Posts by Christopher Walkey
NAPIT & NES Partner to Improve Electrical Safety in the Home
NAPIT and SAVA, the residential property surveyor organisation and part of National Energy Services Ltd (NES) have announced they are working together on a brand new electrical training course and membership scheme. The training course and membership offering has been designed to provide Surveyors and Energy Assessors in the UK with the training and certification…
Read More‘Rumble with the Agents’ raises £22k for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice
On Thursday 26th May 2016, ‘Rumble with the Agents’, the white collar charity boxing event held at The Holiday Inn Finchley Central in association with Landlord Action, raised £22,000 for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. Noah’s Ark is a North London community based hospice, providing support for children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions,…
Read MoreREPLACING SEALANT IN THE BATHROOM IS HOME IMPROVEMENT JOB MOST LOATHED SURVEY REVEALS
Assembling flat pack furniture deemed the most time consuming DIY job around the house Hanging a picture frame and changing a lightbulb are the DIY project British adults find the simplest to complete 26 May 2016 – Replacing sealant around baths and sinks is the Do-It-Yourself job British adults most dislike to undertake, research by…
Read MoreEverybody needs good neighbours…but new survey reveals we haven’t all got them
Three-quarters say they live on a friendly street and over half (51%) of us socialise with our neighbours But 56% have argued with neighbours and at least a quarter of those (27%) say they have argued many times London, Northern Ireland and the North East say they have the friendliest streets A new survey* by Sarah…
Read MoreAston Mead hits back at ‘planning pessimists’
Leading land agent Aston Mead has hit back at those who have doubted the ability of the UK to build a million new homes by 2020. The pledge is at the heart of the government’s landmark Housing & Planning Bill, which received Royal Assent earlier this month. However, a recent survey of owners and directors…
Read MoreBATH LANDLORDS OFFERED SPECIALIST ADVICE ON CUTTING COSTS
The National Landlords Association (NLA) invites landlords in Bath and the surrounding areas to a forum on Wednesday afternoon, 1 June, to hear from property experts about the best ways to save on costs. OneE Group will offer advice around tax compliance and provide an important update on the recent changes to taxation of buy-to-let…
Read MoreABANDONED PROPERTIES A PROBLEM FOR THIRD OF LANDLORDS
More than a third (36 per cent) of landlords in the UK have had property abandoned by tenants before, according to new figures from the largest landlord association. Abandonment occurs when a tenant moves out of a property before the tenancy has ended, without informing their landlord. The issue can be costly as it often…
Read MoreNEW TOOL TO HELP LANDLORDS PROTECT TENANTS FROM RISK OF FIRE
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched a new version of their Fire Safety Logbook which has been endorsed by the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA). The Fire Safety Logbook aims to help landlords in England and Wales keep a record of their fire safety precautions in one easy-to-use document. The new logbook includes updated…
Read More3 Key things to remember when selling your home through an Online estate agent
While house prices have begun to decline in recent weeks, experts are optimistic that both demand and property values will gather momentum during the summer. So even though just 10% of chartered surveyors reported a rise in the level of demand for real estate in April (compared with 47% in March), the warmer weather and…
Read MoreIndustry Interview – Harry Conti from FreshRent
Where did the idea of FreshRent come from? About 2 years ago my business partner and I were searching for student accommodation from home, we couldn’t pop into a branch as we were back home, miles away from campus. We decided to look online at website like AccommodationForStudents and Rightmove, but the websites felt outdated,…
Read MoreSURVEYING SCHOOL ANNOUNCES FIRST CAREERS DAY FOR PROSPECTIVE, TRAINEE AND GRADUATE SURVEYORS
A surveyor training school based in Milton Keynes has announced its first Careers Day, a networking and recruitment event for those with ambitions in the surveying industry. On Tuesday 5th July, the SAVA School of Surveying will open its doors to prospective, trainee and graduate surveyors, providing an opportunity to meet with potential employers, speak…
Read MoreLimited edition Aldermore buy to let mortgage rates
Aldermore has announced this week it will now be launching a new, limited edition rate on its standard and specialised buy to let mortgage range. Available for loans from £250,000 up to £1 million, this new rate is now available to both individual borrowers and limited companies. The latest offer for buy to let landlords comes…
Read MoreBTL landlords drawn to auction rather than private treaty, says Auction House
The UK’s biggest property auctioneer says there’s growing evidence that an increasing number of buy-to-let landlords are choosing to sell by auction rather than via estate agents. Auction House Founding Director Roger Lake says that the argument is swinging back to favour those selling such homes as tenanted investments rather than servicing notice to the…
Read MoreNLA CHALLENGES NEW MAYOR TO ‘PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS’
The National Landlords Association (NLA) would like to welcome Sadiq Khan to the office of Mayor of London with a challenge: To use just a fraction of his £17bn budget to help support London’s PRS. More than 1 in 4 households in the Capital rent from a private landlord. Private landlords provide more than 860,000[i]…
Read MoreTwo letting agents in Southampton expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme and from registration for lettings redress
Consumers are being warned by the UK’s largest property redress scheme about the actions of two lettings agents based in Southampton. Both agencies, trading as ‘The Flat Agency & Michael Browns Ltd’ and ‘Property Vibe Ltd’, were expelled from lettings redress membership of The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for a minimum period of three years.…
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