%. That's a little low for a studio and reflects a lower than average rent for a studio and the higher price of the property. A studio in the close sold for....

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How affordable are Hillingdon properties?

The property market is in recovery and house prices are on the increase, but how affordable is property in the Uxbridge area? A simple trick of the trade to help you judge the affordability of an area is to work out the ratio of average property...

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Buy To Let Property Review: Philpots Close, Yiewsley, West Drayton

This first floor two bedroom flat is offered to the market for £205,000. It is located in Philpots Close, which is just off the High Street which runs through West Drayton down to the station. The station is 0.7 miles away.

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Buy To Let Property Review: Studio, Bentinck Road, Yiewsley, West Drayton

Available via R Whitley, is a studio flat in Bentinck Road, West Drayton. On the market at £117,500. The location is close to West Drayton Station, which is on the opposite side of the road from the entrance to Bentinck Road.

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"With house prices going up can you still get a good return in Uxbridge?"

This was a question a rather rain-soaked landlord asked when I met her at her property last week. If you are coming to the market fresh there are 94 properties on the market in UB8, the Uxbridge postcode which covers Uxbridge town, Cowley and...

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Crossrail: Where to invest in Buy To Let Property in West Drayton?

Property investors continue to be excited by Crossrail and the capital growth expected in key stations along the route. Crossrail opens in 2018 and is a new cross London train route stretching from Maidenhead in the west through central London and...

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Buy To Let Property Review: Wren Drive, West Drayton UB7

On with Cameron's is this two bedroom flat at £225,000. The property is located half a mile from West Drayton station, in Wren Drive, off Money Lane which is close to the Green. The Wren Drive development was built in the late eighties and...

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Buy To Let Property Review: The Green,West Drayton UB7

From R Whitley, this one bedroom flat on the market at £159,950 in a period property certainly has character. Located half a mile from West Drayton Station on the Green which is a lovely part of West Drayton it features reasonable sized rooms and...

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Monopoly in Uxbridge... How would you play?

A couple of local landlords and I were talking about the property market in Uxbridge, after they had seen my 'Uxbridge Property Blog' when the subject of risk versus return came up.

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Buy To Let Property Review: New Garden Drive, West Drayton

Had a query from a landlord looking to spend up to £160,000 in West Drayton. This property ticks that box being 0.3 miles from West Drayton station and is located just off the High Street. A third of a mile is a brief stroll in my book.

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Buy To Let Property Review: Myddleton Road, Uxbridge

On the market at the moment for £172,500 is this property, a one bedroom property in Myddleton Road near Uxbridge.

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How are Property Prices Changing in Hillingdon Borough?

I have been talking to local landlords who are interested in how property prices have changed in the last year. Without a doubt the market has picked up, with prices increasing...

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