The official start of summer is just weeks away and landlords across the nation will be breathing sighs of relief that they made it through the winter season. However, the arrival of warmer weather doesn’t mean property owners should become lapse. In fact, summer presents some seasonal issues all of its own. Want to know…
Whether you’re renovating, in-between moving house or are unable to find suitable tenants, unoccupied property is a scenario faced by an estimated 700,000 landlords across the nation. Yet despite what people may think, an unoccupied home requires a lot more attention than a simple ‘lock and leave’ mentality. To help you manage your unoccupied property…
Back in May 2011, an old decaying Victorian toilet block on the seafront at Sheringham, Norfolk, was sold for £104,000 at auction, more than twice the guide price. This got me to thinking about unoccupied property insurance…
Further to the recent case of WPC Kelly Jones, who tripped on a kerb during a call out to a garage and subsequently tried to claim £50,000 for an injured ankle, (she subsequently dropped the claim due to pressure from the public and even comments from the then Home Secretary, Theresa May of ‘frivolous’ claims…
A story caught my eye in the Manchester Evening News the other day where a disused furniture store in Little Underbank, Stockport had inadvertently collapsed, crushing a neighbour’s car. This got me to thinking about the implications with regard to unoccupied property insurance. It is understood that the owner of the car, a BMW…
There has been a lot made in the press recently about the number of unoccupied shops throughout the UK at the moment. The owners of these shops are varied. Property funds and investment companies such as Standard Life and Prudential generally own the bigger, more prominent and valuable high street shops and shopping centres….