Brockley and Crofton Park Families in Limbo Due to Coronavirus
By Christopher Watkin published on 20/05/2020
An immediate fallout of the Coronavirus pandemic is that it has placed many Brockley/Crofton Park families house moves on hold. Government guidelines state all home buyers and home sellers who are in the process of selling their Brockley/Crofton Park home and moving to a new home must adapt to these temporary arrangements, adjusting their usual practices, agreeing different dates to the house move
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