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The automation of Right to Rent checks should now be normal practice to take the pressure off landlords, agents and tenants.  That’s the claim made by anti-money laundering experts Blinc UK, which includes automated Right to Rent verification as part of its services.  With recent changes to Right to Rent, due to Covid-19 and Brexit, compliance has become more important than ever. But keeping on top of what is expected of landlords and agents can prove difficult, Blinc says.  “Right to Rent checks might no

Principle Estate Management has welcomed a major UK government intervention that means leaseholders “trapped” in flats due to the cladding crisis could soon be able to sell or remortgage their properties. The comments from the leading estate manager come in the wake of advice from an independent expert group that has found that homes in blocks of flats up to 18 metres don’t need an extra safety form. The concerns over the safety of cladding were raised after the 2017 fire at Grenfell tower in which 72 peo

Leading property law firm Property Management Legal Services Limited is to donating £5 to national suicide prevention charity PAPYRUS for each new instruction received during the month of July.   Suicide is the biggest killer of young people – male and female – under 35 in the UK. The charity, based in Warrington, aims to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives by shattering the stigma around suicide and equipping young people and their communities with the skills to recognise and respo

QUESTION I was informed by my property agent that there has been a smell of someone smoking weed in their apartment and smoking weed in an apartment is illegal. I don't personally smoke weed but is it really a property manager's business what a homeowner does in their apartment? There are neighbours which cook food that makes the entire corridor smell awful. Is this in the same category? ANSWER One of the key roles given to a property manager is to enforce the terms of a lease on behalf of a landlord and/

QUESTION  I bought a leasehold flat back in 2008 and at that time the management company belonged to the freeholder and directors from there. Their memorandum of articles was prepared to favour them.  In 2011 the freeholder agreed to hand over the management to the residents in the form of an RMC. We had the first ever AGM in 2011 and we allowed random Leaseholders to become directors assuming the RMC process will complete. (New company number, MOA approved by majority, management policy etc) Without our

Residential property management company Mainstay has expanded its property portfolio in Central London by taking over the operational management of the popular Metro Central Heights development. The 422 residential scheme boasts numerous sought-after amenities including 24-hour concierge, private swimming pool, sauna, gym, landscaped courtyard, and a large underground car park. Metro Central Heights has a rich history – built in the 1960s by Hungarian architect Erno Goldfinger, the site was original

Despite the pandemic, rapid growth is continuing at Common Ground Estate and Property Management with more homes added to its portfolio and jobs being created. In the last year, the business has taken on a further 983 flats and houses across 22 developments.  This represents a rise of 50 per cent with the business now managing a total of 2,453 properties. Staff numbers have also grown from eight to 13 in the same period and a drive has just been launched to recruit a property maintenance operative as well

A pandemic-prompted focus on lifestyle and wellbeing has boosted sales at Victoria Point, Elevate Property Group’s luxury development of 216 apartments at Ashford in Kent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The £55 million development is already 90% sold, with the remaining apartments set to be snapped up on

Estate management company MetroPM has been appointed to manage the maintenance and day-to-day running of a major purpose-built apartment development in Coventry. Beauchamp House, in Greyfriars Lane in the city centre, was built in 2005 and comprise five blocks housing 136 apartments. MetroPM will be working closely with the client, Beauchamp House RTM Ltd. Ian Smallman, director of MetroPM, said: “Beauchamp House RTM went to tender and wanted an agent who are experienced in managing complex schemes. “Anot

Principle Estate Management has been appointed to handle one of the most stunning apartment schemes to come to the market in central England in 2021. Milverton Hall, near Leamington Spa, has been sympathetically restored by Haven Properties Ltd to provide eight luxury apartments and two newly built coach houses. The development is the site of a former quarry market garden and nursing home built at the start of the 19th century. The apartments and coach houses are currently on the market with prices from £

The recent frenzy in the residential property market brought on by the Government’s Stamp Duty holiday was of particular significance for leaseholders with shorter lease terms. The urgency to sell their leasehold property in order to purchase a new property before the 30 June Stamp Duty holiday deadline led to many leaseholders paying excessive sums to their landlords. Under current rules leaseholders can extend their leases at a zero ‘peppercorn’ ground rent for a term of 90 years (under the statutory ro

Principle Estate Management has appointed an experienced property professional to help it look after the full range of block, estate, residential rented and commercial units in its portfolio. Jay Chauhan has joined Principle as a customer services executive after eight years’ experience at Mainstay Residential Management. She joined Mainstay in 2013 as a front of house concierge at a high-end development built by Berkeley Homes group in South London. She then worked in various role as an estate manager an