When I set up 10Homes, the idea was simple. Each agent looks after no more than 10 homes at a time. That limit is deliberate. It gives us the time to get to know every house properly, to find the right buyers for it, and to keep chasing until the keys change hands.

Portal listings are useful, but they all start to look the same: a row of photos, a list of features, a price. They rarely tell you what a home is actually like to live in. So for this issue I have done it differently. For three of the homes in these pages, I have written about each one the way I would describe it if you were walking round it with me.

AI can write ad copy in a few minutes now. So what is a good estate agent actually for? I think the answer is everything that happens before and after the listing goes live:

None of that is possible with a long list of homes, which is why each of us looks after no more than 10.

You will also find a page on Gazeal reservation agreements, one of the tools we use to give buyers and sellers more certainty, and a few pages from people we trust.

The outcome is always siyata dishmaya. Our job is to make sure we have done our part properly. If something here catches your eye, or you are thinking about selling, call me. There is no charge to buyers, and the valuation is free.

Every 10Homes agent looks after a maximum of 10 homes at a time. You get one named agent from valuation to completion, who knows your home and takes your calls.

Jack founded 10Homes on a simple promise: fewer homes per agent, more attention for each one. He also runs our sister company RNE, which lets and manages homes across the North East and Manchester, so he sees property from every side. His walk-throughs of three homes in and around Manchester start on page 4.

There is a porch, then a wide hallway with high ceilings and a traditional staircase. That first impression of space carries on all the way through.

The dining room at the front has a bay window and fitted shelving, and double doors open through to the lounge at the back. Together they make a long run of reception space, and the lounge ends in wide glazed doors onto the patio. The kitchen/diner is a serious one: quartz worktops, two sinks, twin ovens, two hobs, two microwaves and room for a second dishwasher.

Upstairs the principal bedroom is about 5.5 metres wide, with an en-suite that has both a bath and a separate shower. Bedrooms two and three are proper doubles. The fourth works as a nursery or office, and there is a family bathroom and a utility room.

Then the garden, the real headline. A patio off the house, steps down to a long, level lawn that goes much further back than you expect, and at the far end a hardstanding reached by a rear access lane for off-road parking. There is potential to open the basement straight onto the garden, subject to consents.

What hits you first is the hush. You turn into a tree-lined lane that feels more like a village edge than north Manchester. There is a gravel driveway, and the hallway has a timber-slat feature wall, shoe storage and a WC.

The owners have opened up the whole ground floor, and it works beautifully: living, dining and kitchen are one bright space over the garden, with French doors onto the patio. The shaker kitchen has an island with a lowered breakfast bar for the children, brushed-gold fittings and air conditioning fitted in 2025.

Upstairs, the principal bedroom has fitted mirrored wardrobes. The second bedroom is set up as a children's room, and its big window looks straight out over the greenery behind the house. If I were seven, that is the room I would want. The third has made-to-measure cabinetry and a built-in bed, and the family bathroom is newly replaced.

The garden is the reason people will fall for this one. It is not overlooked from behind, with a paved terrace, a long lawn, mature trees, a play area and space for a trampoline or a barbecue corner.

This is a first-floor apartment, and the word that kept coming to mind as I walked round was space. The entrance hall alone is over five and a half metres long, with plenty of cupboards.

Then you step into the living and dining room, which is the centrepiece: about 6.4 by 5.2 metres, with broad windows and glazed doors onto the private balcony. You can have a proper sofa area and a proper dining table without either one feeling squeezed. The balcony is the spot for a morning coffee looking out over the gardens.

Next to the kitchen there is a second reception room, so you have a choice: formal dining, a breakfast room, a snug or a home office. The kitchen itself is generous, with timber-fronted units, a double oven and good light.

Both bedrooms are good sizes with extensive fitted wardrobes and storage, and there is a bathroom plus a separate WC. Downstairs, a garage is included, and the communal gardens are full of lawns, trees and planted borders.