Funding is available for landlords to assist in bringing properties up to the required energy efficiency standards.  If your property has an EPC rating of E, F or G and your tenants are on a low … more

So you have your property with its smoke alarms fitted and it’s all rented out but have you ever thought about the tenant’s vulnerability if there was a fire situation?

Lincolnshire … more

The Governments How to Rent guide has been published for some time but there is now an easy read version which may be useful for some tenancies.

For further information, see https://www.gov.uk/ … more

The guidance for landlords and tenants has been updated again since our last newsletter to reflect the move to Covid-19 rules Step 4 on the roadmap which were introduced on 19th July.

To make … more

The number of people over 55 living in private rented accommodation has more than doubled since 2003 and this trend is set to continue. Despite this trend, England has some of the oldest housing … more

The end date of the temporary COVID adjusted right to rent checks has moved from 17 May to 21 June 2021. 

The temporary adjustments to the right to rent check introduced on 30 March 2020, due … more

In the 2019 Queen’s Speech and parliamentary session that followed, the Government made several commitments relating to housing, communities, and local government.

This included plans to … more

Did you know in August 2013 following a fatal house fire in County Durham and a Coroners Rule 43 a national hoarding or clutter rating was issued & designed by the International OCD (obsessive … more