Life for an Estate Agent in Hayes has been up and down over the past few months, in fact much more down than up in the last 3 months of last year, but once the kids went back to school that seemed to be the trigger for quite an upturn, which didnt seem to happen in other local areas, and whilst that upturn has modified there are still plenty of people wanting to come to Hayes.

The biggest single reason is Hayes Secondary School, which has an increasingly good reputation, and in fact the catchment area seems to be shrinking with people now working out which roads they need to be in to guarantee entry.

It is quite obvious that this year is going to be more difficult for the housing market and for the economy, but Hayes is a very stable area and we expect the usual steady demand from families coming to the area.

As with any High Street shops come and go, the latest to go being Hayes Cards, whilst by the station the new chemist has taken the second shop previously occupied by Brassets and this has lifted that area which had looked a little run down.

Hayes residents are as usual grateful to THE LADY ON THE BIKE who is always picking up litter on the common each morning