exetersurveyors.co.uk – Morgan Sindall, a leading UK construction group, has won a £16m design and build contract for a new student residential development of 487 beds spread over three to five storey buildings in Exeter.
Most of the construction will actually be carried out offsite and brought to the development complete, including complete bathroom ‘pods’.
2011 was a fairly dreary year in the world of property, but it wasn’t all bad news. We have compiled a list of 10 of the most interesting property stories to come of the UK last year as part of our monthly “10 questions on…†section.
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Birmingham Building Surveyors – Following a damning Rail Network review of the two favourite alternatives to controversial high speed rail plans, Ministers have given a green light to plans for a high speed rail link between Birmingham and London.
Read more here and find out what surveyors in London think here.
nottinghamsurveyors.co.uk – Building Surveyors covering the whole of the Nottingham area.
Phil Routledge MRICS is the local Director, providing an excellent and competetively priced service for all types of clients; residential or commercial, private or corporate.
Also covering Derby (derbysurveyors.co.uk). Providing building surveys, house purchase survey reports, homebuyers, schedules and all types of valuation.
The Government has released a consultation concerning new draft statutory guidance on social housing allocations for local authorities in England. Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing, hopes the guidance will help do away with the ‘injustice’ associated with the social housing system.
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A new case provides an excellent example and warning to landlords and solicitors that when issuing notices to tenants, strict procedures and checks must be in place to eliminate the risk of crucial errors.
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The recent release of Halifax’s annual quality of life (QOL) survey has highlighted what some are calling a widening of the north south divide. In a thorough ranking of all 405 local authority districts, just 8 areas of the top ranked 50 locales can be found outside the southern and eastern regions of England.
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Two prominent MPs, David Davis (Conservative) and Frank Field (Labour), have put together a report suggesting that the Government go further with their proposed changes to the Right-to-Buy scheme – providing the opportunity for potentially another 1 million tenants to get on the property ladder.
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The Housing Act 2004, and more specifically Chapter 4 of the Act, sections 212 – 215 and Schedule 10, requires that deposits for all assured shorthold tenancy (AST) agreements created on or after 6th April 2007 be protected under a Tenancy Deposit Scheme. We provide a guide to what is required and why landlords and agents should be careful when handling tenant’s deposits.
Find the whole guide here.
Licensing changes are being implemented by councils around the country which, despite resistance from dancers and residents alike, threaten Britain’s many and various ‘sex entertainment venues’.
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