Area Insights

Area Insights

Paton & Co community insights on where you live, or might like to live…

At Paton & Co we want to share our personal area knowledge with potential buyers. We know this enables buyers to see not just the property we are selling but also the home and lifestyle that could be theirs.

We research and understand every location we sell in, but no one understands an area better than the person already living there, so we’ll take the time to discuss the location with our vendors when bringing their property to market. This way, we can add local homeowner insights to our own area insights.

Discover everything from walks and attractions, to restaurants, shops and local suppliers. We also try to share local events and recommendations for tradesmen and professional services from Paton & Co customers past and present. It is our intention that these pages will be constantly changing and evolving to ensure we provide information that we think is useful and relevant.

Dates For The March Diary

In the Diary: March Highlights For The Diary Borders Art Fair - 13th - 15th March Held at the Borders Event Centre in Kelso, and with over 70 exhibition stands selling work directly from artists, collectives and galleries – making this the largest art event held in...

In Conversation with Alice Ellwood

In this month’s In Conversation With, we chat with our Office Co-ordinator Alice Ellwood. Alice joined the Paton & Co team last year, and has lived in the Scottish Borders all her life. Here, she shares her favourite places to escape to with her partner Connor and...

In Conversation with Katie Moore

In our first In Conversation With of 2026, we chat with Property Manager Katie Moore about her favourite places to explore (we’re particularly impressed by the year-round sea dips!), some of her favourite local businesses – ones to bookmark if you haven’t visited...