How Does a Residents’ Association Work?
Setting up a resident's association has the potential to create a real difference in your community. After all, a collective voice can be much more…
What Is Council Tax?
In England, council tax raises nearly £30bn each and every year, with over 22m properties liable for paying for the bill. But what is the money used…
Ways to Avoid a Payday Loan
When applying for most bridging loans, the provider will run a credit check on your account. This involves accessing real-time data on your credit…
The Best Ways to Decorate a Rental Property
Young people these days in the UK are increasingly becoming synonymous with a rather depressing millennial-defining name: generation rent. This…
What is Fly-Tipping?
Fly tipping is the illegal deposit of waste onto land that does not have a licence to accept it. If you are working on a property development…
The 8 Most Common Mistakes When Buying a Home
Buying a home is one of the biggest purchases you may ever make. But surprisingly, people take a mere 25 minutes on average when viewing a new home…
What is Help to Buy?
Help to Buy is a government scheme that means you could buy a home with a deposit as low as 5%. Introduced in the March 2013 budget, the scheme was…
Renting vs Buying – What Are The Pros and Cons?
The decision as to whether to rent or buy is a perennial problem if ever there was one. For many of us, the process of moving out in itself…
Bridging Vs Traditional Mortgages
Most people are aware of mortgages and property finance in general with mortgages having been used by millions of homeowners for many years and the…
How To Make a New Property More Energy Efficient
Halloween has passed, the clocks have gone back, and the wooly hats adorn our heads once more: winter has well and truly arrived (well, if you want…
Things To Consider Before Buying a House
As one of the most significant purchases of your life, there is much to consider before buying a house, whether as a first-time buyer, an experienced…
How to Make your Home More Energy Efficient
Imagine now that you have got the bridging finance you were looking for and starting to renovate and refurb a new property. It is important to know…
Money Saving Tips for First-Time Home Owners
Saving on Your Mortgage Do your research when it comes to finding a mortgage provider. As a first-step, make sure you check your credit score.…
How to be a Good Landlord
Becoming a good landlord requires a lot of commitment and clear communication. With so many landlords obtaining a bad reputation these days, it is…
Tips For Building a Great Kitchen
Let's face it, the kitchen is the room where everyone lives. Our lives are focused around food, whether it is Mum preparing food in the kitchen…