Deposits: Traditional or replacement? Your options explained The start of a tenancy can be a rollercoaster of emotions for many. There’s a lot to get your head around, from tenancy agreements, to inventories, the list can seem never ending – and getting it wrong at any point along the way can leave you in hot …
Historical UK If there’s one thing that the UK is teeming with – it’s history! From Hadrian’s Wall in the north to Stonehenge in the south, our history reaches back thousands of years. It’s something that we as a people have embraced, with local and national museums springing up across the country; previously private stately …
A Budget is always a tense time, and a Budget whilst the country’s finances are in such turmoil is even more of a concern. For many landlords and tenants, the past 18 months have been a really testing time, with Covid causing heartache for a multitude of reasons. However, as we look to the future …
We all need somewhere to live, and as rent and sale prices continue to rise, we are all willing to put up with a few imperfections here and there for the sake of a safe roof over our head. But would you want to know about it? And if you did, would you turn down …
The Autumn Budget 2021 will prove the old adage; that there is nothing more certain in life than death and taxes. Rishi Sunak will deliver his much-anticipated autumn budget just three days before Halloween. Not that he wants to put the frighteners on us, but he is expected to announce changes that will affect landlords. …
This week we met landlord Olivia Musisi, who cashed in some shares to invest in her first property, to boost her future pension. She shared her experience with us: Would you change if you could do it all again? No, l’m so glad l bought my properties when l did! Where would you like to …
With the continuing rising price of rent, what was once a rite of passage, has become the height of human achievement for Millennials and Gen Z. But is it really these generations’ everyday luxuries that are holding them back from building their own property empires, or is it the rising rental prices that no other …
Would you buy with Bitcoin? Buying property with Bitcoin is at an all-time high today according to one Middle East investor. Waleed Saeed has been investing in property in Dubai since before the credit crunch of 2008. Ahead of the launch of the delayed Dubai 2020 expo, which opened at the beginning of October, he …
There are no major issues, but my outgoing tenants haven’t cleaned. Should I deduct some money from the deposit for cleaning? This is always a sore point, for tenants and landlords, as cleanliness is so difficult to judge. Everyone’s definition of ‘clean’ is different, so your tenant might be under the impression that they’ve left …
A Planetary Portfolio The first man went into space in 1961 and only eight years later, on 2nd July 1969, the first man walked on the Moon. Some 50 years later, Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, is now the oldest person to have gone into space at 90 years old, enjoying the sudden boom in …
