UK property market Archives - Page 4 of 5

August 22, 2022 All, Property Management admin

AWH awarded management of prestige mansion residential property

Anderson Wilde & Harris (AWH) have been in the property management industry for over 20 years managing properties throughout London. During that time, we have managed a variety of residential blocks, multi-let commercial premises and mixed-use buildings of different sizes, in different areas. Property Management of residential properties is not a one ‘size fits all’ […]

July 15, 2022 All, Property Management, Residential Property, UK Property News admin

Increased rights for tenants under Renters Reform Bill

In a recently published whitepaper, the Government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities outlined their plans for creating a “fairer private rented sector”. This policy paper addresses a number of areas of concern for people who are in private rented accommodation, acknowledging that both tenants and landlords need to have the right level of […]

May 16, 2022 All, Building Surveying, Construction, Residential Property, UK Property News, Valuations admin

EWS1 forms and how they affect the value of your property

If you have followed our blog for a while now, you will have seen our previous post around the cladding scandal and why it is affecting so many leaseholders across the country. Despite the Government’s proposed legislation to protect leaseholders from the costs associated with rectifying any identified fire safety issues in their block of […]

March 9, 2022 All, Property Management, Residential Property admin

3 Top Tips for Managing your own Block of Flats

It is a very common situation. As a leaseholder in a block of flats you see things that need doing in the building. One of the lightbulbs in the stairwell has been broken for weeks, or the stairwell isn’t being cleaned as often as it should. You pass these things on to the freeholder or […]

January 21, 2022 All, Building Surveying, Construction, Residential Property, UK Property News, Valuations admin

Proposed Legislation to protect Leaseholders from Cladding Costs

Four months on from our last update on the Cladding Scandal, we have finally seen the Government take a firmer stance on the cladding issue facing leaseholders in low to mid-rise properties. Earlier this month, Michael Gove, secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, announced that the developers of properties affected by unsafe […]

December 15, 2021 All, UK Property News admin

How successful was 2021? – Highlights of a very varied year

2021 has been quite a year! Looking back over the last 12 months, so much has happened that we could never have anticipated. While the UK, and the world as a whole, has continued to experience many significant challenges, there are also many things to be grateful for. We want to take a couple of […]

December 6, 2021 All, UK Property News admin

Optimism in the face of uncertainty – Expert property predictions for 2022

We all know that the last couple of years have been difficult in most industries. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all to a greater or lesser extent, and the property market has certainly not been immune to the effects the national restrictions have had on the economy as a whole. With 2021 drawing to […]

November 16, 2021 All admin

Popular London Property Social not to be missed

In addition to our excitement about anything related to property management, surveying and valuation, we love engaging with other experts in the property industry. Being able to meet our network of property professionals in person was one of the things that we missed most during the pandemic lockdowns. Having run numerous Property Social events in […]

October 21, 2021 All, Commercial Property, Property Management admin

EPC level B required by 2030 – Can it be done?

While the changes to the minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) requirements may seem daunting, these changes are part of a long-term strategy and you therefore still have time to achieve them. A consultation held back in June 2021 builds on the existing changes to requirements on non-domestic tenanted properties. As Jamie Chamberlain discussed in a […]

October 4, 2021 All, Building Surveying, Construction, Residential Property, UK Property News, Valuations admin

The cladding scandal – Where are we now?

At the time of writing, the scandal around the requirement for updated cladding on low to mid-rise buildings has unfortunately still not been resolved. In fact, it has only been in the last couple of weeks that the Government have finally admitted that the ‘fund’ that was announced back in February to help leaseholders replace […]

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