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Thanks to the efforts of Lodge Managers, Owners and Colleagues around the country, Millstream Management Services and the Churchill Foundation raised a total of over £35,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support by supporting its World’s Biggest Coffee Morning campaign. Over 100 Millstream-managed developments took part by hosting coffee mornings, cake sales, bake-off competitions and raffles to help support the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning campaign. Lodge Managers and Owners all joined in the fundraising effort

The Law Commission recently proposed a series of reforms designed to tackle certain issues in the leasehold market with the view of making the lease extension and freehold acquisition process, known as enfranchisement, more efficient.  In addition, the Law Commission were specifically asked to provide options to reduce the price payable by leaseholders to buy their freehold or extend their lease whilst also ensuring adequate compensation is paid to landlords in respect of their property interests. Arguab

There are some terrific block management companies across the country, all striving to serve a wide range of clients whilst keeping an unlimited number of balls in the air. Though PropTech – a forthcoming BBL Blog subject – is having a big impact on block management at the moment, without personnel, managing agents don’t have a business at all. Interview Checklist  So as an employer, you are looking for talented staff – typically operational property managers or accounts team members. They aren’t necessar

New partnership between AXA Partners, Fixflo, and Thornley Groves provides out-of-hours repairs services to thousands of tenants in Manchester.  Tenants living in more than 3,000 properties in Manchester are to benefit from a new service which provides fast response to emergency, out-of-hours repairs. More than 8,000 issues were reported in properties in Manchester in the last 12 months[1], with over half classed as emergencies. Almost 3,000 of these problems occurred out-of-hours, leaving many tenants wa

Sometimes problems with the neighbours go beyond a bit of noise or mess, and the people around you can begin to make your life miserable. This can often start because of a previous disagreement, even over something relatively trivial which wasn’t resolved and has been allowed to fester and blow up out of all proportion.  Don’t let yourself be a victim and unhappy in your own home. Problem neighbours may even be a contributory factor for some people deciding to move. In this case, as the seller, you’d have

Ian Smallman has been named as the third former colleague to join Principle Estate Management in Birmingham. He joins Principle founder Brett Williams and fellow director Joe Jobson who joined in the summer, and has been appointed as a board level director at the managing agent which opened for business in Spring 2018. He will focus on the operations side for Principle’s growing client list of residential and mixed use property investors. All three directors were formerly in the residential estate managem

7 years after the Mary Portas Town Centre review the government announces a £697m fund to revive high streets! With life leaving the retail centres of many towns, developers are eyeing commercial property for residential conversion. With multi tenanted buildings being the end result are we acting in an appropriate manner or are we constructing ticking time bombs?  In many cases, creating residential space from commercial use can create problems, so what issues do developers have to be aware of and what ar

Award-winning property management law firm Brady Solicitors has celebrated its tenth anniversary with a party for clients and friends of the firm. The event took place on the stunning Roof Terrace at Soho’s Ham Yard Hotel, where guests enjoyed live music from jazz quartet, the Rocca Brothers. Clare Brady said: “We have had our busiest year yet and it was fantastic to be able to celebrate with so many of our valued clients and contacts. Thank you to all who joined us on the night and the many more clients

We are delighted to announce the finalists for the Property Management Awards 2018. The winners will be announced at our ‘Christmas in New York’ themed awards ceremony and dinner at the fantastic Finsbury Square, London on 23rd November! We can’t wait to celebrate with you all. Congratulations and good luck to all those shortlisted this year! To view the full list of finalists please click here.

LionHeart offers a range of support and services to RICS members and their families who face ill health, disability, unemployment, family separation and living with debt. From legal advice and counselling to befriending and financial support, LionHeart does all that it can to make life easier. LionHeart are looking for ambitious, committed people to join its board of trustees and sub-committees.  Are you a strategic thinker with the experience and motivation to help lead an organisation in its next exciti

Brethertons is pleased to welcome Bejul Lakhani-Lever as the latest addition to their Commercial Property team.   With over ten years of Commercial Property specialism, Bejul’s wide range of experience will prove an invaluable asset to the established team at Brethertons. Her expertise includes Landlord and Tenant matters, acquisitions, disposals, secured lending, conditional contracts, option agreements, insolvency sales, pension fund sales and purchases and property aspects of corporate transactions. In

Bishop & Sewell, a leading full service Central London law firm, announces the promotion of two existing Partners, Chris Macartney and David Little, to the Equity Partnership team with immediate effect. Chris Macartney, is a Partner in the Landlord & Tenant team and is a specialist in the niche area of leasehold enfranchisement with extensive experience in this area, acting for both landlords and tenants in contentious and non-contentious matters. He has considerable experience in leasehold reform issues,