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A typical student bedroom from Vogue Abode Properties

Houses in multiple occupation: Student vs professional What is the best strategy?

Kim Opszala of KoMo PropertiesNeil Chaudhuri of Vogue Abode Properties Kim Opszala and Neil Chaudhuri discuss the pros and cons of these two approaches to HMO strategyThere are advantages and disadvantages to any property strategy and student HMOs vs professional HMOs are no exception. When they’re well managed, both of these approaches can be high […]
Danielle Bell

Accountability: The catalyst to success

Danielle Bell from Property Sourcing Made Simple“Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the hardest worker of them all?” The mirror replies with great loyalty, “Why, you are Master!” I’m going to shatter your dreams (and your mirror) in one swift sentence. Your mirror lied. That reflection you see staring back at you each and […]
Kitchen

The “Queen of SA” shows you the way

Sarah McDermott of Maison Parfaite Sarah McDermott’s guide to running a serviced accomodation businessPART 2: STRATEGY AND LOCATION Sarah McDermott is co-owner of luxury holiday-let business, Maison Parfaite. Across this regular series, she shares her invaluable knowledge and experience on running a successful serviced accommodation (SA) business. She explains what led her to choose high-end […]
A buyer paying for a property with cash

Cash Buyers only

Kevin Wright, Positive Property Finance When you’re a property investor you’re always looking for a good deal, but seeing “cash buyers only” on a property means that most investors feel like they can’t “play” – there aren’t all that many investors who can afford to tie up their cash in a property by buying it […]
Kitchen with a red colour scheme

The psychological impact of colour and how to use it in investment properties Part one: Colour basics

Valeria Romano, Spatial & Interior Designer Have you ever noticed that if you step into a vivid red room you might feel energised for a time, but if you stay too long, you feel a bit drained? Or perhaps you’ve noticed that commercial premises such as restaurants have certain colour palettes whilst other commercial premises […]

Goal setting for 2021

We’ve finally seen the back of 2020 and it’s time to project forward to what will hopefully be a prosperous new year for us all, even if we don’t see an immediate change to the current situation surrounding the pandemic. If the predictions of the property experts are substantiated, then 2021 has the potential to […]
Sarah McDermott

The “Queen of SA” shows you the way

Sarah McDermott’s guide to running a serviced accomodation business PART 1 – WHY CHOOSE SA?Our long-standing readers will know Sarah McDermott from the July and October issues where we covered both her property success so far and a case study of her and husband Sean’s latest addition to their holiday-let portfolio, Maison Parfaite Estates. We […]
Joanne Saint

Facebook ads – Part two

Understanding the key componentsIn the last issue I covered all the reasons I love Facebook advertising; this month I want to focus on the structure of a campaign at a basic level so let’s jump straight in. Facebook business page and business manager I would recommend creating a business page from which to run your […]
Property project planning

10 Ways to Add Value to your property projects: Part 2

NEIL CHAUDHURIWe’re delighted to welcome back Neil Chaudhuri, co-founder of specialist luxury student accommodation company Vogue Abode Properties, for part two of this feature. This month Neil details another five ways you can add value to your property deals In part one, we looked at five ways to add value by physically improving or repurposing […]
Bedroom at Maison Parfaite

Robin Hood: Prince of holidays

Editor Caroline spent two days living the high life at the latest addition to the Maison Parfaite portfolio in Robin Hood’s Bay I was delighted to get the chance to squeeze in a pre-lockdown spot of luxury this October with a two-night stay in Robin Hood’s Bay at Rounton Villa, the latest addition to the […]
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