Kate comments on the current state of house building in the UK Following the Conservative Party Conference, I was invited onto BBC Breakfast to give my thoughts about the Prime Minister’s plans to repair ‘the broken housing market’. I joined business journalist Steph McGovern at the Build Show, part
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Checklists Checklist provided by www.propertychecklists.co.uk When renting property, a landlord or letting agent may insist on a rent guarantor, who pledges to pay the rent if the tenant cannot. In some cases – such as a joint and several contract – the guarantor will also be liable for the
What do letting agents really do? There’s so much more to being a letting agent than simply advertising properties to let and finding tenants; the role is wide and varied, and provides a vital link between a landlord and tenant. What few people realise is that to let and
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Company details Web: www.envirovent.com Telephone number: 0345 27 27 807 Email: info@envirovent.com Checklist: Identifying and solving condensation, damp and mould. We met EnviroVent on the landlord investor circuit and were really impressed with the way they spent a lot of time and effort educating landlords to
Company details Web: www.conveyancers.org.uk Telephone number: 08714 237193 Email: info@conveyancers.org.uk Checklists: 1. Quick guide to buying and selling legals 2. 15 steps to speed up your buying and selling legals Kate is a board member of the Property Codes Compliance Board which ensures organisations
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Lisa Orme, a landlord in the Midlands, explains how she and her husband found themselves in court over a boiler in a house they sold. We won! It was by no means clear cut however and for at least three quarters of the court hearing I thought we might lose.
Tenants shouldn't be made to feel guilty The general consensus is that it’s cheaper to buy than it is to rent and in many areas, this can be proven to be true, especially if you know how to play with the statistics or use averages! However, the
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