Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
Sometimes cliches get repeated so frequently that we no longer question their relevance. “An Englishman’s home is his castle” – the idea that an obsession with home ownership is somehow in our national DNA – is one of them. In fact, there is no age-old British...
Feb 14, 2015 | Blog
New road names in Rugby will be vetted under a new policy. The borough council has approved a new policy setting out acceptable terms, with historical connections to the area favoured over potentially more frivolous suggestions. A report drawn up by Sean Lawson, the...
Feb 14, 2015 | Blog
Profits from slicing single houses into multiple flats (known in the industry as houses in multiple occupation or ‘HMOs’) are falling, meaning that this business model is no longer the biggest earner in the buy to let business. This may have particular significance...
Feb 2, 2015 | Blog
Housing developers in the UK could gain hundreds of millions of pounds in windfall profits under a new policy that lets them reduce contributions to building affordable housing or even avoid paying altogether, a council has claimed. Since December, the...
Jan 26, 2015 | Blog
This measure came into effect in April 2013 and will therefore affect rental accounts and tax returns for the 2013-14 tax year onwards. Unfortunately another rule prevents residential letting agents from claiming capital allowances. That is why the Wear and Tear...
Jan 26, 2015 | Blog
Most think it’s better to wait to do these jobs when ‘the sun is shining’ but sometimes it’s only when the weather turns wet or windy that you notice your roof has sprung a leak, the wind has lifted some tiles off, or worse, your chimney is about to fall...
