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Cairn Estate and Letting Agency: Our Website Redesign
Cairn Estate and Letting Agency: Our Website Redesign We are delighted to introduce our newly revamped website, meticulously designed to provide a more streamlined, interactive, and user-friendly experience for investors, landlords, tenants, and home sellers. The platform presents several innovative features and benefits catered specifically to these different user groups. An innovation achieved in collaboration with our strategic partner, Vertical Vertical. our new website offers a blend of aesthetics, usability, and brand resonance, we have curated a virtual space that’s set to redefine user experience in the property industry. From the first click, you’ll be greeted by a refreshingly modern interface, a direct result of a comprehensive design overhaul. We’ve infused a seamless and engaging journey throughout the site, ensuring each click unfurls an enjoyable interaction for our visitors. As we celebrate moving into our 25th anniversary (next year!), we’ve embraced a vibrant rebranding. Our refined brand guidelines reflect a renewed visual identity, featuring compelling new fonts and colours that resonate with our refreshed ethos. The improved aesthetics aren’t just skin deep, they form the DNA of our website, making your journey through our virtual estate as comfortable as a stroll in your dream neighbourhood. But the excitement doesn’t stop there! Our site now flaunts innovative features and pages. Discover valuable insights into our local presence on our branch pages and explore our exciting foray into short-term rental management on our dedicated Cairn BNB page. Effortless navigation is a hallmark of our new website, designed meticulously with an emphasis on UX/UI enhancement. The architecture of the site has been optimised to enable you to glide through our services and listings with utmost ease. We’ve also integrated interactive elements that make browsing more immersive, further encouraging user engagement. Our partnership with Vertical Vertical has been instrumental in this transformation. Their strategic approach and keen eye for UX/UI, combined with an understanding of our brand, led to a perfect synergy. They dissected the previous site, identifying areas of enhancement and redesign. The outcome is a website that’s not just appealing, but also aligns perfectly with our vision. The new features, fused with an improved design, help us cater to your needs more efficiently, enhancing the online visibility of our Estate and Letting Agency. Our revamped website is more than just a digital facelift—it’s a comprehensive tool designed to make the lives of landlords, tenants, home sellers, and investors easier. We invite you to explore the many benefits and features available to you on our new platform. Whether you’re a landlord seeking the perfect tenant, a tenant in search of a dream home, a home seller wanting to maximise exposure, or an investor aiming for profitable ventures—our website has you covered.
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PRESS RELEASE
Press Release Lockdown leads Cairn to hit acquisition trail with aim of doubling turnover and portfolio within five years. The lifestyle impact of lockdown as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has led Glasgow-headquartered Cairn Estate and Letting Agency to embark on an ambitious expansion strategy with the aim of doubling both its turnover and […]
News, Hints & Tips, Landlords
COVID 19 LOAN SCHEME
COVID 19 LOAN SCHEME A new loan scheme has been made available this week for some landlords whose tenancies have been affected by COVID-19. Private Rent Sector Landlord COVID-19 Loan Scheme Last month, the Scottish Government announced it would provide an interest-free loan to landlords who have suffered a loss of rental income as […]
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Celebrating 20 years of Cairn Estate Agency!
Celebrating 20 years of Cairn Estate Agency! This month, Cairn celebrates its 20th Anniversary, and what a quick 20 years it has been! It all started back in 1999 when David Rowand, now Managing Director saw a gap in the market. David started off his career following in his father’s footsteps by dabbling in the […]
News, HMO Properties
Meet Carolanne Waters: HMO Specialist
Name: Carolanne Waters Job title? HMO Specialist What your job entails? I arrange House in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) Licences for landlords that want to rent out their properties to 3 or more unrelated persons in the one flat. I liaise with Glasgow City Council, Fire Scotland and Licensing to ensure a smooth process for our […]
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What’s the outlook for the Scottish property market? January 2019
The end of 2018 saw much fanfare in the press about the Scottish property market outperforming the rest of the UK. Glasgow and Edinburgh both saw growth greater than anywhere else in the UK, outside London. Both Scottish cities saw average house price growth of 9% in 2018. So the average property in Glasgow rose […]
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10 Years of Home Reports in Scotland
10 Years of Home Reports in Scotland Home Reports have been a well-known part of Scotland’s property landscape since December 2008. These reports provide some of the most essential facts about the quality of a home to ensure buyers and sellers are fully informed before entering any negotiations. Home Reports were first introduced to improve […]
News, Guides
How can your garden grow (your house value?)
We Brits love our gardens. So much so, Zoopla has recently reported that we are willing to pay a huge £27,000 premium to buy a property with a garden and a sizeable £243 a month extra in rent. Those in London and North East England are spending even more at around £30,000, whilst in Wales, […]
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Zoopla cites 3 Scottish cities for property price spurt
Zoopla cites 3 Scottish cities for property price spurt 3 Scottish cities have been reported as experiencing the highest property price increases in the UK recently. Zoopla has reported that Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen are among a list of 20 cities where property prices have spurted in the country. The capital, Edinburgh topped the list. […]