Energy bill crisis The impact of global events on our energy supply and the cost to use it are making headlines on a daily basis. Governments have introduced initiatives to help householders out, yet there are still distressing stories of people having to choose between heating and eating and some startling figures relating to energy …
Read more >In October 2022 the Scottish Parliament introduced emergency legislation with the purpose of assisting social and private renters with the cost of living crisis. The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 introduced a temporary, variable rent cap and a temporary moratorium on evictions (applicable to the majority of eviction grounds) until at least …
Read more >Not only in Scotland but around the world, inflation has been pushing prices sky-high and making everyday life a little harder on our bank balances. But what does this mean for home improvements, and how will landlords maintain their properties when times are tough? Current property market and inflation in Scotland Last year was undeniably …
Read more >Winter is in full swing and as the rain is covering the majority of Scotland, many homeowners will be feeling the pressure when emergency repairs start popping up in their tenements. With rainy weather imminent, many people will be looking for advice on emergency, common repairs. The common repairs process set out by the TMS …
Read more >On 12 January 2023, the Scottish Government published their First Report to the Scottish Parliament on the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection)(Scotland) Act 2022 (the Act). The Act came into force on 28 October 2022 and introduced the rent freeze and moratorium on evictions that had been announced earlier on 6 September 2022, affecting both …
Read more >Private rents continue to rise despite the Scottish Government pushing through and now extending emergency legislation to freeze them for sitting tenants. However, an extraordinary recent move to increase investors’ additional dwellings supplement (ADS) payments of land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) to an immense 6% seems wildly counterproductive to bringing down advertised rents for …
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