Articles

• Condensation and damp – a landlord’s problem?

  January 22, 2015

  Landlords are often blamed by tenants when their rented property becomes damp, but this is not always as a result of the building fabric but to do with how the property is being used, heated and ventilated. This week’s column looks at the issue of damp, the cause of the problem and what preventative measures can be taken...

• Making sense of the Deregulation Act – what a Landlord needs to know

  January 6, 2015

  The number of questions I am asked by Landlords is definitely increasing and this is mainly due to the increasing complexity of rules and regulations around assured shorthold tenancies (AST). Recently we had Royal Assent on the Deregulations Act and you may think as a Landlord what does it mean to me...

• Robert Ulph looks into his crystal ball for 2015?

  January 1, 2015

  As the Eastern Counties representative for ARLA (Association of Residential Letting Agents) I attended the national ARLA representative’s conference just before Christmas where I had the opportunity to speak with other regional representatives across the country...

• Residential Lettings Market 2015

  January 1, 2015

  Happy New Year and welcome to my Lettings and Residential Property management column, which every other week will give you greater insight into the residential letting market. I am the Eastern Regional representative for the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and part-owner and Managing Director of Pennington and having worked in the Lettings & Estate Agency industry for the best...