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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.

Landlords who fall foul of the First Tier Property Tribunal beware! You can end up with a hefty contribution to the other side’s costs. The most recent example cost the Landlord £30,000, on top of the humiliation of being depicted in the most condemnatory terms by the Tribunal. These recent cases, where costs have been awarded against a Landlord, show that proper management is not an option, compliance with the various acts of Parliament not a ‘pick and mix’ exercise, and do-it-yourself property managemen

Addington Capital, the property investment and asset management specialist has secured permitted development determination to change its fifth (and last) building at Headingley Park, Leeds from office to residential use. Stockdale House, Headingley Park, the 43,000 sq. ft office building has received permission under Class O and will be redeveloped to create a new residential building on ground to fifth floor for 70 units which will be targeted at the private rented sector. 62x I bed apartments and 8X 2 b

An experienced property manager who worked for bosses at Principle Estate Management earlier in her career has now been recruited by the company. Catherine Ghaffoori was first appointed by Principle’s managing director Brett Williams when he worked at what was then known as Curry & Partners back in 2004. Mrs Ghaffoori developed her career with what become CPBigwood and latterly SDL , working in property management and then business integration until 2016, before moving to Savills in Lichfield as a propert

Interphone, the security systems and building technology integrator, has teamed up with Amazon Key for Business to enable easier, more efficient Amazon deliveries to multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in the UK. As an Amazon service provider, Interphone will install and maintain the Key for Business device free of charge to qualifying building owners and managers within the commercial residential marketplace.   Key for Business gives Amazon drivers the ability to enter buildings and deliver packages without assi

Issue 115 has now been published and is available for subscribers to read now.  This issues includes a special Insurance feature and includes some of the following articles:  Professional bodies reveal plans to merge Facilities and maintenance firm launches new division EV funding scheme extended to people living in apartments The ‘Golden Thread’... a residential gamechanger Helping RMCs to put their best foot forward Do you need a full fibre upgrade? Special Insurance Feature including: How to cho

Over the last 18 months, brands have felt the pressures of the pandemic to ensure customer safety, while providing a similar service virtually. Build-to-rent provider, Sigma Capital Group plc is no exception and has been working hard to offer innovative ways to keep its customers happy. Sigma’s rental brand, Simple Life, has introduced its own manufactured and managed ‘My Simple Life’ mobile app, available to residents across all of its developments in the UK. Within its first month, over 1,100 customers

Block living can throw up a plethora of nightmares, below are our tips for dealing with those horrors often found close to home. Noisy neighbours Noisy neighbours are an inevitability at some stage in life, but block living can often bring this to the fore front.  A nuisance can arise in many forms, but the most common one for leaseholders to contend with, quite unsurprisingly, is a noise nuisance. If a leaseholder is causing a nuisance on a consistent basis and all attempts to approach them in a neighbou

One of Birmingham’s most historic gun making industrial sites is set to have a new lease of life after a multi-million pound sale brokered by commercial property agents Siddall Jones. Birmingham developers Elevate Property Group has purchased the 0.79 acre site in Price Street for an undisclosed sum with the intention of redeveloping 51-61 Price street into 84 apartments. The property was on the market for £2.5 million. Ed Siddall-Jones, managing director of Siddall Jones, said: “The site includes the loc

National law firm Irwin Mitchell is expanding its national property practice with the appointment of two new partners. The appointments take the practice to 27 partners and 147 qualified lawyers. Ben Rogers will join Irwin Mitchell’s Sheffield office as a transactional property partner, joining from DLA Piper where he was a Legal Director, having joined the firm in 2008. He acts for a diverse range of clients including developers, funders, insolvency practitioners, telecoms operators, leisure operators an

Specialist property solicitors JB Leitch are pleased to report they have retained Tier 3 status in the new Legal 500 rankings for property litigation for the second consecutive year.   Acknowledged as the world’s largest independent legal referral guide, the rankings for 2022 are based on a broad series of criteria, including strong technical ability available for the most complex and innovative work, client recommendation and results.   Legal Director Phil Parkinson has also been awarded Rising Star st

Associate Jennifer Hollyoak at specialist property solicitors JB Leitch, provides insight and analysis on a recent Court of Appeal decision addressing whether a tenant gives vacant possession in the event that it removes too much from the property, including fixtures and property belonging to the landlord. Vacant possession is a common condition of a break clause. This case addresses whether a tenant gives vacant possession in the event that it removes too much from the property, including fixtures and pr