An interesting article in the Observer this week, discusses the upward trend in tenant demand for rented property. To summarise these comprise the following: Immigration. This is where the biggest demand is – the government Actuaries Department estimates the average annual net immigration in coming years will be 145,000 a year, the Observer suggest the…
I can’t help feeling that the use of the word ‘respect’ by the government is going a little too far. For example I learn from the most recent issue of LAG magazine that there is not only a ‘Respect committee’ on the cabinet, but also a ‘Respect Team’, and a ‘Respect Squad’ (ten senior practitioners…
Property investors get younger and younger. Now 17 year old Luke Clarke is on the brink of what looks almost certain to be a sucessful property investment career, as he prepares to complete on his first property purchase at the age of 18 – see Rosie Millard’s Tales of a landlady column in The Times…
In some towns pigeons are such a problem that feeding them is punishable by eviction from your home! So says this report from the Norwich Evening News. ASBOs are also threatened against those anti-social tenants who persist in feeding the birds. Indeed apparently in Bristol, 63-year-old Graham Branfield was given an indefinite anti social behaviour…
A report in the Observer indicates that the Community Legal Service’s telephone advice service may have a more sinister objective than just to help people solve their legal problems on the phone. The service is one whereby callers who qualify for legal aid can call a national helpline for up to half an hours free…
My anonymous correspondent has sent me a further cutting in the story of ASBO landlord Steven Dickens. You can see my previous post here. It seems that the charming Mr Dickens will be facing fraud charges totaling some £7 million. You can read about it in the North Wales Pioneer – do a search on…
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Eco housing in Fenland
I was pleased to see a report on the internet recently saying that over 100 environmentally friendly houses are to be built in Fenland. Not only that, but the builders will be trialling different building methods so scientists can measure the environmental impact of each construction method used and the energy efficiency of each building….