You can’t plan for everything, and when unexpected damage happens to your property, it can have serious effects – especially if you have tenants living in the property. However, knowing what to do post-damage (whether it’s caused by poor weather, vandalism or an accident) can help considerably with factors such as your insurance claims and …
Read more >The Scottish Build to Rent (BTR) sector is continuing to grow. Its membership organisation, the UK Apartments Association (UKAA), has just launched in Scotland, chaired by Gillian McLees, Director of BTR at Rettie & Co. The UKAA has been working on setting up groups across the UK, with a view to helping local BTR markets …
Read more >The UK staycation trend appears to be here to stay… or at least into the summer of 2022. This in turn is reflected in the ongoing predominance of Airbnb market presence across the UK, which perhaps also reflects landlords changing their view on short term lets. Landlords have had to absorb increased costs in recent …
Read more >Richard Webb, Director of Mill Architects joins Lets Talk host, Gillian Semmler for episode 53 to give advice on different styles of property conversions, from attic space to basements as well as commercial to residential. Developing a property provides great potential to maximise yields and increase property value. Richard set up Mill Architects with Chris …
Read more >Challenging times Each year the first day of April sees news outlets and companies gently tease their readers and social media followers with outlandish stories designed to generate first gasps of surprise and then chuckles as the realisation that it is April Fool’s Day sets in. There wasn’t a huge amount to laugh at on …
Read more >The housing activity across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders is begging to return to pre-pandemic levels, with sales volumes down 21.6% year on year during January-March 2022. The highest sales volumes were recorded for two bedroom flats in Leith, however, this was still down 39.1% when compared to the first quarter in 2021. …
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