Category: Property

Renting in the UK as an Exchange Student

As an exchange student in the UK, you may already be experiencing challenges such as a language barrier, unfamiliar weather patterns, culture shock, homesickness, and getting a job. Additionally, managing university assignments can be tough due to time constraints, but using Studybay or any other reliable online assignment writing helper service can connect you with …

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Tenant Satisfaction Levels: Recent Stats and Tricks for Landlords

The number of pleased tenants is going up in Scotland. The recent survey results show that more tenants are satisfied with key areas like getting good value for their money, being kept up to date on housing services and decisions, and being able to take part in decisions. The percentage of renters who were happy …

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5 Ideas to Renovate Your Garage

For many homeowners and tenants in Scotland, the garage can be a tremendous place to revitalise your living space. Instead of exclusively using your garage for storing vehicles, tools, and random clutter that needs to be out of sight in your home, your garage space can be put to creative and innovative use. With some …

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Repairs in Mixed Tenure Tenements

Organising repairs in tenement buildings can be challenging, especially if there are commercial premises in the same building as residential properties owned by landlords, owner-occupiers, housing associations, or local authorities. However, the process can be made easier by understanding the responsibilities of owners in tenement buildings and following proper procedures. First point of call: title …

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Tenement Maintenance Update – What’s Going On?

The inaugural meeting of the Scottish Parliamentary Working Group on Tenement Maintenance took place in March 2018. This was a cross party initiative in response to a debate in the Scottish Parliament in January 2018 on the maintenance of tenement communal property and the challenges of getting common repairs carried out. There had been a …

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Renunciations and Bringing Leases to an End

In a case that is of perhaps of more historical interest in that it relates to the renunciation of assured and short-assured tenancies under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (the 1988 Act), the Upper Tribunal looked at the situation where it was alleged that the landlord had, with a view to evicting the tenant, persuaded …

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