Renovation rules

Q.  I am carrying out renovations on my property, a Leasehold and have just been told by the building surveyor acting for the Landlords of the development that I will need to get a ‘Schedule of Condition’ carried out for the apartment beneath me? Shopping around I understand that a surveyor can charge anything from…

New HMO regulations from October 2018

Landlords need to be aware that the government is launching new regulations for HMO’s (Houses of Multiple Occupation) from October 2018. With significant growth in the private rented sector and many landlords converting smaller properties for use as HMO’s the government has decided to extend its mandatory licensing in England to cover properties where five…

Parking and purchasing?

Q.  I am buying an apartment and I have been told that it has a parking space which is paramount for me as a driver and particularly because I am buying in canary wharf where I understand street parking is not always possible? I have now been informed by my solicitor that according to the…

Property market update

The decline in the property market over the last 12 months is now pretty obvious for most to observe, even those that have fiercely fought against it and refused to believe what’s really going on in the canary wharf market have come to terms with the cold hard facts that their property isn’t worth what…