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An estate agent with branches in Corby and Kettering has responded to the recent boom in the local property market with the appointment of two new recruits. Jessica Gray and Hannah Bellamy have joined the sales team at Belvoir estate agents in George Street, Corby and Newland Street, Kettering and bring with them years of experience in property, sales and customer service. Property valuer Jessica has worked in estate agencies for the last eight years, starting out as an apprentice and working her way up t

Victoria Bottomley of the JB Leitch litigation team recently posted a popular article on the subject of change of use from commercial to residential. In this follow up piece, Victoria provides a cautionary note based on a recent Count Court judgement, which saw the lease of a shop validly forfeited for change of use to two studio flats, a breach of a covenant without the landlord’s consent.  With increasing consideration of the sustainable and viable conversion of vacant commercial premises for residentia

A well-known property in one of the most prominent positions of the beautiful coastal town of Salcombe is to be managed by Principle Estate Management. The Salcombe is an eye-catching development of 36 luxury apartments and various commercial interests converted from a former hotel of the same name some 45 years ago. Principle has been instructed to manage the landmark property by The Salcombe Company Ltd, the residents’ management company. The property, originally built in around 1920, lies on the town’s

Colmore Tang Construction has launched a cladding remediation service that provides a complete solution for building owners, managing agents and surveyors seeking to replace dangerous, non-compliant cladding. Drawing on its experience of delivering high-rise residential dwellings, the contractor has developed a comprehensive approach to cladding remediation and passive fire protection that enables a fully-audited, designed and delivered service that provides compliance, cost and quality assurance. Colmore

Monro Wright & Wasbrough (‘MWW’) will merge with Bishop & Sewell with effect from 1st February 2021 and the newly combined practice will operate as “Bishop & Sewell LLP incorporating Monro Wright & Wasbrough.” The Bishop & Sewell management team led by Mark Chick (Senior Partner and Management Board Chair) and Michael Kashis (Managing Partner – Strategy and Implementation) will be joined by the MWW team, with Nicholas Barlow becoming Head of Private Client and Thom Wilkinson joining the new firm’s Managem

An established Birmingham family property firm has appointed Principle Estate Management to look after its portfolio of more than 65 rented residential properties. Principle will be undertaking full control of rent collection, maintenance, and compliance matters such as statutory gas safety testing at the 66 rented flats and houses, which have total annual rents of around £470,000. These properties are in various sought-after Birmingham suburbs like Bournville, Edgbaston, Harborne and Sutton Coldfield, wi

A parting wish from a friend's daughter who sadly passed away has prompted a kind-hearted property manager to pledge the annual rental income from one of his properties to a charity helping to research treatment for leukaemia. Angus Griffin from Great Bookham in Surrey owns Letterbox Property Solutions with the majority of his property portfolio located in his native North East of England. Originally from Cleadon in South Tyneside, Angus moved to Nottingham to study at university where he met fellow stude

Block Management UK Ltd announces the appointment of Fiona Ducasse as Business Development Manager. The veteran negotiator has previously worked for property management firms RMG and Peverel and joins us to lead Block Management UK Ltd on attracting and on-boarding larger sites across the whole of the UK.   Fiona is very experienced with winning management instructions from large house builders, including sites with more complex arrangements such as the management of on-site staff, gymnasiums, communal he

One Property Recruitment are expanding and have just launched their Manchester office, with Hayden John Bennett joining the team from the 1st February to head up the North. Coming from both a property and recruitment background, Hayden has years of offering consultative advice to clients locally and building valuable relationships. Hayden will be covering Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and the surrounding areas.

Eighties pop star Rick Astley could face being taken to court in a row over the lease of a London apartment. Astley, best known for the hit Never Gonna Give You Up, owns the freehold of the property and has turned down a leasehold extension offer by the flat owner. Reports in The Sun state that Cornelia Rang allegedly offered £24,000 to increase her 79-year lease by 90 years. But it appears the star and his lawyers are never going to turn around and accept the offer, saying it is ‘so unrealistically low t

UK top 200 full-service law firm Keebles LLP has promoted Liz Rowen to the position of Legal Director to lead their Residential Property Management department. The 13-strong team of lawyers, legal executives, paralegals and legal assistants, will provide advice on arrears recovery, service charge disputes, first tier tribunal, lease variation and leasehold disputes. With more than 12 years working within the property management industry, Liz has a wealth of expertise and a deep knowledge of the sector. Li

Europa Capital, the pan-European real estate investment manager and its partner, Addington Capital, the property investment and asset management company are completing the re-development of One Lampton Road, Hounslow. This is a mixed-use office/retail building that has now been converted into a new PRS residential scheme of 118 residential homes, ready to launch. The building, which was acquired by the joint venture in 2018, has been converted under permitted development rights to create new studio, one,