1. What are cookies and similar technologies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies, such as your browser’s local storage, work in a comparable way. They are widely used to make websites work, to remember your preferences and to understand how sites are used.
2. How we use them
- Strictly necessary: needed for the website to work as you expect, for example remembering your cookie choices and the properties you have saved. These do not require consent.
- Embedded maps: interactive maps and our office map are provided by third parties. They are blocked until you choose to load them.
- Analytics: anonymous statistics about how the website is used. These are only used if you accept them.
We do not currently use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. If we introduce them in future we will ask for your permission first and update this page.
3. What is stored on your device
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
ngk_consent | Local storage (ours) | Remembers your cookie choices | 12 months |
ngk_favs | Local storage (ours) | Remembers the properties you have saved to your shortlist | Until you remove them or clear your browser data |
4. Third-party services
Some features load content from other companies. When your browser connects to them they receive your IP address and technical information, and some may set their own cookies. They act under their own privacy policies.
| Service | Used for | Cookies / data | When it loads |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStreetMap and Leaflet | Interactive maps of properties and communities | Map tiles and code are requested from openstreetmap.org and cdnjs.cloudflare.com; your IP address is received | Only after you allow embedded content |
| Google Maps | Office location map on the Contact page | Google may set cookies and receives your IP address | Only after you allow embedded content |
| Image and content delivery networks | Delivering property photographs and site files | No cookies from us; your IP address is received | When a page loads |
| Google Analytics 4 | Anonymous usage statistics | Sets analytics cookies (for example _ga) | Only if you accept analytics |
We also link to social networks (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook) and WhatsApp. Clicking those links takes you to their services, which have their own cookie and privacy policies.
5. Managing your choices
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time: . You can also control or delete cookies and local storage through your browser settings; if you block them some features, such as saving properties, may not work. Choices you make in the banner are remembered for 12 months, after which we will ask again.
6. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when we change the services we use. The “last updated” date shows the latest version.
7. Contact us
Questions about cookies? Email [email protected]. See also our Privacy Policy.