Chris Pipe, Planning Director Last year the government announced changes to the Use Class Order 1987 which identifies what classification a use falls within. Whilst it’s been changed many times over the years, the recent changes have been subject to much debate in town planning circles, as Chris Pipe, Director of Planning House, explains. What […]
Sarah McDermott of Maison Parfaite Sarah McDermott’s guide to running a serviced accomodation business PART 3: BRANDING AND MANAGEMENT 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 […]
Should I be investing in more than just property? There’s no denying that property is a sound investment that’s, well, as safe as houses! That’s not to say there isn’t risk in property investment, like anything, the very nature of investing is taking and managing risk for a return on your capital – and property […]
Hayley Gilbert, Commercial Property Solicitor The Covid-19 outbreak continues to affect landlords and tenants alike, and sometimes not in the most obvious ways. Conflicting cases In a recent business interruption test case, The Financial Conduct Authority vs Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd & Others [2021] UKSC 1, clarity was sought on the meaning and effect of […]
A builder’s perspective on assessing the safe running of a building site I have just been to price up a refurbishment project in North Yorkshire and the client, unusually, provided us with a pretty detailed specification. He’s been following my YouTube channel for some time and, in his words, “knows how to tackle this thing […]
This is a question that comes up time and time again and every property developer and construction company will inevitably have a different answer, and maybe even make use of several different packages to perform the multitude of tasks their business needs in order to function efficiently. There are countless options out there: Asana, Trello, […]
Lettings market strengthens as pandemic highlights importance of a home Rising demand combined with a continuing shortage of properties is ensuring both lettings and sales in most areas of the country continue an upward trajectory. Here at My Property Box, we are seeing a huge increase in interest in rental properties as soon as they […]
Using tech to improve the running of your property portfolioThe future is digital The days of landlords foraging through box files stuffed with piles of paper are long gone, as is advertising in the “to let” section of the local newspaper. Now, most landlords – including those managing just one or two properties – have […]
In interview with Anthony BoyceEarlier this month Blue Bricks columnist Anthony Boyce, architectural designer and investor, met Ranjan Bhattacharya to talk all things commercial conversion in our third podcast. Since 2005, Ranjan has worked as a commercial conversion specialist whilst also hosting the Baker Street Property meet and featuring on Sky’s Property Elevator as an […]
Valeria Romano, Spatial & Interior Designer In the last issue I spoke about how colour can be a powerful interior design tool and explained how colour influences our mood. I demonstrated how you can use colour effectively to decorate certain spaces in your investment properties in order to attract the target market that best suits […]
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