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Agents Beware: new property management safety issue on the horizon

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne Bowring, group managing director at property consultancy Ringley Group, is warning that fire door inspections and com...

Read    28/09/2021

Fire doors and flat compartmentation the next building safety landmine to explode’

Fire door inspections and compartmentation will be the next subjects to come under the building safety microscope, warned Mary-Anne Bowring, group managing director at property consultancy Ringley Group. New legislation in the form of the Fire Safety Act 2021 [FSA] i...

Read    28/09/2021

New fire safety rules will cost leaseholders £500 per year

The Fire Safety Act and Building Safety Bill has been designed to make sure the causes of the tragic Grenfell fire in 2017 are not repeated.However the measures – which include regular inspections of fire doors, compartmentation to isolate fires and employi...

Read    27/09/2021

'In 20 years, I've never seen anything like it': Estate agent says he's done £1m of sales A WEEK in Manchester's booming property market

Deansgate-based Reside Manchester sold 167 properties at an average of £307,000 between August 2020 and July 2021, all to UK based buyers.That's £51.25m in sales, an average of just under £1m a week, while the firm also let 555 properties over the same period.Managin...

Read    27/09/2021

EWS1 cladding form: What are the certificates options and How much should they cost?

EWS1 certificates are given to high-rise buildings that have passed an External Wall Fire Review. Without this form most banks will not offer mortgages, leaving residents unable to sell. However, the leaseholders who live in these blocks cannot organis...

Read    27/09/2021

Building Fire Safety response reveals a Disunited Kingdom

Covid-19 saw a disunited kingdom respond to a global pandemic, with devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland often taking a more hawkish approach to lockdowns than the central government in Westminster.A successful vaccine roll out means attention is now return...

Read    27/09/2021

Ringley Group appoints new director to oversee its expansion in Wales

Anthony will be focused on driving Ringley Group’s presence in Wales and will report directly to Mary-Anne Bowring, the company’s group managing director and founder. Anthony will be working across Ringley’s offices in London and Cardiff.Anthony will play a lead...

Read    27/09/2021

Ringley Group Launches New HQ in Cardiff After Securing New Clients

The first scheme, known as Prospect Place, is managed by a Resident controlled Management Company and is located on Ferry Court in Cardiff Bay. Residents have full access to the on-site gym and swimming pool, as well as a concierge and secure car parking.The building...

Read    27/09/2021

New fire safety planning requirements come into force

The new requirements, known as planning gateway one, are designed to ensure that high-rise developments consider fire safety at the earliest stages of planning. Developments involving high-rise residential buildings must demonstrate they have been designed with fire ...

Read    27/09/2021

Four out of five high street properties ripe for resi conversion

Controversial permitted development conversion rights and new fire safety tests for high rises have come in to force. Four out of five high street properties can potentially be converted into homes without planning permission under new rules that came into force at t...

Read    27/09/2021

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