White & Guard

White & Guard Award winning Estate Agents with branches in Bishops Waltham, Hedge End, Fair Oak and Bitterne. We do things differently and it shows.

White & Guard - a combination of local expertise, regional strength and national marketing, was founded by Steve White and Jason Guard in 2007 and has become one of Hampshire’s leading independent estate agents. We are a results-driven, award-winning estate agent in Hampshire with a network of associated offices providing a business class service for each and every one of our clients. Our reputation is built on unrivaled customer service and a commitment to go further. Talk to us about your ideal new home. We pride ourselves on our dedicated team of conscientious and knowledgeable individuals who strive to deliver the right results.

20/09/2026

If you think nothing's changed in lettings over the past year, it's worth a proper look, because it genuinely has.

The Renters' Rights Act alone has been one of the biggest shifts the industry's seen in a long time.

It's exactly why working with a small, local team makes such a difference.

There's only four of us in this office, but every single one of us knows what we're doing, and you'll always speak to someone who actually knows your property, not a random voice at a call centre.

What people don't see is everything happening behind letting a property properly legislation, paperwork, finding the right tenant, getting it all right before it's even advertised.

It's far more involved than it looks from the outside.

The most rewarding bit for me? Letting a property fast, and watching this team keep getting better together.

If you'd like a lettings team who actually know your name, we're here.

Every buyer registered for your area gets the alert once. The portals flag it as new to market once. The first fortnight...
18/09/2026

Every buyer registered for your area gets the alert once. The portals flag it as new to market once. The first fortnight is the largest audience your home will ever have, and it arrives whether you are ready for it or not.

Which is why the photographs, the video, the floor plan and the price all need to be right before it goes live. Not corrected in week three, by which point the people who were going to buy it have already scrolled past.

Book your free market appraisal and get the launch right. https://bit.ly/46fa3sC

17/09/2026

A buyer decides how they feel about a property before they've even read the description.

That's not an opinion, that's just how people work.

Good presentation isn't about making a house look nicer than it is.

It's about giving buyers the chance to actually picture themselves living there proper light, a considered angle, a space that feels like something rather than just square footage on a page.

Get that right, and interest builds before anyone's even booked a viewing.

Get it wrong, and a genuinely good property can sit there being scrolled past for all the wrong reasons.

It's the bit of the process that happens before anyone speaks to us, and it's often the bit that decides everything else that follows.

If you're getting ready to put your home on the market, it's worth talking to us about how it's presented first.

Rightmove tracked it this year. Homes that came to market at the right price found a buyer in an average of 36 days. Hom...
16/09/2026

Rightmove tracked it this year. Homes that came to market at the right price found a buyer in an average of 36 days. Homes that had to reduce took 127.

Three agents come round and one quotes a number well above the other two. It is the most tempting figure in the room, and it is the reason a lot of homes are still on the market in January.

We would rather give you the number we can evidence, and show you the sales behind it. If someone quotes you more, ask them what it is based on.

Book your free market appraisal and see the evidence behind our figure.

15/09/2026

A good valuation shouldn't feel like a sales pitch.

It should feel like a genuinely useful conversation about the property, the local market, likely buyer profile, timing and strategy, not just a number thrown out to win your business.

It should also involve proper listening, because every situation's different, whether you're ready to move now or just exploring options.

Choosing an agent is ultimately a trust decision, and the best valuation conversations are built on honesty and guidance rather than hard selling.

If you're thinking about a valuation, we'd rather it felt like a conversation than a pitch get in touch whenever suits.

Making Tax Digital started in April for landlords earning above £50,000. That threshold falls to £30,000 in April 2027 a...
14/09/2026

Making Tax Digital started in April for landlords earning above £50,000. That threshold falls to £30,000 in April 2027 and £20,000 the year after, so a single rented property will be enough to bring most landlords in.

Nothing changes about what you owe. What changes is how often you have to prove it, and that means keeping a proper record of rent received and expenses paid, all year, in software that talks to HM Revenue and Customs.

Most landlords do not have that. They have a bank statement and a folder.

On a managed arrangement, it is already done. The rent record and the invoices are in order before your accountant asks for them.

Ask us what full management would take off your hands. https://bit.ly/4zYRjen

13/09/2026

You've already decided how you feel about a property before you've consciously thought about it.

That's not an opinion, that's just how people work.

Buyers form an emotional reaction in seconds often before they've even booked a viewing, sometimes just from a photo on their phone.

And that reaction shapes what they think a property's actually worth, long before anyone gets near a negotiation.

Coming from a photography background, this is the bit I care about most.

Presentation isn't decoration.

It's the difference between a property that gets attention and one that quietly gets scrolled past.

Most of the work that determines how a sale goes happens before a single viewing takes place.

If you're getting ready to put a property on the market, it's worth talking to us about how it's presented before it goes live.

Buyers decide on a phone, in seconds, before reading a word. Whatever your home has going for it has to survive that.So ...
11/09/2026

Buyers decide on a phone, in seconds, before reading a word. Whatever your home has going for it has to survive that.

So we do it properly. Professional photography. High definition video. Floor plans and 360 degree virtual viewings. A brochure produced in house. And a launch price we can defend with evidence.

Your Home at Its Best is not a slogan. It is the standard every home we take on is marketed to, at every price.

Book your free market appraisal and see how we would present your home. https://bit.ly/4zYRjen

10/09/2026

We asked the team who's most likely to do what, and this round got a bit closer to the bone.

Who ends up becoming genuine friends with clients long after the sale's done?

Who's most likely to get a little emotionally invested in a sale going well?

Who can't resist answering the phone even on holiday?

And who'd make a surprisingly good life coach?

That first one probably says the most about us, if we're honest.

When you've been doing this a long time in the same area, some clients stop feeling like clients.

Have a watch and see who you'd have guessed for each one.

Address

Brook House Brook Street
Bishops Waltham
SO321GQ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+441489893946

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