Are you looking to rent your first home? Wondering what you need to know about deposits, documents, and finding a good place to live? Renting can be exciting but comes with responsibilities and rules that are essential to understand before signing any contract. Here’s a straightforward guide to renting your first place without the stress. …
Read more >We have blogged on issues around the duties on landlords under the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (as amended) (the Regulations), short-term lets and what is and what is not an “only or principal home” before. In a recent appeal before the Upper Tribunal, these issues came together when a group of university students …
Read more >Edinburgh is one of the most in-demand cities in the UK to live in, and is well documented as amongst the most expensive too, especially for those looking to rent a home. However, despite the rising rental rates, tenants do not appear to be swayed from living in this exciting, culturally rich and historically fascinating …
Read more >As a first-time tenant or landlord, you may find yourself with many questions, especially when it comes to the tenancy deposit. As Scotland’s housing market continues to evolve, some new trends are coming, and it’s important to understand the procedures, especially when it comes to a tenancy deposit. The Scottish housing market is seeing some …
Read more >On a sunny mid-afternoon in early October, large chunks of red sandstone, apparently from a second-storey window lintel, came tumbling down off a tenement building in Portobello in Edinburgh. Fortunately, the fallen stonework, which landed on the pavement adjacent to the entrance of a Scotmid car park, did not cause any injuries. But it does …
Read more >I wonder what President Franklin D Roosevelt would say about Scotland’s current housing crisis. FDR steered the US through the Great Depression and was once quoted as saying: “Do something. If it works do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.” That seems pretty straightforward, but why are we still struggling to find …
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