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Survey advice, maintenance arithmetic, and the occasional opinion about when to list. Written by the four of us, not by a marketing department.

The Journal

Survey advice, maintenance arithmetic, and the occasional opinion about when to list. Written by the four of us, not by a marketing department.

The Journal

Survey advice, maintenance arithmetic, and the occasional opinion about when to list. Written by the four of us, not by a marketing department.

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June 18, 2026

What a coastal survey actually tells you

A standard structural survey is written for a house in a town. On this coast you need three more things in it, and one of them is a drone.

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Buying

7 min read

A standard structural survey is written for a house in a town. On this coast you need three more things in it, and one of them is a drone.

Owning

6 min read

Every owner on the bluff learns the same maintenance calendar eventually. Here it is in advance, with the numbers attached.

Selling

5 min read

Everyone lists in May. Our best six sales of the last two years all went on in January or February, and there is a reason for that.

Neighbourhoods

8 min read

Twenty-two houses, one road, and a planning history that explains why there will never be a twenty-third.

Buying

6 min read

Riparian rights, mooring transfer, erosion mapping, insurance history. Ask these before you fall in love, not after.

Inside the Office

4 min read

Once at high tide, once at low. It costs us a second day and it has closed more sales than any other thing we do.

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