Letting professionals in the private rented sector (PRS) have been reporting worryingly low stock property levels for some time now, and the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) is concerned that the already difficult situation is only going to get worse in the months and years to come, leaving hundreds of renters high and dry. Scotland’s …
Read more >Introduced at the start of the pandemic to protect tenants from eviction, the extended notice periods for residential tenancies, in both public and private rented sectors, will expire on 30th March 2022, the Scottish Government has announced. This means that the provision in the Coronavirus Recovery and Reform (Scotland) Bill to extend the notice periods …
Read more >Lets Talk celebrates its 50th episode by Cox and Co’s MD John Cox and his Business Development Manager, Neill Bukes joining host, Gillian Semmler to chat about the change of structure and expansion within the organisation. The appointment of Neill’s position is a clear indication of John’s aims to ‘get his teeth into the growth …
Read more >It has been reported that the Edinburgh’s rental market is allegedly dominated by a small group of so called ‘super landlords’. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that around nine percent of the private rented sector in the Scotland’s capital city is owned by just 15 landlords whose entire property portfolio adds up to …
Read more >The rising cost of energy bills is a hot topic at the moment, and an area of great concern for many. Help is available though. Background to ECO and the drive towards net zero Since 2010 the UK Government has been running initiatives aimed at improving the energy performance rating of properties, particularly those which are …
Read more >John Strange, Managing Director of Aspray Glasgow West, features on episode 49 explaining to listeners about services such as Aspray’s who help property owners make successful buildings claims at no extra cost to them. The company can also project manage the repairs; John’s talks through the procedure step by step and covers previous case studies. …
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