The Scottish Home Awards 2018 – Umega Wins Residential Letting Team of the Year!

A great night was had by all at the glittering Scottish Home Awards on Thursday 14th June. Held at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange, the awards ceremony saw 18 winners take home trophies to mark their excellence in the Scottish Housebuilding Industry and marketing/customer care. Citylets were delighted to sponsor Residential Letting Team of the Year. …

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Winner of SFHA Mid-Market Rent Development of the Year Revealed

Citylets was proud to sponsor the first Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) Mid-Market Rent Development of the Year category at the SFHA Annual Conference which took place on the 12th and 13th June 2018 in Glasgow. Shortlisted developments The finalists of the SFHA Mid-Market Rent Development of the Year category were: Albyn Housing Society …

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The “Hateful Eighteen” – Your Guide to the Legal Ways a Landlord Can Evict a Tenant

Everyone knows, courtesy of Simon and Garfunkel, there are 50 ways to leave your lover, but did you know your landlord has 18 ways to get you to leave? Many of them are obvious (you broke the law), others are perhaps irritating (the landlord’s granny needs a gaff), while a few are plain obscure (a …

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Don’t Let Weeds Be in Control – for Your Deposit’s Sake!

About 16% of all tenancy deposit deduction disputes last year were over gardening, according to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme. That translates to no fewer than 2,000 disputes. Given it was National Weed Your Garden Day last week and the summer is here (is it?), it’s time to get your hands dirty and get rid of …

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Will Your House Give Up Its Secret Past?

Mystery messages found on walls, frames or floorboards of old houses are intriguing to find and provide interesting information about the personal lives and values of people from centuries ago. New owners of a French Chateau were startled to find out the deepest secrets of their local villagers in the late 19th century, written on …

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Scotland Lags UK as Build To Rent Races Ahead

The most recent research into the Build To Rent sector in the UK shows that it has grown by 30% in the past year. The study, conducted by Savills for the British Property Federation at the end of Q1 2018, revealed that across the country there were 117 893 build to rent homes either complete, …

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