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How leasehold reforms will benefit flat owners

The Law Commission's proposed reforms could save leaseholders money and help keep them out of the FTTLast Thursday the Law Commission published its report into leasehold reforms. The Commission puts forward three schemes for determining the premium to be paid by flat...

Read    03/09/2020

More red tape for besieged agents

New money laundering legislation comes into force today. Regardless of Brexit, property agents must abide by the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive, ensuring they risk-assess their business processes and carry out thorough ID checks on customers.Agents will need to ...

Read    03/09/2020

Who pays for Safer Blocks?

Our homes should be safe as houses - but who pays? It may be the start of a new year, but the same old arguments are being fought over building safety ? and who should foot the bill.Last week Wandsworth Council?s bid to force leaseholders in high rise blocks to pay f...

Read    03/09/2020

Don't panic! Ringley can help!

Everyone faces a problem in their flat from time to time. Generally, these issues are minor and easily dealt with. But what about emergencies like water pouring through the ceiling from the flat upstairs, the central heating breaking down in the middle of winter, or ...

Read    03/09/2020

New year, brand new services!

Welcome back to the Ringley Blog after what, we hope, was a happy and relaxing Christmas break. We now have a new year and a new decade to look forward to and we will continue to share thought leadership and new developments at Ringley with you in the months ahead.Fi...

Read    03/09/2020

All I want for Christmas is... a bigger home

Space is what we all crave according to a new survey of UK homeownersForget ?location, location, location?, new research published by bridging loan lender Market Financial Solutions reveals that size really does matter for British homebuyers. According to a survey of...

Read    03/09/2020

How the new cladding form could get the flat sales market moving again

Grenfell 'Tower continues to cast its long shadow over the flat sales market - but a new form may helpYesterday, a new form (EWS 1) was launched, designed to record what testing has been carried out on the external wall construction of HRRBs ? buildings more than 18m...

Read    03/09/2020

Property managers take centre stage on safety

Ringley CEO Mary-Anne Bowring was joined by Life by Ringley MD Sam Hay at an RICS event in Manchester in November to talk about the future of building safety. Last month, we blogged about the golden thread of data that Dame Judith Hackitt's building safety review is ...

Read    03/09/2020

Fire brigade takes on block owners over cladding

Wow. The problem of combustible cladding on residential blocks just went up a level. Following the continued failure of building owners to replace unsafe cladding on 10 blocks in Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is threatening ...

Read    02/09/2020

Don't forget to test your smoke alarm!

In the same week that the fire service reported that a worrying number of smoke alarms in rental properties don't work, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has told the government that sprinklers shouldn't be seen as the answer to all fire safety problem...

Read    02/09/2020

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