A couple from Romney Marsh are hoping be the first people to sell their home with a 'pre-Brexit discount'.

As uncertainty grows about the viability of Britain leaving the European Union at the end of March, a pair of home owners are offering a special price on their home in New Romney in a bid to generate interest amid a challenging housing market.

Ahead of Friday, March 29, which marks two years since Article 50 was invoked, Simon Foulkes and his wife Anne are knocking £10,000 off of the asking price of their four-bedroom detached house.

The couple have made the decision to move to Yorkshire to be closer to their two children, Tom and Claire, who have settled down with their own families in Huddersfield.

But before their new venture begins, they must sell their beloved home on Littlestone Road.

Mr Foulkes, 61, has lived with his wife, 57, in New Romney for 13 years. Their home is being advertised with Shaw Rabson and Co of New Romney, and on Rightmove as a "spacious property is set back from the avenue behind large bushes with shared private access and parking for several cars. This property offers bespoke 'Magnet' kitchen, dining room, lounge, study, sun room and utility room as well as the four bedrooms."

It also has a south facing garden.

Mr Foulkes says their new house up north is their 'dream home': "It's very different. I'm moving from a 1970s brick house to an 1860s stone house, built into a quarry.

"I'm very positive about it all.

"We realise Brexit is worrying everyone, but we really want to be able to do this.

"We're not dependent on the discount to move, but we do need to sell it to go."

The business consultant, who grew up in Tunbridge Wells, said came up with the idea for the price reduction himself: "This idea is my own thinking. The estate agents said they were willing to give it a try.

"I just thought we have got to make this a little bit different to get people through the door.

"Personally, I would love to be the first person in the country to do this. On the other hand, I don't mind setting a trend. You hear of people stock piling food... I think there's a lot of uncertainty around.

"I don't mind a bit of a risk."

'I just thought we have got to make this a little bit different to get people through the door.' - Simon Foulkes

Mr Foulkes, who also voluntarily drives steam trains on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, shared his own thoughts on Brexit: "I personally think - why am I surprised that the politicians have messed it up so much? I just want to get it over with now."

He quipped: "Just like Theresa May, I want to agree a deal before March 29."

The current asking price is £410,000, bringing the 'Brexit special' price down to £400,000. It was originally marketed at £420,000.

Miles Shipside, Rightmove director and housing market analyst, said: “Agents report that activity is now picking up, though when you dig underneath the national averages, the first snapshot of 2019 shows a somewhat patchy and variable picture depending on where you are in the country.

"Given the current market backdrop and ongoing political turmoil, it’s not surprising that the more challenging conditions in London and its nearby regions mean that they appear to have had a slower start to the year.

"Overall however, with Rightmove visits up by 5% on 2018 and at record levels for this time of year, it is encouraging that potential home-movers are still searching in vast numbers.

"Traditionally this is the time of year when more movers look at a wider choice of fresh property supply and kick-start the market, and this year’s buyers have the added spur of the slowest rate of new year price increases for seven years.”