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The developments include eight apartments at Mallory House in Sutton, nine apartments at 50 Croham Road in Croydon, and another nine apartments at 20 St Andrews Court in Earlsfield. Principle has been instructed to look after all three properties by Pier Management Ltd, the management arm of RG Capital Partners Ltd, as the latest in a series of recent contracts with the company. Ahead of the new commissions, Principle assisted all the individual developers on the three sites ahead of the freehold sales, w

This year the NOTB Awards are supporting MIND and Macmillan Cancer Support as the judges' chosen charities.  The judges give a lot of their time to help judge and score the entries, as well as supporting and attending the awards.  Please give generously to support their chosen charities this year.  As a thank you from NOTB, anyone that donates via our Just Giving pages below will be entered into a prize draw, with the winners being announced at the awards ceremony at Old Billingsgate on 30th November 2021

The scheme, designed by Birmingham firm K4 Architects Ltd, will include the restoration of the existing, locally-listed, Gunsmith House, and provide 46 one bedroom, 38 two bedroom and 1 three bedroom apartments in total. Gunsmith House will contain three apartments with 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms and alongside its restoration, Elevate is building three linked blocks of four and five storeys. David Hofton, Elevate’s sales and marketing director, said: “Within this new gated community, particular attention has bee

QUESTION I wanted to ask when making an application for the appointment of a manager (and any other application to the Tribunal) would I be expected to send copies of all documents to all other leaseholders in my block (40 Flats). If I had to do that I could not afford it. Someone has told me in the past that I would have to do this and I would be the only applicant.  ANSWER Many thanks for your enquiry which follows on from the recent webinar focusing on the appointment of a manager by the tribunal pursu

Property management firm Common Ground has strengthened its campaign for leaseholders’ rights by attaining accreditation from the campaigning charity the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership (LKP). Managing director Alan Draper sees the association with LKP as a way of further strengthening the company’s commitment to providing fairness and transparency for its customers. LKP is dedicated to advising leaseholders on the perils and pitfalls of the leasehold system, showing them how to succeed against corpora

The Healthy by Design Building Institute (HDBI) has awarded Navana Property Group IMMUNE Building Standard™ certification for One Palace Place, a luxury apartment building managed by the company in central London.  It is the first time that a residential asset has achieved certification. The standard was launched in 2020 by developer Genesis Property, a leading member of the European Property Federation, to combat the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic through better design and management of buildings, su

Following the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 in England, which states that tenants cannot be charged for all up-front letting fees or extra security deposits for pets, many landlords are unsurprisingly nervous of accepting pets into a property, mostly due to excessive wear and tear, increased likelihood of poor cleanliness and a greater chance of damage.   No Letting Go claims that including a tightly written pet clause in the tenancy agreement - which includes specifics such as what types of pe

Barristers, solicitors and valuers attended the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners’ (ALEP) Annual Conference, which returned with a fully virtual format for the second year running.  The four-day conference featured a number of different online seminars, talks and panel sessions all aimed at tackling issues impacting the leasehold enfranchisement sector.   Leasehold issues have continued to generate headlines throughout 2021, including the recent decision by a number of leading h

A delay to tax reforms which would have seen sole traders and small businesses obliged to keep digital records and report income quarterly to HMRC has been welcomed by financial experts. The government had wanted to make the radical changes affecting 4.3m self-employed people, small businesses and landlords with an income of more than £10,000 come into effect from April 2023. Now it has been pushed back to April 2024. Officials said they recognised the pressure businesses were under as they emerged from t

Rendall & Rittner, a leading property managing agent, is proud to announce it has made the final shortlist for The Employee Engagement Award in The Investors in People Awards 2021. In a record-breaking year for entries, with nearly three hundred organisations involved, Rendall & Rittner is proud of this outstanding achievement amongst tough competition. The Investors in People Awards celebrate the very best organisations and individuals from around the world across various organisational, people, wellbein

Add Living the residential lettings and management company has recruited James Curry as Operations Support Co-ordinator, a residential property manager to its team. James has joined Add Living to manage a portfolio of 114 units, residential properties primarily in the Walthamstow area of East London, recently acquired by Addington Capital, the sister company of Add Living, together with one of its JV partners. James joins from Daniel Watney LLP where he was responsible for the property management of 72 bu

We would like to introduce our newest team member Jess Steen to Jackson Sims Recruitment. Jess has a background in both leasehold management and estate agency. Her knowledge combined with her entrepreneurial spirit has made her an excellent addition.   We are experiencing tremendous growth and we are looking to continue to hire consultants both this year and next. Feel free to contact us at any point if you would like to explore working with property's number one recruiter.