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We are delighted to announce that our Managing Director, Angharad Trueman, brought home the top award for ‘Rising Star of the Year’ at The Negotiator Awards 2018, with over 900 in attendance held at The Grosvenor in London on 30 th November. This completes quite a...

Knotweed has gained a fearsome reputation as a highly destructive weed that can threaten the value of any property within its reach. The weed is rarely out of the news and causes a headache for landlords and tenants alike. The Environment Agency calls knotweed “indisputably the UK's...

Now, by now you should already be aware of MEES and what it entails for YOU as a landlord should you have properties with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) which are rated F or G (if you do not, read my previous blog HERE ). To summarise, the changes that came about in 2018 mean...

Hard Brexit, soft Brexit, no deal, now extra time being discussed, all the news talks about right now is this ‘B’ word. This debate about the economy means most industries are considering the effect this will have, and in the private rental sector we are left wondering how it will...

Introduced by MP Karen Buck back in 2015 and now receiving support from Government, the bill stands a strong chance of becoming law within just months. Over a million homes are thought to pose a serious threat to the health or safety of the people living there and this classification,...

As proud Cheltonians and lovers of all things Gloucestershire, we’re really excited for the inaugural Cheltenham Awards. The event takes place in the evening of Monday 10 th September at Cheltenham Town Hall. Not only is our head office in Cheltenham, but you probably know that Cheltenham...

Generation Rent is on the attack again in opposition of the Section 21 which is calls the ‘leading cause of homelessness’. The group cites new research which says that in recent years there has been a surge in the use of S21 by landlords, notwithstanding the fact that it cannot be...

  A little known piece of legislation I was recently informed about by Sally Lawson, the previous president of ARLA Propertymark was the 'Leeds City Council vs Broadley' case, a protracted ‘David and Goliath’ battle over council tax payments.  The what vs...

The government recently announced plans to implement mandatory 3-year terms for all Assured Shorthold Tenancies across the country, however although tenants and landlords can agree to longer terms at the moment, most don’t. The government says that uncertainty in length of term of...

I had an interesting discussion with a gumtree landlord recently about 'right to rent' checks on new applicants. Their view was that agents (or landlords with new lets) are not required to check the ID of UK citizens, it could be deemed as discrimination if we did and potentially even a GDPR...