Car Key Security: Why we Should treat our Car Keys like Cash
It is almost impossible to steal a modern car without using the keys. So why is it then that we are so flippant with our car key security? The majority of us don’t live a…
Property & Home
Property Ownership Types: Freehold or Leasehold?
Reading a recent news article written by a letting agent in Southampton, prompted me to consider the different property ownership types and which would be best for landlords looking for the perfect property for letting…
Government Announces Increase in Stamp Duty on Buy to Let Property
Since the government announced their plans to increase the rate of Stamp Duty on buy to let and second properties landlords have been in uproar. Property investors buying properties for the purpose of buy to…
The Straightforward Benefits of Short Term Lettings
Whilst hunting around for rental accommodation in Southampton recently I notice more and more adverts for “short term lets Southampton” or “Southampton short term apartments to let”. This is not something I had considered and…
Winter Property Maintenance – Landlords Take Action Now!
With the coldest winter for 50 years on the cards, so the forecasters say, it is important that landlords get their buy to let properties ready for the winter before it’s too late. Buy to…
Property Development Companies Boost Lettings in Southampton
Over recent years we have seen more and more commercial properties being developed into private housing, and with the pace at which the rental property market is moving this is hardly surprising. I have written…
London Self Storage Profits on the Up
The housing supply in our major cities has reduced over recent years, and that teamed with spiralling house prices has forced city residents to move to smaller yet more expensive homes. The London Population London,…
House Hunting Online – A Sign of the Times?
I remember back to my first house purchase, spending hours visiting high street estate agents who would take details of what I was looking for and add me to their precious mailing list, and then…
The Benefits of Wind Energy
Skegness holds some very happy childhood memories for me, of family day trips to the seaside. On returning to the seaside town after many years, I wasn’t prepared for the imposing sight of a farm…
Is Landlords Property Management Non-existent?
Citizens Advice report high numbers of Tenants are living dangerously! Times have drastically changed with real estate in this country and we are now steadfast in generation rent. It is unlikely, certainly in the near…