Autumn viewing season is open — Saturday walk-throughs across Netherbay, Quayfield and Saltmarch until 22 November.
Reserve a slot
Marin Calloway handles a small, deliberate list of waterfront and near-waterfront sales. Fewer instructions, longer viewings, and a straight answer on what a property is actually worth.
Open viewings
Walk-throughs run for a full hour so there is time to open cupboards, run taps and stand in the rooms at the hour you would actually use them. Register below and I will confirm the slot and what to bring.
Currently instructed
I carry a short list on purpose. Each one below is a property I have walked through in both morning and evening light, with the survey history read before it went live.
Available
Netherbay · north quay
Guide £545,000Leasehold · 137 years remaining
The upper two floors of a terrace facing the working quay. South-facing living room, replaced roof in the last decade, and a service charge that covers the shared stair and the seaward render.
Available
Quayfield · mill row
Guide £689,000Share of freehold
A single-storey conversion inside a former grain store. Double-height living room, cast-iron columns left exposed, and a secure bicycle store in the undercroft shared between four flats.
Under offer
Saltmarch · old lane
Guide £412,000Freehold
Under offer, shown here because a second viewer list is open. Two bedrooms, a rebuilt kitchen, and a detached rear workshop with its own supply — usable as a studio without any change of use.
Guide prices reflect the current instruction and are reviewed every four weeks. Where a property is under offer I keep a second viewer list rather than withdrawing it, so ask if something here has already gone.
Field notes
What follows is the practical version — the stock you will actually be offered, how it is usually held, and the one thing worth checking before you spend money on a survey.
The oldest terraces, built gable-on to the water. Rooms are narrow and tall, and the light is best in the late afternoon. Prices hold because the stock simply cannot be added to.
Former working buildings turned into flats over the past twenty years. Ceiling heights are the draw; the trade-off is that heating a volume is not the same as heating a room.
Set back from the water on higher ground, so it escapes most of the salt weathering. Gardens are deeper here, and it is the only one of the three where extending is realistic.
Selling with me
From the first walk-through to the day the keys change hands. Most sales here settle inside four months; the parts that stretch are almost always searches and chains, not viewings.
An hour in the property, no valuation given on the spot. I photograph the awkward corners as well as the good ones.
A range rather than a single number, with the three comparable sales it rests on and what would move it either way.
Deeds, leases and certificates gathered before launch. Photography is shot on a clear morning, never on the day of the decision.
Accompanied, hour-long, and capped per weekend so nobody is rushed through your hallway in a queue.
Offers presented in writing with the buyer's position attached. I chase the chain weekly and tell you when it is quiet.
The agent
I spent nine years in a large harbour office before starting Lucid Swell, and left because the model there rewarded volume over accuracy. Here, the person who values your property is the person who opens the door at every viewing and the person who calls you when an offer lands.
That limits how many instructions I take at once — usually no more than six. If I am full I will say so rather than list your home and leave it to age on a portal.
Before you enquire
A single percentage of the agreed sale price, payable on completion rather than on exchange. There is no upfront marketing fee, no withdrawal fee, and no charge for the appraisal itself. The exact percentage depends on whether the instruction is sole or joint agency, and it is written into the agreement before anything is listed.
Three comparable completed sales from the last six months in the same district and, where possible, the same building type. I give you a range and the reasoning, not a single flattering figure. If the comparables are thin — which happens in Saltmarch — I will tell you that the range is wider than usual rather than pretend to precision.
Twelve weeks for sole agency, with a fourteen-day notice period that can be served at any point after the first four weeks. Joint agency runs on a rolling basis. If the property is not performing, I would rather release you early than hold you to a term while nothing happens.
Yes, every one. Viewings are accompanied and run for a full hour, and I cap them at four per weekend day so nobody is hurried. If you prefer to be out of the house during viewings, that is usually the better outcome for the buyer anyway.
Title deeds or the lease, the EPC if it is still valid, any building control sign-offs or guarantees for work done, the service charge accounts where they apply, and a note of what is included in the sale. Gathering this before launch is the single biggest thing that shortens the time between offer and completion.
After six weeks we look at the evidence together: viewing numbers, feedback themes and any offers that came in under the range. Usually the answer is the price, occasionally it is the photography or the launch timing. I will give you a recommendation in writing, and if the honest answer is that the market has moved, you will hear that rather than a suggestion to simply wait.
Get in touch
One form for both. Tell me which district you are looking at, or which one you are leaving, and I will come back with times rather than a brochure.