How a gas safety certificate has prevented a landlord gaining access to his property
An interesting case was heard at Exeter County Court last month when a judge ruled that a landlord could not regain possession of their property because of a technicality relating to the issuance of a gas safety certificate. It seems the landlord in question had failed to serve a gas safety certificate in accordance with […]
New year, new start…the merits of Medway are attracting first time buyers
The new year is in full flow already and it’s started with planning my goals and plans for 2019. Anyone who reads my blog with any regularity will know that I like to focus on the positives. I’m a fairly optimistic person and I believe that good things happen to good people. So this year my […]
With 45% of Medway HMO owners living outside of the Medway towns, could smartphones replace cheap letting agents?
There are very few people who have not succumbed to the ease of a smartphone. Those that haven’t – I’m in awe. For me, my phone is instant access to every aspect of my business and – as for many I’m sure – has become a fairly permanent extension of my forearm. But is it […]
Is the Which? attack on letting agents and landlords justified?
In a week where my lettings companies have been rushed off their feet with new business, we’ve sourced great new tenants for incredible properties that have been finished to a staggering standard, and I’ve made time to go and welcome new tenants to their properties, I have to say that I am a little agitated […]
With an 8.5% drop in house sales but a 4.4% rise in house prices, is Brexit actually affecting our market?
The news is currently crammed full of features about the housing market grinding to a halt over the last couple of weeks and certainly, from what I’ve seen, sales have slowed. One associate who put his house in a lovely village in Medway on the market two months ago, has had only two viewings. Some […]
