Company details Web: www.tenancydepositscheme.com Telephone number: 0300 037 1000 Email:info@tenancydepositscheme.com Checklists: Tenancy deposit checklist for tenants and Landlord tenancy deposit protection What do they do? Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) is a government approved, not-for-profit organisation that provides both Insured and Custodial Tenancy Deposit Protection. TDS
New identity for the RLA To mark its 20th anniversary, the Residential Landlords Association has unveiled a dynamic new look – and, to celebrate, is offering 25% off the first year of membership for readers of Propertychecklists.co.uk. The association represents the interests of 50,000 landlords and a combined
PM launches new planning rules This Monday Prime Minister, Theresa May, launched a host of new planning rules in a bid to boost the number of houses being built in England. Below is a summary of the changes, plus the thoughts of industry experts Savills and few of my own
Do you know about cannabis factories? The news that a letting agent used a huge property portfolio to run a £7m network of cannabis farms is a timely reminder that to be a landlord, you have to be educated on all manner of things, and especially the danger of being
Six tips from Belvoir to help pet lovers secure the perfect rental property Last week Jeremy Corbyn unveiled a draft animal welfare policy, which included plans from Labour to make it mandatory for tenants to be allowed to keep pets in rental properties. However, property management franchise Belvoir, which has
What's really going on with first-time buyers? There have been some recent features in the media about first-time buyers finding it impossible to get the property ladder. You'll have seen six-figure numbers quoted as being necessary for a deposit as well as the supposed astronomical average
Are the days of double digit growth over? Report headlines Rightmove “Busy start to 2018 with increased home hunter activity” NAEA Propertymark “First time buyers capitalise on December housing slump” RICS “Momentum still soft to start the year” Nationwide “Unexpected pickup in annual price growth in January” Halifax “Annual house
What is the English Housing Survey telling us about FTBs? The English Housing Survey (EHS) is one of the most interesting and useful reports on our housing stock that exists. Here is my summary of the latest findings for housing in England, plus a few of my thoughts. A more
What is the English Housing Survey telling us? The English Housing Survey (EHS) is one of the most interesting and useful reports on our housing stock that exists. Here is my summary of the latest findings for housing in England, plus a few of my thoughts. A more detailed analysis
Developers urged to consider wildlife The Wildlife Trusts are urging developers to consider wildlife when building new homes – and have come up with a list of ways to “build housing in a nature-friendly way”. With the government committing to creating 300,000 new homes a year until 2022, the potential